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HARRISON COUNTY - 451 bears, deer, turkeys and smaller game, which were much used for food by families, the hides of the deer being dressed for clothing. Those were trying times, indeed! Daniel Esley had a little mill at that time, built of small logs, standing where the Hess mill is now located. The dam was built of brush and dirt, and very leaky at that, and when it was very dry weather we often had to pound our corn into meal in a hominy block, and live on potatoes, squashes, pumpkins, roasting ears and beans. In 1812 my father erected the first hewed-log and shingle-roofed house that was ever built in the valley of Crab Orchard, carrying the nails for the roof from Newellstown (now St. Clairsville) in a sack on horse-back, and paying a high price for them. But just when the few inhabitants had cleared a few patches to rain corn and potatoes, the distressing War of 1812 called out all the able-bodied men in Ohio to arms; as it is well known that Ohio and the western frontier suffered more than any other part of the United States, on account of the alliance between the British and Indians, the British offering the Indians a high price for every white scalp they would produce. At this time my father was suffering so badly from rheumatism as to be unable to work, having lost the entire use of his legs, yet he did not escape the draft,' and I remember well his being carried from the house by two strong men to be put on horseback to ride to New Philadelphia to answer to his name, and prove his inability to go to the front. I can now recollect the excitement when the word reached this part of the State that Shipley and Warnock were killed by the Indians about forty miles west of this place. Immediately following this report the entire neighborhood about Freeport was alarmed over a rumor that an Indian attack was to be made upon them; and from far and near the families flocked to the village for safety, which was found in a house of huge round logs that had been erected for the very purpose it was called to serve. Our family was among those who hastily sought this shelter, and while en route on horseback, riding behind my father, 25 I remember falling from the horse and rolling down a steep embankment, which so hurt me as to cause me to cry aloud. My outcry was only bushed when warned that unless I would cease the Indians would hear me and come and massacre us all. Some two days in doubt and expectancy were passed in the village, when, the fears of the settlers subsiding, they returned to their homes. When the war closed, this part of the State settled up rapidly, and soon the people became prosperous in their undertakings. " We soon had church houses in Freeport, and church organizations, good preachers and good congregations. In early life I became interested in the Christian religion, my father and mother being members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. On April 15, 1827, I united with the Methodist Episcopal Church at Freeport, Ohio, two sisters, Susanna and Mary, uniting at the same time. Thus we joined hands that we would walk with God during our natural lives, long or short. My sister, Mary, has gone to the spirit land, dying in the faith of the Son of God. My sister, Susanna Latham, is still lingering on the stage of action, but very frail and almost blind, but with good hope of eternal life beyond the grave. She is greatly blessed with a good daughter and son-in-law to take care of her in her declining years. In 1829 I bought 100 acres of land in Washington Township, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio. On January 7, 1830, I was united in marriage to Miss Lucinda Latham, near Moorefield, Ohio; she was born in Fauquier County, Va., September 18, 1810. The result of this union was seven children—four sons and three daughters—namely : Isaiah, Mary, Lucy, James M., Latham A., Sarah E. and Alexander J. Three of these, Isaiah, Lucy and Sarah, died in infancy ; James M. volunteered in the United States service August 9, 1862, and became a member of Company F, Ninety-eighth Regiment, 0. V. I. (he was mortally wounded September 20, 1863, in that memorable battle at Chickamauga, and was lost to all knowledge of his friends). My daughter, Mary McPeck, lives near Jewett, 452 - HARRISON COUNTY. Ohio. Latham A. is living in West Milford, Harrison Co., W: Va. Alexander J. is living near Tucson, Ariz. "In September, 1830, my wife and I went to that wild woodland that I had purchased in Tuscarawas County, to fix upon a location for a cabin, and after wading through the high weeds and brush for awhile, we located the site near a spring. I had my ax in hand, ready to cut down the large oaks that stood all around. I looked at my better half, and asked her if she thought we could make a living in that place. Her eyes began to fill with tears, and turning her back to me, she walked off to a large oak tree and stood there awhile. I soon had a large oak tree down, the one I had intended for the foundation of my house, this being the first break on those 100 acres. I soon had my cabin up, and chimney to the square. On November 9, 1830, we moved into our cabin, and I soon finished my chimney, then commenced grubbing for my next summer corn-field. When there was snow on the ground I would chop rail timber, and when there was no snow I either split rails or grubbed, so when the time came for planting corn I had three and a quarter acres cleared and well fenced; also in the meantime had made 2,000 rails for my neighbors. I will also say my wife was often seen picking the small brush on the clearing after working the little garden that I had prepared soon after we had moved to that place. We continued on this place until December 1, 1835. During our stay there, I cleared and fenced about twenty-five acres of land, and made about 8,000 rails for my neighbors. I made oak rails at twenty-five cents, and chestnut rails at twenty cents per hundred. " In the fall of 1835 my health failed, and during much of the time I was prostrated. This was the cause of our selling our land at that place and moving to Freeport on the first day of December, 1835. In April, 1836, I bought some goods and went int the mercantile business on a small scale. In the summer of 1837 I changed my business, and moved out on the Crab Orchard Creek. In October, 1837, I, in company with a brother, went to Blackford County, Ind., and bought eighty acres of land. In November I rented what was called the Dewey Farm, on Crab Orchard Creek. Here we remained for seventeen months. In 1839, having bought the interest of some of the heirs of the old farm on which I was reared, I erected a house, where L. D. Latham now lives, and moved to that place. On May 8, 1842, I received, from the Methodist Episcopal Church, license to exhort, and on February 8,1845, to preach the gospel. On June 23, 1850, I received deacon's orders by the hand of Bishop Janes, an elder's orders on March 20, 1864, by the hand of Bishop Scott. In December, 1845, I rented the mill property belonging to Nelson Driggs, moved to that place, and remained there until the 7th day of April, 1847, when we moved to what was known as the Barrett Mill, having bought an interest in that property. "Here we remained until the first of April, 1851, when, having sold my interest in the mill property, we moved back to the mill and farm property of Nelson Driggs. About the time we had our corn planted Driggs sold his mill and farm to Andrew Stewart, and came to me and requested that I release the rent on the farm, and he would pay the damage. Stewart wished to repair the mill, but wished me to continue on the farm and cut the hay and tend the corn. In December, 1851, Driggs put a very nice lot of goods in the house where Turner now keeps his meat-shop, and requested me to move into that house and take charge of his goods and sell them for him, and he would pay me fair wages. We moved into his house on the 8th of December, 1851, and took charge of his goods. In March, 1852, Driggs sold all his store goods on both sides of the street to Isaac Holloway and Benjamin Parsons, and they placed all the goods in the brick house where Peairs Bros. now have their store, employing me to sell their goods for one year. About one month after I took possession of the goods HARRISON COUNTY - 453 Sheriff Boyd, of Cadiz, came and demanded the key of the store-house in favor of Driggs' Eastern creditors. I bad then the privilege of being idle awhile. The owners of the goods replevined them, it soon passed through the court, and the goods passed back to Holloway & Parsons, and I began in my former business. We remained in the store until April, 1853. For the past two years we had been receiving ;silt from a farm of eighty acres near Tippecanoe, which I bad bought in 1851. In 1853 I rented a small farm from Samuel Green, and moved there in April. On January 1, 1854, I bought from John Vandota the farm we now occupy, and moved upon it March 15, 1854. On the 4th of January, that year, I was appointed, by Presiding Elder J. G. Samson, to take charge, as pastor, of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Sewellsville and Salem, and there I labored nearly six months, and received into the church over fifty members. Soon after I finished my labors there we attached ourselves to the Tippecanoe Class, Deersville Circuit; I was called upon to preach to that people. In 1855, in a quarterly conference at the Valley Church, a resolution was offered and unanimously passed that my family and I should be exempt from paying quarterage. This exemption continued for a while, and I thought, lest there be some jealous feeling toward me by me brethren, I would propose a change in that matter. I addressed the following letter to the quarterly conference, I being sick and not able to attend: TIPPECANOE, August 27, 1858. Dear Brethren of the Quarterly Conference of Deersville Circuit, Pittsburgh Conference: Whereas, at the quarterly conference, held at Pleasant ValleyJ there was a resolution unanimously adopted that myself and family be exempt from paying quarterage, and while I highly appreciate and shall ever feel bound to appreciate the act of my brethren in passing this resolution unanimously as a compliment to me, I move that the above resolution be rescinded, and the names of myself and family be placed among the paying members of the circuit. Yours fraternally, L. H. DAVIDSON. "On September 16, 1857, I was appointed agent of the American Bible Society for Guernsey County, Ohio, commencing the 16th day of September and ending the 29th day of January, 1858. Number of families visited, 894; number of days engaged, 104; whole amount of cash received, $402.19; number of addresses delivered, 28; value of Bibles and Testaments given to destitute families, $17.66. A few years ago we attached ourselves to a class in Freeport on account of the convenience, as we are in our declining years. I have been appointed executor or administrator of the estate of the following persons: My Father, Susanna Buffington, Robert A. Latham, Mary L. Hill, Asa Miller, John McCormick, Amanda Bargar, Reuben Allen, James B. Jenkins, and guardian for Ham Hogue's heirs and William McCormick. Up to date, January 18, 1891, I have solemnized marriage contracts between ninety-eight couples. My work is now almost finished. There are a few of my early acquaintances with me living on the stage of action: Elijah Carver, Samuel Wilson, James Kerr, widow of John Phillips, Zera Davidson and wife, Robert Mears, Bazil Steel, John Miller, William Perdue, Robert Wilkin, Robert Tedrick, Mary A. Stewart, widow of Andrew Stewart; all these in our youth met each other with warm hearts and friendly hands, but very soon these hands and hearts will be cold in death. But if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him, and shall change our vile bodies that they may be alike fashioned unto His glorious body." JOHN WEBB, JR. Prominent among the leading farmers and successful business men of Athens Township, Harrison County, is the subject of this biography, who is the son of Ezekial Webb. Ezekial passed his early life in the performance of the duties of the farm. with a few months in the district schools to add to his knowledge of books. He was but young when he was married to Mary Corbin, by whom he had two children: John, Jr., and Rebecca (the latter now Mrs. Joseph Figley, of In- 454 - HARRISON COUNTY. diana). He survived his marriage but a short time, his body being interred at Flushing. Our subject spent his life under the care and guidance of his mother until he had reached the age of twenty-one, when he commenced the management of the farm, which he has since purchased, and which, by his efforts and industry, is one of the best improved in his section. The buildings, which are large and commodious, are situated on a gently-sloping hill, sheltered from storms,- and commanding a fine view of the adjacent country. Mr. Webb is chiefly engaged in general farming and stock-raising, in which he has been eminently successful. His home was brightened by his mother's presence until a few years ago, when she, too, passed away, and was buried in Stires Cemetery. Mr. Webb has always been a Democrat, and has invariably supported that ticket, although he does not take an active part in politics. A man of irreproachable integrity, of unquestioned honesty, his name has long been held in the highest respect. JOEL PRICE, one of the oldest and most prominent of the residents of Franklin j Township, Harrison County, was born January 9, 1805, in Jefferson County, Ohio, where his early life was spent, and where he grew to manhood and May 24, 1836, married Sophia Leas, of Jefferson County. Joel Price's grandfather, Josiah Price. came with his brothers from Wales, and, while on their way over, their third brother fell overboard and swam for half a day, hoping to get on board through his own and his brothers' pleadings with the captain, but all in vain. Josiah Price married Mary Frazier, and the children born to this union were James, Benjamin, Josiah, Mary, Margaret, Phebe and Jennie. Benjamin Price, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in New Jersey December 12, 1768, and died September 18, 1853; his wife, Catherine (Beebout), was born September 5, 1766. The grandfather of Sophia Leas, wife of Joel Price, came from Germany at a very early day, and settled in Adams County, Penn., where he reared a family of six sons and six daughters. Jacob, the eldest, married Elizabeth Zimmerman, and came to Jefferson County, Ohio. By this marriage were born to them Leonard, Maria (Miser), Sophia (Price), Jacob, Margaret (Finnicum), Eliza (Reukenbrod) and William. Immediately after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Joel Price located on the home place, where they remained until 1850, when they came to Franklin Township, Harrison County, settling on a farm which had been entered by his father, and where their lives were spent in clearing and rendering it habitable. Their children were Jacob L., born September 13, 1837; Catherine, born September 30, 1839; William H. H., born October 14, 1841; Elizabeth, born November 4, 1843; Sarah J., born October 29, 1845; Benja min F., born October 20, 1847; George W., born December 3, 1849, died October 28. 1864; Leonard, born August 23, 1852; John L., born December 30, 1854, and Mary M., born December 28, 1859. In politics Mr. Price was a Whig; was one of the trustees and treasurer of the Feed Springs Presbyterian Church, and was always among the prominent members and supporters of it. He was a self-made man, and was ever active in any beneficial enterprise. BENJAMIN F. PRICE was born in Franklin Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, where he has since resided. Receiving a good common-school education he has ever since kept well abreast of the times by reading and discussion. He has always been engaged in farming, at which he has made a success. Like the family, he is a member of the Presbyterian Church, in which for many years he has taken an active part. A Republican in politics, he has ever been among those endeavoring to make the principles of the party successful. On February 7, 1877, he was married to Mary Barkley, daughter of Andrew and Rebecca (Welch) Barkley, to which union have been born two children: Eddie K., born December 7, 1879, and Lura, born March 29, 1884. JOHN L. PRICE was born in Franklin Town- HARRISON COUNTY - 455 ship, Harrison Co., Ohio, and grew to manhood there. He was educated at the common schools, afterward at Scio College, and also at Park College, Missouri. He engaged in teaching for several years, both in his native county and adjacent ones. On April 7, 1887, he was married to Alice 'Cummings, daughter of Stephen Cummings, of Green Township, Harrison Co., Ohio., and after their marriage they settled down on the home place, where they have since resided. Their children are Eva, born February 18, 1888, and Dean L., born December 21,1889. Mr. Price was a Republican, but is now numbered among the Prohibitionists. He takes an active interest in politics, and is regarded by all as one of the leading young men in his section. For many years he has been united with the Presbyterian Church, in which he is a zealous worker, being a trustee, and taking an active part in Sunday-school matters. MISS ANN HANNA, Jewett, Harrison County, is a daughter of James and Mary (McCleary) Hanna, the former of whom was born in Washington County, Penn., in 1792, and died January 14, 1877, aged eighty-five years, and the latter was born in 1793, and died October 31, 1872, aged seventy-nine years. They were married in 1816, and came to German Township, Harrison County, Ohio, among the very earliest settlers of that old township, and settled on the farm upon which Samuel Mack now resides. To this union were born nine children, viz. : Mary, widow of Rev. Robert Herron, and who is now living in Scio; Esther, wife of Robert Smiley, farmer, of Archer Township, Harrison County; Tabitha Jane, widow of James Lawthers, formerly of Bowerston, Ohio, she is now living in German Township, Harrison County, near the old homestead; Jerusha Elizabeth, widow of Wesley Brindley, now lives in Green Townships Harrison County, near the old homestead; Ann; Alexander, William J., Sarah and Dorcas, the last four all deceased. The mother of this large family departed this life in 1872, and the father in 1877. They were active and much respected members of the Presbyterian Church. The subject of our sketch, Miss Ann Hanna, was born upon the old homestead August 27, 1818, and received the rudiments of her education in the common schools of German Township, completing the same at Hopedale College. She resided with her parents until their death, after which she came to Jewett, and purchased a fine residence, where she now resides. She is an active and influential member of the Presbyterian Church of Jewett, Ohio, and is a valued factor in the best society of the town in which she resides. MRS. JOHN G. ADAMS, born January 12, 1851, was in her girlhood known as Mary E. Chaney, and is a daughter of Thomas Chaney. On March 9, 1876, she was married to John G. Adams, a son of Samuel and Sarah Adams, of Green Township, Harrison County, Ohio. After she had been married some two weeks, she and her husband located on a farm in Green Township, where they shared the sweets and bitters of life for seven years, or until April 27, 1882, when Mr. Adams was called from earth at the age of thirty-one years, he having been born December 11, 1850. He was reared in the faith of the Society of Friends, always attending their meetings at Westgrove, and was buried in Westgrove Quaker Cemetery, near Georgetown, Short Creek Township. The children born to the union of Mr. and Mrs. Adams were three in number, viz. : Arrietta Francis, born July 31, 1877; Iva Nora, born July 26, 1879, and Letha Josephine, born June 22, 1881. For about a year after the death of her husband Mrs. Adams and her children resided on the farm, but April 3, 1883, she moved to New Athens, to make a home not far from the scenes of her childhood. Mrs. Adams is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of New Athens, as are her two elder children, and she is a member of the Women's Foreign 456 - HARRISON COUNTY. Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church of New Athens. Her farm she still manages, it being situated in Green Township on the line of the W. & L. E. R. R., about three and one-half miles from Cadiz, Ohio. The family are widely known and universally esteemed. The father of Mrs. Adams was one of the early corners of the county, and was a self-made man; his family sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. LOVE FAMILY. The genealogy of the Love family can be traced to George Love, a native of Ireland, who was the great-grandfather of the present Love family of Harrison County, Ohio. From what tradition remains they were of the progressive and sturdy race that has furnished America with many of her best-class of citizens, as well as earnest and zealous defenders; for to no country does America owe more than to Ireland for her present prospects and stability of government. The Love family, while residents of Ireland, were engaged in agriculture, which the present generation also carry on. George Love, in the early part of his life, wooed and won for his life's companion Isabelle Smith, who became the mother of the following family: John, who was a farmer: Thomas, who engaged in the river traffic on the Mississippi, carrying goods to New Orleans and returning on foot, and who, while on one of these trips, was taken sick and died, his remains being buried where he passed away; George, who engaged in agriculture until the commencement of the War of 1812, when he enlisted in defense of his adopted country, serving as an officer through the entire period, and greatly beloved by his men, owing to his kind treatment of them; William, who, while engaged in farming, still devoted much time to private study and research, and was accounted as one of the intelligent men of his section; Jane, Mrs. Thomas Gillespie; Catherine, Mrs. Joseph Haverfield; Mary, Mrs. Jacob Morgan. The families of each child were large except that of Thomas. Early in the year 1791 Mr. Love and family came to America, crossing in a sailing vessel, which at that time was the only means of conveyance. After a stormy and dangerous passage they were landed in New York, where they remained only a brief time. They soon set out for their more western home, and in a few weeks arrived safely in Washington County, Penn., where they remained until 1800, when they removed to Belmont County, Ohio, where they remained until their deaths. Of the early struggles,hardships and dangers of the early settlers the present generation know but little, and realize less. How they strove to wrest a livelihood from among the blackened stumps and logs of their early clearings, felling the huge trees that crowned every hill and graced every dale, and stood, giant-like, waving their branches in vain defiance to the axman; keeping nightly vigil lest some carnivorous animal, the prowling wolf or the swarthy bear, might destroy their domestic animals; working and watching with ready gun for some savage beast of prey, or a still more savage and revengeful Indian, who many times in that early history marked their progress through a settlement in footsteps of blood. These are some of the dangers and hardships under which the early settler labored, and which gave that steady self-reliance and courage which now is found in their descendants. Their spiritual life was almost as difficult as their temporal, as they must needs carry their arms to church, and some stand on guard while others worshiped. Under these vicissitudes the Love family, in company with others, labored, and in time beheld as the result of their labors the entire banishment of the Indian, the extinction of the wild beast and the disappearance of the forests. In the early organization of the township and county Mr. Love took a deep interest, as well as a prominent part. An ardent believer in the principles of the Democratic party, he never departed from them. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, his wife of the Seceder. After many years of toil HARRISON COUNTY - 457 they both passed away, and now lie among the scenes of their early settlement. John Love, son of George, arrived in America at the age of twenty-one, and remained with his father's family until he was married to Mary Cooke, a daughter of James Cooke, one of the earliest settlers of Harrison County, Ohio. A short time subsequent to his marriage he settled ill]. Belmont County, where he remained until 1808, when he moved to Harrison County, where his descendants have since lived. He purchased a large tract of land in Athens Township, most of which still remains in the family. His children were George, James, Thomas, John, Nancy and Mary. Of these Thomas was born January 31, 1820, was married to Agnes Henderson, and is now a retired farmer residing at Aledo, Ill. ; Mary was born February 15, 1825, was married to Joseph Wallace, and died October 27, 1886; John was born July 22, 1827, was married to Nancy Downing, and is now a farmer at Arkansas City, Kas. Here, in the midst of the wilderness, the father erected a home, where he remained until he was called from his labors. He early identified himself with the Democratic party, in which he was a zealous worker and leader. By nature endowed with native judgment and shrewd business qualifications, to which in mature years he added a wide range of experience and knowledge of men, he was well qualified to fill satisfactorily the many offices of honor and trust to which he was called. From early age he was a member of the United Presbyterian Church, in which faith he died. In March, 1860, he passed away and was buried by the side of his wife, to whose memory he had been true. She died December 16, 1830, and was buried in Unity Cemetery. George Love was born March 29, 1810, in Athens Township, Harrison County, where he grew to manhood. His early life was spent chiefly on the farm, although he attended the common schools during the winters. To this was his education confined, but he afterward, by private study, acquired an excellent knowledge of the English branches, and which served to augment his influence on the educational growth of the township. On March 17, 1830, he married Jane McCracken, a daughter of Robert McCracken, whose family were among the earliest in Harrison County. Their home was made on Section 34, where till death they remained. The result of their marriage was as follows: Robert M., Mary, John, Martha, James, Nancy, George, Nancy Jane, Margaret and Caroline J. Of these Mary was born September 20, 1832, married David Lyle. and resides at Uniontown, Belmont Co., Ohio (their children are George L., John M., James G., Anna B., Sarah S., Ella M., D. Miller, Flora J. and an infant son); John was born September 16, 1834, married Eliza Taylor (their children are Clara A., Jane Ann, Taylor H., Halla M. ; this wife died January 28, 1869, and John Love then married Mary J. Mundell, by whom one son was born named George W.); Martha was born December 24, 1836, is unmarried, and is now residing on the old homestead with her brother George; James was born August 22, 1840, and died September 3, 1864 (a brief record of him appearing farther on); Nancy was born September 8, 1838, and died March 3, 1842; George was born September 9, 1842; Nancy Jane was born September 13, 1844, died March 19, 1849; Margaret, of whom further mention is made, was born September 19, 1847; Caroline Jane was born June 17, 1850, died May 28, 1853. In his township George Love held many years the trusteeship, being elected repeatedly, this fact showing he discharged the duties of his office in a satisfactory manner. For many years he took an active part in the campaigns of his party, and always strove to elect its candidates. On one occasion he was himself a candidate for commissioner. In the early history of Franklin College he was appointed a member of the board of directors, to which position he brought his usual vigorous and business-like mind, and rendered valuable assistance in the final establishment of that school. He was no less prominent in church matters than in the other interests which he espoused. Affiliating with the United 458 - HARRISON COUNTY. Presbyterians, he was one of their earnest workers, being a member of the session many years. On December 20, 1880, he was called home, his faithful wife having preceded him to the grave February 21, 1879. They were buried in the family cemetery at Unity. ROBERT M. LOVE, eldest son of George Love, was born in Athens Township December 21, 1830. Here he now makes his home on the place which was owned by his grandparents, Love and McCracken. His early education was received at the common schools of the neighborhood, which he afterward supplemented by a course of study at Franklin College. He engaged in teaching for some time, but finally commenced farming, which he has followed ever since. On June 3, 1854, he was married to Sarah Henderson, a daughter of William Henderson, who was a resident of Cadiz Township, and they commenced their married life in Belmont County, where they remained until 1880, when they removed to Athens Township on the farm on which they now reside. The present improvements are those of Mr. Love, and are among the handsomest and most convenient in the county. His attention is confined to general farming and stock-raising, in which he has made an eminent success. His family are as follows: Nancy W., at home; Joseph M., deceased; Kate H., Mrs. William Henderson; Jennie, twin sister of Kate H., at home; and William H., at home, in Franklin College in the senior class, and will graduate in June, 1891. In the politics of his township, State and nation Mr. Love takes an active interest, and always endeavors to bring about his party's success. Like a long line of ancestry he is Democratic, and while many times urged to accept office he has steadfastly refused. but is always among the foremost in the councils and workers of the party. He has frequently represented his party in the convention, and has served many times as chairman of the county convention. In 1887 he was chosen as a member of the Agricultural Society of Harrison County, to which he rendered valuable service. His family, as well as himself, are members of the United Presbyterian Church at New Athens, are among the progressive ones in Athens, and are well known for their intelligence and social qualities. The home of Robert M. Love is one of the handsomest in the township, situated one quarter of a mile south of New Athens village. His farm of 204 acres of mostly improved land contains one of the best stone quarries in Harrison County, large quantities of stone having been dug therefrom for public purposes. His entire farm is underlaid with coal, the veins varying in thickness from four and one-half to nearly six feet. James Love's early life was spent in the acquiring of an education, to which he devoted much time. After receiving all the advantages which were to be had at the common schools, he entered Franklin College, where he remained until the call for volunteers to defend his native country. The warlike spirit which had animated his ancestry in 1812 was aroused, and, abandoning all plans for the future, which in his case promised to be a brilliant one, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth 0. V. I., and was sent to the front immediately. Here, while in the discharge of his duty, at the burning of a bridge at Monocacy, and while waving the colors, he was shot through the right thigh. The Union forces being driven back, he fell into the hands of the rebels, who placed him near a spring, giving him no other attention. Here he lay suffering excruciating pain and slowly bleeding to death. After some twenty-four hours the Union forces recovered their lost ground, when he was cared for, being removed to the hospital at Frederick City. Here he lingered until September 3, 1864, when, attended by his father and brother George, he passed from earth, and there his body now rests. Margaret Love was married, December 15, 1870, to Robert Henderson, who was born January 8, 1845, a son of William Henderson, of Belmont County, Ohio. Since their marriage they have resided in Harrison County, where their family have been born, as follows: Jennie, December 12, 1871; Ella M., February 22, HARRISON COUNTY - 459 1875; Harry, May 30, 1882. On February 14, 1887, Mr. Henderson died and was buried in Unity Cemetery. His family still live in Athens Township, where they are well known for their sterling qualities, and are among the most highly respected. PARKER HALL. In 1802 Joseph Hall, with a large family, emigrated from North Carolina and located in the western part of Jefferson County, Ohio. They were among the earliest pioneers of this section, and he cleared a home for himself and family from the unbroken wilderness. Mrs. Hall, whose maiden name was Christiana Peel, died about one year after coming to their new home, Mr. Hall living until August, 1825. They had married in North Carolina in 1773, and had born to them ten children, among whom was Jesse Hall, who came with his parents from North Carolina. He resided on the original homestead until his death in 1800, he and his wife dying within six months of each other. They left a family of three sons, the youngest of whom was William Hall, born in April, 1804. He was but two years of age when his parents died, and he made his home with an uncle, John Hall, with whom he resided until he became of age. He was educated in the pioneer subscription schools, when the log school-houses were furnished with huge fireplaces, for which the scholars would take their axes to school and cut wood from the timber which surrounded the school-houses. In April, 1826, he was united in marriage with Miss Hannah Wharton, a native of Bucks County, Penn., and a daughter of Ezra and Martha (Terry) Wharton. In 1818, when Hannah was eleven years of age, her parents removed to Ohio and located in Harrison County, near where Harrisville now stands, the town then consisting of but a few scattered houses. The Wharton family are, therefore, among the earliest families of Harrison County. They located on a farm and resided there until their death. Ezra Wharton was born August 26, 1773, and died in May, 1847; Mrs. Wharton was born May 19, 1778, and died December 19, 1866. They were married April 19, 1797, and to them had been born nine sons and three daughters, and the fifth child in the order of her birth was Hannah Wharton. Immediately following marriage, William and Hannah Hall located on a farm in Jefferson County, and began life for themselves. The place was all covered with timber, which they began to clear off. Their first house was a primitive log cabin with puncheon floor and stick chimney. The single room was lighted by six small panes of glass, and in this simple abode, among the barest comforts and conveniences, were spent some of the happiest days of their lives. Two years later they erected a more commodious dwelling, which is now standing. To them were born seven children, six of whom still survive, Ezra, the eldest, having died in 1852 in Minnesota, while on a tour through the State; two of this family now reside at the old homestead—Nathan L. and Penina; Parker, whose name heads this sketch, resides on the old Wharton homestead in Harrison County; Tilman resides in Mahoning County; Linton, in Columbiana County, and Martha (now the wife of Thomas Dewees) resides in Morgan County, Ohio. December 14, 1883, William Hall left this earthly abode for the one beyond. He was a man highly esteemed for his virtues, and his sterling integrity won for him much esteem. He took an active interest in all works of a charitable and benevolent purpose, and was kind and hospitable to all. His worthy widow, now in her eighty-second year, resides at the old home, and, while time has silvered her hair, she is remarkably active for one of her years. The Hall family have for generations been devoted members of the Society of Friends. Parker Hall was born June 6, 1829, in Jefferson County, Ohio, on the old Hall homestead. His early life was spent at home, assisting his parents in the duties of the farm. He received the rudiments of an education in the 460 - HARRISON COUNTY. old log school-house of his district, and at the age of seventeen entered the boarding school at Mount Pleasant, where he remained one year. In August, 1853, he married Miss Rebecca Hobson, a native of Belmont County, Ohio, and following their marriage they located in Harrison County. In 1866 Mrs. Hall passed to her last long sleep, leaving three sons: Lewis, now a prosperous farmer near Harrisville; William B., now residing at Colerain, Belmont Co., Ohio; Edwin, now in Philadelphia. In 1870 Mr. Hall purchased and moved upon the old Wharton homestead, where he now resides. The farm consists of 100 acres of finely improved land, devoted to stock and grain, and on which is a large, pleasant brick residence. In 1872 Parker Hall married Mrs. Tabitha D. Bundy, a native of Belmont County, Ohio, and their union has been blessed with two children, Clara R. and Alfred D. In political matters Mr. Hall is a supporter of the Republican party, has served the people of Short Creek Township as assessor and township trustee, and is a man in good standing in his community. EDWARD HAGAN, one of the leading and prosperous farmers and stock-raisers of Short Creek Township, Harrison County, was born May 1, 1843, near the place where he now resides, and is a son of John A. and Margaret A. (McLaughlin) Hagan. John Hagan was born in Adams County, Penn., on the battle ground of Gettysburg, November 14, 1813, and came with his parents to Ohio, in 1815, where he grew to manhood. They were among the pioneers of this region, and he was schooled in the difficulties of those early times, his advantages being necessarily limited, and his education was self acquired. March 8, 1838, he married Miss Margaret A. McLaughlin, a native of Ohio, horn in Jefferson County, November 24, 1809; her parents were pioneers there, and came from Pennsylvania. After marriage John A. Hagan located in Short Creek Township, devoting his attention to agricultural pursuits, and he and his wife continued to re, side here until their deaths; he died October 24, 1886, his wife having preceded him to the grave June 4, 1875. John Alexander Hagan was a man of irreproachable character, just in his dealings with his fellow-men, and generous to a fault; always active in public