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HARRISON COUNTY - 101 people of England and hasten the revolution which, in 1688, resulted in the deposition of the king. Macaulay, in speaking of the execution, says that " he died with courage and many pious ex-pressions," although, as the eminent author adds: "In order that no circumstance of degra-dation might be wanting, the gibbet was set up where King Street meets Cheapside, in sight of the house where he had long lived in general respect, of the Exchange where his credit had always stood high, and of the Guildhall where he had distinguished himself as a popular leader." William Penn, who stood near him and witnessed the execution, afterward said that he " could see in Cornish's deportment the natural indignation of an innocent man slain under the forms of law." After the accession to the throne by William and Mary, in 1689, this " wicked and infamous judgment," as Macaulay termed it, was an-nulled, and the consequent attainder reversed by a special act of Parliament. Valentine Hollingsworth's second wife, Ann Calvert, was a near relative of Cecilius Calvert (Lord Baltimore), founder of the colony of Maryland. His descendants are quite numer-ous in eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland; many of them fill important posi-tions of honor, and trust, and they are connected by marriage and otherwise with some of the most prominent families of that section of the country. A part of the original land purchased by Valentine Hollingsworth from William Penn, in 1682, is still occupied by his descendants. It is located on the east side of the Brandywine, in New Castle County, Del., not far from where the famous battle at the crossing of that river was fought, in 1777, between the patriot forces, under Gen. Washington, and the British, under Lords Cornwallis and Howe. The family and descendants of Valentine Hollingsworth in America, although generally adhering to the peaceful doctrines of the Friends, have been more or less distinguished as soldiers, in every war in which the colonies 6 or the United States have been engaged. A. number of them served under Gen. Washington during the Revolutionary War, and were at times personally intrusted by him with difficult and important duties pertaining to the welfare of the army. Lydia Ann Hollingsworth, mother of David A.. Hollingsworth, is a native of Virginia. She was the youngest daughter of the late Barrack Fisher, of near Pughtown, in that State. He was of German descent, and was, at the time of his death, in 1830, one of the influential landholders of the Shenandoah Valley. Although living in a slave State, and surrounded with the social and other influences of slavery, he refused to countenance the institution, and always cultivated his plantation with free labor. David A. Hollingsworth was educated in the public schools and at Mount Union College. At the age of sixteen, June 27, 1861, he enlisted as a private soldier in Capt. James Washburn's Company B, Twenty-fifth O. V. I., and was engaged in several important battles and in some of the hardest campaigning of the Civil War. After a service of about two years, his health having failed, he was honorably dis-charged on surgeon's certificate of disability. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, September 17, 1867, at St. Clairsville, Ohio. In September, 1869, he located at Cadiz, and has ever since been actively engaged in practice, both in the State and Federal courts. On motion of Hon. Samuel Shellabarger, of Washington, D. C., March 2, 1880, he was admitted and qualified as an attorney and connsellor of the Supreme Court of the United States, and has since been of counsel in a number of important cases in that court. In 1873 he was elected prosecnting attorney of Harrison County, Ohio. He was vigorous and active in the prosecution of offenders, and soon established an enviable reputation as a criminal lawyer. He was re-elected in 1875. In 1879 he was nominated by the Republicans and elected State senator from the district composed of Belmont and Harrison Counties, receiving a majority of 102 - HARRISON COUNTY. over six hundred, although the district was at the time represented by a Democrat. He was re-elected in 1881 by a majority of over twelve hundred. In the Senate he took a leading part, serving as chairman of the Committees on Judiciary, on Federal Relations, on Privileges and Elections, and on Railroads, Turnpikes and Telegraphs. In the last mentioned position, he was especially vigilant in guarding the interests of the people as against the powerful railroad and other corporation influences of the State. Of his services in this respect, a writer, at the time, in one of the leading newspapers of the State, said: Senator Hollingsworth's voice and vote are always felt in favor of the common people as against corpor-ate monopolies, and the journals of the Senate will show his active and intelligent support of all measures intended for the benefit of the working classes, such as those to provide for the safety and ventilation of mines, to require railroad companies to construct fences, crossings and cattle guards at their own expense, to give laborers a prior lien for their wages in the construction of railroads, to prevent the families of railroad employ-es from being deprived of the bene-fit of the homestead and exemption laws of Ohio, by the attachment of their wages in other States, to prohibit members of the Legislature and other State and county officials from accepting free passes on railroads, to prevent gambling in grain or cornering the provision markets, to preserve the purity of primary and other elections, and to prevent speculative or graveyard in-surance, which has been completely broken up in the State, by what is known as the " Hollingsworth Law," a measure introduced and successfully championed by him against powerful and determined opposition. He was also watchful of the agricultural in-terests of the people, and was the first member of the General Assembly to call attention to the threatened reduction of the wool tariff in 1883, which he did by securing the adoption of a joint resolution opposing the recommendation of the tariff commission on that subject. Senator John Sherman afterward presented the resolution to the Senate of the 'United States for consideration. Mr. Hollingsworth's most marked success, however, while be was a member of the Ohio Senate, was as chairman of the Judiciary Committee, which led to his appointment as attorney-general to succeed Attorney-General George K. Nash. upon the promotion -of that gentleman to be a member of the Supreme Court Commission. By the special request of Gov. Charles Foster, April 21, 1883, he resigned as senator and accepted the position of attorney-general for the unexpired term of Judge Nash. Among other legal questions claiming his official attention there were two of unusual importance, involving as they did, the public revenues of the State. One related to the validity of an act passed by the General Assembly providing for the taxation of moneys, credits and personal property converted during the year into " green-backs," or other non-taxable securities, for the time the owner might hold such moneys, etc., during the tax-year. His opinion in support of the act happened to be the first one he was called upon to write after his appointment, and it naturally aroused the opposition of a num-ber of wealthy men in the State, who had pre-viously been in the habit of avoiding such taxa-tion by ignoring the law as unconstitutioual. Many of the ablest lawyers at the bar also questioned his opinion, and it was promptly taken into the courts for adjudication. After a number of contrary decisions in the lower courts, it finally reached the Supreme Court of the United States at Washington, where it was suc-cessfully argued and sustained by Gen. Hollingsworth. The other question grew out of the en-forcement of what was known as the " Scott Liquor-tax Law." The collection of this tax was resisted by the saloon keepers of the State, who employed Ex-Gov. Hoadly to argue the constitutionality of the act before the State Supreme Court. Gen. Hollingsworth presented and argued the case on behalf of the State. In an elaborate opinion delivered by the late Judge McIlvaine, the court sustained the law. Its provisions, however, were subsequently nullified by a partisan decision in 1884, after the person-nel of the court had changed. But this latter decision was never accepted as sound law, either by- the people or bar of the State, and soon af-terward the General Assembly substantially re- HARRISON COUNTY - 103 enacted the law in the form now found on the statute books, and known as the " Dow-Law." Its validity has long since ceased to be ques-tioned. At the close of his term of office Gen. Hollingsworth declined to be a candidate for election to the position, and on January 14, 1884, voluntarily resumed the practice of law at Cadiz. The Ohio State Journal, of the same day, contained the following editorial mention of the fact: Attorney-General Hollingsworth, after a busy term of eight months, to-day retires from office, leaving a clear docket for his successor. Besides attending to the usual number of trial causes in the Supreme and other courts on behalf of the State, he has offi-cially rendered exactly two hundred written opinions, and has collected and paid into the State treasury the sum of $40,652.76. He will return to Cadiz, and here-after devote his attention exclusively to private practice. Mr. Hollingsworth, ever since his location in Cadiz, has been favorably known in connection with the public and business enterprises of the town and county. He acted as president of the First National Bank of Cadiz for a number of years, but finding that its duties interfered too much with his increasing legal business, he resigned, and has since devoted his time entirely to the law. He has always taken an active interest in political questions, contributing each year of his time and means to the support of the principles and candidates of the Republican party. In 1882 he acted as temporary chairman of the Republican State Convention, and has at times been prominently mentioned by the press of the State in connection with the Republican nomination for governor, and also for supreme judge, but has never personally encouraged the use of his name for either. In 1888 the Republicans of Harrison County, under the leadership of the venerable John A. Bingham, of Cadiz, presented his name to the Republican District Convention as a suitable candidate for Congress, but they were unable to secure his nomination, owing to a feeling, in some parts of the district, that the nomination, at that time, belonged to one of the other counties. His friends, however, had reason to feel proud of the support he received, and especially of the eloquent tribute paid him by Mr. Bingham, who, among other generous words of commendation, said that it was a real pleasure to him to speak in behalf of his " friend and neighbor, the unanimous and voluntary choice of his county, who," he assured the con-vention, " was the peer of any man who had ever aspired to a nomination in the district; a gentleman whose character was without stain or shadow; a soldier whose courage had been tried in the battle's front amid the enemy's shot and shell; a Republican of unquestioned fidelity; a patriot; a ripe scholar; a man of the people—fit to represent, not only a district, but the American people, in the Congress of the Nation." In April, 1875, Mr. Hollingsworth was married to Miss Linda McBean, daughter of the late Dr. John McBean, of Cadiz, a native of Scotland, and a noted physician and scholar. They have one child, Donald McBean Hollings-worth, born July 1, 1885; their first child, Henry McBean Hollingsworth, born February 14, 1876, died January 19, 1881. GEORGE HECKLER, another of the well-to do progressive merchants of Scio, Harrison County, is a native of Germany, having been born in September, 1838. His father, Henry Heckler, was married in the Fatherland to Margaret, and they came with their family to America in 1848, settling in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where he carried on farm-ing. They were blessed with five children, viz. : George; John, in Williams County, Ohio; Eliza-beth, wife of Frederick Seaman, and Catherine and Michael, deceased. The mother died in 1848, and the father live years later at the lige of fifty-four. George Heckler, the subject proper of these lines, was ten years old when his parents brought him to America, and when twelve years of age he started out in life for himself. Coming to 104 - HARRISON COUNTY. Scio he here apprenticed himself with George A. Weight to the trade of carriage-making, and afterward worked for him in Scio for twenty years. Mr. Heckler then moved to a farm in Carroll County, and for some time followed agricultural pursuits, after which he returned to Scio, where he opened out a grocery store, which he has since continued, and which has grown to be one of the largest businesses in the place, being now a general store with complete stocks of dry goods, groceries, queensware, etc. In October, 1861, Mr. Heckler was united in marriage with Miss Mary M., daughter of Benjamin and Charity (Webb) Amos, by which union six children have been born, viz. : John William, a dentist in Kansas City, Mo.; Daisy D., married to J. B. Wooster, who is engaged in mercantile business in Buffalo, N. Y. ; Harry B., also a dentist in Kansas City; Lizzie Ger-trude, Jennie A. and Ida, at home. Politically Mr. Heckler is a Republican, and has held va-rious township offices of trust; he is a member of the K. of P. and I. O. O. F. He is owner of the block in which his store and residence are. JOHN SHULTZ, farmer and stock raiser, Monroe Township, Harrison County, was born March 31, 1843, on the farm where he now resides. His father, Solomon Shultz, a native of Germany, born in 1709, immigrated to America and located in the eastern part of Harrison County, Ohio, where he married Rachel Knoff, a native of Maryland, born in 1801, and who had come to Ohio with an aunt when but a girl of twelve years, her parents having died when she was young. About 1837 Mr. and Mrs. Shultz settled on a farm in Monroe Township, and began to clear and improve the land. The country was a wilderness at that time, and they were among the early settlers of this region. They did their threshing with a flail, and hauled the wheat forty miles to Steubenville to market, selling it for twenty-five cents per bushel. Wolves, deer and bears were plentiful. Mr. Shultz died January 15, 1878, and his widow March 3, 1888. Eight children were born to them, seven of whom are now living John Shultz, our subject, the yonngest child in the family, grew to manhood with his parents, and was educated in the early log school-house. In 1863 he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Seventieth O. N. G., as a " one-hundred-day man." Angust 22, 1872, he married Martha A. Carter, a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, and a daughter of Basil and Margaret B. (Guy) Carter, both worthy people of Wheeling, W. Va., and early settlers of Jefferson County, Ohio, where they did much to advance the country. Immediately after marriage Mr. and Mrs. Shultz located on the home-stead, and his parents made their home with them until their death. Four children have been born of this marriage, viz. : Clarence H. (deceased when aged one and a half years), Rilla Roselle, Mary Belle and Burdella Eleanor. Mrs. Shultz is a member of the Presbyterian Church; Mr. Shultz is not a church member, but is liberal in the support of all religious de-nominations. He is a Democrat in politics. JOHN WESLEY CASSELL, at one time one of the active and progressive farmers of Green Township, Harrison County, now engaged in banking business, was born in Frederick County, Md., December 27, 1821. His grandfather, John Cassell, a native of Germany, came to America, and here married, and carried on his trade of blacksmith, he and his wife dying in Frederick County, Md. Jacob Cassell, father of John Wesley, was born in that county and State April 15, 1799, and for a few years, while a resident of Maryland, he carried on a store, but during the remainder of his life followed farming. In 1821 he was married to Elizabeth Devilbiss, whose grandparents were from Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Cassell made their home in Unionville, Md., until 1835, when they came with their family to Harrison County, Ohio, and made their home in the vicinity of the HARRISON COUNTY - 105 town of Cadiz. Here, April 18, 1867, at the age of sixty-nine years, Mrs. Cassell died, and Mr. Cassell then moved to Hopedale, to the home of his son, John Wesley, where he was enlisted over to the " silent majority," January 7, 1881, at the advanced age of eighty-two years. They were the parents of four children, viz.: John Wesley; Leonard Asberry, residing in Cleveland, Ohio; Chelnissa Decker, who died in January, 1888, and Mary, who died when a young girl. The parents had been for many years members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. John Wesley Cassell was, as will be seen, just fourteen years old when he accompanied his parents to Harrison County. When twenty-four years of age, he became united in marriage with Miss Eliza J., daughter of James and Sarah (Hayes) Knox, and a native of Cadiz, her parents having come to Harrison County in an early day. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Cassell settled on a farm he had bought near Hopedale, and here they shared life's joys and sorrows until 1870, when they sold their farm and moved into Hopedale, where they still make their home, their present dwelling on Cadiz Street, which was erected by him in 1874, be-ing the largest and most commodious in the town. They have no children. Our subject now carries on a general banking business, be-ing associated with J. B. Burton, in Kellogg, Jasper Co., Iowa. In 1864, in response to the call for " four months' men,"Mr. Cassell enlisted in the Seven-tieth O. N. G., which regiment was sent to Washington and then to the Shenandoah Valley, where it participated in several engagements. At the expiration of his term of service Mr. Cassell received an honorable discharge, and re-turned to peaceful pursuits at home. Polit-ically he was originally a Whig, casting his first presidential vote for W. H. Harrison, and on the formation of the Republican party he united with same. He has never been an office seeker, but has served on the election board and has acted as judge of elections. He and wife are members of the Disciples Church at Hopedale. CYRUS McNEELY (deceased), who in his lifetime was perhaps the most widely-known resident of Green Township, Harrison County and vicinity, and practically the founder of the town of Hopedale, was a native of Harrison County, Ohio, born May 27, 1809. His grandfather came to America from Ireland, prior to the Revolution. Andrew McNeely, father of Cyrus, was a native of Berks County, Penn., and when he was a few years old his father died. He was a hatter by trade, but at the age of forty commenced farming. In the city of Philadelphia he had married, in 1800, Miss Sarah Bettle, a native of Philadel-phia, and, in 1802, they came to where now stands Cadiz, where the subject of this sketch was born. They bad a family of three sons and three daughters, all of whom died in early life, excepting Cyrus, who passed from earth May 1, 1890, at the advanced age of eighty-one years. In 1852 the mother died, when in her eightieth year, a Presbyterian in religion, though born a Quaker, and in 1858 the father followed her to the grave at the age of eighty-six. In politics he was a Whig and afterward a Republican, was for four years a member of the Ohio Legis-lature, and for twenty years was a justice of the peace in Cadiz. Cyrus McNeely, whose name appears at the head of this sketch, when twelve years of age came into Green Township, Harrison County, with his parents, who settled near Beech Spring meeting-house. Here he grew to manhood, attending the common schools, and sharing in the duties of the farm. On May 19, 1837, he was married to Miss Jane Donaldson, of Cin-cinnati, whither he had gone on a visit, and then returned to the farm in Harrison County. In 1849 he moved to where the town of Hope-dale now stands, which place he laid out that year, and at the same time he established what he designed to be an improved country school, but which developed into the present widely-known non-sectarian college at Hopedale, and which stands on land bought by Mr. McNeely. He built the flouring-mills still standing in the 106 - HARRISON COUNTY. valley, and made many other desirable improve-ments. On April 10, 1887, Mrs. McNeely was called from earth at the age of eighty years, the mother of two children: Lorenzo and Bryant, both of whom died early in life. She and her husband rest side by side in the private burial ground of the Donaldson family at New Rich-mond, twenty miles above Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. McNeely continued to reside at Hopedale up to his death, excepting the time he spent at a sanitarium near Columbus, Ohio. Politically he was no enthusiast, and had not cast his vote for years, but was a recognized Republican in sentiment. In religion he and his wife were members of the Disciples Church at Hopedale, which society he had united himself with sixty-five years ago. WILLIAM HARRISON uris'taofieSandoi:tgeraeneak VI( Township, Harrison County, Ohio, was born in that township November 21, 1842. His father, Hezekiah Harrison, was a native of Maryland, and was born in 1804, of English ancestry. In 1820 he came to Harrison County, locating in Green Township, where he and his brothers rented land. In 1829 he was married to Miss Lydia Hilbert, daughter of David Hilbert, and six children were the result of this union, viz. : David, in Marion County, Kas. ; Albert J., who died in May, 1889, leaving two sons, now residing in Cadiz, aged respectively twenty-three and twenty years (Albert J. was a soldier in the War of the Re-bellion, having. enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth O. V. I. ; at the battle of the Wilderness, under Grant, he lost an arm, which was ultimately the cause of his death); Henry H., a dentist in Wheeling, W. Va. ; William, the subject. of this sketch; Milton, who died when two years of age; and Arabella, who re-sides in Cadiz. Hezekiah Harrison, in partnership with his brother-in-law, David Hilbert, built the Union Vale Mill, which still stands. He and his wife made their home in Green Township until 1839, in which year they moved to Short Creek Township, where, after engaging in the occupation of farming, the mother died in 1869, at the age of fifty-six years, and the father, in 1877, when aged seventy-three years. Politically he was a member of the Republican party, and in religion he was associated with the Presbyterian Church. William Harrison, of whom this sketch is written, received a good common-school educa-tion, and was brought up to farm life, following that vocation until the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion, when he enlisted in the United States Signal Corps, serving two years at Wash-ington City, and returning to Harrison County at the close of his term of service. In 1867 he was married to Miss Sallie A. Hargrave, daugh-ter of Joseph and Margaret Hargrave, of Har-rison County, Ohio, the parents of five children, viz. : William, in Archer Township, Harrison County; Joseph M., in Jefferson Connty; Sallie A. (Mrs. Harrison); Elisha, in Cadiz, and Mary C., wife of I. J. Thompson, in Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson County. After marriage Mr. Harrison carried on, for about ten years, a saw-mill and lumber business in Short Creek Township, and in 1877 they came to the farm where they now reside, not far from the old home farm where his parents and family lived for nearly twenty years. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison are the parents of four children, as follows: Caroline Hilbert, Frederick, Ralph B. and Claribel, all at school. The home of the family is situated about three miles from the town of Cadiz, adjoining the Cadiz and Harrisville pike. There are eighty-seven acres of valuable land, where Mr. Har-rison carries on general farming and the grow-ing of small fruit. His farm is underlaid with a valuable and accessible vein of coal nearly six feet in thickness. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the New Athens District; he is a member of the F. & A. M., and in politics is a Republican. Mr. Har-rison is a representative self-made man, his suc-cess in life being due to his own individual HARRISON COUNTY - 107 efforts, and he and his wife enjoy the respect and esteem of the community at large. SAMUEL DUNLAP, son of Robert Dunlap, -was born in Athens Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, December 24, 1825, and is a son of Robert and Mary (Pattison), Dunlap. Early in life he showed those habits of enterprise and sagacity that made him one of the successful men of his section. Closely trained to business methods, and having a nat-ural aptitude for dealing, his whole life was one of snccessful business ventures. His knowledge of books and the " Rule of Three" was ebtained at the common schools, and many times was the apprehension and comprehension of the student quickened by the application of the master's ferule. However, he later engaged in teaching in his section, and was successful in that profession; but not having a very strong desire to continue the duties of school teacher, which he found were severe as well as inade-quately remunerative, he engaged in farming and stock dealing, which he followed until his death. In 1857 he was married to Mary J., a daughter of Adam Dunlap, and the union was blessed with the following named chidren: William F., Emily and James P. (deceased). In his township he was many times honored by his party with positions of trust and honor, and at various times held the offices of trustee and clerk and others. He and family were members of the Nottingham Presbyterian Church, in which he had filled the offices of trustee, deacon, treasurer, etc. He died June 29, 1882, and was buried in Nottingham Cemetery. WILLIAM F. DUNLAP, son of Samuel and Mary J. Dunlap, was born August 2, 1858. His early youth was spent largely on the home place, and since the death of his father it has been under his efficient management. On Octo-ber 29, 1885, he was married to Mary H., daughter of Samuel Dunlap, a resident of Not-tingham Township, Harrison County. The children born to this marriage are Emily Belle and Samuel P. William F. Dunlap is a Democrat, like his ancestry, and he and family are members of the Presbyterian Church at Nottingham. He is an energetic and industrious young man, and bids fair to keep up the reputation for shrewdness which his father had. JOSEPH DUNLAP was born in Athens Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, May 30, 1834. His father, also named Joseph, was born in Fayette County, Penn., and at the early age of ten years accompanied his parents, who removed from Pennsylvania to Harrison County, Ohio, and settled in Athens Township. Adam Dunlap, the father of Joseph, married, in Pennsylvania, Miss Work, and about 1809 started for what was then considered the Far West. After many hardships and difficulties incident to early travel, they arrived in Steubenville, Ohio. From this place to where they intended to settle, a trackless wilderness had to be traversed; but, undaunted, they concluded to push on, until by the most untiring efforts they reached the place of their choice. Much of the distance Mr. Dunlap was compelled to cut through his way. In Athens Township they finally built their log cabin and commenced the work of clearing. Twelve children were members of their family, all of whom are now deceased. Mr. Dunlap was a Democrat in politics, and his first vote was cast for Thomas Jefferson. He died at the age of some seventy years, his wife surviving him and dying at the remarkable age of one hundred and one years. The father of our subject remained at home until the death of his parents, caring for them during their old age, and assuming the duties which had been laid down by them. He was married to Sarah Gilmore, with whom he lived till her death, which occurred in 1836; she left six small children. Mr. Dunlap was afterward married to Mary Ann Brown, who died, and he was next united in marriage with Susie Webb; his death occurred March 17, 1879, and his remains were buried in Nottingham Ceme- 108 - HARRISON COUNTY. tery. He was a Democrat, politically, but was not an office seeker. Joseph Dunlap, whose name stands at the head of this sketch, remained at home during his youth, assisting materially in the cultivation of the farm, and for several years after attain-ing his majority he managed the home place with great credit to himself. On October 25, 1885, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Adam Dickerman, a well-known resident of Athens Township. After marriage he remained in Athens Township for about nine years, then removed to Noble County, Ohio, where he re-mained a short time, returning to Athens Town-ship, Harrison County; then went to Cadiz Township, remaining there but a brief time, when he purchased the farm where he now lives in Archer Township. The following named children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap: Sarah, born in 1856; Jennie, born in 1858; Lee D., born in 1861; Crittenden, born in 1862. Mr. Dunlap is a Democrat, though not active in politics. He is a self-made man, and has attained his present financial success entirely by his own efforts. His family is one of the oldest and most highly respected in Har-rison County. JAMES DUNLAP. About the beginning of the present century the progenitor of the Dunlap family in Ohio emigrated from Pennsylvania, making the journey overland with one horse and a wagon. He found the country a wilderness, and he often found it necessary to clear a way through the thicket, the journey lasting six weeks. He settled on a tract of land in what is now Monroe Township, Carroll County, and there, surrounded by the dangers of frontier life he and his family set to work to clear the land and build up for themselves a home, where they resided until their deaths. Among the children of Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap was a son named David, who was born in Penn-sylvania, and when a lad came with his parents to Ohio. He assisted them in the early struggles in clearing the farm, and grew to maturity in the wilderness. He married Mary Ann Kail, a native of Carroll County, Ohio, whose parents were early pioneers there, and she died about 1843, leaving four children, of whom our subject is the second in order of birth. He was born in a log cabin on his father's farm in Carroll County, Ohio, August 6, 1836. His mother died when he was but a small lad; his father afterward married Jane Logan, and they now are living in Carroll County. James Dunlap grew to maturity in his boy-hood home, and experienced those privations that fell to the lot of pioneer boys. His cloth-ing was all home manufacture, and with his home-made pants on he felt as proud as though dressed in broadcloth. His educational advantages consisted of a few weeks' schooling during the winter at the old school-house, with its rude furnishings, and be began life for himself as a common laborer, working on a farm for ten dol-lars per month. In 1859 Mr. Dunlap married Miss Mary Jane McHugh, a native of Union Township, Carroll County, and located on a farm. In the fall of 1867 Mrs. Dunlap died, leaving two children: Julia Violet (deceased at five years), and Laura B., now Mrs. John Timmerman, of Bowerston. December 26, 1870, Mr. Dunlap married Miss Martha Willett, a native of Carroll County, Ohio, born November 10, 1845, a daughter of James and Salinda (Newell) Willett. Her paternal grandparents, John and Martha Willett, at an early day were pioneers in Ohio from Cumberland County, Penn., and were married in Pennsylvania; her maternal grandparents, Peter and Christina Newell, came to Ohio from New Jersey about the same time. Mrs. Dunlap vividly remembers the old log school-house, where she was first, taught the rudiments of an education. Mr. and Mrs. Dun-lap now reside on their place adjoining Bowers-ton, where they have a pleasant home and enjoy a handsome competence, which is the result of their own personal efforts. Three children make glad their household, as follows: William Burt, born August 12, 1872; John N., born December HARRISON COUNTY - 109 18, 1874, and James Lewis, born September 11, 1882. Mrs. Dunlap is a member of the Method-ist Episcopal Church at Bowerston; Mr. Dunlap is a Democrat in politics, is township trustee, in which capacity he served before; has also served as a member of the board of education. Mr. Dunlap has traveled quite extensively through the West, buying and selling cattle and stock of all kinds. He owns property in Jasper County, Ill., and has landed interests in the West. THOMAS HOPKINS, a retired merchant and one of the oldest citizens now living in Moorefield, Harrison County, is a son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Bourne) Hopkins, natives of Ireland. Benjamin was a son of Nicholas, a native of County Wicklow, Ireland, but the grandfather of Nicholas was a native of England. Nicholas Hopkins was the father of seven children, named as follows: Joseph, Edward, John, William, Benjamin, Isabelle and Fannie. Benjamin Hopkins was born about 1790, some forty miles from Dublin, in County Wicklow, Ireland. He and his wife reared a family of six children, named Nicholas, John, Matthew, Thomas, Ann and Rebecca, Thomas and John being the only two who ever left Ireland. John immigrated to London, Ontario, Canada, where he was employed for twenty years by the Great Western and Grand Trunk Railroad Companies; he died at his home in London, Canada, in 1888. Thomas Hopkins, our subject, was born June 21, 1821, and received a practical business education in County Wicklow, Ireland, where he grew to young manhood. In his youth he served an apprenticeship of five years in a country store in the village of Shillelagh, County Wicklow. Soon after he left Shille-lagh, and his health then failing, he was ad-vised by medical men of Dublin to take a sea voyage, and consequently he sailed for the United States. He came to Freeport, Harrison Co., Ohio, where he remained one year, and then spent one year in Ottawa, Canada (then known as Byetown); then returned to Ireland, where he spent six years in a dry-goods house in Dublin. In 1849 he came, the second time, to the United States, landing in New York City, where he remained for a short time, when he again went to Ottawa, Canada. The same year he came to Freeport, Ohio, where he engaged in a general store as salesman for one year. In 1850 he came to Moorefield and engaged in mercantile business in company with Nelson Driggs. In 1852 Mr. Driggs sold his interest to Parsons & Holloway, and in 1854 our subject purchased their interest in the business. In 1878 he sold one-half interest in the business to Anderson Wallace, and in 1883 he sold the other half to Mr. Wallace. On April 22, 1862, Mr. Hopkins married Miss Sophia Green, who was born in 1827, a daughter of John and Mary (Hole) Green, of Freeport, Ohio, and to this union were born two children: Mary E., who died January 20, 1886, and Annie, who resides with her father. Mrs. Hopkins departed this life October 23, 1879. She was an active member of the Friends Society for many years, while Mr. Hopkins has been a member Of the English Episcopal Church all his life. Politically he is a Republican, and has served his township as treasurer for several years. Mr. Hopkins has been very successful in his business pursuits, and is the owner of several hundred acres of land in Harrison and Belmont Counties. He is highly respected by all who know him. GEORGE H. COLLINS, postmaster at Piedmont, Ohio, is one of the leading merchants of Moorefield Township, Harrison County. He is a son of Zechariah and Rachel (Willoughby) Collins, and was born in Moorefield Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, September 2, 1850. He was reared on a farm, and when nineteen years of age entered Hopedale College, where he spent two and one-half years, and after leaving Hopedale he attended Eastman's Business College of Poughkeepsie, 110 - HARRISON COUNTY. N. Y., from which he graduated September 3, 1878. He spent the fall and winters of 1870 and 1871, 1872 and 1873, 1873 and 1874, 1875 and 1876, 1876 and 1877, in teaching; the first two terms were taught, in Flushing Township, Belmont Co., Ohio, in what is known as the Bethel District; the remaining terms were taught in the Plum Run District, in Moorefield Town-ship. In the fall and winter of 1879 be erected his present store building and dwelling, and April 28, 1880, began business. On May 11, 1880, Mr. Collins married Miss Elizabeth A. Hilbert, who was born in German Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, February 6,1854, a daughter of Henry and Margaret (Finnicum) Hilbert. This union has been blessed with two children, namely: Earl H., born April 9, 1881, and Clara M., born June 22, 1883. On January 29, 1884, he was appointed postmaster at Pied-mont, receiving his commission February 13, 1884, it being dated at Washington, D. C., and signed by W. Q. Gresham, Postmaster-General, February 5, 1884. Mr. Collins held the office till September 11, 1886, when he was retired by the Democratic administration; but May 31, 1889, he was reappointed, receiving his com-mission June 18, signed by John Wanamaker, Postmaster-General, dated June 14, 1889. When Mr. Collins started in business at Pied-mont, he had had no experience and very little capital, but success has been his lot. He is now one of the leading business men of the county, and is highly esteemed by those who know him. Although he is not a member of any church, he is a liberal supporter of the Gospel. His wife is a member of the Lutheran Church of New Jef-ferson, Harrison County. THE CULBERTSON FAMILY. The first of this family (in Harrison County) to come to America was Robert Culbertson, a native of Ireland, where he married. This wife died in the Emerald Isle, leaving four children: James, John, Samuel and Ezekiel, all now deceased, and all of whom came with their father, in 1811, to these shores and to Ohio, where they settled on a piece of partly improved land, situated one mile northeast of New Athens, in what is now Harrison County. By his second wife, whom he married in Ireland, Robert Culbertson had ten children, viz. : Thomas, Robert, Benjamin, William, Hugh and Joseph, all deceased; George, in Muskingum County, Ohio; Annie, widow of Thomas Pol-lock, living in Guernsey County, Ohio; Mary, who died when eight years old, and Gillespie, in New Athens, Harrison County. The father died at the age of eighty-seven years, and was buried on Christmas day, 1840; he had been a stonemason in his native land, but after coming to Ohio, he followed farming exclusively. Po-litically be was always a stanch Democrat, and in religion he was a member of the Seceder Church. His widow survived him some time, dying at the age of sixty-seven years. Gillespie Culbertson, son of Robert, was born in October, 1816, in Athens Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, and received his education at the common schools of his day. He was brought up to farm life on the old homestead, and never left his parents, whom he saw car-ried to their graves. On December 17, 1840, he was married to Miss Dorcas Holt, of Guern-sey County, Ohio, who bore him four children, as follows: John, living on the old Robert Webb Farm; Mary, deceased wife of Jeremiah Brown, of Monroe Township, Harrison County; Sarah Ann, wife of F. M. Cooper, living in New Athens, Harrison County, and Robert Holt, who died when seventeen years of age. The mother dying August 15, 1865, at the age of forty-seven years, the father wedded Novem-ber 8, 1866, for his second wife, Eliza J., daughter of James and Elizabeth (McKinney) Duncan, and a native of Guernsey County, where her parents died, the father in 1835, and the mother in 1861. By this union one child was born, Dorcas Eliza, now the wife of Samuel A. Kirkland. Mr. and Mrs. Culbertson remained on the farm, where he had lived for seventy-three years, until October, 1889, when they HARRISON COUNTY - 111 moved into New Athens to live retired from active life. He had succeeded on the death of his parents to the old farm situated a mile from New Athens, and now comprising 121 acres. Gillespie Culbertson died September 11, 1890. He was always a stanch Democrat, his first presidential vote having been cast for Van-Buren. In his religious convictions he (as is his widow) was a member of the United Pres-byterian Church. Mr. Culbertson was never a very robust man, and for the past few years he required, in walking, the use of two canes. JOHN CULBERTSON, SOH of Gillespie and Dor-cas (Holt) Culbertson, was born September 20, 1841, on the old homestead, which has been in the possession of the family for nearly fourscore years. He was reared to practical farm life, and also acquired some knowledge of carpen-tering, remaining at home until he was twenty-five years of age, at which time, on November 8, 1866 (the date of his father's second marriage), he was united in the bonds of matrimony with Miss Sarah Jane, daughter of William and Hannah (Watters) McDowell, old residents of Athens Township, Harrison County, the former of whom died, the owner of 600 acres of land, the latter still living in the township. Mr. and Mrs. Culbertson resided for five years after their marriage on a farm which he had rented of his father-in-law, and in 1872 he bought seventy-nine acres of land west of his old home, where he carried on farming until 1885, in which year he moved to his present place, which he had bought the year previous, and known as the old Robert Webb Farm, in Athens Township. In 1866 he erected his elegant and roemy dwelling on land which his father bad plowed fifty years before. It is of modern style of architecture, finished in hardwood, with a slate roof. It is pleasantly situated on the slope of the highest point of land in the county, commanding a view in one direction of sixteen miles, and of eight miles to the westward. The farm comprises 185 acres, all fenced and well improved, being fully equipped with commodious outbuildings, and called the best in the township, all things considered. In 1889 Mr. Culbertson purchased a lot of four acres on the old McConnell Place, which turned out to be the first point where his grandfather stopped in the county. To Mr. and Mrs. Culbertson twelve children have been born, viz. : William M., John G., Samuel C., Charles Albert, Robert Holt, George Washington, Frank Clinton, Mary Jane, Emma Florence, Clarence Cleveland, all yet at home, an infant still-born and Hugh W., born June 28, 1890. The mother died Septem-ber 19, 1890, in her forty-fifth year. Politic-ally our subject is a solid Democrat, but has never aspired to office; he (as was his wife) and four of the sons are members of the Presby-terian Church at New Athens. JAMES B. ROGERS, grocer, Cadiz, was born in Cadiz Township, Harrison, Co., Ohio, July 21, 1839, and is a son of William and Maria (Adams) Rogers. John Rogers, the paternal grandfather of Jilt:nes B., was a native of Maryland, and in 1808 came to Harrison County, Ohio, with his parents. He was reared a farmer, and married Nancy Lemasters, a native of Ohio, and to this union, December 14, 1817, was born one child, William, the father of the subject of this sketch. In 1869 Mrs. Nancy Rogers passed from earth, followed by her husband in 1878, at the age of eighty-four years. John Rogers was identified with the anti-slavery movement almost from infancy, but was a Whig until the organization of the Liberty party, with which party he affiliated until the formation of the Republican party, of which, in 1856, he became a stanch member; his house was one of the stations on the " Under-ground Railroad." In religion he was first a Methodist and then a Wesleyan. William Rogers, as a pioneer's son, helped to clear up the home farm in Cadiz Township, and worked Lard toward improving it. In June, 1838, he married Miss Maria Adams, who was born in Cadiz Township, Harrison County, in 1818, a daughter of Thomas and Charity (Blair) Adams, who 112 - HARRISON COUNTY. came from Pennsylvania and Virginia to Harri-son County at an early date. She lived to share with him the joys and sorrows of earth until 1881, when, at the age of sixty-four years she passed away, the mother of seven children, viz, : James B., John T. (of Newark, Licking, Co., Ohio), Isabella J. (Mrs. J. E. Freeburn), William P., Albert L., Nannie E. (Mrs. A. B. Cutshall) and Bailey S., all except one being residents of Harrison County. Since his wife's death William Rogers has continued to reside on his farm, five miles west of Cadiz. In poli-tics he was originally a Whig, was a stanch Aboli-tionist and a conductor on the " Underground Railroad," and is now an equally stanch Prohi-bitionist. A man of strong personal feelings and equally strong convictions, he was barred at an early day from communionship with the Methodist Episcopal Church on account of