works, he won the respect and esteem of all. Of a family of five sons and three daughters, Edward Hagan, whose name heads this sketch, is the fourth child in the order of his birth. His early life was spent at home, assisting his parents. He received the limited educational advantages of the times, and recalls the old log school-house, with its rude benches and furnishings, where he was taught the simple rudiments of an education. In 1864 he entered the service of the United States as one of the " hundred days men," and participated in the engagements of Snicker's Gap, Harper's Ferry and Winchester; was honorably discharged at Columbus and returned to his home. November 23, 1870, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary J. Anderson, a native of Harrison County, Ohio, and a daughter of Samuel and Araminta (Stevens) Anderson, early pioneers of this county. After marriage he located on his present farm, which they purchased in 1887, the place now consisting of 109 acres, well improved, and on which they have one of the finest residences in this section, a large and commodious barn and good outbuildings. Mr. Hagan devotes much of his attention to the raising of fine stock, and Riverside Farm" is known as one of the leading stock farms in the township. Mr. and Mrs. Hagan are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he is an elder, and in which his father held a similar position for upward of twenty years. Mrs Hagan takes an active interest in woman's work, and charitable and benevolent purposes receive her hearty support. Politically Mr. Hagan is a Republican, and he has served as assessor of the township; he prefers, however, to devote his attention to the farm rather than seek polit- HARRISON COUNTY - 461 ical prominence. Mr. and Mrs. Hagan began life on a capital of pluck and energy, and they now enjoy a handsome competence. They have been the architects of their own fortune, and their success is due to their own personal efforts. Their union has been blessed with six children: Maude S., Maggie A., Odessa B., Rose A. , Robert A. and Daisy E. They reside at their pleasant home near Adena, and justly enjoy the respect and esteem of all. JOHN W. COMLY, M. D., the oldest physician and surgeon of Harrisville, Short Creek Township, Harrison County, is descended from an English family of Friends, of whom Henry Comly, an ancestor of John W., came to America with William Penn in 1682. The father of our subject, David Comly, was born in Washington County, Penn., August 8, 1798. He crossed the Ohio River in 1814, locating in what is now Carroll County, Ohio, whence, in 1817, he removed to Jefferson County, where he resided until his death, which occurred in 1866. In 1821 he became united in marriage with Sarah Whinnery, a Pennsylvanian by birth, and to this union were born ten children, six of whom grew to maturity. John W. Comly was born upon his father's farm near Mount Pleasant, Jefferson Co., Ohio, in the Short Creek valley, June 24, 1823. There be grew to maturity, and there his early life was spent upon the farm. Surrounded on every hand by the beauties of nature, he became a close observer and careful student of the working of Nature's laws. His early education was obtained in the private and district schools of his region, and later he attended the Quaker Seminary at Mount Pleasant. His boyhood ambition was that he might achieve success and distinction in the medical field, and he had early resolved to be a physician. He therefore exerted every effort to fit himself for the practice of medicine. He began his medical studies under the preceptorship of Dr. William S. Bates, at Smithfield, Ohio a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania—and John T. Leslie, M. D., a native of Scotland, who was classically educated in his native country, and who was a man of more than ordinary attainments. Under the efficient instruction of these two eminent physicians he laid the foundation of his success in after life, and his eminent career as a physician and surgeon is but the due reward of his untiring efforts and researches under their direction. He attended lectures at the Ohio Medical College during the session of 1842-43, and applied himself so assiduously to his studies that he acquired great proficiency, and won for himself the admiration and esteem of his classmates and instructors. He began the practice of his profession in Jefferson County, and from there he came to Harrisville, where be has since resided. He spent the winter of 1864-65 in the military hospitals at Washington, Philadelphia and New York, having borne to Surg. -Gen. Barnes a letter of introduction, and an endorsement of his professional ability from his intimate friend, Hon. John A. Bingham, then congressman from this district. The Doctor has also in his possession a recommendation dated November 8, 1864, and written by his intimate friend and associate, the late lamented Hon. Jonathan T. Updegraff. The Doctor has spent nearly half a century in the practice of his profession, and this long association with the study of humanity and its ills has not diminished his love for his profession or tended to detract one whit from his belief that "the proper study of mankind is man." Under his efficient. instruction have been started on life's road to success some of the country's ablest physicians, among whom are Dr. N. R. Coleman, of Columbus, Ohio, now lecturer and instructor in the Columbus Medical College, and Dr. Addison Nicholson, of Franklin, Penn. In the fall of 1849 the Doctor was united in marriage with Mary C. Armstrong, a native of Ohio, of Scotch-Irish extraction, and a daughter of Charles and Sarah Armstrong. The fruits of this union were three children, as follows: Sarah J. (now Mrs. Dr. N. R. Coleman, of Columbus, 462 - HARRISON COUNTY. Ohio); Marietta (at home), and William J., who died during infancy. Mrs. Comly, in 1863, after a lingering illness from consumption, departed for the other shore. The Doctor, of recent years, has retired from active professional life. He has amassed a handsome competence, and he now spends his time in pleasant communication with the library he has been accumulating for years. He is a great reader, a deep thinker, and a careful reasoner, and in his library are to be found some of the choicest works that present a feast to the literary mind. In his religious belief the Doctor is liberal. He is not, as some look upon him to be, an infidel, for he not only does not deny the existence of a Supreme Being, but affirms it. His belief is the gospel of intellectual hospitality, his moral guide, the Golden Rule. He believes in the hereafter men will be miserable or happy, according as their deeds here be base or noble. The Doctor is kind and affable in his manner, and a pleasant conversationalist. Politically he is an ardent supporter of the Republican party and its principles. He has spent the recent winters in the South, and has traveled extensively in that section. ARCHIBALD B. WILKIN, M.D., one of the oldest and most prominent surgeons of Harrison County, with residence at Harrisville, was born in Washington County, Penn., February 20, 1826. His grandfather, Archibald Wilkin, a native of Ireland, came to America when but eight years of age, and the parents of our subject, Andrew and Mary (Henderson) Wilkin, were early settlers of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Mary Wilkin departed this life in Pennsylvania, when her son Archibald B. was but thirteen years of age, but Andrew Wilkin lived until eighty-four years old, dying in 1885, in Harrisville, Ohio, at the residence of our subject, with whom he had made his home for many years. Archibald B. Wilkin availed himself of all the educational advantages that fell to the lot of the boys of the pioneer days, until he had attained his majority, when he entered Washington College, in which institution he finished his literary education. In 1847 he began the study of medicine, under the efficient instruction of Dr. Bemis, the leading physician and surgeon of West Middletown, Penn., under whom he assiduously pursued his studies until 1850, when he entered Cleveland Medical College. After graduating, he entered upon the practice in partnership with his former preceptor, but January 1, 1854, he came to Harrisville, where his superior medical abilities were at once recognized, and here he has ever since been busily and successfully engaged in treating his numerous patients. He has, in conjunction with his practice, established a neat and complete pharmacy, stocked with fresh drugs, and here are filled many medical prescriptions other than his own. On July 7, 1853, the Doctor married Miss Lorinda McKeever, a native of Pennsylvania, and for several years a teacher in the Pleasant Hill Seminary of which her mother, Jane C. McKeever, a sister of Alexander Campbell, was principal. This union has been blessed by the birth of five children, of whom four are living: Jennie C., now Mrs. Charles N. Watson, of Chicago; Mary E., married to I. W. Gray, of Steubenville; William A., of Harrisville, Ohio, and Robert C., of Wheeling, W. Va. The Doctor and his wife are respected members of the Disciples Church, and politically he is a Republican. The Doctor is one of Harrisville's most public-spirited citizens, and is never found lacking in his support of any movement having for its object the general good. His success in his profession has been achieved by his untiring researches through the medical field, and his constant watchfulness of the progress made in the advancement of the science, with which he keeps fully abreast, and he now enjoys his reward for his constancy in this respect. Father Time has silvered his hair to some extent, but he still remains strong and active, and the fleeting years have in no way diminished his mental vigor; the ripening of his intellect is like that of " an autumn that grew the more by reaping." He is HARRISON COUNTY - 463 one who, outside of the esteem in which he is held for his scientific knowledge, enjoys the admiration of all for his kindliness of disposition and amiability of heart. THOMAS BOYD (deceased) was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in March, 1815. His father, William Boyd, had been twice married, his first wife, whose maiden name was Ellen Mason, bearing him eight children, and his second wife, nee Sarah Means,bore him ten, thus making him the father of a total of eighteen children, Thomas, our subject, being one of the last family. In 1833 William Boyd, with his family, came to America, locating in Ohio, and bought a large tract of land in Coshocton County, where he ended his days. Thomas Boyd received his preliminary education in Ireland, and was eighteen years old when he came to America with his father. Here he supplemented his earlier studies by an additional course of instruction, and, on beginning life on his own account, located on a farm in Washington Township, Harrison County, where he soon established a reputation as a successful husbandman and as a man of more than ordinary business tact and capability. December 9, 1841, Mr. Boyd was united in the bonds of matrimony with Miss Martha Allen, daughter of James and Sarah (Boyd) Allen. James Allen was a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, and came to the United States in 1836, settling in Harrison County and becoming one of its most successful farmers. The marriage of Thomas Boyd and Martha Allen was blessed with twelve children, the youngest of whom died in infancy; the others were named in order of birth as follows: Mary A , Sarah, William C., Elizabeth (Mrs. Logan), M. Agnes (Mrs. Thompson), Maggie I., Minerva (Mrs. Ferguson), Almira, Emily (Mrs. Harris), Thomas A. and Lucinda. The sons are all prosperous farmers, and are living in Guernsey County, Ohio. It can be said of Mr. Boyd that it was largely through his industry, economy and business ability that he met with financial success. He was a public-spirited and generous-hearted man, one possessed of more than ordinary intelligence. He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church,and lived fully up to the teachings of that denomination, while his moral tendencies led him to act with Prohibitionists, politically. Mourned by his large family and friends innumerable, he passed from earth January 16, 1889. His widow, now a lady of sixty-eight years, resides on the home farm, surrounded by her highly intelligent unmarried daughters, and she and they enjoy the respect of the whole community. DAVID STEEL, one of the leading and well-known farmers of Washington Township, Harrison County, was born October 31, 1822, on the farm on which he now resides. His father, Basil E. Steel, was a native of Virginia, having been born in Berkeley County (now in West Virginia). James, father of Basil, was also a native of Virginia, where he married and had born to him two children, John and Basil E., who were quite young when their parents died. The children, as was then the custom, were bound out, Basil being bound to a man named Foraker, with whom he remained until of age, receiving the usual two months' schooling, to which at that time they were entitled. Soon after completing his time, Basil moved to Pennsylvania, where he met and married Rachel Spaulding, and they began their married life in the Keystone State, where they lived until 1815, when they came to Harrison County, settling in Washington Township, and entered the tract on which he afterward died. Here he erected his cabin, and underwent the various hardships, which are inseparably incident to the early settlement of a country. There were but a few families in his immediate vicinity, and they consisted of the Masons, Boyds, Quellons and Davidsons. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Basil Steel were named as follows: John. Sarah, Mary, Matilda Jane, Nancy, Andrew, Basil, William, Daniel and David. The 464 - HARRISON COUNTY. political preferences of Mr. Steel were Democratic, and for many years he never failed to assist the party. An energetic man and one who from youth had been schooled in a struggle for existence, who was taught the lessons of economy and industry by that most severe, but also most thorough teacher—necessity—his life in the early settlement of Harrison County was but a continuation of his previous condition. He however succeeded remarkably, and by the aid of his children replaced the once gigantic forests by green fields; and haunts which the wild animals once roamed he converted into pastures, in which peaceful- flocks and herds wander undisturbed. After a long and useful life Mr. Steel died in 1857, and was followed by his wife in 1874. David Steel, who now occupies the old home place, has spent the best years of his life in the improvement of it. His life, like that of his father, has been one of unremitting hard work, and, like his father, he has succeeded. April 10, 1845, he was married to Elizabeth Vermillion, of Guernsey County, who became the mother of the following named children: John B. (deceased), Andrew J., Joseph M. (deceased), Franklin, William, Henry, Sperling, Amanda, Matilda, and Olive. Mrs. Steel lived until December 17, 1885, when she died and was buried in Boyd' s Cemetery, and February 11, 1890, Mr. Steel was married to Mrs. Comfort Lindsey, of Flushing. He now resides on his farm of 260 acres, well improved land, situated about three miles from Freeport, Harrison County. The buildings are neat and tasty, and comprise a large stock and grain barn, a commodious two-story square frame house, with modern conveniences, which Mr. Steel erected in 1884, besides a number of other necessary structures. Mr. Steel is emphatically a self-made man, having, by various enterprises connected with farming, succeeded well in the financial world. At various times he has owned threshing 'machines, and in 1851 he built a water-power saw-mill; also for many years was engaged in contracting for and constructing buildings in various portions of his county. While never actively engaged in politics, he has always identified himself with the Democratic party. He is liberal in his support of enterprises which are for the benefit of his county, and is numbered among the representative men of his section. WILLIAM BUCHANAN, president of the Buchanan Business Institute, at Hopedale, Green Township, Harrison County, was born in Harrisville, Harrison County, Ohio, May 1, 1853. William Buchanan, Sr., the father of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania, and was of Scotch descent; he was a soldier in the War of 1812, a cooper by trade and a member of the Presbyterian Church. On coming to Ohio he married Miss Ahagail Mercer, a native of the State, though a descendant of Edward Mercer, who immigrated to America from Ireland in 1720, but was born in England. She bore three children: David, Wilson and William. She died May 30, 1857, and was interred in the cemetery at Dickerson's Church, Short Creek Township. The father was an active business man and a justice of the peace for thirty years. His death took place September 2, 1873, at the age of eighty-three years, and was buried in West Grove Cemetery. William Buchanan, whose name heads this sketch, was educated at Hopedale College, and completed his college course in 1882. In 1883 he graduated from the National School of Elocution and Oratory, Philadelphia, and from Eastman's Business College at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in the business and ornamental penmanship courses, taking the " College Gold Medal," in 1884. He then passed three months at Rolla, Mo., conducting elocution and commercial courses, in connection with the Western Conservatory of Music; then went to Red Bluff, Cal., where for a year he was engaged in school work in connection with the Red Bluff Academic and Normal School. In 1885, on account of the ill health of his wife, he came to Hopedale, Harrison County, Ohio, and erected a building which he opened in September as a business in- HARRISON COUNTY - 465 stitute, including a college of business, school of elocution and oratory, school of teachers, school of science, school of mathematics, school of general education and school of shorthand, typewriting and penmanship. Prior to opening the institute Mr. Buchanan had taught seven years in the public schools of the county, and five years in the Normal College of Hopedale, attending school in the East during the college vacations. Later he taught one year in Franklin College at New Athens. His present school is the only one of the kind, with one exception, in the State, and the only one in Harrison County. The average attendance is about fifty, and the institute is doing a good work for the county, Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan giving their undivided attention to the duties of the school. Mr. Buchanan is the author of a book on oratory entitled " The Self Instructor of Elocution and Oratory," and another on book-keeping known as " The Pocket Encyclopedia of Bookkeeping." The marriage of Mr. Buchanan took place June 29, 1880, with Miss Virginia W. Maddox, a daughter of Wilson and Mary L. (Ladd) Maddox, and a native of Short Creek Township, Harrison Co., Ohio. Her mother came to Harrison County from Virginia in 1833, her father some seven years earlier; they settled about five miles from Cadiz, and were married in 1838. The father died April 30, 1859, when