his abolition principles, and his open discussion of the manumission question, and he has never sought to be reinstated to church membership. He has been repeatedly urged to run as a can-didate for the State Legislature, but always de-clined a nomination. At seventy-two years of age he is still well preserved, and is intelligent-ly and calmly waiting his summons hence. James B. Rogers, whose name opens this sketch, grew to manhood on his father's farm; he absorbed all the knowledge the common schools afforded, and then attended the Oberlin College. In 1861 he settled in the town of Cadiz and opened an ambrotype gallery, which be managed one year, in the meantime marry-ing Miss Mattie M. Merryman, daughter of John and Mary Merryman, all being natives of Harrison County, Ohio. On December 24, 1863, Mr. Rogers enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Twenty-eighth O. V. I., with which regiment he passed three months in Cleveland, Ohio, and the balance of the time, until the close of the war, on Johnson's Island, Sandusky Bay, guarding prisoners. In July, 1865, he was honorably discharged, when he re-turned to Cadiz, having been home but once during his term of service. For a year he en- gaged at carpentering and operating a saw-mill in connection. He then bought a farm in Stock Township, Harrison County, and in 1868 began teaching in winter, carpentering and farming in summer, and thus alternated the seasons until 1876. In 1877 he sold his farm and removed to Southern Illinois, where he purchased an-other farm, on which he resided eighteen months, and then, in consequence of malarial disease contracted there, returned to Ohio, where he ran a saw-mill for about two years, when, in 1883, he opened his grocery in Cadiz, which he has ever since conducted with profit. Polit-ically Mr. Rogers was first a Republican, and cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln; since 1885, however, he has been a Prohibitionist. By this party he has been several times nominated for office, but, as a natural consequence, has been defeated, the party being as yet in a hopeless minority. He is at present chairman of the Executive and Central Committees of that county. There have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Rogers four children, viz. : Herman A., Jasper C. (editor of the Flambeau, a county Prohibition paper), Clarence S. and Angela Estelle. Mr. Rogers is a member of the G. A. R. and of the Disciples Church, while Mrs. Rogers is a mem-ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The success of Mr. Rogers in business is due solely to his perseverance and strict integrity in all his transactions, and he is one of whom all speak highly in these connections. He is well worthy a place in his county's record. MEHOLLIN FAMILY. The first of this well known family to come to America was Joseph Mehollin, who emigrated from Ireland at an early late, and died in Smithfield, Jefferson Co., Ohio. He had a son, also named Joseph, who was born in Jefferson County and, when manhood was reached, married Margaret McFadden. They made their home in Cadiz Township, Harrison County, on a piece of land which he had entered, and here they passed the rest of their days, he dying first HARRISON COUNTY - 113 at the age of sixty-five years; his widow survived him many years, and died in 1877, at the age of eighty-four years. They were the parents of six children, but three of whom are living, viz. : John, in Cadiz Township; Sarah, widow of William Jamison, also in Cadiz Township, and Margaret (Mrs. George Tarbot), residing near Moorefield, Harrison County. John Mehollin was born in Cadiz Township, Harrison County, in 1818, and was brought up to farm life. He married Miss Elizabeth McFadden, by whom he had four children, viz.: Samuel, in Cadiz Township; Joseph, on the home place (unmarried); Mary Margaret, deceased wife of Leonard Rowland, of Cadiz Township, and John Findley, also in Cadiz Township. In 1875 Mr. Mehollin came from the old home place to where he now resides, some four miles from Cadiz on the Cassville road, where he owns a farm of some 500 acres, besides which he has given each of his children a farm of 160 acres. Mr. Mehollin is a living representative of the pioneer days, whose life has been one of arduous labor. SAMUEL MEHOLLIN was both September 28, 1846. His early life did not vary very mater-ially from that of farm boys in general, and his education, aside from the country school, was the discipline of duty. After making a trip to the Far West, in 1871, he married Miss Mary, daugh-ter of Samuel Nash, now a resident of Cassville, Harrison County, and to this union were born three children, viz. : Maria Odella, George E. and Ettie Luella. In 1879 the mother was called to her last sleep, at the early age of twenty-six years. Left alone with his small children Mr. Mehollin chose another wife in the person of Miss Belle, daughter of Archy Smith, who re-sides near Dickerson's Mills, Harrison County, by which union two children have been born: John Andrew and Florence Pearle. Mr. Mehollin is a Republican in political sentiment, but not an office seeker. His farm of 160 acres is situated some five miles from Cadiz. JOHN F. MEHOLLIN was born March 17, 1856, and remained on the old home farm until he was married in 1878, choosing as his life's partner Miss Belle, daughter of John and Harriet Martin, of Cadiz Township, Harrison County. Their un-ion has been blessed with four children: Andrew, Chester Arthur, Harriet Viola and Mary Eliza-beth, all living at home. Mr. Mehollin's farm, consisting of 167 acres, is situated some five miles west of Cadiz. Politically he is a Repub-lican, and he is one of the well-known, enterpris-ing farmers of his township. JOHN D. MITCHELL was born November 22, 1825, on the farm where he now resides, situated five and a half miles from Cadiz, Harrison County. John Mitchell, Sr., father of our subject, was born in Washington County, Penn., and his father, Matthew Mitchell, had come from Ireland, locating there, but later moved to Harrison County, Ohio, and entered the land which has never since passed out of the Mitchell family's possession. In Ireland, Matthew Mitchell had married Jennie McDill, with whom, after entering the Harrison County land, he returned to Pennsylvania, where they both died. His Ohio possessions fell to his son, John, who, having, in 1816, married Miss Margaret McGee, moved upon them with his wife, and began at once to erect a cabin home. There they endured such privations and dangers as only the pioneers of a forest country experience. They saw the denizens of the forest gradually exterminated, and their place given to the herds and flocks. They saw their dusky Indian neighbors recede before the advancing wave of immigration, until all was changed. In November, 1865, the pioneer father was called from earth, at the age of seventy-nine years, and his remains are interred in the cemetery at Cassville, Harrison Co., Ohio. He left a large circle of friends. Few men in Harrison County commenced life poorer, or made an unaided success of life more marked than did he. For some ten years after her husband's death the aged widow calmly awaited the final summons home, and at the age of eighty-five years, in 1875, she fell asleep in 114 - HARRISON COUNTY death. She was the mother of eleven children: Jane, deceased (she was married to Abe Corban, and lived near Cassville); Matthew, in Noble County, Ohio; Nancy, deceased; Rose Ann, deceased (she was married to John Chamberlain, and lived in Poweshiek County, Iowa); Morris, in Knox County, Ill. ; Elizabeth, deceased; Peg Ann deceased (was married to John Nash, and lived near Cassville, where she reared a family of six sons; John D., our subject; George, de-ceased; Sarah (married John Houser, and moved to Mercer County, Ill., where she died, leaving six children); Mary, deceased (married Welling Calhoon, and lived in Crawfordsville, Ind.). John D. Mitchell has lived through many changes of his county. The fields, which now are pastures or cultivated farms, were in his boyhood covered with dense groves of the sugar maple, which were so large and abundant as to give the place the name of " The Sugar Farm," and on it still stands one of the best sugar groves to be found in the county. The first school Mr. Mitchell attended was like other primitive schools, the ruling power being a huge switch in the hands of the rustic master, which often fell heavily on the transgressor who neglected some rule or failed to recite. In 1852, feeling " it is not good for man to be alone," he chose, as a life partner, Miss Rebecca Hammond, but she, some thirteen years later, was called from earth. Six of her children died when young, one. Rebecca. sur-viving her but a few months. On November 5, 1868, a second wife was chosen by our subject, in the person of Elizabeth A. Kyle, the daughter of Thomas and Jane (McNary) Kyle, of German Township, Harrison County, to which union six children have been born, viz. : Thomas Crawford; Frank Morris, deceased; Maggie Jennette; John Kyle, deceased; Samuel M. aud Ida Bell; those living are still at home. Mr. Mitchell has a farm of 483 acres, and devotes his time to the cultnre of sheep, possessing at all times from 300 to 600, and has never sold over 200 bushels of wheat on his place. His present house was built, and improvements generally have been made, by himself, and he and his family rank high among the respected citizens of the county. JONATHAN BINNS, a well-known citizen of Short Creek Township, Harrison County, is a descendant of one of the early families, and was born here April 6, 1851, a son of David and Rebecca (Hall) Binns. David Binns was born in Yorkshire, England, February 14, 1815. In 1818, with his parents, David and Margaret (Holden) Binns, he came to America and settled in Brownsville, Penn. They belonged to the religious Society of Friends. David grew to manhood with his parents, learning the cabinet-maker's trade by an apprenticeship. He was educated in the public school of Brownsville, but his education was chiefly self acquired. In 1839 he came to Ohio, and for one year he resided in Belmont Connty, where he worked in a machine shop; following spring (1840) he located on a farm in Harrison County, which he purchased in the fall of 1839. In 1841 he married Rebecca, a daughter of Thomas and Mary Hall, a native of Jefferson County, near Harrisville, and a descendant of one of the pioneer families. They located on their farm and began clearing it, as it was mostly a mass of timber, and uncultivated, and there they resided until their deaths. Rebecca Binns died in 1867. David Binns married his second wife, Sara L. Newlin, in 1871, and lived until 1877; he was known among his fellowmen as an upright and straightforward citizen, who always took an active interest in the pnblic improvements of his day, and was well read in history. He was a fine penman, and at various times taught writing. He was the father of ten children, of whom two are deceased. The eldest son, Oliver, died at the age of one year, and a daughter, Elizabeth, at the age of seventeen years. The living are Joseph P., in Short Creek Township; Margaret Ann, now wife of Lewis Hall; Jonathan, our subject; James H., in Mount Pleasant, Jefferson County; David, in HARRISON COUNTY - 115 Colerain, Belmont Co., Ohio; Thomas H., in Short Creek Township, Harrison County; Addi-son, also in Mount Pleasant Township; Mary H. is now the wife of Walter Edgerton. Jonathan Binns was born on the old homestead, and received first the advantages of the Friends Select School, later spending one term at Mount Pleasant Boarding School. In 1873 he married Rosella Bailey, a native of Belmont County, Ohio, and a daughter of Stephen and Martha Bailey. Her parents both died when she was but a child, and she was reared in the family of Nathan Hall. Their union has been blessed by three children: Oliver W., Elza R. and Martha. After their marriage they lived in Jefferson County, on a farm, for six years. In 1879 he purchased his present farm, the old homestead, and moved thereon. This farm con-sists of 133 acres, well improved with a good house and commodious barn and outbuildings. From a small beginning they have been the ar-chitects of their own fortune, and now have a comfortable, pleasant home. WILLIAM HERRON, a prominent citizen of Scio, Harrison County, where he has for the past twenty years carried on a general store, is one of the best known and most highly esteemed residents of the county, of which for many years he has been a justice of the peace. He was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, November 8, 1826, a son of Charles and Elizabeth (Ferguson) Herron, and a grandson of James Herron, who emigrated from the north of Ireland to America at a very early day. Charles Herron, who was a tanner by trade in his younger days, but the greater part of whose life was spent on a farm, was married in Jefferson County, and in 1837 came to Carroll County, same State, where he settled on a farm near Perrysville. Here he died in 186(3, at the age of eighty-one years, having been, in his political convictions, first a Whig, and afterward a Free-Soiler; his widow died in 1882, aged eighty-five years. They were the parents of nine children, of whom the following is a brief record: Rachel married a Mr. Hess, and is now deceased; Sarah was the wife of Joseph Harrison, now deceased; James is deceased; Elizabeth married Richard Irwin, of Harrison County, and is also deceased; William is the subject proper of this sketch; Nancy is the wife of Joseph Robinson, and re-sides in Tuscarawas County, Ohio; Jane is the wife of Samuel -James, of Harrison County; John and Ruth Ann are both deceased. William Herron received a good common-school education, and was brought up to farm life until apprenticed to the saddle and harness trade at Perrysville, Carroll County. At this place he opened, in 1856, a general store, which he carried on until 1857, when he sold out and bought a store at Unionport, Jefferson Couuty; this he sold, and then, in 1861, he returned to Perrysville, and carried on a store there until 1867. In 1864, in response to the President's call for one-hundred-days men, he enlisted in the Eighty-eighth Battalion, O. N. G., of Car-roll County, which formed (by consolidation at Camp Chase) with the Thirty-ninth Battalion, O. N. G., of Jefferson County, forming the One Hundred and Fifty-seventh S. Regiment, O. V. I., of which be was made major. The regi-ment was ordered to Reely Barracks, from there to Ft. Delaware, and during the remainder of its term of service performed guard duty over sev-eral thousand prisoners. Being mustered out September 6, 1864, .Maj. Herron returned to Carroll County, and in 1867 he bought the old homestead, on which he remained until 1871, when he came to Scio and embarked in his present business, building the store in 1872. Two of his sons, William Grant and Joseph Harrison, are in business with him. On July 1, 1847, our subject was married to Margaret, daughter of Jacob Gladden, of Carroll County, and by her he had nine children, viz. : Charity Elizabeth, deceased wife of William Ross, of Perrysville, Carroll County; an infant, deceased; Mary Alice, at home; Alfred Clark is married, and carries on a roofing business in Scio, Ohio; Calvin C., who was killed on the railroad at 116 - HARRISON COUNTY. Canon City, Colo. ; William Grant; Cora Mar-garet, wife of John Grissinger, in Pennsylvania; an infant, deceased, and Joseph Harrison, liv-ing at home. On March 24, 1874, the mother died at the age of forty-eight years, and December 24, 1875, Mr. Herron married Elizabeth, daugh-ter of John and Mary Binger, and a native of Carroll County, but reared in Harrison; her father died in the latter county, and the mother afterward married Robert Russell, and returned to Carroll County. Maj. Herron, in politics, is a stanch Repub-lican, and has served his township and county in various offices of trust. While a resident of Carroll County he was a justice of the peace, but resigned to remove to Jefferson County, and in Harrison County he has filled a similar posi-tion for fifteen years—for the past twelve years without intermission; has been township treas-urer several times. He is a member of the F. & A. M., and Hickson Post No. 581, G. A. R. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. JOHN S. LACEY. The ancestors of John S. Lacey were English, and came to America in colonial days. The greater part of the descendants of these immigrants have long been and are now residents of Virginia and Kentncky; but the immediate ancestors of the subject of this memoir remained in Delaware till the early part of this century. William B. Lacey, a cousin of John S. Lacey, settled in Pittsburgh, and there founded a seminary, which he conducted successfully till about the year 1840, when he accepted the presidency of a similar institution in New Orleans, La. William Lacey, father of John S. Lacey, with his wife and three sons—J. S., Robert and Anderson came to Ohio in 1805, and took up land near Chillicothe, Ross County. John S. was born in Sussex County, Del., January 14, 1793. In the War of 1812 he and his brother Robert enlisted in the National army. Robert was with Gen. Harrison in Fort Meigs when the fort was besieged by the British and Indians; John S. was of the force sent to the relief of the fort, and both brothers rendered effective and patriotic service. In the spring of 1816 John S. Lacey came to Cadiz, Ohio, and entered into a con-tract for the erection of a county court-house, and under that contract the present court-house was erected, his cousin, John M. Lacey being associated with him in this contract. In 1824 he was elected sheriff of Harrison County to fill the unexpired term of Barrick Dickerson, who died in office; in 1825 he was elected for the full term of two years; in 1827 he was elected county treasurer, and was continuously re- elected to serve four consecutive terms—facts which prove that he served his constituents faithfully and efficiently. Among the documents he left there is one showing the origin of a title he bore from the date of the document to the end of his life—a commission signed by Jeremiah Morrow, governor of the State of Ohio, August 9, 1823, ap-pointing him major of the First Regiment, Fifth Brigade, Ohio State Militia. In this con-nection it may be stated there is also a certificate signed by Robert Lucas, governor of the State of Ohio, dated November 18, 1836, declaring John S. Lacey duly elected an elector of President and Vice-President of the United States. About the close of his last term as sheriff he succeeded John Pritchard as proprietor of the Cadiz House, now\ New Arcade House. This house he conducted until 1831, when he removed to the Cadiz Hotel, on the corner of Market and Steubenville Streets, which he had recently built and equipped. He then contracted to carry the United States mail over a route from Wheeling, W.Va., through Cadiz, New Philadelphia and Wooster to Norwalk, Ohio, and placed upon the route a line of four-horse coaches, going tri-weekly each way, and main-tained it till he retired from the hotel in 1841. In 1842 he built the present Lacey homestead in Stock Township, Harrison County, and removed to it in December of the same year. Here he resided till his demise, January 15, 1873. On HARRISON COUNTY - 119 December 31, 1820, John S. Lacey was married to Anna Janette Hoyt, daughter of Jesse Hoyt, and granddaughter of Jesse Hoyt who served as a soldier in the French and Indian War, prior to the Revolution. Anna Janette Hoyt's mother's maiden name was Anna Hoyt, though of a family in no way related to Jesse Hoyt, and Anna Hoyt's mother was Elizabeth Brush. The following memoir of Anna Janette Lacey was contributed to the Pittsburgh Christian Advo-cate, by the Rev. W. B. Watkins, December 17, 1885: " The subject of this memoir was born in the city of New York July 22, 1802, and died at Laceyville, Harrison Co., Ohio, September 29, 1885. She was a daughter of Jesse Hoyt, a member of the Hoyt family which traces its genealogy to Simon Hoyt, who was born in Eng-land in 1595, and was one of the founders of Charlestown, Mass., in 1625, Mrs. Lacey being of the seventh generation. In May, 1820, Miss Hoyt removed to Cadiz, Ohio, where, on the last day of the same year she was married to John S. Lacey, and in March of the next year she united with the Methodist Episcopal Church. At the same time Bishop Simpson, who lived in the same town, was ten years of age, and his uncle was judge of the county court. They at-tended the same church, and, after the conver-sion of the bishop, the same class. At a little later date, when band-meetings ' were still a part of the religious ceremony of the church, they were members of the same band. She was also present when the bishop preached his first sermon, from the text in Ephesians v. : 14: Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. She distinctly remembered, and in after years frequently referred to, the powerful effect produced by that initial discourse. " In 1842 the Lacey family removed from Cadiz to their new home, about eight miles dis-tant, and the little village that grew around the hotel they kept became known by their name. In all the relationships of life Mrs. Lacey devel-oped extraordinary ability and fitness her executive powers were marked and able, her in-tellect keen and penetrating, her conversation graced with intelligence and extensive reading, and her religious character and experience un-wavering and devout. She was strongly attached to the church of her choice. She had cast her lot with it when it was literally little and un-known.' She fully understood its spirit and dis-cipline, and she rejoiced in its communion. Her home was always a hospitable one, and among the more aged members of the Pittsburgh and East Ohio Conferences there are many who can testify to the cordiality of their welcome to its enjoyments. In addition to these things she was profoundly versed in the deep things of God, shrank from no duty or responsibility, and it was evident, even to the casual observer, that her life was hid with Christ in God. " One who knew her well thus sums up her character: Her graces of mind and heart endeated her to all. Her benevolence was only limited by her means, and none were turned away from her door without a kind word and substantial help. * * * She was an extraor-dinary woman, loved and admired by all. An unaffected Christian, she was firm in the faith of the Gospel, and her lovely life was the result of its sacred lessons. Her words were not mean-ingless, but were from profound thought. She was the presiding genius of her home, and her memory will ever be a pleasant thought. Her life was a poem. She met death with calmness and resignation. Although long an invalid, no complaint ever fell from her lips; and that cheer-fulness which distinguished her life was with her to the last hour. She desired no ostentation at her funeral, bnt at her request the parlors of the homestead were trimmed with the flowers from the garden which she admired so much, and the bright foliage from the forest trees, rich and golden with autumn hues." The following sketch of Maj. Lacey's personal characteristics is contributed by the Hon. John A. Bingham: " In compliance with your suggestion, I write with pleasure my recollections of the late Maj. 120 - HARRISON COUNTY. John S. Lacey, one of the early and one of the most enterprising and highly-respected citizens of Harrison County, and a resident therein for nearly sixty years. He was a man of irreproachable character, good judgment, of strict integrity, just and charitable toward all; sincere in his friendship, and faithful to duty, as it was given to him to know his duty. Frequently official trusts were committed to him, and he never failed to perform them with ability and fidelity. For more than twenty years preceding his death he resided on his farm at Laceyville, during all of which time his hospitable mansion was open for the entertainment of the public. His house was indeed a rest for the weary and a delight to his friends. Honored as I was during my early and later manhood with the confidence and friend-ship of this useful and greatly esteemed citizen, now that he has been gathered to his fathers, he still lives to me, as he doubtless does to others, a cherished and very pleasant memory." Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Lacey, three of whom died in infancy. William B., the eldest of the children who reached maturity, died in Cincinnati in 1867; Anna Janette, the youngest, and wife of Rev. W. B. Watkins, died at the homestead in 1866. The survivrng children, four in number, are, in the order of the seniority, as follows: Jesse Hoyt, a resident of Omaha, Neb.; Henry Brush, occupying the homestead; Robert Stinson and Anderson Parker, residing in Washington, D. C. SAMUEL D. EDGAR, one of the most successful agriculturists of Nottingham Township, Harrison County, was born in Monroe County, Ohio, August 30, 1842. James Edgar, the grandfather of Samuel D., who was a native of Ireland, at an early age came to the United States, and for a number of years resided in Washington County, Penn., from which place he removed to Wellsburg, Va., where he kept a hotel, and there also his son, James, father of the subject of this sketch, ran a ferry-boat. James Edgar, just mentioned, came, later, to Harrison County, Ohio, entering the tract of land now owned by his heirs, and on this he resided until his death, which occurred about 1845. The children of James, Sr., were six in number, and were named James, Jane, William, Adam, Elizabeth and Nancy. James Edgar, Jr., father of Samuel D., was born in Washington County, Penn., February 22, 1794. He married Miss Charity Bartow, who was born in Washington County, N. Y., July 24, 1798, a daughter of Zenas and Elizabeth (Carpenter) Bartow, also natives of the same county and State. Zenas Bartow, who was born about 1750, gallantly served as a captain in the War of the Revolution, and about 1809, with his family, came to Ohio in a wagon team, settling in Connotton, Harrison County, where his last days were passed. To James Edgar, Jr., and wife were born the following children: An infant, unnamed, Elizabeth and Adam deceased; Cyrus, a resident of Monroe County, Ohio; Margaret, deceased; James, killed in the Civil War; Phoebe Petty, residing in Nottingham Township; Francis, deceased; Matilda Kidwell, in Nottingham Township; Elijah G., deceased; Charity Hanlon, also in Nottingham Township, and Samuel D., whose name heads this sketch. James Edgar, Jr., after his marriage, located in Cadiz Township. Harrison County, where he remained until 1840, when he removed to Monroe County, but within a few years came to Nottingham Township, Harrison County, where he died March 16, 1882, and seven hours later his faithful wife, the sharer of his toils and burdens, also passed away. Politically Mr. Edgar was a Democrat, but at the close of the War of the Rebellion he joined the Republican ranks. Samuel D. Edgar, whose name opens this sketch, at the age of nine years came from Monroe County to Harrison County, with his parents, on their return to the latter, and here was reared to manhood. On February 10, 1864, be enlisted in Company F, Ninety-eighth O. V. I., served at the battle of Kenesaw Mount-ain from June 9, until June 30, 1864; also at HARRISON COUNTY - 121 Peach Tree Creek, Ga., June 20, 1864, and at Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1864; July 10, 1865, he was honorably mustered out and returned to his home. On January 14, 1869, he married Miss Susan Poulson, who was born March 14, 1852, in Nottingham Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, a daughter of John and Rachel (Rogers) Poul-son, and to this union were born seven children in the following order: Frank S., August 24, 1869; Lillie B., January 16, 1871; James H., December 27, 1873; Lewis B., December 5, 1877; John P., November 11, 1881, died February 10, 1889; Samuel G., March 13, 1885, and Lulu Blanche, April 27, 1887. After his marriage Samuel D. Edgar purchased his pres-ent farm of ninety-one acres in Section No. 16, Nottingham Township. In politics he is a Re-publican, and in religion adheres to the faith of the Disciples Church, of which church his wife is also a member. John Poulson, the father of Mrs. Edgar, is a son of James Poulson, a native of Maryland, born about 1781, who was a basket-maker by trade, and early came to Ohio, settling in Cadiz Township, Harrison County. James was twice married, and by his first wife became the father of nine children, as follows. John (deceased); James, residing in Jasper County, Iowa; Jacob and Elizabeth (both deceased); Jehn, in Jasper County, Iowa; 'Wilson; William, in Montpelier, Ind.; Harriet and Mary Ann, residents of Harri-son County. By Mr. Poulson's second wife there were born three children: Samuel, Robert and Maria. John Poulson was born in Cadiz Town-ship, Harrison Co., Ohio, April 23, 1812. He married Miss Rachel Rogers, who was born in Cadiz Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, April 26, 1816, a daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Lewis) Rogers, and to this union were born nine children, viz.: Samuel and Elizabeth, both deceased; Sarah Russell, residing in Belmont County, Ohio; Thomas, in Nottingham Town-ship, Harrison County; Matilda (deceased); Harriet Rogers, in Nottingham; Susan, wife of Samuel D. Edgar, our subject; Salina I., and Evans, both deceased. Mr. Poulson, after his marriage, continued his residence in Cadiz Township for a short time, and then moved to Nottingham Township, where he bought the farm owned by his son, Thomas. Here he died February 19, 1863, a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, his widow dying April 21, 1876, in the faith of the Disciples Church. ALFRED PHILLIPS. The Phillips family in America are of English descent, their ancestors having come here at the commencement of the War of the Revolution. They settled in Pennsylvania, where the ancestry made their home until they removed to Ohio. Richard Phillips, grandfather of Alfred, came to Ohio in 1803, and remained in Jefferson County until 1815, when he removed to Washington Township, Harrison County, where he purchased a large tract of land, which was largely improved and cleared by him. In his early manhood be was married to Comfort Davidson, who bore him the following named children: Joseph, John, Margaret, Hannah, Lewis and Eleanor Ann. An enthusiastic supporter of the Democratic party, he took a prominent part in its success, and was many times called to positions of honor and trust in the service of his township. He and family were members and liberal supporters of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In Washington Township, amid the scenes of their early struggles, his wife died in 1835, and he in December, 1856, aged eighty-four years. John Phillips, the father of Alfred Phillips, was born December 19, 1804, in Jefferson County, Ohio, and spent his youth on the parental farm, where he was employed in the duties incident to a farmer's life. In 1831 he was united in marriage with Eleanor Johnson, who, still at the advanced age of eighty-six years, retains her youthful vigor of mind. Settling in Washington Township, Mr. and Mrs. Phillips passed the entire portion of their married life there, and after many years of toil and economy enjoyed the fruits of their industry. Their children were as follows: 122 - HARRISON COUNTY. Richard, in Washington Township; Mary, Mrs. William Boyd; Alfred, in Freeport; Sarah Car-ver and Nancy, both deceased. July 1, 1886, John Phillips died, deeply regretted by all. His life was one of good deeds and remarkable usefulness. He maintained the doctrines of the Democratic party, in religion was a Universalist, and was well posted in their doctrinal points. Largely- a self-made man, he could look back on his life and feel a contentment only given to those who have deserved it. Alfred Phillips was born in Washington Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, December 26, 1835. In this place he spent most of his youth, attending the common schools, and being busily employed during the working season in the duties of the farm. September 1, 1863, he was married to Rachel A., daughter of William Mears, of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and he then bought a farm in Washington Township, where he remained until 1873, when he pur-chased his present residence, in Freeport Town-ship. His farm, consisting of 170 acres, is excellently located about two and a half miles from Freeport. He carries on general farming and stock-raising, and is meeting with the success always attendant on enterprise and good judgment. A prominent member of the Democratic party, he always supports it in State and national politics, but uses his own judgment in local elections. He is a worthy representative of a worthy family, and has the highest confi-dence of all. His children were John, Wilbert, Leona, Mary (deceased) and Richard. WILLIAM WELCH. Among the earliest settlers of Harrison County none probably preceded the parents of William Welch—Samuel and Katherine. The father came from Ireland at an early age, landing almost penniless in New York, where he met and married a young native of his beloved Isle, by name Katherine Coulter. Together, poor in goods but rich in hope and health, they commenced their journey westward, arriving in Harrison County, and settled on what is now known as Lyons Welch's Farm, where they remained until they took their departure to that " country from whose bourne no traveler returns." Samuel Welch entered what is now known to the residents of Archer Township as the Lewton Farm, also the Sil Palmer Farm and William Welch Farm, on which the latter now resides. In the forests swarming with wild beasts and fierce Indians he manfully struggled to effect improvements, that his chil-dren might at least have more of the com-forts of life than he and his wife enjoyed. Re-turning from felling the stalwart trees that crowned the hills and stood out in majestic pride on their slopes, he would take his gun to kill a wandering deer, or perchance the savage bear that during the night may have raided his pig pen; or would lie in wait for the wolves, which, becoming hungry, would hover about the door of his cabin, snuffling and growling, mean-time licking their half-famished jaws for some one with whom they might appease their rav-enous appetite. Under such difficulties and dangers did our early settlers labor, until, in the sunset of their life, they saw the wild beasts re-placed by lowing herds and bleating flocks, the mighty forests felled, and the soil now clothed with green meadows, waving fields of grain, or cheerful woodland. Six children were reared by this old pioneer couple, of whom only two now survive: William, in Archer Township, Harrison County, and James, in Deersville, same county. The mother died in 1842, and was buried in Ridge Cemetery, and in 1846 Mr. Welch was married to Mrs. William Keepers, a resident of Stock Township, this county. On March 30, 1850, he died, surrounded by his children, and was buried by the side of the wife of his youth. William Welch was born September 18, 1818, in Archer Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, and until he was of age he remained at home, assisting his father in the working of his farm. On October 22, 1840, he was married to Agnes, daughter of George Fisher, a resident of Rum- HARRISON COUNTY - 123 ley Township, and then settled on the farm on which he now resides. To this union was born Susana, now Mrs. William Sampson, resid-ing in Stock Township, this county. On Feb-ruary 14, 1845, Mrs. Welch died and was laid to rest in Ridge Cemetery, and September 18, 1845, Mr. Welch married Miss Emily Jane Nixon, a resident of Archer Township, who bore him four children: James W., now living at home; Rebecca Jane (Mrs. A. J. Palmer), in Stock Township, Harrison County; John N., in North Township, Harrison County, and Rev. A. C., in Youngstown, Ohio, a member of the East-ern Ohio Methodist Episcopal Conference. The mother of this family died February 28, 1887, and was buried at Hanover, Harrison Co., Ohio. Mr. Welch is one of the prominent Demo-crats of his section, though not an office seeker. He is a man of sound judgment, deep convic-tions, and sterling qualities. By the aid of his children and his own perseverance he has brought his farm up to its present state of culti-vation, and now in his declining years he trusts the arrangement of his farm to his son James W., with whom he resides. He can look back on a life well spent, and, with full knowledge that he has the respect and esteem of the entire neighborhood, he rests contented and happy. JAMES W. WELCH, son of William Welch, was born July 1, 1847, in Archer Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, where he received an ordinary com-mon-school education, at what was called Opos-sum Hollow School-house, during the winters, laboring assiduously on the farm during the summers until the winter of 1865, when he went to Harlem Springs, Carroll Co., Ohio, and at-tended one term of school at what was then known as Rural Seminary, and the following spring he went to Hopedale Normal College, Harrison County, Ohio, where he attended school one year. Up to this time he had in his mind to study medicine, but he now decided to be a farmer and returned home where he re-mained until May 25, 1869, when he became united in marriage with Rate M., daughter of Aaron Conaway. He then removed to North Township in the same county, where he re-mained until the spring of 1885, when he came to the old homestead to manage the farm for his father. Only one child has resulted from this marriage, G. Emory, born September 6, 1870, at present at home assisting in the farm work. Mr. Welch is a Republican, and has been elected at various times to offices of honor and profit; he is very active in politics, and contributes liberally of his time and money to the cause. Both himself and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and prominently identified with all the worthy and benevolent projects of the society. Mr. Welch is a repre-sentative of one of the leading families of the county, and fully merits and retains the respect and esteem in which they were held. EPHRAIM McCLEARY (deceased) was born of poor but honest parentage in Harford County, Md., October 19, 1810. When a young lad he was bound out as an apprentice to learn the blacksmith's trade, receiving in return for his services his board and clothes. When he became of age he established himself in business, his capital con-sisting of twenty-five cents, and when in after life he enjoyed the pleasures of the handsome competence he had won, he would often point with pride to his humble beginning. The first fifteen hundred dollars he earned was paid for security. He located in Harrisville, Ohio, soon after finishing his apprenticeship, and here re-sided many years. He was a man of indomitable will and energy, and ofttimes he rose early enough to have a wagon ironed before breakfast time, and the first sonnd that greeted the in-habitants of the village upon awakening was the musical clang, clang, of " Eph McCleary's " hammer, as he forged the glowing metal into some desired and useful shape. He had an especial bent for horses, his judgment upon them being widely sought and highly appre-ciated, and he was frequently called upon to sit as judge of horses and stock at the local and 124 - HARRISON COUNTY. State fairs. In connection with his trade he purchased and shipped many horses to Balti-more and other eastern points, and, in these ventures his clear knowledge and keen judg-ment met with a good reward. His first wife, Nancy J. Dunn, was a daughter of Gen. Dunn, who for many years represented Belmont County in the General Assembly of Ohio, and when a member of that body he would often make the journey from his home to Columbus on horseback, it requiring several days to make the trip. This union had been blessed by three children, all of whom died in childhood. On April 4, 1844, Mr. McCleary married Mary A. Gillespie, a lady of more than ordinary attain-ments, and who for several years had been a teacher in the public schools of Ohio. She was a daughter of Menzes and Chloe (Phelps) Gilles-pie, an early settled family of Franklin County. Ohio, her native place. Her father, Menzes Gillespie, ran away from home when a lad, and enlisted in the United States service in the War of 1812. He was appointed sergeant of the Twenty-fifth Regiment, New York Volunteers, and participated in the battles of Chippewa and Niagara Falls, also the battle and siege of Fort Erie. Mr. McCleary removed in April, 1859, from Harrisville to a farm near by, and there died April 28, 1874; he was one of the most successful farmers in the county. His widow, who was born August 22. 1819, survived him until May 19, 1886, her death occurring at Harrisville. She was the mother of eight children, as follows: Clayton A., died February 28, 1880; Chloe A. ; Mary Effa, now Mrs. Henry Stiers, of Short Creek Township, Harrison County; Julia Alma, Mrs. George T. Holmes, of Athens Township, Harrison County; Ardelia L., who married John Siebert, and died November 25, 1879; Sarah Jane, who married John A. Jamison, and died June 2, 1878; Nancy Eudora, who died November 10, 1878, and Elnora G., now Mrs. Franklin C. Mansfield, of Steubenville, Ohio. Of these, Clayton A. was a gradnate of Franklin College, New Athens, and was married September 7, 1870, to Henrietta Holmes, of Short Creek Township. He commenced life on a farm which his father had given him; was elected a director of the First National Bank of Cadiz, in his father's place. In 1876 he moved from the farm to Harrisville, where he entered mercantile business and re-mained until he lost his health. There was no limit to his acts of charity, at all times denying himself for the poor, and always remembering them at Christmas. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He left a widow and four children, one son being the only grandson of Ephraim McCleary to keep the family name in existence. MRS. CHLOE A. (MCCLEARY) HOLMES WEIS born in Harrisville, Harrison Co., Ohio, March 16, 1850; was united in marriage September 8, 1870, with Joseph M. Holmes, who was born in 1847 in Short Creek Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, where he grew to maturity. His parents, Abraham and Rachel (Mansfield) Holmes, were early settlers in the township. Mr. Holmes was stricken down in the prime of his life, dying in 1871. Mrs. Holmes, with her daugh-ter, Josie M., now resides in Harrisville. There she has a beautiful home surrounded by the comforts and enjoyments of life, and is univer-sally respected and esteemed. Mrs. Holmes is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. JOHN F. MOORE, farmer, Moorefield Township, Harrison County, is a son of Uriah and Mary A. (Fulton) Moore. He was born in Moorefield Township January 1, 1845, grew to manhood on the old farm and received a common-school education. On Au-gust 30, 1866, he married Miss Catherine B. Knight, who was born December 1, 1818, a daughter of Joseph and Eliza Ann (Jones) Knight, natives of Ohio, her grandparents hav-ing been born in Pennsylvania, whence they came to Nottingham Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, being among the early settlers. John F. Moore and his wife are parents of three children, named as follows: William E., HARRISON COUNTY - 125 Annie M. and Hannah M., all residing at home. In 1873 Mr. Moore purchased a part of the farm on which he now resides, and which contains eighty acres in Section No. 7, Moorefield Town-ship. Mr. and Mrs. Moore are members of the Nottingham Presbyterian Church; politically Mr. Moore is Democratic. R. W. REED, a retired business man of Jewett, Rumley Township, Harrison County, is a son of John and Dorcas (Orr) Reed. John Reed was born in Archer Township, Harrison County, June 6, 1818. Dorcas Orr was born in Green Township, same county, June 4, 1812, a daughter of Robert Orr, who was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1769. Robert Orr's wife bore the maiden name of Ann Huston, and was also a native of Ireland. Robert Orr migrated to Westmoreland County, Penn., in 1795, remained there until 1802, and then came to Green Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, where he entered 160 acres of land. He was the first justice of the peace in Green Township, and served for twenty-two years. He was father of nine girls, born and named as follows: Martha, born May 23, 1801; Esther, August 15, 1802; Jean, April 1, 1804; Mary Ann, September 6, 1806; Miriam, August 13, 1808; Zipporah, March 13, 1809; Bathsheba, April 2, 1810; Dorcas, June 4, 1812, and Betty, July 7, 1814. Robert Orr was a son of Andrew Orr, and died November 4, 1857. John Reed was a son of Arthur Reed, a native of Pennsylvania, and born in 1791; his fore-fathers were natives of Germany, and settled inPennsylvania in the early days. Arthur Reed was the father of ten children, by name, John, James, William, Nancy, Ellen, Margaret, Mary Ann, Catherine, Mrs. Lemuel Hale of Bloomfield, Ohio, and Mrs. Sandy Dennis, of Indiana. He came from Pennsylvania to Archer Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, in 1810. He was a school teacher in Pennsylvania and had to go from house to house to teach his scholars. After he came to Ohio he followed wool carding. John Reed worked in the carding mill with his father in his boyhood days, and March 3, 1846, he married and settled on Robert Orr's farm in Green Township, but in 1853 moved to Union Port, Jefferson Co., Ohio, where he followed the carpenter's trade, contracting and building. After some years he returned to Green Township, Harrison County, bought a small piece of land and built a house, but followed his trade until 1880. He died at his home March 18, 1884; his wife died October 8, 1866. They were the parents of two children: Elizabeth Ann, who was born October 6, 1850, and died January 19, 1853, and R. W. Reed, born May 17, 1848. Our subject received a practical business education at Hopedale Academy. He remained at home until 1872, but May 5, 1869, he married Miss Elizabeth McClellan, born May 8, 1846, a daughter of William and Eve (Rinehart) Mc-Clellan, former of whom was a son of Robert McClellan, a native of Ireland, who came to Westmoreland County, Penn., in an early day, and from there to Jefferson County, Ohio. Mrs. Reed's grandfather was Rev. John Rinehart, a Lutheran minister of primitive days, who settled in Jefferson County early in the century. He was twice married, the father of fifteen chil-dren, six of whom are now living, Mrs. Reed's mother being the eldest. The musical talent seemed to be largely inherited by the Rinehart family, of which Miss Ella Russell, the wonderful singer who is creating such a sensation in Europe, is a descendant; she is a great-granddaughter of Rev. Rinehart. Prof. M. L. Rine-hart is also a son of Rev. Rinehart, and uncle to Mrs. Reed, and many more of them are profess-ors of vocal and instrumental music. R. W. Reed, March 18, 1872, came to Jewett, Ohio, and worked in the planing-mill for his uncle till 1884. In 1884, in company with Dr. England, he bought a drug store, but same year he sold his interest to Dr. England, and went to Martin's Ferry where he embarked in the hardware business; there he remained till 1886, and then sold and returned to Jewett, of 126 - HARRISON COUNTY. which place he has served as clerk for two years. To Mr. Reed was born January 5, 1872, one child, Willie S., who died February 17, 1878, of scarlet fever. Mrs. Reed is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Mr. Reed of the Presbyterian Church, and he is at present pres-ident of a national literary and social organiza-tion known as the E. H. C. JAMES MINTIER, one of the well-known wide-awake citizens of Short Creek Township, Harrison County, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, March 9, 1829. His paternal grandfather, who was of Scotch-Irish extraction, came to this country at an early date. Robert Mintier, father of James, was a native of the Keystone State, and was there reared to agricultural pursuits. At the age of twenty-eight (in 1819), he married, within the borders of Belmont County, Ohio, Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and Jane Hammond, and they then located in Jefferson County, Ohio, where several of their children were born, and where they remained some ten or twelve years, moving, in 1831, to Harrison County, and settling in Short Creek Township, on the farm where David Mintier now lives. Here they toiled and reared their family, sharing life's joys and sorrows until 1863, when the wife and mother was called from earth, at the age of sixty-five years. She was the mother of twelve children, viz. : Alexander (deceased); Joseph, in Short Creek Township; Thomas, in Muskingum County, Ohio; William, who died at the age of two years; John, in Belmont County, Ohio; James, of Short Creek Township; Mary and Martha (twins), former of whom is now Mrs. John Hanna, of New Athens, Ohio, and the latter died at the age of nineteen years; Eliza Jane, widow of James Henderson, and living in Harrisville, Ohio; Robert Johnson, in Kansas; Esther, wife of Joseph Shepard, in Iowa; and David, living on the home place. The father departed this life in 1870, when aged seventy-nine years. He was a hard worker from his boyhood, and was the architect of his own fortune; in politics he was a stanch Republican, in religion a member of the Unity Church, of Belmont County, as was his wife. He served several months in the War of 1812. James Mintier grew to manhood on the old farm, and received the advantages of a common-school education. On October 26, 1854, ha was married to Eliza Ann Ribble, who lived only about seven months, and October 27, 1858, he took, for his second wife, Mary Barnett, of Guernsey County, Ohio, but she enjoyed only seven years of married life, dying in 1865, and leaving one child, Eliza Ann, afterward mar-ried to Dr. David Phillips, of Iowa; two chil-dren died prior to their mother's decease. On August 16, 1866, Mr. Mintier married, for his third wife, Elizabeth A., daughter of John and Eleanor L. Davis, and born in Belmont County, Ohio. Her paternal grandparents came to Har-rison County in 1807, settling on what is now the Johnson Farm, in Athens Township. This was nearly all woodland, with only a cabin on it. Here the old couple died, and here John Davis, the father of Mrs. Mintier, was born and grew to manhood. He married Eleanor L. Israel, whose maternal grandparents were Germans; her great-grandfather, Robert Israel, served three years as a lieutenant in the Revolution; the grandfather died in Wheeling, and the grandmother in New Athens, Ohio. The parents of Mrs. Mintier both died in the year 1884, the mother in April, and the father in October, in Jefferson County, Iowa. Mrs. Mintier is the only one of their family now living in Harrison County. In 1859 Mr. Mintier moved onto the farm where he now resides. Their children three in number, are all at home, viz. : Mary E., Robert A. and John D. Politically Mr. Mintier is a stanch Republican, but has never been an office seeker. In 1864, in response to the call for one-hundred-days men, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventieth O. N. G., Company F. ; was stationed at Washington, and was pres-ent at the battle of Shenandoah Valley, as well as in the many skirmishes in which his regiment HARRISON COUNTY - 127 took part, coming through all without a wound. On receiving an honorable discharge, he returned to his home and the peaceful pursuits of the farm. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church of New Athens; in poli-tics he is a Republican, and is a member of James Love Post, G. A. R., at New Athens. Their home is pleasantly situated on the Harrisville and Moorfield road, about one mile. east of New Athens, and comprises excellent tillable land. JOSEPH MINTIER, the second son of Robert and Elizabeth (Hammond) Mintier, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, October 25, 1822, and when a boy of ten summers he came to Harrison County along with his parents, their mode of conveyance being a wagon, and their route nature's untutored wilds. He grew up a stalwart youth on the farm, attending the subscription schools of the neighborhood, also for a time Franklin College, New Athens, where he fitted himself for a teacher in the common schools, and for two terms he was a pedagogue in Belmont County. In 1846 he was married to Miss Eleanor, daughter of William and Ellen Campbell, of Belmont County, Ohio, where they both died. In 1853 Mrs. Mintier departed from earth, leaving three children, viz. : Elizabeth and Martha, in Leavenworth, Kas., and Robert Campbell, since deceased. The Campbells came from Washington County, Penn., in the persons of three brothers, John, James and William. In the fall of 1854 Mr. Mintier married for his second wife Miss Eliza Jane, daughter of James and Martha (Pennell) Carrick, and born in Short Creek Township, Harrison Co., Ohio. Her mother died when she was but a small child, her father in 1885. He had come from Pennsylvania and settled in Short Creek Township, where he lived and died, not far from George-town, where three brothers had each secured a farm, all being now deceased. Mrs. Mintier's half brother, E. L. Carrick, and sister now re-side there. Her mother bore three children, as fol-lows: One that died when three years of age, John S. and Eliza Jane (Mrs. Mintier). Her father was first a Whig, and then, on the formation of the party, a Republican. Mr. and Mrs. Min-tier after their marriage spent nine years in Bureau County, Ill., and in 1862 they returned to Ohio, to the old home farm which was placed in their charge, the brother, David Mintier, hav-ing gone to the war. In the spring of 1869 our subject purchased the piece of land in Short Creek Township on which he has since resided with his family, all the improvements being made by his own hand. He erected, in 1873, all the buildings, but the old house supposed to be the first frame building in this part of the country, is still standing on the farm. By his last marriage Mr. Mintier has six children, all liv-ing, viz. : Sarah Belle, at home; James C., in Oberlin, Decatur Co., Kas. ; Josephine, wife of Alonzo Eli, in Athens Township, Harrison County; Milton S., Minnie Jennette and Oscar Glen, all at home. Politically Mr Mintier is a stanch Republican, " dyed in the wool," and for one year he was assessor of Short Creek Town-ship; he and his wife are members of the Unity Church of Belmont County. The farm of sixty-two acres is situated about two miles east of New Athens, on the Harrisville, New Athens and Moorefield road. DAVID MINTIER, the youngest son born to Robert and Elizabeth (Hammond) Mintier, was born February 3, 1841, on the farm which he now owns in Short Creek Township, Harrison County. His brothers having all left the pa-rental roof, the care of the farm devolved upon him. He was educated at the common schools and remained at home until December 9, 1861, when he enlisted in Company G, Forty-third O. V. I., which regiment was sent to Missouri, where it joined the Army of the Southwest. He was in several engagements, including the bat-tle of Kenesaw Mountain, the burning of At-lanta and Sherman's march to the sea. He was present at the grand review held in Washington in 1865, and after a service of three years and seven months he returned home (1865) to the peaceful pursuits of the farm, reassuming charge of the place, and caring for his aged 128 - HARRISON COUNTY. father. On September 26, 1867, he was married to Margaret Jane Ritchey, daughter of Alexander and Eliza (Haneway) Ritchey, of Short Creek Township, Harrison County. Her grandfather, Andrew Ritchey, was one of the first settlers of this part of Harrison County and died here. The parents of Mrs. Mintier are both deceased, the mother having died in July, 1849, aged thirty-nine years; the father who was a farmer died in Muskingum County, Ohio, in March, 1867. Mr. and Mrs. Ritchey had sev-en children, three of whom are now living, viz. : Mrs. Wine, in Columbus, Ohio; Margaret Jane, (Mrs. Mintier, the only one living in Harrison County), and Mrs. Flowers, a resident of Point Pleasant, W. Va. cone child, Lillie Glen, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Mintier, who lived only. six months. In politics Mr. Mintier is a Republican, and is a member of James Love Post, G. A. R. at New Athens; Mrs. Mintier is a member of the Unity United Presbyterian Church of Belmont County. The farm is situ-ated one and a half miles east of New Athens, and the house is the same which his parents built. Mr. Mintier is a representative citizen, highly respected by all who know him. JAMES ROWLAND is said to have been, in his lifetime, the wealthiest farmer of Moorefield Township, Harrison County. He was a son of John and Rachel (Ingle) Rowland. Robert, the father of John Rowland, was a native of Scotland, who, about 1750, migrated to York County, Penn., where he remained until his death. The father of our subject was born in York County, Penn., in 1758, and lost his mother when he was a small boy; his father, Robert Rowland, having married again, John was bound out to a Mr. Wells. When the Revolutionary War broke out Mr. Wells was drafted, and tried all over the country to get a substitute, but failing to find one, he hired John Rowland, who was then a mere boy. John served until the close of the war, and then was hired as an Indian scout to protect frontier settlers. He was under the command of Maj. McMahon, and served as a scout for three years along the Ohio River from Steubenville, Ohio, to Louisville, Ky. Dnring this time he engaged in several battles with the Red Men. Many days he would travel through the forest, sleeping on the ground nights with-out a fire, not daring to make one for fear he would be discovered. All he had to eat was what he carried in his knapsack. One incident related by Mr. Rowland was the capturing of a Mrs. Buskirk by the Indians. He, in company with fifteen men, was put under the command of an officer and stationed at a point on the Ohio River, where they knew the Indians would cross with their prisoner. They concealed themselves in the brush, and during the night the Indians came with their prisoner to cross. At seeing so many Indians the officer in command of the company became frightened, and rose up and shouted for every man to take care of himself. At this the Indians in turn became frightened, supposing they were about to be captured, shot their prisoner, and then fled for their lives accoss the river; at the same time the soldiers were making as rapid progress as they could in the opposite direction. The Indians were very troublesome during these years, murdering whole families, burning their buildings and driving off their stock. After Mr. Rowland left the service he married Rachel Ingle, a daughter of William and Rachel (Edington) Ingle, former of whom was one of the first settlers in Steubenville. Ohio. After Mr. Rowland's mar-riage he remained in Steubenville until 1815, when he removed to Moorefield Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, and purchased 260 acres of land of his father-in-law. On this land was an old log house, to which he built additions, and started a hotel, it being one of the first hotels opened in Harrison County, and this house Mr. Rowland conducted for about thirty years. He died at the home of his son, James, April 20, 1855, well known throughout the country and highly respected by all who knew him; he was a member of the Presbyterian Church for many HARRISON COUNTY - 129 years. John Rowland had two brothers older than himself, viz. : Matthew, who settled near Mansfield, Ohio, and James, who located near Cincinnati, both of whom rose to eminence in their respective localities; all three of these brothers were very tall, fine-looking men. James Rowland, the subject proper of this memoir, was born near Steubenville, Ohio, February 24, 1805. Being reared in the hotel as bartender and hostler, he had not much of an opportunity for attending school. He had five sisters and four brothers, whose names are as follows: Sarah, William, Mary, Rachel, Levi, Elizabeth, Cyrus, Rebecca and John. In Jan-uary, 1828, our subject married Miss Elizabeth Linard, born April 15, 1807, and to this union were born twelve children, of whom eight are living, viz. : Sarah Jane, who occupies the homestead; John, in Kansas; Matthew, in Not-tingham Township; Linard, in Cadiz Town-ship; Elizabeth, in Freeport, Ohio; Christiana, in Illinois; Rachel, in Illinois; Margaret, in Allegheny City, Penn.; those deceased are Henry, Mary, Ella and James. Mr. Rowland, after his marriage, built a saw-mill near where he last lived, and which he operated for thirty years; then turned his attention to farming, principally to the raising of sheep. In 1836 he exchanged his log cabin for a fine brick resi-dence, and was always very successful in any-thing he undertook. He had been a member of the Christian Baptist Church for many years, and contributed liberally of his means toward the erection of all churches in his neighborhood, and to their support. His political sentiments were those of the Democratic party, and he cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson in 1828. About midnight July 30, 1890, be died from heart failure in the eighty-sixth year of his age. He was suddenly attacked with violent pains in and around the chest, but everything that could be done failed to relieve him. Before the physi-cian, who had been at once sent for, arrived, Mr. Rowland breathed his last and was at rest. Death had no terrors for him. He was emi-nently a good man, a Christian, and a true gentleman of the old school, and his character was above reproach. He was always honestly dili-gent in business, and even to the last day of his life everything received his personal supervision. He met all the ups and downs of life—its vicissitudes and adversities—with Christian fortitude and resignation. JOHN H. FERGUSON, postmaster at Germano, Harrison County, is a son of Vincent and Mary (Amspoker) Ferguson. Vincent was a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Johnson) Ferguson; Henry was a son of Henry, Sr., a native of Scotland, who came to Indiana County, Penn., among the early settlers. He was the father of five children, viz. : Samuel, John, Henry, Thomas and Joseph. In 1802 Henry, Sr., came to Harrison County, Ohio, and settled in Green Township, one mile west of Hopedale, where he entered quite a large tract of land. Here he built a small log cabin, where he lived for a number of years. Gradually the forests gave way to the strong, steady stroke of our brave pioneer, till there appeared in their place fine meadow lands and green pastures, and in course of time the primitive log cabin was replaced with a fine brick residence. Henry, the younger, was born in Indiana County, Penn., in 1788, and received his education in Indiana County, Penn., and in Harrison County, Ohio. He grew to manhood on the farm in Ohio, where he took an active part in clearing the land. In 1812 he served in the war against Great Britain. About 1810 he married Miss Elizabeth Johnson, and to this union were born six children, viz.: Vincent, deceased; Samuel, deceased; John, who resides in Kansas; Isabelle, deceased; Mary, deceased, and Eliza A. Hines, in Archer Township, Harrison Co., Ohio. Henry Ferguson died at his home in Green Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, in 1863, his wife having preceded him to the grave in September, 1856; both were members of the Presbyterian Church for many years. Vincent Ferguson was born in Green Town- 130 - HARRISON COUNTY. ship, Harrison Co., Ohio, July 12, 1812, and was reared to manhood on the old farm, receiving his education at the subscription schools of Green Township. On March 19, 1835, he married Mary Amspoker, who was born December 21, 1816, a daughter of Samuel and Mary (Norris) Amspoker, who came to Harrison County, Ohio, in 1803, and settled five miles north of Cadiz. Samuel Amspoker and his wife were parents of nine children: John, Alexander, Samuel, Elizabeth, Susan, Mary, Sarah, Charles N. and James. Vincent Ferguson was a tanner by trade, which he learned in Hopedale, Ohio. Soon after his marriage he removed to Germano, where he engaged in the tanning business, which he followed as long as his health would permit. He was a member of the Seceder Church for a number of years, or till the union in 1858, when he joined the United Presbyterian Church. He departed this life May 20, 1876, and his widow is still living at the old home in Germano, in the enjoyment of peace and comfort. To Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Ferguson were born twelve children, viz. : Amelia, deceased; John H., our subject; Elizabeth, wife of Martin Overholt, residing in Custer County, Neb. ; Samuel J., Mary Jane and Rebecca A., all deceased; Susan P., wife of Henry Redman, residing in Iowa; Mary I. ; Margaret A., also in Iowa; Henry W., in Colorado; Sarah C., deceased; Etta R., living with her mother. Our subject was born in Germano, Harrison Co., Ohio, January 20, 1838, and received a practical business education in Germano, learning the trade of tanner under his father, at which he worked till the call for more soldiers, August 8, 1862, when he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regiment, O. V. I. ; in November, 1863, he was promoted to sergeant, and was honorably discharged June 25, 1865. He then returned home and bought one-half of the old tannery, but in 1881 this tannery was destroyed by fire, since which time he has been engaged in buying and selling hides and leather. On October 6, 1881, Mr. Ferguson married Addie Plummer, who was born July 18, 1849, in Washington County, Ohio, a daughter of Robert L. and Charlotte (Faires) Plummer, and they have one child, J. Dorris, born March 30, 1890. In May, 1889, our subject was appointed postmaster at Germano. He is a member of C. L. Duffield Post, G. A. R., No. 339, of Germano, and he and his wife belong to the United Presbyterian Church. ALBERT MOORE, farmer, of Moorefield Township, Harrison County, is a son of John and Elsie (Johnson) Moore. John Moore was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, August 4, 1809, a son of Robert and Mary (Armstrong) Moore. John grew to manhood in Jefferson and Harrison Counties, Ohio, and received such an education as the common schools of the early days afforded. His wife was born October 6, 1811, a daughter of William Johnson,who was an early settler of Moorefield Township. To this union were born three children, named as follows: Mary, wife of Jackson Ray, of Cadiz Township, Harrison County; Johnson, a farmer in Moorefield Township, and Albert, our subject. Mr. Moore, after his marriage, purchased the farm our subject now owns, which contains 158 acres, and is known as the Grand View Farm. He resided in a log cabin on this place for some years, but in 1838 erected a brick residence. One day, while the family were away on a visit while the brick house was being erected, the cabin caught fire and burned with all its contents. In 1866 the brick house also was, with all its contents, destroyed by fire. The same year, however, the fine residence our subject now resides in was erected. John Moore spent his life in clearing his land and making improvements on his farm, and died May 14, 1874. He was well known throughout the county, and highly respected by all with whom he came in contact. Albert Moore, our subject, was born July 7, 1841, was reared to manhood where he now resides, and received his education at the com- HARRISON COUNTY - 131 mon schools of the township. June 13, 1867, he married Miss Sarah McFadden, born May 13, 1844, a daughter of Samuel and Margaret (Rankin) McFadden. To this union have been born three children: Margaret, born May 4, 1868; Mary F., born December 2, 1869, died May 31, 1870, and John A., born July 30, 1872. Mr. Moore has held several offices of trust in his