Mrs. Buchanan was but three weeks old; the mother died January 17, 1875. Mr. Maddox was a farmer and a very popular gentleman. In 1856 he was nominated for Congress; he was a director of a Cadiz bank, and also of a bank at Mount Pleasant. He was a stanch Republican, a wide-awake business man, and at the time of his death was the owner of a section of land in Harrison County, and had a large interest in plank roads. Two children have been born to the union of Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan: William Thomas and Charles Hall Maddox. Mrs. Buchanan graduated from the Normal College of Hopedale in 1878, and later entered the National School of Oratory. In 1885 Franklin College conferred upon her the degree of A. M. Mr. Buchanan is a Republican in politics, and he and his wife are members of the Friends Church. DAVID ADAMS. Among the successful 1 and enterprising farmers of Freeport Township, Harrison County, none are more favorably known than the gentleman whose name stands at the head of this sketch. His father, William Adams, was born in Fayette County, Penn., September 5, 1799. When William was about ten years of age he lost his father, and his time afterward was chiefly devoted to the care and maintenance of the family, of which he was the eldest. Soon after arriving at manhood's estate he was married to Elizabeth, a daughter of Joshua Clark, and after marriage they located in Short Creek Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, whence, in 1834, he removed to Nottingham, where he remained until 1880, when he came to Freeport Township. His children were the following named: David; James, in Kansas; Amos, who served as a soldier, now deceased; John and Eliza Jane, both also deceased. On January 8, 1881, William Adams died and was buried in Green Mountain Cemetery by the side of his wife, who died December 10, 1869. A self-made man, frank and fearless in the expression of his convictions, he was esteemed by all. The youth of David Adams was that of the ordinary farmer boy, and was spent in Short Creek and Nottingham Townships, he being nine years old when he came to the latter. His educational advantages were limited, but his native genius and keen observation largely supplied the deficiency in training. November 10, 1855, he was united in marriage to Lucinda Marsh, of Iowa, who died December 9, 1865, and March 14, 1867, Mr. Adams was married to Mary Ann Moore, who bore him the following children: An infant that died unnamed, William Moore and Robert C. The Adams family have ever been identified with the Republican party, 466 - HARRISON COUNTY. and have always lent their aid in its support. They have been Quakers and Presbyterians in religious belief, have always been engaged in farming, and have invariably been successful. They have taken a prominent part in the county's progress, and are always found in the front rank of the progressive element LINDLEY M. BRANSON. The county of Harrison has within her borders many men toward whom she may point the finger of pride - men who, in their advancement, have not been blind to their country's welfare, but, uniting their efforts, have not only won honor and success for themselves, but have shaped the grandeur and destiny of their country. Born of parents descended from a long line of sturdy pioneers, Lindley M. Branson inherited those principles of industry, economy, and above all, sterling integrity, the attributes of those brave and sturdy men, and which, as characteristics of his own life, have fitted him as one to add to the glory of his native land. The Bransons are descended from an English family of Friends, who immigrated to America about the middle of the eighteenth century. Locating in Virginia, they resided there many years, and the original homestead is in the possession of their descendants to this day. One of their descendants, Abraham Branson, the great-grandfather of our subject, was a prosperous and successful farmer near Winchester, Va., was for many years an elder of the Quaker faith, and became an active and energetic worker in the cause. He was one of those pioneer exhorters who made journeys on horseback through miles of wilderness to preach the gospel to the scattered settlements; he journeyed as far west as Central Ohio. He married a lady of Southern birth, and to that union was born one child a son Reese Branson, who emigrated to Ohio about the year 1800. He located at St. Clairsville, Belmont County, and resided there until his death. He left a family of four children, viz.: Abraham, William, Maria and Eliza Abraham, the eldest, was born in Belmont. County, Ohio, June 13, 1806. When he was a lad he lost his father, and was sent to Virginia, where he made his home with his grandfather until he was about fourteen years of age, at which time he returned to Ohio, going to Glen's Run, where he lived with an uncle, one Isaac Branson, a prominent manufacturer and miller, who had early emigrated to Ohio, and had erected a large woolen and flouring mill. Here young Branson served an apprenticeship, and learned the woolen manufacturer's trade, at which he became an expert. In the spring of. 1831 he married Ann W. Wilson, born near Mount Pleasant Ohio, and a daughter of Jonathan and Hannah Wilson, a pioneer family of Jefferson County. Their union was solemnized under the beautiful and impressive marriage service of the Quaker faith. Immediately following their marriage they located at Kinsey's Mills, in Belmont County, on the National Pike, near Wheeling, and there he engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods. Two years later, in the spring of 1833, they removed to Short Creek Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, and, purchasing a milling and woolen manufacturing property there, was engaged in the milling and manufacturing business until the time of his death. In those early times the clothing was largely of home manufacture. Wool would be brought to the mill to be carded, and this the busy housewife would spin and then knit into stockings or weave into blankets or cloth as necessity required. Here at these mills Mr. Branson used the first steam engine used for manufacturing purposes in Harrison County. It was a small engine of 15-horse power, but it was an object of much admiration and wonder, people coming many miles to see it. This engine was soon removed, and one of 45-horse power put in its place. The first power-looms and spinning-jack in the county were used here. The latter, on account of its length, had to be hauled on a wagon from Pittsburgh, Penn. The HARRISON COUNTY - 469 goods manufactured were broadcloths, cassimeres, cassinettes, blankets, indigo blue Kentucky jeans and flannels, and these goods were appreciated by the people. Abraham Branson did much toward the advancement and development of the country. As a citizen, he was firm in his convictions of unswerving integrity, and was respected and esteemed by all who knew him. His death occurred January 16, 1867, and that of his wife February 3, 1888, when she was aged eighty-two years. Of a family of five sons and two daughters, Lindley M. Branson is the eldest, born at K insey's Mills, near Wheeling, Belmont Co., Ohio, September 26, 1832. His early life was spent 'amidst such scenes and surroundings as fell to the lot of the pioneer boys, and he was taught the rudiments of an education in the district schools of the period, in the little school-house, with its huge fireplace, rude furnishings of slab benches, in which the school was maintained for a few months during the winter season, by a per capita subscription, by the settlers who had children to educate. With such surroundings be grew to manhood, and in those early struggles the obstacles surmounted and privations endured were the crucial test, the fire that purified the pure metal from the dross; and the indomitable will, perseverance and untiring energy, there made manifest in the boy, have ripened and developed in the character of the man. At the age of twenty-one Mr. Branson became a partner with his father in the mill. Asa boy he had learned his father's trade. The firm, under the name of A. Branson & Son, continued in business and prospered until 1861. In the meantime he had, in partnership with Isaac Lewis and others, been buying and handling wool, and these operations were continued during the war. Mr. Branson, in one day, riding over the country on his trusted saddle horse, purchased from large wool growers of Harrison and Jefferson Counties 40,000 pounds of wool, paying for the same the high price of one dollar per pound. In his early apprenticeship in his father's woolen mills, he had become an expert 26 in the matter of judging wool, and great confidence was placed in his judgment by the Eastern manufacturers, for whom be purchased in eastern Ohio millions of pounds of wool. For twenty-seven years he devoted his attention largely to this industry. On May 7, 1874, he was united in marriage with Anna M. Fox, an estimable lady, a daughter of Charles J. and Esther (Cooper) Fox, early settlers of this region, of whom portraits and a complete sketch are given elsewhere in this volume. Two children have been born to our subject and wife, viz. : Charles Fox Branson and Chester Abraham Branson. They reside on a farm in Short Creek Township, where, although Mr. Branson has been engaged extensively in other business, yet he devotes much attention to agriculture. In 1878 be erected their handsome residence, a commodious three-story structure of brick and stone, and finished throughout in hard woods—blaok and white walnut, ash and chestnut. It is located on an eminence, commanding a beautiful view of the surrounding country, and is the finest farm residence in Harrison County. For the past twenty-seven years Mr. Branson has been connected with the National banks of Cadiz, as stockholder and director, and, besides his property here, has interests elsewhere. Politically, Mr. Branson is a Republican, always taking an active interest in his party. Personally, he is a man of striking appearance, kind and affable in his manner; he is an entertaining conversationalist, and, with his family, he enjoys the respect and esteem of all. WILLIAM K. FITCH, Moorefield Township, Harrison County, Ohio, is a son of James M. and Mary (Kelley) Fitch. James M. was a son of Jacob and Eleanor (McGill) Fitch, natives of Greene County, Penn. The father of Jacob died when the latter was a small boy, and Jacob was reared to manhood by a German family of Greene County, Penn., where he married. In 1811, in company with John Coulter and Miles Hart, Jaoob 470 - HARRISON COUNTY. immigrated to Belmont County, Ohio. Coulter and Hart settled at Powhatan Point, and Mr. Fitch settled in Smith Township, about eight miles south of St. Clairsville. He had been to this land before and erected a rude log cabin, having neither door nor floor. He was a stone mason by trade and after his family was settled, he returned to Powhatan Point (which was twenty miles away) to work at his trade, to earn money to make his new home more comfortable, and to provide food for his family. He was an energetic, hard-working man, and in a few years he erected a more comfortable residence, his farm put on a more cultivated appearance, and the forests were turned into rich meadow lands and pleasant pastures. To Jacob Fitch and wife were born seven children, namely: James M., deceased; Hester Leyda, in Carroll County, Ohio; Catherine, deceased; William, on the old homestead; Nancy, deceased; Ellen, deceased, and Jacob, in Belmont County, Ohio. Jacob and his wife spent their life on the farm where they first settled. James M. Fitch was born in 1811 in Greene County, Penn., but grew to manhood in Belmont County, Ohio. In 1838 he married Mrs. Mary McMillan (nee Kelley) who was born October 27, 1804, a daughter of Hugh and Mary (Johnson) Kelley, natives of Ireland, who migrated to the United States in 1800, in company with seven other families from his neighborhood. They were seventeen weeks on the ocean, and the last five were spent on a sand-bar, upon which the captain had run the vessel on purpose to work a scheme he had plotted against one of Mr. Kelley's companions. The captain had fallen in love with the wife of one of these men, and after getting the vessel where he knew it could not get away, he took his crew to shore and returned with two of them to take the passengers off. They put the gangplank from the small boat to the vessel, and the man with the wife whom the captain loved wanted to get into the boat first, so he pushed his way along on the plank. The captain took the wife by the hand and pulled her into the boat, and pushed the husband into the water, and left the vessel with his prize. The rest of the passengers, being excited at seeing the man in the water and the captain going away with the wife, did not know what to do. They dare not shoot at the captain for fear of shooting the woman. The man was rescued, but he never was able to find his wife. The passengers were nearly starved when they were discovered. Mr. and Mrs. Kelley remained with the man that rescued them for one year, and then came to Ohio. Mr. Kelley was killed by a tree on the farm where our subject now lives. James M. Fitch, after his marriage, settled in Belmont County, near his parents, 'where he remained till • his death in August, 1876. His wife died March 1, 1866. They were the parents of three children, viz. : Jacob, on the old homestead; William K., our subject, and Mary, deceased. Mr. Fitch was a member of the Presbyterian Church for a number of years. William K. Fitch was born July 21, 1844, in Belmont County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood and was educated at the common schools. In his youth he learned the trade of a carpenter, which he followed for some years. September 20, 1870, he married Miss Hannah E. Watt, who was born in Belmont County, Ohio, June 17, 1852, a daughter of. Robert and Rachel (DeLong) Watt. Robert Watt is a son of Thomas and Jane (Gladden) Watt. Thomas is a son of James, a native of Maryland, who migrated to Ohio in 1816 and settled in Smith Township, Belmont County, where he entered 160 acres of land. The children born to Thomas and Jane Watt were six in number, by name, Hannah, who died January 11, 1866; Robert, who died February 11, 1866; William, who died December 24, 1872; Sarah A., who died June 22, 1883; Mary J., living in Belmont County, Ohio; and Elizabeth, at the same place. Robert Watt was born November 2,- 1815, in Maryland, but he grew to manhood in Ohio. In 1840 he married Rachel DeLong, who was born July 17, 1816, a daughter of Jonathan and Sabina (Horn) DeLong, natives of Pennsylvania, and of German descent. To Mr. and HARRISON COUNTY - 471 Mrs. Watt were born ten children, named as follows: Sabina J., deceased; John T., in Labette County, Kas.; William W., on the old homestead in Belmont County, Ohio; Mary A., in Mt. Vernon, Ohio; Nancy C., in Belmont County, Ohio; Hannah E., wife of our subject; Rachel A., deceased; Robert M. and Margaret M., both deceased; and a daughter that died unnamed in infancy, February 8, 1861. Robert Watt departed this life February 11, 1866; his widow still resides on the old farm in Belmont County, Ohio. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church, of Concord, of which church Mr. Watt was also a member, having served some years as an elder. Thomas Watt died in July, 1827; his widow died August 29, 1889. William K. Fitch, after his marriage, came to the farm which he now owns, which was once owned by his maternal grandfather. Mr. Fitch and wife are the parents of five children, namely: Minnie A., born May 18, 1872; Mary F., born July 6, 1874; Hiram Mc., born February 26, 1877; Lulu D., born September 12, 1879; Veda V., born July 13, 1888. Mr. and Mrs. Fitch are both members of the Nottingham Presbyterian Church. Politically Mr. Fitch is Democratic, and he has held several offices of trust in Moorefield Township. JOHN LISLE. Among the oldest and best-known residents of Archer Township, Har- Jrison County, is John Lisle, who was born December 5, 1803, in Jefferson County, Ohio. His paternal ancestors were Scotch, and maternal, Irish. His father, Robert, was born in Pennsylvania, where be, at an early age, was married, and soon after came to Jefferson County, where he entered a large farm, and in that county he lived until death claimed him. His children comprised the following: William, Nancy, Hannah, Robert, Jane, Rachel, Polly, Eliza and John. In politics Mr. Lisle was a Whig. He died, and was buried in Jefferson County. John Lisle was always an industrious and energetic man, these traits manifesting themselves in his youth. His early life was spent on the home place, and in 1829 he was married to Eliza A. Johnston, a daughter of Robert Johnston. After marriage the young couple located in Short Creek Township, but in 1839 moved to Archer Township, where he died, October 3, 1890. The children born to their union are Johnston, William, Elizabeth, Mary Jane, John, Hamilton and Martha. A Republican in politics, Mr. Lisle held no political office, although always an earnest supporter of his party. He was one of the oldest residents of the township, and won the esteem and confidence of all. John Lisle, Jr., was born February 27, 1842, and during his youth wag a participant in the usual enjoyments and pursuits which the neighborhood afforded. At the early age of nineteen he enlisted in the Sixty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company K, and with his company was sent to Camp Chase, and afterward to Nashville, Tenn. There he was engaged in guard duty for about six months. His regiment was a part of the Army of the Cumberland, and he participated in all the battles in which that army was engaged. After his term had expired he re-enlisted, and accompanied the troops on the Atlanta campaign, participating in the battles and many of the skirmishes of that march. After the fall of Atlanta, the famous march to the sea commenced, and his regiment was one of those which composed that victorious army. Although a mere youth, Mr. Lisle never failed in his duty, nor was he absent from his company in any march save once, when the troops were nearly exhausted with long marching, he rested a short time with some companions, joining his company some few hours later. He took part in the grand review of the troops at Washington at the close of the war, and was mustered out of service July 17, 1865. John Lisle, Jr., participated in twelve regular battles, besides skirmishes, viz. : Gallatin, Tenn., August 13, 1862; Stone River, Tenn., December 31, 1862, to January 2, 1863; Chick- 472 - HARRISON COUNTY. amauga, Ga., September 19 and 20, 1863; Mission Ridge, Tenn., November 25, 1863; Resaca, Ga., May 13 to 16, 1864; Dallas, Ga., including Pumpkin Vine Creek, May 25 to June 4, 1864; Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 9 to 30, 1864, Marietta, Ga., July 4, 1864; Chattahoochee River, July 6, 10, 1864; Peach Tree Creek Ga., July 20, 21, 1864; Atlanta, Ga., July 28 to September 2, 1864; Jonesboro, Ga., August 31, September 1, 1864; Bentonville, N. C., March 19, 21, 1865. Surely, when a mere lad, for the love of country, will enlist in its defense, and never falter in the performance of the duties pertaining to the service in which he entered, it is enough to convince all that patriotism