township, and is known as one of the leading men in all public enterprises. MRS. SARAH BARCLAY, of Moorefield Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, is a daughter of Micajah and Clarissa (Hawse) Insley. Micajah was a son of Solomon and Britannia (Dean) Insley, natives of Maryland. Solomon Insley was born about 1770, and was the father of six children, named Jemima, Sarah, Rebecca, Eunice, Hudson and Micajah. Solomon migrated with his family in 1816 to Franklin Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, where he resided a short time, and removed to Guernsey County, Ohio, where he spent the remainder of his life. Micajah was born, in 1791, in Maryland, where he grew to manhood, and received a common-school education. He came to Ohio with his parents, and after being married, purchased a farm of eighty acres in Franklin Township, Harrison County, where he resided a short time. He then removed to Nottingham Township, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was for many years a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which his wife was also a member. She was born in Maryland in 1801, and died in 1885. The husband died in 1845. This union was blessed with the following-named children: Asbury, deceased; Eunice, deceased; Sarah, our subject; Maria Kennedy, of Tuscarawas County, Ohio; Robert, residing in Kansas; John. in Uhrichsville, Ohio; Rachel, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and Benjamin, killed at the battle of Petersburg, in August, 1864. Our subject was born March 18, 1829, in Nottingham Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, where she grew to womanhood. She was married, January 1, 1857, to James Barclay, who was born September 23, 1823, in County Derry, Ireland. This union was blessed with eight children, named as follows: Joseph, residing at home; David, attorney at law, Dennison, Ohio; John, Clara and William, at home; Benjamin, instructor in bookkeeping and accounts at Eastman's Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. ; James and Annie, teachers in Harrison County. The father of this family departed this life April 21, 1885. He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church, and his wife was a member of the Presbyterian Church. After their marriage they settled on the farm where our subject now resides, and in 1879 they erected the fine residence which the family now occupy. The farm contains 123 acres on Section 30; they are also owners of 130 acres on Sections 25 and 31, in Moorefield Township. JOHN HOST. In the latter part of the I eighteenth century, when America had succeeded in shaking off the fetters which had so long held her, and offered the sons of other countries a land of freedom, a litre number of strong, energetic and resolute people left their native lands for the Western shores, here to secure the blessings of liberty for themselves and their posterity. Among the many who came from the Fatherland was the founder of the Host family, who rank among the prominent residents of Harrison County. Soon after his arrival here Harvey Host was united in marriage with Nancy Fulton, and they settled in Pennsylvania, where Mr. Host died and was buried. They were the parents of the following named children: Harvey, Samuel, James, John, William and Eliza. Mrs. Host survived her husband, and was .married to John Moffat, with whom she removed to Harrison County, where they both passed away, and were buried in Beech Spring Cemetery. Samuel Host was born December 20, 1801, and passed his early life on the farm. At the 132 - HARRISON COUNTY. age of nineteen he was apprenticed to the trade of blacksmith, which he followed nearly his entire life. On August 27, 1825, he was married to Louisa Oxley, who died June 12, 1834, and was buried at Bloomfield, Jefferson County. She left five children, named as follows: Henry, James, Mary Ann, John and Louisa. On April 5, 1838, Mr. Host was again married, on this occasion to Jane, a daughter of William Hines, of Harrison County, and the children of this marriage were William H., Sarah, David, Amos and Eliza Jane. Mr. Host spent the last four years of his life at the home of his son, John, who with true filial love gave him every care and attention to make his closing days comfortable. On November 2, 1889, he passed away, and was buried at Beech Spring Cemetery. In politics he was a consistent Democrat, though never an active worker in his party. John Host, the subject of these lines, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, September 27, 1831, and at the age of three years he was placed at the home of his grandparents, where he remained until the second marriage of his father, after which he lived at his paternal home. At the age of sixteen he commenced life for himself, having nothing save his energy, indomitable will and steady perseverance to assist him. He has by the aid of his faithful wife now attained a leading position in the financial circles of his neighborhood. On April 22, 1858, be was united in marriage with Ruth A. McMillan, who was born August 31, 1835, a daughter of John McMillan, a resident of Carroll County, Ohio, and soon after their marriage they located in Green Township, Harrison County, where they remained about eight years, then moved to Franklin Township, of which they were residents for about four years, and then returned to Green Township, where they have since resided. The names and dates of birth of their children are as follows: Jane L., born February 16, 1859; John William, July 28, 1860; Mary A., May 30, 1862; Samuel V., January 13, 1864; David Homer, September 17, 1866; Violet B., October 3, 1868; Francis Marion, February 3, 1871; Maggie E., March 24, 1873; Minnie May, October 3, 1875; and Eva I., October 26, 1878. Mr. Host and family are members of the Presbyterian Church at Beech Spring. He is a Democrat in politics, and, although not pretending to be much of a politician, is a faithful worker for his party. SAMUEL ELLIOTT (deceased) was born in Belmont County, Ohio, in about the year 1817. His father, also named Samuel, was a native of Ireland, whence, when a small boy, he was brought by an uncle to this country, and to Belmont County, Ohio. Here the uncle settled, and the boy grew to manhood on a farm. In course of time he married Miss Mary Grimes, who became the mother of our subject; both parents died in Belmont County, the mother first, and the father marrying again, the children by his first wife were scattered among relatives and friends. There were five children in this family, viz. : Joseph, in New Athens, Harrison County; Samuel and James, both deceased; Mary, now Mrs. Joshua Dickinson; and Nancy, now Mrs. Joshua B. Dickerson, in Short Creek Township. Samuel Elliott was taken by an uncle, Samuel Davis, of Athens Township, Harrison County, and on the farm where Mrs. Johnson now lives he grew to manhood. In 1845 he was married to Miss Sarah, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Holmes) Thomas. Isaac Thomas, grandfather of Mrs. Elliott, and who was one of the first settlers of Short Creek Township, came from Virginia in the early part of the century, settling in the woods, on a farm where W. M. Giffen now resides. They had the following-named children: Peter, Isaac, Susan, Ruth, Anna, Sarah and Aaron, all deceased. Of these, Isaac, father of Mrs. Elliott, married and located on the old home place, where they reared their family; but later (in 1843) they removed to Iowa, taking up their residence in Washington County. In 1852 the mother died, at the age of fifty-two years, having borne eight chil- HARRISON COUNTY - 133 dren, named as follows: Aaron and Asa.(deceased); Abram, a minister in the Methodist Episcopal. Church, North Ohio Conference; John, in Iowa; Taylor (deceased); William, in Colorado; Sarah, now Mrs. Elliott, born October 28, 1828; Susan, now Mrs. David Twinand. The father died in 1867, at the age of eighty-two years. He was a member of the Society of Friends, but he afterward united himself with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Sarah Thomas was reared at home until her marriage with Mr. Elliott, and they then spent one year in Green Township. In 1847 they came to Short Creek Township, Harrison County; afterward, in 1850, they bought their present farm, to which they at once moved. Here most of their married lives were spent, and here it was that on January 15, 1884, Mr. Elliott, at the age of sixty-one years, died. He had been in failing health for several years, and finally lung trouble set in. In politics he was at first a Democrat, but afterward joined the ranks of the Republican party. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Shepherdstown, in Belmont County, for years. He started in life poor, but by hard work, honest perseverance and economy, he accumulated a sufficiency. He was a good neighbor, a kind husband and father and a progressive citizen. His remains now rest in the cemetery at Harrisville. Miss. Elliott is the mother of nine children, as follows: Mary Elizabeth, in Guernsey County, Ohio; Hameline, on a farm near Cadiz, Ohio; Martha J., now Mrs. Thomas, living near Mount Pleasant, Jefferson Co., Ohio; Susann A., now Mrs. Anderson, in Short Creek Township, Harrison County; Reason Wilson, living near Harrisville, Ohio; Malinda, now Mrs. Samuel Brokaw, in Belmont County, Ohio; Aaron, on a farm in Short Creek Township; Harvy, who died of measles at the age of nineteen, in 1883; and Taylor. Since the death of her husband Mrs. Elliott has carried on the farm, with the aid of her younger son, who still remains with her. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Shepherdstown, having joined at the age of thirteen. Her farm is situated nearly half way between Harrisville and New Athens, and consists of ninety-six acres of good land. Mrs. Elliott is a progressive woman, and has had her home enlarged since her husband's death. The family are well known and highly esteemed in the community. MARY (PATTERSON) SCOTT, widow of Alexander M. Scott, was born in Carroll County, Ohio. John Patterson, her father, was a native of Scotland, but was a young man when he came to America. In Pennsylvania, near Harper's Mills, he met Miss Isabella McMillan, and November 25,1824, made her his wife. She was born in Scotland, but was a little girl when brought to America by her parents, both of whom died in Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson came to Ohio immediately after marriage and settled in Carroll County, in the wild forest. Mr. Patterson put up a rude log cabin to serve as a shelter till a better one could be erected, in which they shared the toils and pleasures of life together until November 17, 1846, when Mrs. Patterson passed away at the early age of thirty-seven years, being the mother of thirteen children, as follows: James, of Linn County, Kas. ; Margaret,the wife of Matthew Nickle, of Beaver Coun ty, Penn., deceased; Robenia, wife of William Rutan, of Ashland County, Ohio; Euphemia, Mrs. John Harrison, of Harrison County, Ohio; William, in Morgan County, Ill. ; Mary, the subject of this sketch; Isabelle, wife of William Hogue, in Carroll County, Ohio; Adam, who was killed in the War of the Rebellion; Thomas and Jane, who both died when small; Martha, Mrs. Joseph Doty, of Richland County, Ohio; John, who died at two years of age; Alexander, in Morgan County, Ill. March 27, 1849, Mr. Patterson married Catherine Adams, who bore him four children, viz. : Elizabeth, Mrs. Dr. Cook, of Scio; Jane, who died at two years of age; Samuel, in the West, and John, on the old homestead, in Carroll 134 - HARRISON COUNTY. County, Ohio. Mr. Patterson died in 1859, aged sixty-eight years; his widow survived him until 1882. Mary Patterson remained at home with her parents until her marriage with Alexander M. Scott, August 25, 1853. Alexander was a son of Benjamin and Susannah Scott, of Washington County, Penn., and in 1851 came to Carroll County, Ohio. After his marriage he made his home in Perry Township, Carroll County, and there he died January 8, 1878, aged fifty-two years. His death resulted from an old attack of typhoid fever, from the insidious germs of which he had greatly suffered for twenty years, gradually failing until the end. After his death Mrs. Scott continued to reside on the farm until November, 1886, when she purchased her present pleasant home in Scio and removed to it for the purpose of educating an adopted son. Mrs. Scott had no children of her own, and this young man, William P., is the son of her sister Margaret, who, dying, left him.to her care, and she has certainly exercised a mother's care over him. He is now a student in Scio College. Mrs. Scott is a member of the Presbyterian Church, of which William P. is also a member, and both are highly esteemed by all who know them. NATHAN HAVERFIELD was born near Wheeling, W. Va., in 1797, a son of James and Nancy Haverfield, former of 7 whom was a native of Ireland, whence, in an early day, he came with his father to America, finally settling, in 1800, in what is now Harrison County, Ohio, whither they had come from eastern Pennsylvania. James and Nancy Haverfield were the parents of seven children, viz.: William, John, Joseph, James, Nathan, Elizabeth and Ellen. Nathan Haverfield, before leaving the Keystone State, had married Miss Harriet Barnett, a native of that State. Their land purchase here consisted of 100 acres of wild woodland, on which they experienced the hardships common to all early settlers. Their toil was rewarded, however, for in course of time a fertile farm took the place of their forest home, and here they spent years of happiness together. Nathan Haverfield died at the age of seventy-six years, and four years later his widow followed to the grave, when eighty-six years old. They were the parents of eleven children, viz.: John N. and James N. (sketches of whom appear else-here in this volume); William B. deceased; Thomas H., in Indiana; Sarah Jane, deceased; Jemima H. (widow of Jeremiah Weaver) in Franklin Township; Joseph, in Cadiz Township; Nathan B., in Cadiz Township, on the home farm; Samuel Patterson, deceased; George A., deceased, and Nancy E., wife of Neal McCaffrey, residing in Iowa. Nathan Haverfield was a member of the Seceder Church, now called the United Presbyterian Church, of Cadiz, and in his political preferments he was a stanch Republican. He was a musician of no small merit, both vocal and instrumental, the violin being his favorite instrument. In his younger days he taught singing school, and for several years he was " clerk " in the Seceder Church, his desk being placed near the pulpit, and in front of the congregation, his duty being to give out the Psalms, two lines at a time, and lead the singing. He was a great lover of books, and a close student, so much so that he became well versed in history, and succeeded in securing quite a large library of standard works and other books, Shakespeare having prominent place in his collection. At his funeral Rev. W. T. Meloy (now pastor of the First United Presbyterian Church, Chicago, Ill.), who conducted the services on that occasion, and who had for several years prior to the death of Mr. Haverfield been his pastor, remarked in his address that the deceased had a knowledge of matters pertaining to many subjects far exceeding that of the average farmer. Two, at least, of Nathan Haverfield's older brothers served in the War of 1812, a war that left a military spirit among the people, and for a number of years subsequent to the close of the struggle the laws of Ohio required every HARRISON COUNTY - 137 able-bodied man of certain age to be enrolled in the State Militia, and to muster for military training twice each year—once for company and once for regimental drill. Mr. Haverfield was at this time in command of a regiment at least 1,000 strong, which he would put through the manual and other exercises. The people, however, in course of time became indifferent and careless, and these old-time militia musterings were abandoned. NATHAN B. HAVERFIELD is a son of Nathan and Harriet (Barnett) Haverfield, and was born January 29, 1835, on the farm he now owns. His parents were pioneers, and notice of them appears in other family sketches elsewhere in this volume; but, in addition, it may be said that hard as did the pioneers of Harrison County work, their labor brought but slight returns. They often carried a small amount of grain on horseback eight or ten Miles to mill to have it prepared for the family use. Oats were frequently drawn to Cadiz, where, at only six and one-fourth cents per bushel, they were exchanged for nails at twelve and one-half cents per pound. Nathan B. Haverfield, our subject, while a young man, learned the trade of a carpenter, and for some twelve years followed that vocation. At the time of the Pike's Peak excitement, in 1859, he joined a party of gold seekers, and from there, some time later, went to California, where, for almost four years, he remained, working at his trade and in the mines. In 1863 he returned to Harrison County, and on May 13, 1864, went out in Company K, One Hundred and Seventieth O. N. G., as a private, and on May 5 was appointed sergeant of his company, in which capacity he served until his time of enlistment expired. While in this company he was stationed in the forts near Washington, later was in the Shenandoah Valley, and participated in the battles of the Wilderness, Snicker's Gap, Harper's Ferry and Martinsburg. At Snicker's Gap he stood near his cousin, James 8 H. Haverfield, when he was killed, and, aided by a comrade, bore his inanimate body from the field of carnage, crossed the river and buried it in a garden, where it reposes in an unmarked grave. Nathan B., our subject, fortunately received no serious wounds, although so near the enemy that a rebel bullet, striking the breastworks near his face, threw dirt in his eyes. September 10, 1865, he was honorably discharged and returned to his home. On November 15, following, Mr. Haverfield was united in marriage with Miss Mary A., daughter of Samuel and Casandria Harper (both of whom are deceased), who came to Harrison County at an early date, and therein reared their family. After his marriage Mr. Haverfield came to the old farm to care for his aged parents, who, resting from their labors, were hand in hand descending the "hill of life." He has since remained on the place, from which both his father and mother have departed to join the " silent majority." The farm is now his sole possession, he having bought the interests of the other heirs. He built the present commodious house which stands beside its more humble neighbor—the old log cabin first erected on the farm, and which, as a relic of the past, Mr. Haverfield allows to stand. His home has been brightened by the presence of six children: Annie B. (now Mrs. M. B. Finical, of Crawford County, Kas.), Harry H., Hattie C., Nellie E., Frank P. and Minnie M., the latter five residing at home. Politically Mr. Haverfield is a stanch Republican. He is a member of the G. A. R., and has been a Freemason twenty-five years. Mr. Haverfield has a large circle of friends, and most creditably represents the pioneer ancestry from whom he is descended. Not yet succumbing to the weight of years, he enjoys shouldering his gun and joining the boys in a fox chase or a rabbit hunt. His farm is situated some three miles from Cadiz; not far from the Moravian road, and is devoted to the raising of Jersey cattle and sheep. Joseph Haverfield was born in Cadiz Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, November 15, 1832. 138 - HARRISON COUNTY. He spent his early life on the home farm, and March 15, 1855, married Miss Mary Jane, daughter of Samuel Johnston, of Harrison County, where both her parents died; a brother, John Johnston, is now living in the western part of the county. After their marriage one winter was spent on the home place, and in the spring of 1856 they came to their present home, where all the buildings are the work of his own hands. Three children were born to them: Harriet Elizabeth (married to James A. Mitchell, of Cadiz Township, Harrison County), Kersey Wood and Bertha Virginia. Politically, Mr. Haverfield is a Republican, and has held various positions of trust in his county; was supervisor two years and assessor two terms. His farm consists of eighty-five acres, located two and one-half miles west of Cadiz, on the Deersville road. On it there is one fish pond, stocked with carp; his longest pond is probably the largest in the county. In connection with farming he is also engaged in mining coal. Mr. Haverfield is well known and universally esteemed. SAMUEL FULTON, a wealthy farmer of Nottingham Township, Harrison County, is a son of Alexander Fulton, who was a son of Philip, whose father, a native of Scotland, came to America at an early day and settled in Cecil County, Md., where Philip was born June 24, 1777. For many years Philip Fulton taught school in his native State, and April 2, 1801, he was married to Miss Sarah Hanna, who was born in Harford County, Md., May 8, 1782. About the year 1805 Philip, with his wife and children, migrated to Washington County, Penn., where he resided until about 1808, when he brought his family to Steubenville, Ohio, and here he enlisted in the War of 1812, but served only about three months. Soon after the close of the war he removed to Harrison County, Ohio, and purchased the tract of 160 acres on which his son, John Fulton, now re- sides, in the southeastern part of Nottingham Township, and on this he erected a small cabin; here he and his faithful wife endured all the hardships incident to such pioneer life, the land being partially paid for by raising flax, which Mrs. Fulton spun and wove into cloth, which was disposed of at a fair price. Mr. Fulton also manufactured brick on his land, and these were sold to his neighbors for chimney building. In due course of time a better residence was erected, and prosperity made glad the family home. On a barn built by Mr. Fulton, in 1835, is supposed to still exist the first lightning rod ever used in Harrison County, being made of one-quarter inch iron, with each point tipped with twenty-five cents' worth of silver. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Fulton were born twelve children, viz.: Jane S., born December 15, 1801; Alexander, September 12, 1803; William, April 28, 1806; Philip S., July 10, 1808; Hannah, February 4, 1811; Harrison, May 11, 1813; Elizabeth Lantz, February 9, 1815-all now deceased; Sarah Davison, born July 20, 1818, and living in Freeport Township, Harrison Co., Ohio; Mary A. Moore, born April 14, 1821, and living in Moorefield Township; Julia Pickering, born May 3, 1823, also living in Moorefield Township; John, born March 2, 1827, living in Nottingham Township, and Calvin, born August 19, 1833, now deceased. Philip Fulton departed this life September 14, 1841, and his widow September 3, 1815, both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Alexander Fulton was born in Maryland, but was reared to manhood in Ohio, and, November 2, 1820, he was married to Miss Sarah Ramsey, who was born in Maryland, February 12, 1804, the only child of Samuel and Elizabeth (Cochrane) Ramsey. Samuel Ramsey, son of Charles Ramsey, of Scotland, was born in Chester County, Penn., May 23, 1780; Elizabeth Cochrane was born in the same county, October 28, 1768, and their marriage took place in 1802. The children born to this union were seven in number, viz. : Samuel; Elizabeth Yarnall, residing in Moorefield Township, Harrison County; Alexander, deceased; Albert, deceased; Philip, residing in Nottingham Township, Harrison HARRISON COUNTY - 139 County; Mary J., at home with her aged parents, and Sarah A., deceased. In 1804 the Ramsey family went to Allegheny County,Penn., and there resided until 1818, when they came to Harrison County, Ohio, and in this county Mrs. Elizabeth Ramsey died, November 18, 1857, and Samuel Ramsey followed, her to the long home March 14, 1858. Alexander Fulton was a very successful farmer. He was a sincerely religious man, and a close adherent of the United Presbyterian Church. In politics he was an active Republican. His death took place March 15, 1881, in Nottingham Township, Harrison Co., Ohio. Samuel Fulton, the subject proper of this sketch, was born in Nottingham Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, August 17, 1827, and was reared on the home farm as a tiller of the soil. Receiving his education at the common schools, he still gave his aid to the improvement of the home place until his marriage, March 13, 1860, with Miss Caroline Watson, who was born in Marion County, Ohio, October 11, 1838, a daughter of William and Sarah (Kennedy) Watson. The father, William Watson, was born in Ireland in 1708, and when fourteen years of age came to America, landing in New York City with a cash capital of three cents. From that city, however, he made his way to Maryland, and there found employment on the National Pike, then in course of construction, and was soon appointed to the charge of a crew of laborers engaged in the construction of the road. Subsequently, having made a successful career pecuniarily, he reached Illinois, in which State he died in the year 1870. After marriage Samuel Fulton and his bride settled on his newly purchased farm, on which he and his family still reside. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Fulton are as follows: Mary I., born May 30, 1861; Albert B., born October 6, 1862; Barbara E., born November 18, 1864; William A., born December 7, 1867, and Sarah E., born May 11, 1873, all residing with their parents. In politics Mr. Fulton is a Republican, and under the auspices of this party has filled the offices of township trustee seven years, and of school director twenty-five years. He and his wife are active members of the Nottingham Presbyterian Church, and enjoy the respect of the community in which they live to the fullest extent. EDWARD M. S. McCONNELL, New Athens, Harrison County. In every community there are to be found those who are recognized as leaders in all matters of public welfare and progress, to whom the people look for advice, and are not disappointed. Such a man is the one who is the subject of this sketch. He was born April 3, 1836, in Athens Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, and has been a life-long resident there. The first of the family to come to America were James, Elizabeth and John McConnell, natives of Scotland, who reached this country about the middle of the eighteenth century. Upon arrival here they immediately settled in Pennsylvania, where they underwent those hardships and dangers incident to pioneer life. James was one of the settlers of Louisville, Ky. , and Elizabeth resided with her brother, John. John McConnell (grandfather of E. M. S.) was born in Scotland, and his early youth was spent partly in Scotland and partly on the farm in Pennsylvania, which he assisted in managing along with his brother James and sister Elizabeth. Soon after he attained his majority he was married to Mary Morton, a daughter of Edward Morton. He remained in Pennsylvania till the spring of 1801, when he came to Ohio and located in what is now known as Athens Township, where he entered a large tract of land in the wilderness, many miles from other human habitation. The forests teemed with all kinds of wild beasts, which were a source of much danger to persons as well as domestic animals. Many are the thrilling adventures those sturdy pioneers could relate were they still animate. John's sister, Elizabeth, while returning from a visit to her brother in Louisville, a journey which she often 140 - HARRISON COUNTY. took, always on horseback, was followed and nearly caught by a pack of wolves, whom hunger had made ravenous, but by hard riding she succeeded in evading them. As Mr. McConnell was one of the earliest settlers in Athens Township, his home was the headquarters of the families who came afterward, and who were received and entertained with that true hospitality which has ever characterized the McConnell family. Little do the present residents of the well-settled and improved farms of Athens Township realize the inconveniences and hardships the early settlers were compelled to undergo, while wresting their farms from the primeval state; how many of the necessities of life were brought on horseback from beyond the mountains of Pennsylvania, thus making them costly; and how much time and labor were consumed in getting their milling done, sometimes taking three or four days. In order that the last mentioned inconvenience might be removed, Mr. McConnell built a "horse-mill," the first in this section, and well was he repaid, both by the receipts and the gratitude of his neighbors. His children were as follows: James, William, Margaret, Elizabeth, John and Jane. James and William were engaged in a general mercantile business on the Ohio River, and after many years of successful business were both stricken with a disease, the germs of which were thought to have come in some of their importations; the other children are also now deceased. John McConnell, the father of Edward M. S. McConnell, was born in Pennsylvania May 5, 1796, where he remained until about five years old, when his parents came to Ohio, his early life being spent on the farm, where he grew to manhood. His education was received in the ordinary schools, and in the academy (afterward Franklin College) at New Athens. On October 20, 1823, he was married to Jane Robinson, daughter of Adam and Elizabeth Robinson, residents of Delaware, near Wilmington. Their family were among the earliest settlers of that State and were of Irish and German ancestry. After his marriage Mr. McConnell settled on the land which had been entered by his father, where he remained till his death. His children consisted of Robert, living in Guernsey County, Ohio; William, deceased; James, deceased; Margaret, Mrs. William Howell, in New Athens;. Mary, Mrs. Joseph Holmes, in Athens Township; John, deceased; E. M. S., our subject; Elizabeth, Mrs. John Cook, in Bridgeport, Ohio; Francis M., deceased; Adam, in Athens Township; and LaFayette and Martha, both deceased. In his politics Mr. McConnell was an earnest supporter of the Democratic party, and, while many times solicited to accept office, he always refused, though never failing to do his full share of the party work. He was one of those men whose influence long survives them. His honesty and probity of character were never questioned, and his whole life was an example worthy of emulation. On August 18, 1878, he passed away, and was buried in Crab Apple Cemetery, Belmont County, Ohio, where his wife was also laid, she having followed him to the grave April 10, 1887; both had been consistent members of the Presbyterian Church. E. M. S. McConnell grew to manhood on the farm of his father, attending to the various duties thereof, and pursuing his studies at the schools which the country then afforded. On December 29, 1859, he chose, as his life's partner, Cynthia Styers, a daughter of John Styers, a resident of Coshocton County, Ohio, who was a native of Pennsylvania, the family being of German ancestry, and among the earliest settlers of Northwestern Pennsylvania. During an Indian raid in that section the entire family of original settlers, except two boys and two girls, escaped, the boys subsequently escaping by running away. One of the girls who was too young to walk was killed, the other was carried off by the savages. She was about seven years of age, and passed the remainder of her life with her captors, marrying a chief and rearing a large family. In 1835 she was visited by her nephew, John Styers, the father of Mrs. McConnell, who found her well satisfied with her surroundings. After their marriage Mr, HARRISON COUNTY - 141 and Mrs. McConnell settled down on the place where they still reside. Two children resulted from this union, viz.: Alice M. and John S. Like his father, Mr. McConnell is a Democrat and takes a deep interest in his party's success. He has been successively elected trustee of his township, an office which he still holds. He is recognized as one of the keenest politicians in his section, and one of the leaders in his party. His family are well known in the financial and social circles of the county, and are worthy the high respect in which they are held. ROBERT R. COCHRAN, another of the well-known representative, progressive f agriculturists of Cadiz Township, Harrison County, and owner of Oak Dale Farm, was born on that farm on September 14, 1822, of Scotch-Irish descent. His father, Robert Cochran, was born in Dauphin County, Penn., September 15, 1771, and when a young man removed with his father's family to Allegheny County, Penn., twelve miles from Pittsburgh, on the Monongahela River, where, April 24, 1800, he married a Miss Dorcas Neal, who died March 1, 1801, and left a young daughter. In the same year he came to Ohio, locating on a heavily timbered farm, one-half mile from Cadiz, which he commenced to improve by building a horse-mill and getting it in operation, also a log cabin to live in, and effecting other improvements necessary to make a home. He then returned to Allegheny County, Penn., and married his second wife April 7, 1807, in the person of Miss Sarah Calhoon; then came back to his Ohio home with his wife, who in the course of time bore him six children, viz. : Eleanor, who died September 17, 1867; Samuel, living at this time in Cadiz Township; David, went West and died in Kansas, October 30, 1883; Mary, wife of W. H. Caldwell, living at this time one mile and a half from Cadiz; Robert R. and Sarah J., living on the old homestead, whither the father and mother had come so long ago, and where they experienced all the hardships of pioneer life, living to see many changes and vast improvements—the wilderness to "blossom as the rose." The father died February 1, 1861, aged ninety years. He was a Jacksonian Democrat, remaining one all his life. He was,a justice of the peace for several years. His widow died April 4, 1867, at the old homestead, which she helped to beautify, now the residence of her son, R. R., who had remained at home to care for his parents in their declining years, abandoning an inclination to seek a home on the Pacific coast to a sense of duty. Robert R. Cochran received a good common-school education, and was reared to practical farm life. On October 10, 1867, he married Miss Rachel, daughter of William and Mary J. Hedges, of Cadiz Township, and they settled down for life on the farm where they yet reside. Six children were born to them, viz. : J. William, R. Emmett, Mary E., Frank Mc., R. Burchfield and Henrietta K., all at home. In 1851 the present beautiful home of Mr. Cochran was built, and in 1875 was remodeled, being now one of the finest brick structures in Cadiz Township. The farm of over 300 acres is situated half a mile from the town of Cadiz. At one time the upper part of the farm had six cabins standing on it, all at one time. Politically Mr. Cochran is a Democrat, casting his first vote for Polk in 1844. 'Mr. Cochran is a strong and vigorous man for his years, enjoying the respect and esteem of his fellow-citizens. REV. T. J. MILFORD, Ph. D. Among the comparatively late corners into Harrison County, who have impressed their individuality largely upon the community, have exercised a strong and beneficial influence on the moral, social and political sentiments of the people, none perhaps have exceeded Rev. Dr. Milford. Springing from a line of ancestors that have ever been famed for their intelligence and moral virtues, who have ever in their native or adopted country been 142 - HARRISON COUNTY. foremost in political or moral reforms, it is not strange that he should exert such an influence wherever he might choose to make his home. The family originated in Ireland, where Thomas, the grandfather of Mr. Milford, was born. The name seems to have arisen as follows: One of the victims of the Scotch religious persecutions, having been driven out of Scotland, went to Ireland and there adopted the name of Milford. Thomas Milford, when at the age of sixteen, filled with the spirit of adventure and the desire to make a fortune, sailed from Ireland and landed in America about the close of the eighteenth century. He married, and purchased a farm in Butler County, Penn., to which he and his wife, Jane Parker, removed. They followed agriculture the remainder of their lives, dying in the place where they first settled. Their children were named as follows: James, Mary, Samuel, Jane, William, Leanna, Thomas, Montgomery and Caroline. The father was a supporter of the Whig party, and he and family were constant attendants at the United Presbyterian Church, of which he had for many years been a leading member. James Milford was born April 2, 1816, in Pennsylvania. His early youth was spent in the duties which claim so much of a farmer boy's attention on the home farm. The educational advantages which he enjoyed were exceedingly limited, but served, however, to give him an insight into the rudiments of knowledge, which led him in subsequent years to improve his mind by study and observation. In 1833 he was married to Susannah Hartway Jamison, who was born in Huntington County, Penn., in 1811. They commenced their married life in Venango County, Penn., where they remained a short time only, and then removed to Parker City, Butler County, where they made their home. The issue of their union were John J., in Butler County, Penn. ; Thomas J., in Athens Township, Harrison County; George W., in Valley County, Neb. ; James P., in Butler County, Penn. ; Benjamin F., in Mercer County, Penn. ; Robert F., in Nebraska; William H. H., in Mercer County, Penn., and Jane M., now Mrs. E. H. Crawford, in Pennsylvania. A strong Whig during the life of that party, Mr. Milford was ever ready to render any assistance for the benefit. and the advancement of the principles advocated by that party. Upon the organization of the Republican party, he became a member of it, and remained among its steadfast members till his death. In his county he was a recognized leader, always foremost in all movements for the welfare of his county. From early youth he was a member of the Presbyterian Church, of which his family were also members. Liberal in his views, charitable in action as well as thought, sincere in his opinions, he was universally respected by all. On January 24, 1881, he died, and was buried in Allegheny Cemetery, where now by his side quietly sleeps the beloved companion of his early struggles and ultimate success, who died November 26, 1887. Rev. Dr. Thomas J. Milford was born May 23, 1837, in Venango County, Penn. Here his early life was spent, on the farm of his father, and he attended the district schools of his neighborhood during the winter sessions. The knowledge thus gained served only to urge him on to greater endeavor to secure a liberal education. For several years he pursued a course of study privately, and also attended the Academy of West Sunbury, in Butler County, Penn., where he remained till the call for troops for the defense of his country. He immediately abandoned his course of study, and enlisted in the Thirteenth P. V. I., Company H. To such men, who, leaving a brilliant future, battled for their country, too great credit can not be given. The regiment was among the first sent out, and was present at the battle of Bull Run. In 1862 Mr. Milford again enlisted, his previous term having expired, this time in the One Hundred and Thirty-seventh P. V. I., Company G. His regiment was sent to join the Army of the Potomac, and arrived just after the battle of Antietam. Belonging to no corps, they were assigned to build fortifications at Washington. He served HARRISON COUNTY - 143 through his second enlistment, and was honorably discharged. He then returned home, and soon afterward entered Washington and Jefferson College, from which he graduated in 1865. In the fall subsequent to his graduation, he entered the Western Theological Seminary at Allegheny, .where he graduated in 1868, being the valedictorian of his class. He immediately received a call at Callensburg and Concord, Penn., where he remained three and one-half years. Receiving a call at Crab Apple Church, Belmont County, he removed with his family in 1873. Of this church he remained in charge for eight years, uniting to his pastoral duties that of instructor in Franklin College, which he was persuaded to accept. In 1881 he resigned his work, and with his family spent nearly two years in the West, where he engaged as pastor of churches in his vicinity. During this time he received, without his previous knowledge, the honorary degree of doctor of philosophy from two colleges. On September 1, 1869, he was married to Mary E. Francis, a resident of Pennsylvania. Her father was Hon. William M. Francis, of Lawrence County, Penn., and his father, Andrew Francis. was a native of County Down, Ireland, where he married Elizabeth McCure. William M. Francis, at the age of seventeen, came to Baltimore, Md., and entered Lafayette College, where he graduated, with the intention of entering the theological seminary, but his health failing, he was compelled to abandon his theological studies, and has since been engaged in the real estate business. On October 25, 1839, he was married to Eleanor Junkin, a resident of Mercer County, Penn., only daughter of Capt. John Junkin, who died in the War of 1812, and niece of the distinguished preacher and educator, Rev. George Junkin, D. D. LL. D., president of Lafayette College, Pennsylvania, Miami University, Ohio, and Washington College, Virginia, and also of Rev. D. X. Junkin, D. D., Mrs. Francis herself being one of the most finely educated and accomplished members of the well-known Junkin family. They took up their residence at New Wilmington, Penn., where they have since resided. His children are named Mary E., now Mrs. T. J. Milford; Martha F., now Mrs. R. W. Dunn; John J., D. D., of Cincinnati; Elizabeth B., now Mrs. Judge Williams, of Little Rock, Ark. ; William M., of Belle Plaine, Kas. ; Jennie, deceased; Julia, now Mrs. Rev. J. A. Anderson, of Leroy, N. Y. In his political views Mr. Francis was a strong and earnest Whig. He took an active interest in party affairs and was among those prominent in State politics. At the commencement of the Civil War he was appointed by the President as commissioner of the hospital service, a position in which his untiring energy found active employment. In this position he remained until the close of the war. In 1859 he was elected senator of his district, and was elected president of that body, that office being the same as the present office of lieutenant-governor. He was re-elected, and again served as president of the Senate. He was prominent among the leaders of the State, and was high in the councils of his party. He is a man of strong character and excellent judgment, regarded as one of the most eloquent and brilliant platform orators in the State, and his influence will long be felt in the community in which he resides. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he ranked as one of the most eminent ruling elders, being a member of the Reunion Committee of 1869. Now, with his aged wife, he is spending his latter days at Franklin, Penn. Dr. Milford's family consists of Eleanor F., born October 27, 1873; James Hartway, born May 13, 1876, and Mary E., born July 4, 1879. Dr. Milford is a Republican, and has always supported that party. He is a man of thorough education and high intellectual ability and attainments, having served as professor in several colleges. His wife is a graduate of Westminster College, New Wilmington, Penn., and stood high in her class in that prominent institution of learning, being regarded as an exceptionally graceful and accomplished writer and essayist. 