is not dead. After the close of the war Mr. Lisle engaged in farming. November 6, 1873, he was married to Jennie Henderson, daughter of James Henderson, a resident and prominent farmer of North Township. Mr. Lisle and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, Mr. and Mrs. Lisle both having been baptized, taken into the church, and also married by the same minister, Rev. Robert Herron. In politics Mr. Lisle is an ardent Republican, and though not an office holder, still is deeply interested in the success of his party. Hamilton Lisle, son of John Lisle, Sr., was born May 12, 1844, in Archer Township, Harrison County, where his life has since been spent. Soon after attaining his majority he entered the droving business, which he followed for some years. November 11, 1869, he married Mary Crawford, a daughter of John Crawford, a resident of Archer Township, Harrison County. His wife died March 29, 1875, and was buried at Cadiz; she was a member of the Presbyterian Church. October 5, 1882, Hamilton was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Haverfield, of Cadiz Township. She was the mother, by her first husband, of one child, Clarence, born October 17, 1876. Mr. Lisle's family is now increased by Charles, born June 18, 1883, and Anna Blanche, born August 2, 1885. In politics Mr. Lisle is a Republican, and his family are members of the Presbyterian Church at Cadiz. The Lisle family, to which he belongs, is one of the oldest in Archer, and are most highly respected. W. T. PERRY, one of the rising young attorneys of Harrison County, and one of the most popular citizens, both professionally and socially, was born in Short Creek Township, Harrison Co., Ohio (near Warfell's Mill), September 28, 1858. His grandfather, Henry Perry, was a native of Wyoming Valley, Penn., born in 1774, and when about three years of age his parents were mas sacred by the Indians in their raid down the valley. He was carried off by a straggling party of redskins, but was rescued at Pittsburgh. Coming to what is now the State of Ohio, when of age, he here worked at the mason's trade, and built the first brick house in Cadiz. He was married to Sarah Franks, of Fayette County, Penn., a lady of German descent, who bore him eleven children as follows: Martin, a carpenter, who died in Indiana; Henry and Adam, who died young; Eliza, married to James Polen and moved to Guernsey County, Ohio; John and Thomas, died young; William W., of whom a a record is given below; James, who moved to Illinois, where he died in 1882; Mary (Polly), married to Joseph Howell, and died at an advanced age at Hopedale, Ohio; Sarah J., who died young, and Susan, still' living in Cadiz, Ohio. The father of this family died at New Athens, Ohio, in March, 1865, and the mother in 1866, at the age of eighty-six years. William W. Perry, father of the subject of this sketch, was born December 18, 1823, and in his youth followed the mason's trade. In 1848 he began milling at the old Warfell's Mill, two and one-half miles south of Cadiz, and there remained until the breaking out of the Civil War. when he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Seventieth 0. V.I.,serving until the close of the struggle. He died August 26,1865, of disease of the lungs, contracted while in the service, having in his lifetime been a pillar of Dicker- HARRISON COUNTY - 473 son's Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he was class leader. On December 18, 1845, he was married to Miss Betsey Kelley, who survives 11;m, and is at present residing near the old Warfell's Mill, already referred to; she was born October 14, 1816, a daughter of James and Jane Kelley, of Guernsey County, Ohio, and of Irish descent, former of whom was a school teacher and surveyor. By this union there were six children, all born in Short Creek Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, and whose record is as follows: John H. was born December 22, 1846, and was educated at the school in Red Hill, Cadiz Township. At the age of eighteen he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Eightieth Regiment, 0. V. I., serving till the close of the war, and on his return home he engaged in farming near Cadiz. On September 9, 1871,he was married to Eliza Ann, youngest daughter of Jacob Jarvis, county surveyor, and by her has one son, J. Frank, and one daughter, Florence. Mr. Perry now owns a beef shop in Cadiz, and is one of the enterprising business men of the place.... James A., born May 3, 1849, and also educated at the school in Red Hill, is a farmer in the township of his birth. He was married in April, 1881, to Annie, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Norman, of Cadiz Township, by which union two sons have been born: John Sherman and Willian Daniel .... Albert K., born November 14, 1852, when about sixteen years of age went to McLean County, Ill., where he worked on a farm till of age, when he embarked in the same business for his own account, following it until the year 1880, when he moved to Clermont County, Ohio, where he was married to Rebecca Riley, whose parents were farmers living near Felicity, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Perry then moved to their present farm in Harrison County. The names of their children are William L., Eddie and Quincy A.... Samuel L., born in 1855, died of scarlet fever, when he was three years of age, and is buried in Dickerson's Cemetery .... William T. is the subject proper of these lines, whose record follows below .... Joseph D., born September 16, 1861, educated at Red Hill in Cadiz Township, was married in January, 1884, to Lillie Walker, and is now living near Cadiz, Ohio. He is a prosperous farmer, and is a politician. William T. Perry received his primary education at Red Hill, which was supplemented by a course at Cadiz public schools. At the age of fifteen he secured a certificate to teach school in Harrison County, Ohio, and on November 18, 1875, at District No. 5, Freeport, Ohio, he began his first term of school. He taught thereafter one term at Irish Ridge, Cadiz Township, same county; one year at Beech Point, in Athens Township; six years at Red Hill, in Cadiz Township, and was for seven years superintendent of the Jewett public schools. He served two terms as county examiner of teachers, acting as clerk of said board. On December 26, 1883, he secured a certificate from the State Board of Examiners (at that time being the only person in the county holding a certificate from said board). On March 3, 1887, he was admitted to the bar before the Supreme Court of Ohio, and is now successfully following his chosen profession at Cadiz. On September 5, 1878, Mr. Perry was united in marriage with Josephine M., eldest daughter of John and Margaret Blackburn, of Franklin, Ohio, and they have the following named children: William Clyde, John Linton and Mary Elizabeth, all living at Cadiz, Ohio. The entire family are adherents of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics Mr. Perry is a Republican. LAFFERTY FAMILY. Like many other families the Laffertys can trace their origin to Britain's shores, whence, about the middle of the eighteenth century, the first of their name came to the then colonies, but which were soon, owing to the spirit of freedom with which those early settlers were imbued, the fearlessness which they possessed, and the self-reliance which enabled them to come to a new country, to be placed among the nations 474 - HARRISON COUNTY. of the world, and whose position the descendants of those families have ever striven to make more grand and secure. The first of the Laffertys of whom any authentic record can be had was Edward, who was a native of Pennsylvania, where he married Elizabeth Ramage. In that State he reared a large family, and, thinking to better secure homes for all, he disposed of his property and came with them to Harrison County. Arriving here, he at once purchased a large tract of land in Moorefield Township, which was entirely wild. Having erected a small cabin, in which the family were sheltered, he and his sons set to work to clear up their farm. After many weary months of unremitting toil, they succeeded in preparing what was then called a large field for crops. Many hardships were here endured, and at last the father and mother both succumbed, and were laid to rest in the cemetery at Nottingham, Mrs. Lafferty dying August 22, 1844, aged one hundred and eleven years. From his early youth Mr. Lafferty was Democratic, and when the party was in need of his services he cheerfully rendered them. The family were members of the Presbyterian Church at Nottingham. His son Edward was born in 1789, in Pennsylvania, and came with his parents to Ohio. His early life was spent in clearing the home place, and his education was received at the common schools of his district, which he attended a few weeks each winter. Soon after he had grown to manhood he married Margaret McFadden, sister of Joseph McFadden. He located in Moorefield Township, where be remained for some time, and then removed to Athens Township. His wife bore him a large family, consisting of the following children: Samuel, deceased; John, deceased; Eliza (Mrs. Thomas Guines), died in 1847; Margaret (Mrs. Luke Vorhees), in Lorain, Ohio; George, who died in 1860; Joseph, in Belmont County; Hiram, deceased; Edward, deceased; Findlay, in Nebraska, and Mary Jane, deceased. Mr. Lafferty was a self-made man—one who, by his own individual efforts, succeeded in life. He won the respect of all by the nobility of his character, his integrity and his uprightness; in politics he was a life-long Democrat, very active in his party, and he and his family were faithful members of the Presbyterian Church at Cadiz. November 8, 1836, he passed away, and was buried at Cadiz, in the old cemetery, and September 14, 1864, his wife followed him, but was buried at Nottingham. HIRAM LAFFERTY was born April 5, 1831, in Athens Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, where he grew to manhood. The common schools were his early assistants in educational matters, and in time he acquired a taste for reading and study, which be in after life gratified to the utmost extent. In 1857 he was married to Jane Dickerson, daughter of John Dickerson, of Athens Township, and soon after marriage they settled on a place where their married life was spent, and where, since Mr. Lafferty's death, his widow has resided. He died August 31, 1875, and was buried in Nottingham Cemetery. He was a member of the Rankin Methodist Episcopal Church, of which all his family are also members, and was a man of excellent judgment, combined with good native shrewdness. Democratic in politics, his assistance was invaluable to the party; he was a general farmer and stock-raiser, and was universally respected. His family are as follows: Samuel D., born February 16, 1858, of Cadiz Township; John W., born May 11, 1859, of Athens Township; Joseph F., born January 6, 1861, of New Athens; Allen S., born June 15, 1864, died October 16, 1865; Anna E., born June 22, 1872. SAMUEL D. LAFFERTY was born February 16, 1858, as stated above, and grew to manhood on the home place. Upon the death of his father the management of the farm devolved upon him and his brother John, and together they carried it on. His education was received at Oak Dale school-house, which he attended during leisure from his home duties. August 29, 1882, he was married to Martha J. Barger, a daughter of Macintosh Barger, a resident of Washington HARRISON COUNTY - 475 Township. He located near Moorefield, remained there a short time, then returned to Athens, and thence moved to Cadiz Township, where he at present resides. He and his family are members of the Rankin Methodist Episcopal Church, and are regular attendants; politically he is a stanch Democrat, and always votes that ticket. His children are Jessie E., born March 1, 1884, and Hiram Allen, born August 22, 1885. JOHN W. LAFFERTY was also born in Athens Township on the date mentioned above, and has always made his home there. Like his brothers, his education was received at the common schools and during his leisure from work. July 15, 1880, he married Mary A., daughter of William Dickerson, Sr., a resident of Athens Township, and then located on the home place, where he has since resided and managed the farm. He is a hard-working, industrious man, one whose social qualities are excellent. He always votes the Democratic ticket, though not taking an active interest in politics. His children are Eliza J., born May 28, 1881; Mary B., born December 25, 1882; Emma F., born December 25, 1884, and Anna M.. born July 24, 1887. The family are members of the Rankin Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Lafferty is one of the representatives of an old and well-known family, and is fully worthy of the high regard they possessed. Edward Lafferty was born November 25, 1826, in Athens Township. Here he received his education, which was largely that of the common schools. September 7, 1865, he was married to Sarah A.; daughter of William C. Cooper, and soon after their marriage they settled on the place where the family now reside. Here were born to them the following named children: George T., born March 26, 1867; Charles E., born October 8, 1869; Eliza C., born August 4, 1871; William A. and Margaret E. (twins), born August 31, 1874, and Mary, born November 22, 1881. The family are members of the Presbyterian Church at New Athens. By principle a Democrat, Edward Lafferty always voted that ticket. His death occurred April 2, 1886, and his remains were buried at Nottingham Cemetery. ROBERT K. HAGAN, well known among the early settlers of Harrison County, Ohio, and a descendant of one of the Short Creek pioneer families, was born in Short Creek Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, January 21, 1818. About 1815 Edward Hagan emigrated with his family from Adams County, Penn., and located in Harrison County, Ohio. He was a miller by trade, and rented a mill on the right-hand fork of Short Creek. This mill was one of the first built in this region, and is now standing on the land of William Bernhard, near its original location. About two years later he purchased a farm on Section 2, and with his family located thereon, and began to clear and improve land. The country was at that time a wilderness, and each pioneer hewed out his own home. He followed farming and milling for several years, and continued to reside here until his death. His wife, Jane (Kerr), he had married in 1812 in Pennsylvania. Edward Hagan was known among his neighbors as a public-spirited man, always foremost in all works tending toward the advancement and upbuilding of his county. He was a man of sterling .integrity and unswerving determination of purpose, and whatever was right found in him an earnest advocate, regardless of public opinion, and in his death the country lost one of those grand and noble men who rescued from the wilderness the country, and who gave to the present generation the smiling region we now behold. Of the family of two sons and four daughters born to them the third child in order was Robert K., whose name heads this sketch. His early life was spent at home, assisting his parents in the support of the family. He received the meager advantages for an education afforded by the early subscription schools of the period, when the pupils graduated after having acquired 476 - HARRISON COUNTY. the simple rudiments of an education, and when their alma mater was a rude log school-house, built in the midst of the woods, and whose interior furnishings consisted of benches split from logs, and a huge fireplace on which blazed great blocks of wood, throwing out a fierce heat which melted the pupils' faces while they were freezing their backs. In 1842 he married Katherine McLaughlin, a daughter of John McLaughlin, one of the earliest pioneers of this region, and soon after marriage Mr. Hagan located in Short Creek Township, and followed milling with his father; afterward be devoted his attention to farming, and also operated a saw mill. While residing near the present home, the creek, becoming swollen by heavy rains, overflowed its banks and surrounded the house. Mr. Hagan endeavored to remove his family from the building to a place of safety, and when near the center of the stream the wagon was upset, precipitating them into the torrent. By almost superhuman efforts Mr. Hagan rescued them all, but they barely escaped with their lives. In 1860 Mrs. Hagan died. She was a devoted member of the Presbyterian Church, and her death was mourned by a large circle of friends and relatives. Eight children had been born to them, four of whom are now living. In 1862 Mr. Hagan married Mrs. Elizabeth Dean, widow of Robert Dean, by whom she became the mother of three children, one now living. She was a daughter of George and Mary (Johnson) Moore, who came from Chester County, Penn., in 1818, and located in Jefferson County, Ohio, where they resided until their death. Mr. and Mrs. Hagan's union has been blessed with four children, of whom three daughters are now living. In 1866 they purchased and moved onto their present farm, and now own 200 acres of fine land, all well improved. They also own 160 acres in Union County, Iowa, and enjoy a competence of this world's goods. Their farm is situated on Short Creek, near Adena. Mr. Hagan devotes much attention to live-stock raising, and has some particularly fine horses. He started life a poor boy, and has been the architect of his own fortune, having acquired it through industry and economy, receiving no help except the advice and assistance of his worthy wife. They are both members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he has served as a trustee. Mr. Hagan has served as judge of the election and as district supervisor, and has always been an adherent of the Democratic party and its principles. Mr. and Mrs. Hagan now reside in their pleasant home. They are kind and charitable toward all, their hospitality having become proverbial, and they are respected and esteemed by all who know them. IRA CRUMLEY. In every community do we find those who, having passed the threescore and ten, are now living on borrowed time, and who, although well advanced on the highway of life, still are youthful in body and mind. These are the connecting links between the first settlers and those who are now occupying their places. From the earliest settlement of Harrison County, Ohio, the Crumley family have been among the stalwart champions of right, and have striven to forward the interests of the county, both in political and religious development. In 1812 Thomas Crumley came from Virginia to Ohio, and resided one winter near what is now the village of Harrisville. There he remained but a short time, when he purchased the farm now known as the Bond Farm, in Short Creek Township. To this place he removed, and, by the aid of his family, succeeded in reducing it to a state of cultivation, and which was further improved by buildings, as his finances would permit. Before leaving his native State he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Gardner, a descendant of one of the old English families, and to this union were born the following named children: Samuel, Sarah, Mary, William, Thomas, Ira, Elizabeth, John, Hannah, James, Aaron W., Emily, Joseph and David. Coming to the