144 - HARRISON COUNTY. Dr. Milford is especially distinguished as a profound thinker and scholar in the departments of metaphysics, mathematics, the natural sciences, and theology, as well as for a modesty and diffidence which causes him, to an unusual degree, to shrink from anything that savors of notoriety or display. THOMPSON McFADDEN, a worthy member of the widely known and justly esteemed family of that name in Harrison County, is a native of the same, born in Cadiz Township June 7, 1830. His father, Joseph McFadden, was a native of the Keystone State, born of Irish parents, the date of whose coming to America has been lost. At the age of four years, in 1801, he came with his parents to Ohio, and lived near Cadiz up to the time of his death. He was married, December 28, 1826, to Miss Mary, daughter of David Thompson, and to this union were born six children, three of whom have passed from earth, those now living being Thompson; Joseph, also a farmer in Cadiz Township, and Mrs. Mary Fitch, residing in California. The mother of these children dying March 2, 1844, the father Married, October 11, 1855, for his second wife, Catherine Henderson, and on February 26, 1858, he departed this life at the age of sixty-five years; in politics he was formerly a Democrat, but died a Republican. His widow is now making her home in Belmont County, Ohio. Thompson McFadden attended the common schools of his native township, and was reared to a good, practical farm life. When some seven or eight years of age he removed to the farm whereon J. W. Osburn now resides, and when twenty-four years old, on November 23, 7854, he was married to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John and Eliza (McFadden) Dickerson, and also a native of Harrison County. After their marriage our subject and wife came to the farm in Cadiz Township, which has since been their home. At that time, in lieu of the present commodious residence, which was built by them, there stood on the place the old log cabin, a relict of pioneer days. The farm, which was originally a half section, comprises 255 acres of choice farm land. Mr. and Mrs. McFadden have been blessed with six children, as follows: Eliza, who died of diphtheria at the age of twelve years; Margaret Jane, at home; Alice, Mrs. Emmett Belknap, in Harrison County; Joseph T., on the home farm, and Annie L. and Lizzie G., also at home. In politics Mr. McFadden is a Republican, but he has never held nor sought office; he and his wife are members of the First Presbyterian Church at Cadiz. R. W. BARRICKLOW. The progress as well as development of any section is largely determined by the number of enterprising, intelligent and progressive citizens who make their home within its boundaries. That Athens Township is among the progressive ones of Harrison County is a well-known fact, and among those who have been prominent in the development of this section is the well-known Barricklow family, one branch of which is represented by the subject of these lines, R. W., who was born in Athens Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, March 6, 1839. His father, John Barricklow, came from Fayette County, Penn., where he was born October 20, 1803. Henry, father of John, was born in November, 1772, near New Brunswick, N. J., and Henry's father, Conrad (who was a Revolutionary soldier), was born in New Jersey, to which colony his father, about 1735, emigrated from Holland, in company with a brother, who settled on Long Island. Conrad was married to a Miss Farrington, who bore him a numerous family. Henry Barricklow grew to manhood in New Jersey, where he was married to Maribah Oglivee, of the State of Maryland, and the young couple commenced their married life in Fayette County, Penn., to which they had removed; in 1809 they came to Harrison County, Ohio, where they purchased a farm where Henry S. Barricklow now resides. Their family were named HARRISON COUNTY - 145 Sarah, John, Joseph, Anna, Henry, Julia, Conrad and Farrington. From his arrival in this county until his death, Henry Barricklow took a prominent part in the educational, political and religious welfare of the county and was ever, ready to serve his country in all ways. He was elected justice of the peace, which office he held many years', and was also a commissioner of the county. On April 27, 1852, he passed away and was laid to rest by the side of his wife who had died in May, 1848. John Barricklow was at an early age a resident of Athens Township, and was early inured to the hardships and struggles of the first settler. Laboring under educational disadvantages, but little suspected at our day, he, however, laid at the common schools the foundation of an education, which largely by his own efforts covered a wide range of practical knowledge. In 1836 he was married to Rachel, daughter of Robert S. Watson, a resident of Athens, and to this union two children were born: Henry and R. W. On March 20, 1839, Mrs. Barricklow died, and in 1853 Mr. Barricklow was married to Mary Ann, a daughter of Nicholas Johnston. Mrs. Barricklow passed from earth in January, 1875, and at her death her remains were interred in the Cadiz Cemetery. Mr.Barricklow followed her to the grave July 21, 1875, and was also buried at Cadiz. A stanch Democrat, he was prominent with his own party, and was popular even with his opponents. R. W. Barricklow has always made his home in his native township of Athens, and his early education was received entirely at the common schools. August 20, 1867, he was married to Isabelle A. Moore, a daughter of John Moore, then a resident of Green Township, Harrison County, and to this union were born two children, Jessie R. and Mary E. Formerly a Democrat in his political affiliations, Mr. Barricklow has since united with the Prohibitionists. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz, in which he is an elder. His farm consists of 300 acres, situated about four miles from Cadiz. Mr. Barricklow is one of those farmers who do not believe an education a hindrance to successful farming. Hospitable and affable in manner, intelligent and considerate in conversation, he has won the respect and esteem of all. ANDREW JAMISON (deceased) was born in Pennsylvania, April 3, 1825, a son of Barkley and Margaret (Patterson) Jamison, former also a native of the Keystone State, born in 1790; latter a daughter of Andrew and Mary Patterson, natives of Ireland. Andrew Jamison, grandfather of our subject, came from Ireland to Ohio at an early day, settling in Harrison County, where he died. He was married to a Miss McGee, a native of South Carolina. Barkley Jamison and his wife came, in 1825, to Harrison County, settling in Green Township, where the former died, October 23, 1870, at the age of seventy-four years. In politics he was at first a stanch Democrat, and then a Republican; in religion he was a member of the United Presbyterian Church. His widow was born in 1800, and died in 1874, aged seventy-four years, having moved after her husband's death to Cadiz, to reside with her daughter. They are buried in the new cemetery. They were the parents of nine children, of whom three are yet living, viz. : Jane, now wife of Dr. Wort-man; Margaret and Agnes, in Cadiz; Isaac, Mary, Alexander, John, Andrew and Joseph, are deceased. Andrew Jamison, the subject proper of these lines, remained at home until his marriage, September 6, 1849, with Ann, daughter of Walter and Martha Jamison, of Harrison County, and by this union were born the following named ten children: Martha (now Mrs. Ezra Carrick), born August 31, 1850, living in Short Creek Township; John A., born February 20, 1852, at home; Oliver, born February 7, 1854, died September 28, 1857; Barkley, born May 11, 1856, died October 13, 1857; Walter, born De cember 17, 1857, killed March 2, 1861; Mary (now Mrs. John Wheeler), born August 17, 146 - HARRISON COUNTY. 1862, living in Short Creek Township; Margaret, born June 28, 1864; Clara, born October 16, 1867; Ella, born December 19, 1870, and Joseph, born March 31, 1873, all at home. The parents remained one and a.half years in Green Township, and in 1851 came to their present farm in Short Creek Township, where the father died November 2, 1885, at the age of sixty years, six months and twenty-nine days. In politics he was a Republican, and for a time was township trustee and county commissioner. He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church at Cadiz. In 1864 he enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventieth O. N. G., and was sent to Washington; he participated in the battles of Shenandoah Valley and Snicker's Gap, and received an honorable discharge. His widow, who now lives on the farm, is a member of the United Presbyterian Church of Cadiz. JOHN A. JAMISON, their eldest son, was married, September 27, 1876, to Sarah Jane, daughter of Ephraim and Mary McCleary, of Harrison County, both now deceased. The father, who was a blacksmith and horse-dealer and an extensive farmer, also a bank director, was an early comer to the county. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Jamison settled in Short Creek Township, where, June 2, 1878, the wife died, leaving one child, Walter McCleary, born June 2, 1878, now living with his father, who is residing on the home place in Short Creek Township, where he is carrying on general farming for his own account. The present house was built in 1867, and the farm, consisting of 240 acres, is located some five miles from Cadiz on the Cadiz and Harrisville pike, largely devoted to sheep and stock generally. It was purchased by the maternal grandfather of Mrs. Jamison, James Beatty, from Hugh Rogers, March 27, 1807, and April 8, 1849, was transferred by him to Walter Jamison. The original deeds are in the possession of the family, and John A. Jamison now owns half of the home place-120 acres. James Beatty was married to Jane Randall, and they both died in Harrison County, the latter in Cadiz. Their family consisted of the following named children: Mary Ann, Margaret, Joseph, James and Randall, all now deceased, the last named being killed by falling from a wagon. On September 25, 1890, John A. Jamison was married to Miss Emma May Dunlap, daughter of Samuel and Mary Dunlap, residents of Athens Township. ASA HOLMES, one of the few survivors of the honored band of citizens who were born in Ohio when it was in its earliest infancy as a State, first saw the light December 4, 1806, on the farm where he now (1890) resides, in Short Creek Township, Harrison County. His grandfather, Obediah Holmes, was a native of New Jersey, whither his ancestry had come from Holland, and the family is now scattered here and there over the United States. Obediah was married, in New Jersey, to Miss Mary Clum, whose uncle was a captain in the Revolutionary War. They had the following named children: John, William, Obediah, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Samuel, Elizabeth and Margaret, all now deceased. The parents died, the father in Virginia, about the year 1796, and the mother in York Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1812, and lies buried at Holmes Church, in same township. John Holmes was a soldier in the Revolution, and being taken prisoner by the British, was sent to England, where he was confined in prison, dying there of fever. Joseph Holmes, father of Asa, was born in Shepherdstown, Va., in February, 1771, and in 1781 he accompanied his parents to the place where his father died, when the remainder of the family moved to the "frontier," which was then to the border of civilization. Here for a time he was engaged as one of the guards against Indians, under the Government, and toward the close of the century he came with the rest of the family to what afterward became Jefferson County, Ohio. Here, in 1799, he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah, daughter of George McNabb, a settler of near Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, at an early day, and supposed to have HARRISON COUNTY - 147 been of Scotch extraction. With his young wife, Mr. Holmes came to Short Creek Township, Harrison County, where he entered a section of land on which his son, Asa, now (1890) resides, the original papers signed by President Jefferson being in the possession of Asa. The place was then a wilderness, and here they erected a log house, hewing and chopping and clearing away the brush, and making for themselves a comfortable home, where they lived lives of toil and contentment, " far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife." They were blessed with a family of eleven children, a record of whom is as follows: George is deceased; Mary, wife of John Glazner, deceased; Elizabeth was first married to William Dickerson and afterward to Isaac Thomas, all now deceased; Cynthia was married to John Styres, both now deceased; Asa is the subject of this sketch; Abram is deceased; Martha is the wife of John Webb, in Athens Township, Harrison County; Joseph is in Hopedale, same county; Sarah was married to James Haverfield, both now deceased; Susan was first married to Joseph Webb and afterward to Joseph Dunlap, all now deceased; John died when eight years old. On February 10, 1862, the mother died at the age of seventy-nine years, and April 20, 1868, the father was called to his rest, being aged ninety-seven years. Politically he was a Democrat, and in 1833 he was elected to the State Senate, serving two years. In the War of 1812 be was a member of the frontier guards, being captain of the first company to go out from his section, serving under Gen. Harrison, and later, at home, he was made colonel. He was a lifelong member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in 1802 he helped to organize the church of that denomination at Dickerson, with which he was connected during the remainder of his life. In the burial ground of this church he and his wife, as well as other members of the family, sleep their last sleep. Asa Holmes, the subject proper of this sketch, was reared on the home farm, and received his education at the common schools of his district. In 1810 his father had aided in the building of a school-house on the same ground where the Science Hill school-house now stands, and here our subject was educated. When twenty-four years of age he commenced to learn the trade of a carpenter, removing into Georgetown where he took charge of a mill for a time, and followed his trade some years; in 1835 he did the carpenter work on the house where he now lives, also built the barn which was remodeled in 1886. In 1837 Mr. Holmes was married to Mary, daughter of Thomas and Hannah McCoy, of Athens Township, Harrison County, and in 1845 he returned to the home place where he has since remained. The record of the ten children born to our subject and wife is as follows: James Taylor is an attorney at Columbus, Ohio (he served three years in the War of the Rebellion); Susanna is the widow of Albert Harrison, and is now living in Cadiz; Abram is post-office inspector, with residence at New Philadelphia, having been appointed under the Cleveland administration (he served three years in the Civil War, was formerly in mercantile business, then was auditor of his county five years); Emeline lives at home; Sarah Elizabeth is the wife of Henry Stringer; of Short Creek Township, Harrison County; Wilson is in Jefferson County, Ohio, near Smithfield, where he carries on farming; Mary Ellen is the wife of Samuel Dickerson, in Athens Township, Harrison County; Henrietta is the widow of C. A. McCleary, and lives in Cadiz Township, Harrison County; Oliver Wendell is a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Kent, Ohio; Clifford A., resides at the home place. The entire family are adherents of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically Mr. Holmes was a life-long Democrat, his first presidential vote having been cast for Andrew Jackson; he was trustee ten years during a period when the Democrats had but eighty votes to three hundred of their opponents, which in itself attests to the popularity of our subject. His farm of 175 acres is situated some five miles southeast of Cadiz, where now (1890) at the age of eighty-four years, with 148 - HARRISON COUNTY. all his faculties wonderfully well preserved, he calmly awaits the summons that will call him to the "Better Land." Since the above was written, Asa Holmes, the patriarch of his connection peacefully fell asleep at 10 o'clock in the morning, January 3, 1891, thus rounding up and completing one of the best and gentlest of lives. As a patriot he rejoiced greatly in the growth, strength and prosperity of his country. He had a burning desire for knowledge that was with him to the last day of his life. He followed with an interested mind the marvelous advances of science in many fields. There were but few men in the nonprofessional ranks who more thoroughly understood the theology and spirit of his church. He possessed a judicial mind and lived with the purpose that no one should be misjudged by him or wronged by any action of his life.J JOHN D. WEST, M. D. From two Caledonian families of distinguished lineage on the one side, and of honorable ancestry on the other, is descended the subject of this sketch, Dr. John Douglass West, of Hopedale, Green Township, Harrison Co., Ohio. His paternal grandfather was John West; his father was James West, born in Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, June 11, 1791. The latter emigrated to the United States, and settled in Maryland in 1815. Here for two years, in the capacity of superintendent, he was connected with the construction of what was then known as the Baltimore Turnpike. Removing to Wood County, Va., (now West Virginia), he purchased a farm, which he occupied and improved for eight years, and then lost by reason of the worthlessness of his title. While in Wood County he met and married Miss Isabella Douglass, a daughter of Scottish parents, whose father, John Douglass, was a descendant of the distinguished Scottish family of that name. Isabella Douglass was born in Akeld, Northumberland, September 15, 1802. Her mother was Susan Howey, daughter of Andrew Howey and Margaret Mitchison, and her paternal grandmother was Anna Davidson. The marriage of James West and Isabella Douglass took place in 1825, and thus the descendants of two Scottish homes united across the sea, and laid the foundation of an American family of honorable record. The young couple moved to Summit County, Ohio, shortly after their marriage, the husband for about two years being engaged as a superintendent in the construction of the Ohio Canal. Determined upon making a home for himself and his family, and on account of the health of the latter, he bought a farm in 1828, in Fox Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, where he removed in the fall of that year, and lived until his death. This farm, if it could be distinguished by such a name, consisted chiefly of wild, uncleared land, surrounded by a wilderness; only a few acres had been cleared for cultivation. The home of the couple was a rude two-story log house, windowless, with clapboard door and puncheon floor. But here they toiled, suffering the privations of life in a new country, until they had improved their farm, assisted in the development of the country around them, and reared their children respectably. In 1851 the husband and father died. He had been a Whig in politics, and in religion, a member of the Associate Reformed Church, in which he had held for many years the office of ruling elder. There were born to James and Isabella West nine children: Susanna is the wife of Robert Philpot, of Humboldt, Neb. ; John Douglass is the subject of this sketch, and one of the best known and most successful physicians in Harrison County, Ohio; Katherine was married to John Hunter, of Dell Roy, Ohio, and is deceased; Margaret Ann is the wife of John Bebout of Mechanicstown, Carroll County, Ohio; Isabella is the wife of William A. Frater, of Douglass County, Oregon; James D. is an undertaker in East Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio; Mary Elizabeth was married first to John Smalley, and after his decease, to William Kerr, and resides near New Lisbon, Columbiana Co., Ohio; two HARRISON COUNTY - 149 of the children died in infancy. The mother of this family, now (1891) in her eighty-ninth year, has made her home with Dr. West almost constantly since the death of her husband; she is still in the full possession of her faculties. John Douglass West, in his early boyhood, enjoyed such advantages of education as a subscription school had to offer. This institution of learning was carried on in a log cabin two and a half miles from his home. The cabin, in lieu of the plate glass used in the public schools of these days, had greased paper for window panes; the seats were made of slabs and flat rails, and the writing desk consisted of a rough board laid upon two pins driven into the side of the cabin. Nevertheless, having the advantages of an educated father, and bending his mind to such studies as were afforded him in the primitive school, he so mastered the branches of a common-school education, that, at the age of seventeen he was competent to enter upon the duties of a common-school teacher himself. By the pursuit of this calling he earned and saved sufficient money to enable him, in 1849, to enter Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio, as a student. At the death of his father, in 1851, he was called home to take charge of the family, and although he had not then completed his college course, the board of directors afterward conferred upon him the degree of master of arts. In 1852 the old homestead was sold, and the family removed to Mechanicstown, Carroll Co., Ohio, where John D. turned his attention to the study of medicine, under the direction of J. F. Lindsey, M. D. During this period he earned the support of himself and family by employment in the small dry-goods store owned by James Spears, and by teaching. For three years he was principal of Neville Institute, Columbiana County, Ohio. He finished the study of medicine under the direction of Dr. Benjamin Ogden, of East Liverpool, Ohio, to whom he was assistant for three years. Later he attended medical lectures at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill. While studying medicine he married, in 1853, Martha Jane Merrick, born June 9, 1832, the daughter of Israel J. and Sarah (Arbuckle) Merrick, the former of whom was born in 1802 and died in 1881; the latter, born in 1812, is still living. Mr. Merrick came from Maryland, and was one of the first settlers of Carroll County. In 1863 Dr. West moved to Dell Roy, Carroll Co., Ohio, and commenced the practice of medicine on his own account. Here he remained until November, 1866, when he moved to Hopedale, where he has since lived. In 1884 he rebuilt his residence here, making it one of the best, in point of architecture, in the village. On April 12, 1884, his wife died. The issue of this couple consisted of three sons, all college graduates, and two daughters, as follows: Mrs. W. S. Sheppard, Mrs. R. M. Thomas, James J. and William H. .West, all residents of Chicago, Ill., and Israel M. West, who died at Rush Medical College, Chicago, in September, 1885, of apoplexy, the result of an injury to the brain, caused by a fall some time previous. The mother of these children is buried in Green Township Cemetery, where her husband has erected a handsome family monument. In November, 1886, Dr. West married Mrs. Josephine M. Mansfield, relict of Mr. Thomas Mansfield, and daughter of Mr. Isaac Holmes, who was an early settler of Green Township. In 1886 Dr. West wrote and compiled for publication a medical work entitled "Maidenhood and Motherhood, or Ten Phases of Women's Life," a book of more than 700 pages, which met with a very large sale, and is regarded as a standard volume on the subjects of which it treats. Politically, Dr. West was a Democrat until the administration of James Buchanan, when he abandoned that party and its policy and became a Republican. He has frequently been solicited to accept office, by serving as a member of the Ohio Legislature, but has invariably declined to enter active political life. While a young man he became connected with the United Presbyterian Church, and at the death of his father was elected to