State of Ohio shortly after its admission into the Union, he at once HARRISON COUNTY - 479 was identified with its interests, and united himself with the Republican party of that period, with which he continued until it ceased to exist; subsequently he joined the modern Republican party, then in its infancy, with which he affiliated until his death. At various times he held positions of honor and trust in his township, and was never defeated in a canvass. He was active in the advancement of all enterprises for the betterment of his county and township, and in 1861 passed away, and was laid to rest by the side of his faithful wife, who died in 1856. Ira Crumley was born October 7, 1809, in Virginia, and at the age of three years was brought to Ohio, where he has since resided. His early life was spent in the performance of the duties of the farm,on which he grew to manhood. The necessary rudiments of an education be received at the schools in his neighborhood, but being ambitions to excel he did much of his study at home. On January 31, 1840, he was united in marriage with Jane Dickerson, whose family sketch appears elsewhere. The young couple went to Deersville, Franklin Township, Harrison County, where they purchased a farm, remaining there nearly eight years. They then came to their present home in Washington Township, situated about two miles from Freeport, consisting of 160 acres, improved with excellent buildings of all kinds. Their success is of their own making, having been accomplished by economy, frugality and hard work. Since his first vete, Mr. Crumley has supported the party that to him seemed to embody the principles best suited to his judgment, and now, at the age of eighty-two, he takes as lively an interest as ever in the success of the Republican party, with which he has been associated ever since its formation. From its organization the Dickerson. Methodist Episcopal 'Church has numbered among its members many of the best people of the county, who have there imbibed those principles which they have ever disseminated where they have resided. In such a school were Mr. and Mrs. Crumley taught, and their subsequent lives show forcibly the results of that training. In their neighborhood and township the family have had the universal respect and esteem, and now, on the decline of their earthly pilgrimage, they, surrounded by their children, are awaiting the final summons. Their family comprise the following named children: Mary E. (Mrs. David McFadden), in Iowa; Sarah (widow of William Wilson),in Freeport; Hiram and Clara, at home, and Thomas (who was married October 9, 1888, to Alice, daughter of G. W. Kirkpatrick, of Moorefield Township), on the farm near his father's residence. MARY J. CECIL, residing in Moorefield Township, Harrison County, is a daughter of Hiram Cecil, who was born in Belmont County, Ohio, December 12, 1821, and died January 25, 1882. He was a son of John Cecil, a native of Maryland, who was born in 1800. John's wife was Duanner Long, who was born in 1803 in Loudoun County, Va., and they were parents of seven children, named as follows: Hiram. Hiram, Henry, Thursa, Harriet, Mahala and Irwin, all deceased but Henry and Thursa, who reside in Morrow County, Ohio. John Cecil, when a young man, migrated to Belmont County, Ohio, where he purchased a farm, on which he passed from earth in 1840,his widow dying in 1855. Hiram Cecil grew to manhood in Belmont County, and was educated in the common schools. December 28, 1842, he married Susanna Camphor, who was born January 3, 1818, and whose parents were early settlers of Moorefield Township. To this union were born two children: John William (deceased), who, when only sixteen years old, enlisted in the service of his country in Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regiment, 0. V. I., as a drummer boy (he was "born June 1, 1846); and Mary J., our subject, who was born April 14; 1849. -After his marriage, Hiram Cecil purchased the farm which our subject now owns', and which contains 160 acres, situated in Section 34, in Moorefield ToWnship. Mary J. Cecil, 480 - HARRISON COUNTY. since her father's death, has remained on the old homestead. She is an active member of the Presbyterian Church, of Freeport, of which her parents were also members. Politically Mr. Cecil was a Republican. L. B. RALSTON, one of the most highly respected citizens of German Township, I Harrison County, is a son of Lewis W. and Eleanor (Moorhead) Ralston. Lewis W. was a son of Andrew Ralston, whose father, mother, sister and brother were murdered by the Indians in 1761, in Adams County, Penn., Andrew and one sister being the only survivors of the family; Andrew, at the time was eight years old, and his sister was younger, and both were bound out to different families in Adams County. Their paternal ancestors were of Scotch descent. When the Revolutionary War broke out, Andrew promptly enlisted in the colonial army, and served faithfully all through the struggle, receiving only a slight wound in the side of his head, at the battle of Brandywine. At the close of the war he returned home, and soon after married Miss Sophia Waltermeyer, of Adams County, Penn., a lady of German descent. Andrew's sister married a gentleman in Pittsburgh, the name being unknown to the survivors of the Ralston family. In 1814 Andrew Ralston went to Bloomfield, Jefferson Co., Ohio, where be purchased 160 acres of land; he died on his farm in 1827, having reared a family of four sons and six daughters. Of his sons, Lewis W. Ralston was born in Adams County, Penn., November 30, 1806, and was educated in Jefferson County, Ohio, spending his boyhood days on the farm with his par: ents. In 1828 he married Miss Ann Darr, of Jefferson County, Ohio, and they became the parents of three children, of whom two died when quite young, and one, John N., died at the age of eighteen. In 1832 Mrs. Ann Ralston died, and same year Mr. Ralston married Miss Eleanor, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Scott) Moorhead; the Moorheads were of Irish descent, but William Moorhead was born in West Virginia. Lewis W. Ralston, after his marriage, came to German Township, Harrison County, and purchased the farm our subject now owns. He departed this life September 6, 1884. He held many offices of trust in German Township, and was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church for forty-one years. He was the father of six children by his second wife, as follows: Andrew, who died in infancy; Elizabeth, who died at twenty-five years of age; Lewis B., our subject, born February 16, 1839; Ruth and Sophia (twins), who both died in infancy; and Mary E., wife of James Bosley, a carpenter, in Springfield, Ohio. Lewis B. Ralston lived on the farm with his parents till their death, receiving his education at Hopedale College, Harrison County, and at Martinsburg Academy, in Knox County, Ohio. January 8, 1861, he married Miss Maria V. Sanders, a daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Oliver) Sanders, former of whom was a native of England, and latter of Scotland, both coming to Ohio in 1830. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Ralston have been born three children, viz. : One daughter who died in infancy; one son, "Walter Sanders, who died at the age of twenty years; and Elizabeth E., at home. Lewis B. Ralston is one of the most extensive breeders of fine sheep in Harrison County, and socially and financially holds a high position. He has held the office of justice of the peace for six years, was clerk of German Township eleven years, and is ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church, of which his wife and daughter are also members. JOHN WATT. Among the representative men in Freeport Township, Harrison County, none are better known for liberal views for progressive ideas, for unflinching integrity and honesty, than Squire Watt, as he is familiarly called. He was born December 1, 1820, in Guernsey County, Ohio, where his youth was spent. His father, Joseph Watt, emigrated HARRISON COUNTY - 481 with his parents from Ireland in 1798, and after remaining in the East for some time, the family came among the earliest to Guernsey County, Ohio, where they afterward made their home. The children were named James, Joseph, Margaret, Mary and Ann. Mr. Watt, father of Joseph, early espoused the principles of the Whig party, and in the organization of the county played a prominent part. His family, as well as himself, were members of the Seceder Church, whose meetings, in those early days, were held in the houses of its members, services being conducted by a lay member when no regular minister could be had. Mr. Watt engaged in agriculture exclusively, and with the assistance of his children succeeded in clearing a considerable portion of the land entered by him. He and his faithful wife now lie side by side in the county of their adoption, having conscientiously performed their work. Joseph Watt, father of our subject, spent his youth in Guernsey County, Ohio, where in education he received the rudiments of the common branches. Early in life he chose as his wife Barbara, daughter of Charles Williams, of Guernsey County, Ohio, and she bore him the following named children: James (deceased), John (our subject), Jane, Joseph (deceased), Charles, Sarah, William, Mary and Henry (deceased). In 1812 Mr. Watt enlisted in the defense of his country, and was assigned to that portion of the army which was fighting the Indians. He served through the entire war, and during the latter part was under Gen. Harrison. He was a Whig in politics, but likewise an ardent Abolitionist. He and his family were of the United Presbyterian faith, in which Mr. Watt died in 1883, being followed by his wife November 20, 1889. John Watt, the subject proper of this sketch, received his education at the common schools, and also attended the academy at Antrim, Guernsey Co., Ohio, where he fitted himself for a teacher, a profession which he followed from 1843 to 1856, in Guernsey and Harrison Counties, meeting with marked success. May 24, 1849, he married Sarah Frazier, daughter of George Frazier, of Guernsey County, Ohio, and immediately commenced farming in the latter county, where he remained four years; then came to Harrison County, where he has since remained, and where he has taken a leading and prominent part in the advancement of the interests of his section. He early identified himself with the Republican party, and has been among its faithful adherents. He was elected justice of the peace, a position which he filled acceptably for fifteen years, and only on a decided refusal by him to accept another nomination was his name omitted from the ticket. His life has mainly been spent in farming and stock-raising, in which be has met with unwonted success. His children were named Mary L. (Mrs. Louis N. Davidson), Asa (deceased), Harriet (deceased), George H., Barbara (Mrs. Joseph Grimsley), Eva and Lorena F. Few families stand as high in the esteem of their neighbors as that of John Watt, and certainly none hold a higher rank in the township than the subject of the sketch himself. THOMAS C. FORSYTHE, one of the leading farmers of Freeport Township, Harrison County, was born March 25, 1847, in Washington Township, where his youth was spent. He is a son of Harrison and Martha Jane Forsythe. Harrison Forsythe was born June 15, 1813, in Fayette County, Penn., and is a son of Jesse Forsythe, a native of the same State. At the age of seventeen Harrison commenced learning the millwright trade, which he followed for many years, working in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Virginia. He finally retired from his trade and engaged in agriculture, which he still follows. November 7, 1839, he was married to Martha Jane, daughter of Rezin Pumphrey, and to this union were born the following named children: Beal W., John, Thomas Corwin (in Freeport Township), Rezin C. and Mary E., all deceased except Thomas C. In his politics a Whig and afterward a Republican, Mr. Forsythe has ever 482 - HARRISON COUNTY been interested in his party's success. He is a consistent member of the Baptist Church, of which he is a most liberal supporter. From an early age Thomas C. Forsythe has been accustomed to the duties of farm life, which he has made the subject of much study and research. His leisure during the winters was devoted to the common schools, where he acquired a taste for reading and study which he has since largely and extensively gratified. April 23, 1873, he was married to Clara, daughter of Benjamin Howell, of Belmont County, Ohio, who was born March 8, 1812, and in youth married Elizabeth Wyllis, who bore him the following named children: Ruth E., John C., Melinda J., Elizabeth A., Harvey W., Clara C. and Benjamin F. In 1862 Mrs. Howell passed away, and was laid in the Methodist Episcopal Cemetery at Flushing, Belmont County. In 1865 Mr. Howell was again married, on this occasion to Sarah McElroy, who lore him one child, William B., now deceased. February 18, 1888, Mr. Howell died and was laid to rest by the side of his wife. He was a stanch Republican in politics, and was energetic in the service of his party. To spiritual matters he brought the same foresight and activity that made him successful in the other duties of life, and early entered the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he held all the various offices, discharging their duties to the full satisfaction of all. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Forsythe resided in Washington Township, Harrison County, nearly six years, when they removed to Flushing Township, Belmont County, where they remained three years; then came to Freeport Township, where they have since resided, and where he engages in general farming and stock-raising. Like his ancestry he is a Republican, and has always taken an active part in the contests of that party, being inevitably found where the fight is the thickest. His children are Harry H., born October 21, 1875; Lillie M., born January 26, 1878, and Orel F., born September 16, 1885. The family worship at the Methodist Episcopal Church at Freeport, of which the parents are members. The Forsythe family have long been known in this section, and are always looked upon as being among the representative men of the section. GEORGE W. EVANS. Here and there scattered throughout the county, are those who form the connecting links between the earliest settlers and the present generation—between those, who, undaunted by the hardships and trials that awaited them in their new homes, bravely went to work and labored that their descendants might enjoy the blessings of plenty, and those who now are reaping the fruits of the toil and pains of their ancestry. Such a man is George W. Evans. The Evans family originated in Virginia, whence Isaac, the father of our subject, emigrated in the early part of the present century, making the journey partly on foot, and arrived in Coshocton County, Ohio, where he was one of the only four white settlers. Here he entered a large tract of land (about 2,000 acres), comprising some of the choicest in the county, and extending along the Tuscarawas River. Here he reared his log cabin, around which at night prowled the wild animals, as well as the treacherous Indian. In his early life he was married to Martha Qualey, a resident of Kentucky, and with her he enjoyed life's blessings until 1827, when she died. He survived until March 2, 1831, when he quietly passed away and was laid by her side. Their children were named Mary, Rebecca, Joseph, Martha, Isaac and Henry (all deceased), and George W., our subject, now a resident of Freeport Township, Harrison County. Isaac Evans was a member of the Democratic party, one of the leading politicians of his section, and was elected judge of his county, a position which he honored for many years. In 1812 he enlisted in his country's defense, and was elected captain of his company, which he led throughout the entire struggle. HARRISON COUNTY - 483 Patriotic in the extreme, liberal and benevolent, he was respected and honored by all. George W. Evans was born June 14, 1815, and nearly his whole life has been spent in agriculture, the principles of which he learned on the parental farm. His educational advantages were limited to the three months' session of the district school until his seventeenth year; but, notwithstanding such disadvantages, he has obtained a wide and extensive knowledge by subsequent study and observation. April 15, 1838, he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Philip Spikes, a resident of Washington Township, and the following named children blessed their union: Andrew J. and Samuel T. (twins), the former a resident of Freeport, the latter deceased; Philip, of Jeanette, Penn. ; Henry, at home, and James C., also of Freeport. Like his father, George W. Evans has been a life-long member of the Democratic party, and has given it his support. He has taken a prominent part in the party management of his section, and is ever ready to assist it in every legitimate manner. Mr. Evans is engaged in general farming and stock-raising, and is eminently successful. A man who has made his own success in life, he has much reason to congratulate himself for the position he now holds in the financial and social circles of his section. JOHN D. CRABTREE, a wealthy farmer of Nottingham Township, Harrison Conn- ty, was born June 12, 1825. Peter Crabtree, his grandfather, was a native of England, but at an early day immigrated to the United States, lived in western Pennsylvania for a short time, and then came to Ohio. In this State he resided at Rush Creek, Jefferson County, until about 1812, when he removed to Harrison County. Here he entered a tract of land in the southern part of Nottingham Township, erected a small log cabin, but a few years later sold his land to Robert McMillan, and bought the farm in Nottingham Township on which John D. Crabtree now resides, and here he died in 1829. The children born to Peter Crabtree were eight in number and were named Rhoda, Sarah, Rachel, Ann, Amy, Cornelius, Gabriel and William. William Crabtree, the youngest child of Peter Crabtree, was born in Pennsylvania about 1795, but was reared to manhood in Ohio. He married Rachel Moore, who was born about 1811, a daughter of Loami Moore, a soldier of the War of the Revolution, and to this union were born ten children, viz. : Sarah, Keziah, John D., Loami, Gabriel, Shepard, James, William, Peter and Mary A. Of these, James and William served in the War of the Rebellion. John D. Crabtree, the subject proper of this sketch, was married May 27, 1847, to Miss Elizabeth Moore, who was born in Moorefield Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, February 6, 1829, a daughter of David and Sarah (Kidwell) Moore, and this union has been blessed with seven children, viz. : William, Sarah, Martha, Gabriel, Mary, Edmond and Elmer. Immediately after his marriage John D. Crabtree settled on the farm which he at present occupies, and on which he has resided ever since, with the exception of two years passed in Tuscarawas County. Politically he is a Republican, and under its auspices has served his fellow-citizens as trustee of Nottingham Township, several terms. Mr. Crabtree enjoys the full esteem of his neighbors, and is recognized as a prudent, practical and enterprising agriculturist. B. F. SHEARROW, farmer, of Moorefield Township, Harrison County, is a son of Solomon and Eliza (Cunningham) Shearrow. Solomon is a son of William and Eunice (Insley) Shearrow, natives of Pennsylvania, who migrated to Jefferson County, Ohio, where they remained for a short time and then removed to Franklin Township, Harrison County, where William entered a large tract of land, most of which he cleared; he remained in Harrison County for a number of years, and then 484 - HARRISON COUNTY. removed to Guernsey County, afterward to Tuscarawas County, where he spent his last days. He was born June 15, 1778, his wife March 8, 1785. Solomon Shearrow was born in Pennsylvania, July 9, 1802, his wife October 29, 180a, and to them were born ten children, viz. : Elizabeth C., born September 30, 1825, resides in Newtown, Ohio; Eunicey I., born September 21, 1827, died October 20, 1843; Nancy, born March 1, 1830, died December 4, 1830; Annie S., bore February 20, 1832, died February 24, 1832; Sylvanus W., born April 20, 1833, died May 23, 1871; Angelina, born March 2, 1835, resides in Tuscarawas County, Ohio; Obediah S.,. born January 8, 1837, resides in Chillicothe, Ohio; Solomon C., born February 24, 1839, died March 13, 1886; Sarah, born May 26, 1842, resides in Guernsey County, Ohio, and Benjamin F., of whom special mention will be presently made. Solomon Shearrow was a blacksmith by trade, and soon after his marriage, December 23, 1824, started a shop at Sewellsville, Ohio, where he remained seven years; he then removed to Guernsey County, Ohio, where he worked at his trade one year; he next purchased a tract of wild land, which he improved by hard work, which made him a comfortable home, where he remained until his death, January 20, 1882; his wife survived him until November 7, 1887. They were active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years. Benjamin F. Shearrow was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, October 8, 1843, on the old homestead, where he grew to manhood. He received a practical business education at the common schools, and subsequently taught school for some years. October 8, 1868, he married Miss Elizabeth R. Kidwell, who was born February 22, 1845, a daughter of William and Sarah (Crabtree) Kidwell, o Harrison County, Ohio, and after his marriage Mr. Shearrow remained in Guernsey County till 1876, when he came to Moorefield Township, Harrison County, and rented the farm which he now owns, having purchased it in 1881. Both our subject and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is a Republican. SAMUEL HANNA, one of the well and favorably known farmers and stock-raisers of Green Township, Harrison County, was born May 28, 1824. The Hanna family are of Scotch extraction, were among the earliest settlers of Ohio, and have ever been known for their honesty, true worth and irreproachable character. The early life of our subject was one of vicissitude and hard work, but he found sufficient leisure to cultivate his mind and acquire quite an extended knowledge of the various branches of education. As a business he combined wool-carding with farming, at which trade he was eminently successful. March 18, 1847, he was united in marriage with Dosche Ann Boggs, who was born June 11, 1826, daughter of James Boggs, a resident of Belmont County, Ohio, where he was engaged in the milling business. Soon after their union, Mr. Hanna purchased his present farm, which during his many years of residence thereon, he has greatly improved, both in appearance and productiveness. His children were James Boggs, born March 20, 1851, died October 21, 1872, and Samuel Anderson, horn February 3, 1859. Mr. Hanna has in his political preferments been a life-long Republican. For many years the family have been members of the Beech Spring Presbyterian Church, of which he has been trustee for many years. Mr. Hanna may well be proud of his success in life, as he has himself won it, both financially and socially. By untiring energy and strict economy, united with good business judgment and sagacity, be has collected his share of this world's goods. His farm of 131 acres is situated about one-half mile from Unionvale, on the W. & L. E. R. R., well adapted to grazing and general farming. It is known as the Stonington Farm, and here, in connection with his son, Samuel A., Mr. Hanna conducts a very profitable business in the raising of HARRISON COUNTY - 485 thoroughbred cattle. His fine herd comprises some of the best blood in Ohio, and consists of selected stock from various portions of the States, the herd, known as the " Stonington," being well known throughout the State.   On October 1, 1885, S. A. Hanna was united in marriage with Jennie E., daughter of Samuel Thompson. a resident of Green Township, Harrison County, and one child is the fruit of their union, Mary Isabelle, born May 29, 1889. Like his father Mr. Hanna is a Republican, and he and his wife are members of the Beach Spring Church. Mr. Hanna is well and widely known as a young man of great promise, and a rising one in his section.   DANIEL SMITH was born November 20, 1834, in Stock Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, where he still resides, engaged in farming, and with the interests of which township he has ever been indentified. When not engaged in work in clearing and cultivating the homestead, Mr. Smith employed his earlier days in attendance at the common schools, wherein he laid the foundation of that knowledge which has been supplemented by after-study and by practical experience in the affairs of life. On January 26, 1865, be was married to Elizabeth Johnson, daughter of Samuel R. Johnson, and to this union have been born the following named children: Loman J., born December 28, 1865; Della F., born March 13, 1868; Maggie R., born March 25, 1871; William E., born May 30, 1874, and Samuel H., born May 29, 1879. After marriage Mr. Smith settled on his present farm, in Section 16, Stock Township, about tive miles from Scio, which farm, containing 270 acres, he has highly improved, and here he gives the greater part of his attention to stock-raising, in conjunction with farming, in which be has met with more than ordinary success. While as a rule Mr. Smith votes the Democratic ticket, he still maintains his independence in county and township politics—looking to the fitness of the candidates for the offices for which they are nominated, as well as to their honesty—and voting for the man he thinks to be best qualified. Mrs. Smith is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Pleasant Valley. Mr. Smith is recognized as one of the most intelligent men of his neighborhood, and consequently stands very high in the esteem of his fellow-townsmen.   JOSEPH P. BINNS was born near Harrisville, Ohio, on the eighteenth day of the second month, 1847, and there grew to manhood. His father, David Binns, was a native of England, born at Skipton, Parish of Skipton, Yorkshire, on the fourteenth day of the fourth month, 1815, and was a son of David and Margaret (Holden) Binns, who were both worthy people of England, and members of a family of Friends there. David and Margaret (Holden) Binns came to Ohio in 1847, and, locating near Harrisville, resided there until their deaths, which occurred in 1849 and 1858, respectively. They had immigrated to America in 1818, and settled at Brownsville, Penn. David Binns came to America with his parents, and remained with them, learning the trade of a cabinet-maker, and in 1839 he went to Belmont County, Ohio, where he engaged as a laborer in a machine shop. In the spring of 1840 he located on a farm near Harrisville, which farm he had purchased in 1839. In 1841 he married Rebecca Hall, a daughter of Thomas and Mary Hall, and a native of Jefferson County, Ohio. They located on their farm, where she died in 1867; her husband survived her ten years, dying in 1877. He had married again, his second wife being Sarah L. Newlin. who still survives him.   Of a family of ten children our subject is the third in order of birth, and the eldest now living. He began his education in the log schoolhouse of those early times, his father being the teacher, and after becoming of age followed the carpenter's trade. In 1874 he married Belinda Hobson, a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, born near Richmond, and who, when but a child,   486 - HARRISON COUNTY.   went with her parents, Thomas and Unity (Johnson) Hobson, to Washington County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Binns now reside near Harrisville, Ohio, and to them have been born three sons and one daughter: Edward T., Arthur, John A. and Mary C. The family are highly respected members of the Friends. Mr. Binns has an old family Bible, brought from England, and which was published in 1757.   DAVID M. LONG, M. D., Cadiz, is a native of this State, born in Monroe Township, Harrison County, June 28, 1866. His grandfather, James Long, who was of Scotch extraction, married Isabella McCullough, and of their children one son, David, was born in Ohio, his early years being spent on the farm and in attending the common schools. On August 13, 1862, he enlisted for three years in Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth 0. V. I., and being sent to Virginia he there served till November 6, 1803, at the "convalescent camp," on account of disability, and returned to the paternal home in Harrison County to find his father no longer alive, be having died while the son was absent serving his country. On September 7, 1805, David Long was married to Miss Mary, daughter of Henry and Eliza Law, of Monroe Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, and together they made a home upon a portion of the old Long homestead. Here they shared life's joys and sorrows until April 25, 1867, when, at the early age of twenty-eight years, the husband died. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics a Republican.   The subject of this sketch was but ten months old when he was deprived of a father's care, and his widowed mother then moved with her infant son to the home of the grandfather. Here she resided until May 10, 1876, at which date she was married to Samuel S. Campbell, of Cadiz Township, Harrison County. In September, 1880, while Mr. and Mrs. Campbell were proceeding by rail to Uhrichsville, on the Cadiz Branch, the coach in which they were traveling by some means left the track and rolled down the embankment, whereby Mrs. Campbell received injuries from which she never recovered. She suffered intensely, and was a confirmed invalid until on June 3, 1386, death came to her relief. Her remains now rest in the cemetery at Cadiz.   David M., who was her only son, was educated at the high school at Cadiz and at the University of Wooster, Ohio. During the summer succeeding his mother's death he traveled through the Western States, visiting relatives in Colorado and other places, among them his maternal grandmother. In the fall of the same year he entered the University of Wooster, Ohio, where he spent one and a half college years. While here, he not only applied himself to the studies of the regular curriculum, but also identified himself with the military battalion of the institution, being made captain of Company E (Wooster battalion), under Lieut. A. C. Sharp, U. S. A. In the spring of 1887, he entered, as substitute, Company D, Eighth 0. N. G., and was present with them at the national encampment of State troops held at Washington, D. C. Returning from the field of Mars he again betook himself to the quiet highway of study, finishing his school year. During his student. ship he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity of the college. In the following fall he entered Bellevue Hospital Medical College, of New York City, in order to prepare himself for the duties of his chosen profession. Previous to this he had made some preparation by reading under Dr. J. S. Duff, whom he accompanied to the college, where they spent the winter together. Here he diligently applied himself to his medical studies, and with the class of 1890, on March 10, he graduated, after a three years' study. During his last year of preparation the Doctor was a private student of Joseph D. Bryant, M. D., professor of anatomy and clinical surgery, also associate professor of orthopedic surgery in Bellevue Hospital Medical College, and a man of national reputation.   HARRISON COUNTY - 491   Returning at once to his old home, Dr. Long entered into partnership with his former preceptor, Dr. J. S. Duff, in the practice of their profession at Cadiz; he has since purchased Dr. Duff's interest, and is now alone in practice. Dr. Long early became associated with the Masonic fraternity, in which he is a K. T., being one of the youngest in the comrnandery in the State. He is also a member of the Sons of Veterans, D. Cunningham Camp, of Cadiz. and is a member of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz, Ohio.   JOHN EDWARD SARGENT, of the firm of Arbaugh & Sargent, millers, Scio, Harrison County, was born near New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, October 1, 1857. His father, T. J. Sargent, was also born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and his father Laurence Sargent, who died in 1878, at the age of eighty years, came from Maryland. Laurence was a carpenter, and Thomas J. was a farmer, but also followed carpenter work for a time. The latter married Elizabeth Keifer, of Tuscarawas County, where he still resides, and nine children were born to this union, of whom our subject is the only one residing in Harrison County, Ohio.   John Edward Sargent, when eighteen years of age entered a flouring mill at New Philadelphia for the purpose of learning the business, having left the home farm for that purpose. In April, 1882, he married Miss Amanda Slonecker, of Freeport, Harrison Co., Ohio, and three children have blessed this marriage, viz. : Maud, Alma and Jessie, all at home. After marriage Mr. Sargent located in Uhrichsville, Ohio, where for three years he was employed as head miller in the City Roller Mills; then located in Port Washington, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, whence, after remaining three years, he moved to West LaFayette, Coshocton Co., Ohio, and there purchased a half interest in the LaFayette flouring-mills in partnership with J. W. Court-right. On November 13, 1889, he left that   27   place and came to Scio, and purchased a half interest in the Adelphi Mill, his partnership with Levi Arbaugh having continued ever since. The mill is equipped with the Stephens Patent Rollers, and is the only one in the place. It has been in existence eleven years, and does an extensive local trade as well as a large shipping business. Mr. Sargent is one of those business men who have had to work their way from the bottom rung of the ladder, and his hard work and industry alone have advanced him to the place he occupies to day. He is a Freemason.   R. Z. BAKER. John Baker, the second son of John and Margaret (Buchanan) Baker, was born in 1804, in the western part of Pennsylvania. His early life was uneventful, being spent in assisting his father in the duties of the farm, and attending the common schools. On March 3, 1832, he married Nancy Thompson, who was born in 1806, in Huntingdon County, Penn., daughter of Thomas Thompson, a resident of Cadiz Township, and they immediately settled on the farm on which he died and on which his widow still remains. Two children were born to this union: R. Z., born in 1833, and Mary E., born in 1842. The parents both embraced the Methodist Episcopal faith in early life, and were faithful and steady adherents of that church at all times. They were foremost in all matters of benevolence and charity, and were ever ready to do a generous act. Politically Mr. Baker was a Republican, and like his father did much to advance the party's interest in his section. He was a man of great force of character and integrity, and was a highly respected and esteemed citizen. In 1879 he laid aside life's burdens, ready for the rewards that await those who merit them, and was buried in Bethel Cemetery. His widow, now at the age of eighty-four, still remains on the home place, surrounded by every comfort that loving children can procure, and is awaiting the summons to join her husband with the full faith of a Chris-   492 - HARRISON COUNTY.   tian. Her mental powers are unabated, and physically she is exceptionally well preserved.   Their son, R. Z., is one of the live men of his section, and is a worthy representative of his family. A Republican in politics and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in each position he is a leader. To such representative men must this county look for its future welfare, and may rest fully confident that its trust will not be betrayed.   ADAM J. PALMER, a prosperous farmer of Stock Township, Harrison County, was born July 4, 1841, in North Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, where his father still lives. His early life was passed on the home farm, and in pursuing his literary studies, and at the age of twenty years he commenced teaching school, which vocation he followed for a number of years, with unvarying success. On September 7, 1869, Mr. Palmer married Miss Rebecca J., daughter of William Welsh, of Archer Township, Harrison County, and after marriage remained in North Township until 1881, when they came to Stock Township and settled on their present farm of 147 acres, where all the improvements have been made by Mr. Palmer, the buildings being commodious and substantial. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Palmer are named Alice J., John H., William A., Clara E., Mahlon W. and Anthony R. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Mount Hope, in which Mr. Palmer has held all the offices, besides taking an active interest in Sunday-school work. In politics he is a Republican, and has always taken an active and prominent part in the movements of his party; has served in nearly every capacity in township offices, and has invariably given the utmost satisfaction. Attentive to his business affairs, and keeping abreast with the progressive farmers of the times, Mr. Palmer has won the esteem of his neighbors as well as the full confidence of his fellow-townsmen and the community at large.     D. B. WALLACE, of Moorefield Township, Harrison County, is a son of Rev. William Wallace, who was a son of John and Mary (Anderson) Wallace, natives of York County, Penn. Rev. William Wallace was born in Chester County, Penn., March 17, 1787. He finished his literary education at Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, studied theology under the direction of James Hervey, D. D., and was licensed to preach the gospel by the presbytery of Steubenville, Ohio, in the spring of 1821. He entered the service of his Divine Master as a domestic missionary, going through the new settlements of eastern Ohio, hunting up families of the Presbyterian order, and when finding one or more such families in any destitute place, he would publish notices for preaching at some convenient point, and in this way was instrumental in gathering up and forming nuclei, from which have arisen some of the most prominent congregations. After reporting progress to the presbytery, he was appointed chairman of a committee that organized several churches in this territory, and among them the churches of Nottingham and Freeport, and to each of the last named places he gave one-half of his labors for eighteen years, when his health so failed that he was compelled to resign his charge in 1839. After two years of increasing infirmities, he died of heart disease, December 18, 1841, in the fifty-fifth year of his age, having spent twenty years in the work of the ministry. His last moments were full of comfort, and his faith strong in Christ and His promises; thus he passed from earth with a holy calmness, and a full confidence of a blessed future. Mr. Wallace had a reputation of being a man of ardent piety and practical worth. He was modest and retiring in his manners, cautious and reserved in expressing the convictions of his mind. His whole ministerial intercourse among his clerical brethren, as among the people of his charge, was a verification of the Scripture's precept: " Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak and slow to wrath." He was social in his   HARRISON COUNTY - 493   habits, and never failed to win the hearts and warmest regards of those with whom he mingled in his daily work. His stronghold upon the affections and sympathies of the people was in the family circle of his parishioners and at the bedside of the sick and dying. In this connection his name was still held in grateful remembrance by the older members of the congregation. He was faithful and successful as a pastor, mild and amiable as a man and Christian, tender and kind as a parent and husband. "As a preacher he was plain and textual; his sermons were rather expository than topical; he was diligent in his attendance upon the courts of his church, always taking a deep interest in presbyterial business; although not disposed to be very officious in ecclesiastical meetings, still he was prompt in action, a wise and judicious presbyter." [The above was written by Rev. T. R. Crawford, in 1871, for the historical narrative of the Nottingham Presbyterian Church. ]   On June 1, 1815, Rev. William Wallace married Miss Mary W. McWilliams, who was born March 17, 1797, a daughter of David and Mary (Wilson) McWilliams, natives of Pennsylvania, who in 1797 migrated to Ohio and settled on a farm one-half mile west of St. Clairsville, Belmont County, where they resided until their death. Mr.McWilliams was one of the first elders and members of the Presbyterian Church of St. Clairsville, Ohio; Mrs. Wallace died in 1869. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace were parents of ten children, as follows: David McWilliams, deceased in infancy; John, who was born November 10, 1817, and died in Iowa; Nathaniel, horn August 2'7, 1820, now deceased; Sarah A., born April 11, 1822, wife of David Lyons, of Iowa, deceased; David B., born April 3, 1825; Eleanor S., wife of James Kirkpatrick, born June 17, 1827, deceased; William A., born November 14, 1829, now owner of the old Wallace homestead in Moorefield Township; Samuel M., born February 12, 1832, a farmer in Moorefield Township; Margaret J., wife of Joseph Kirkpatrick, born December 23, 1833, and Wilson E., born May 6, 1836, a farmer in Moorefield Township.   David B. Wallace was born on the old Wallace homestead in Moorefield Township, Harririson County, where he grew to manhood and was educated at the common schools. On March 25, 1857, he married Miss Margaret Dickerson, who was born December 30, 1834, a daughter of Joshua and Belijah (Lafferty) Dickerson, natives of Fayette County, Penn., and early settlers of Harrison County. Our subject and wife are parents of six children, namely : William D., born February 6, 1858, and residing in Lisbon, Dak. James S. born November, 23, 1859, still at home; Mary E., born February 28, 1862, wife of John Dickerson, of Moorefield Township; Joshua A., born August 12, 1864; Lillie B., born August 9, 1867, and Lewis V., born October 13, 1869, residing at home. Mr. Wallace after his marriage purchased the farm he now owns, which contains 170 acres on Section 5, Moorefield Township. The family are active members of the Nottingham Presbyterian Church.   MRS. JANE HUMPHREY, of Stock Township, Harrison County, was born in Ireland March 1, 1813, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Lynn) Law, the former of whom, in 1820, immigrated to the United States and settled in Harrison County, Ohio. On April 10, 1834, Miss Jane Law was married to William Humphrey, who was born in June, 1812, in Ireland, but when a small boy lost his father. The mother of William Humphrey and his sister Margaret came to the United States, and here the lad, William, resided with his uncle, James Evans, till he was old enough to support himself. He by his own efforts received a practical business education. In 1832 he entered 160 acres of land in Stock Township, Harrison County, and in 1834 he erected thereon a log cabin, in which he with his wife resided for some years. Mr. Humphrey eventually cleared off the greater portion   494 - HARRISON COUNTY   of his land and erected fine buildings thereon. To Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey were born nine children, viz. : Elizabeth, who resides at home; Thomas, who was a resident of Saline County, Mo., for over twenty years, up to the time of his death, which occurred March 31, 1886 (by industrious farming and stock-raising he had accumulated a very comfortable home to leave to his widow and three little children); Margaret, wife of Joseph Patterson, of Missouri; Mary J., wife of William Patterson, of Greenwood County, Kas. ; Catherine, wife of William Foster, M. D., in Superior, Neb. ; John, a farmer and stock-raiser in Labette County, Kas.; Ellen, wife of Almond Birney, also in Labette County, Kas. ; Martha, wife of Marion Spiker. in Cadiz, Ohio, and Rebecca Anne, wife of W. K. Haverfield, in Jewett, Ohio.   In 1858 Mr. Humphrey purchased the farm which Mrs. Humphrey now owns, and which contains 208 acres, situated in the southwest part of Stock Township, Harrison County. Mr. Humphrey died in 1884. In his youth he experienced religion, and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was a member all his after life. His widow has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church also from her youth, and the children have all been brought inside the fold, by their walk through life giving evidence of the sincerity of their profession. Politically Mr. Humphrey was a Republican. He was well known throughout the country and very highly esteemed by all. Mrs. Humphrey is held in the highest esteem by her neighbors, and is passing the waning days of life in ease and comfort.   BEATTY CARROTHERS is one of the well-known farmers of Moorefield Town,) ship, Harrison County, and is a son of George and Ann (Hastings) Carrothers, natives of Ireland. George Carrothers was born in 1784, a son of James Carrothers, and in 1803 came to the United States, first locating in Washington County, Penn., where he carried on a distillery. About 1810 he married Miss Jane Hall, who was born February 2, 1791, and to this union were born five children, named James, John, George, William and Margaret. About 1813 George and his wife migrated to Harrison County, Ohio, and entered 320 acres of land in Nottingham Township. On February 2, 1828, Jane Carrothers died, and the same year George married Ann Hastings, who was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, May 1, 1798, and whose parents came to America about 1820. To the second union of Mr. Carrothers were born five children, viz.: Sarah, deceased wife of James Wilson; Beatty; Eliza, deceased wife of Jackson Kennedy; Mary, deceased, and Christopher, who in 1869 went to Japan as a missionary, but now is employed as a government teacher in that country. George Carrothers departed this life December 4, 1863; his wife died January 14, 1886. Mr. Carrothers was for years a member of the United Brethren Church; his wife was a member of the Presbyterian Church.   Beatty Carrothers was born in Nottingham Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, March 14, 1832, and when only four years old came to the farm he now owns, where he grew to manhood. On November 26, 1856, he married Martha J. McClintock, and to this union was born one child, by name Winfield. Mrs. Carrothers dejarted this life March 26, 1859, their child, Winfield, dying June 27, of same year, and June 21, 1860, Mr. Carrothers was married to Miss Elsie Johnson, who was born July 10, 1839. To this union have been born five children, viz. : Johnson, who was married to Miss May E. Williams of Albany, N. Y., and they now reside in Council Bluffs, Iowa; George, who was married to Miss Anna B. Love of Harrison County, Ohio, and now resides in Piedmont, Ohio, where he is engaged in the hardware trade; C. D., who married Miss Mary B. Dickerson, and resides at home; Sadie M., at home, and William C., deceased. Mr. Carrothers and wife are members of the Nottingham Presbyterian Church.   HARRISON COUNTY - 495   AARON GREEN, one of the well known residents and a native of Washington Township, Harrison County, was born, May 6, 1836, and is the third son of Samuel and Ann (Thompson) Green. The early life of Aaron Green was spent on the home place, where he assisted in the carrying on of the farm, and June 24, 1872, he was married to Eleanor B., daughter of Thomas Chambers,who came with his father, Samuel, from Ireland, in 1825. Samuel Chambers was early in life married to Jane Beck, who died soon afterward, leaving one child, Thomas; the second wife of Mr. Chambers was Deborah Carr, by whom he had eight children. In 1829 Thomas Chambers was married to Prudence Morton, who bore him three children: Mary J., Caroline M. and Eleanor B. He was a great traveler, and was familiar with most of the United States. On December 15, 1851, he died, and was soon followed to the grave by his wife, who died May 14, 1857.   Shortly after his marriage Mr. Green removed to the farm on which he still resides, and on which be has made extensive improvements. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Green are Alice C., Bessie and Samuel H. and Thomas H. (twins). Mr. Green is a member of the Society of Friends at Freeport; Mrs. Green and her daughter, Alice C., are members of the Methodist Church. He has been a Republican, but since the organization of the Prohibition party has been among its strongest adherents. Mr. Green and family are among those identified with charitable and other beneficial objects, and rank among the families whose presence does so much to make a community better and happier.   WILLIAM McKEOWN, a well-known and progressive farmer of Freeport Township, Harrison County, was born here August 28, 1842. His father, Alexander McKeown, was born in Ireland, and in 1824 came to America, and located in Belwont County, Ohio, where he remained until 1826, when he entered the farm on which his son William now resides, in Harrison County. Before leaving Ireland, Alexander was married to Rose Ann Glasgow, whose parents came to Guernsey County, Ohio. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Alexander McKeown were Henry, John, James (deceased), Alexander, Adam (deceased), Arthur, William, Mary Jane, Lavine and Rosa A. The father, who was a weaver by trade, in politics a Whig, died in 1851, his wife surviving him until April, 1886. He was a man of kindly disposition and of great strength of character, and was respected by all.   William McKeown was reared on the home place, and farming has always been his vocation, while the common schools were the advantages he enjoyed in the matter of educational facilities. In 1862 he enlisted in the Eighty-seventh 0. V. I., Company H, and was sent to Baltimore, as well as to Harper's Ferry. While at the latter place the regiment was captured, but the members thereof were paroled, and Mr. McKeown then returned home. On May 14, 1867, he chose as his life's partner Nancy J. Tidrick, daughter of Robert Tidrick, of Guernsey County, Ohio. The young couple immediately settled on the home place, where they remained until 1885, when they went to Missouri, remaining there, however, but three years, when they returned to the home place, where they have since resided. In politics Mr. McKeown is a Republican, heartily supporting his ticket, and has served in various offices of honor, among which may be mentioned that of trustee for several terms. He is the father of two children: Mary and James G., the latter now deceased, and of whom the following obituary appeared in a local paper:   Died at his home near Freeport, Ohio, September 2, 1890, James G. McKeown, aged twenty years. Interred at Londonderry September 3, funeral services conducted by Rev. J. W. Taylor. The deceased was the only son of William and Nancy McKeown. Three years of his life were spent with his parents and sister near Sublett, Mo. The remainder of his life was passed at his home near this place. He was absent from home when he was taken sick, but returned home at once and consulted a physician. Continuing   496 - HARRISON COUNTY.   to grow worse, two other physicians were summoned, but the skill of all was baffled by his disease, which his physicians termed typho-malaria fever. He united with the United Presbyterian Church at Londonderry in his fifteenth year. Young and full of life's youthful vigor and joys, but not a stranger to deep thought or meditation upon serious things which he evidenced upon his death bed, by resigning himself to God, and assuring his parents that God doeth all things for the best. His sufferings were severe, which he bore with great patience. Being early made acquainted with the Scriptures, they afforded him much consolation in time of trial. His mind was clear, and his faith unshaken to the last. The family, community and friends have experienced an inexpressible loss. He had a large circle of friends, and was loved and respected by all who knew him. He has gone to his rest, and given to youth and all a warning.   The family worship at the United Presbyterian Church at Londonderry, of which the parents have been members for many years. Mr. McKeown engages in general farming, and also deals quite extensively in stock. He is now the only representative of this family, which have been so long and favorably known in this locality.   ABNER CARVER was born near Flushing, Belmont Co., Ohio, January 23, 1805, a typical representative of the Carver family, who have for so many years been prominently and closely identified with the history, growth and progress of Harrison County, almost from its earliest settlement. Mr. Carver was during the greater part of his youth engaged on the farm, and had little opportunity for attending the schools whose sessions occupied about two months of the year. But his memory was a receptive one, and he seemed to imbibe knowledge readily. In 1829 he was married to Eliza, daughter of Thomas Norris, of Freeport, and immediately removed to the farm now occupied by his son, which he largely improved. Here he and his faithful wife lived and died, leaving behind them the following named children: Harriet (now deceased), Harrison N. and Thomas P. Mr. Carver was no exception to the Carver family in politics. He early united with the Whig party, but on the organization of the Republicans supported them. He always took an active part in the party management of his section, and was eminently successful in that line. On July 23, 1855, Mrs. Carver died and was laid to rest in the Methodist Cemetery, and for a second wife Mr. Carver married Rachel Cullen, who died August 14, 1882. Mr. Carver died May 13, 1884, and was buried in Green Mount Cemetery.   THOMAS P. CARVER, youngest son of Abner Carver, was born September 19, 1843, was reared on the home place, and has since resided there. In 1862 he enlisted in the Ninety-eighth 0. V. I., Company C, for three years, and followed the fortunes of that regiment till, at the close of the war, it was disbanded. While participating in all the battles, skirmishes and marches, still he was never wounded nor absent from the roll call. After leaving Atlanta he was one of the color bearers for his regiment, and was always at his post of duty. The greatest credit that can be given a soldier is that he did his duty, and doubly so when, a mere boy, he enters the ranks and follows for nearly three long years the fortunes of war, undergoing hardships, privations and dangers. On his discharge from the army Mr. Carver returned home, and in 1866 engag d in operating a port' able saw-mill in Harriso and adjoining counties. He still deals quite e tensively in lumber, a business he has followed for the past twenty-three years. His farm of 135 acres is situated about one and a half miles from Freeport, stocked with different kinds of animals, and in connection with stock-raising he carries on general farming. He takes an active interest in the questions of the day, and votes according to his own judgment. Although he is a Republican, and supports the party from the conviction that it represents most nearly what he considers for the best interest of the people. In all matters Mr. Carver is a liberal-minded man, and while not\ a professing church member, still recognizes the civilizing influence of the church, and its beneficial effect on the people generally. He has ever been an industrious man, and has made his own success. On November 15, 1868, he was married to Mary A., daughter of William     HARRISON COUNTY - 497   Johnson, of Smyrna, and this union has been blessed with the following named children: Clara E., Harry, William, Fred, Abner, Carl, Roy and Delmar.   GEORGE W. BARRICKLOW was born , August 7, 1837. His grandfather, Henry Barricklow, and his father, Frederick Bar--, ricklow, were both natives of New Jersey, whither the ancestry had come from Germany. Frederick Barricklow was a young man when he came to Pennsylvania, and here he remained until coming to Harrison County. In 1820 he was wedded to Nancy, daughter of John and Catharine McClelland Dugan. Mr. Dugan was a native of Ireland, from which country he came at an early age; his wife was of German extraction. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Barricklow located in Fayette County, Penn., and in 1832 they came to Ohio, where they purchased the farm now occupied by John D. Barricklow. Here they reared their family and enjoyed the blessings of life, the respect and esteem of their acquaintances, and the mutual blessing flowing from married life, till 1858, when the father died at the age of sixty-three years. He had always carried on agricultural pursuits, and was regarded as one of the successful followers and devotees of Ceres. Politically be was a life-long Democrat, taking a lively interest in the affairs of his party. Mrs. Barricklow survived him till the age of eighty-one, when she, too, joined the silent majority. She was the mother of five children, viz. : John D., in Cadiz; Henry, also in Cadiz; Alexander, in Athens; Margaret A., deceased, and George W., our subject.   George W. Barricklow, from his birth, has been a resident of his native county, and is now one of its' most prominent citizens. Here he received his education, both in books and in business affairs, and good use has he made of his knowledge. Entering the common schools he there remained until about seventeen years of age, when he entered Franklin College, where he continued his studies for several terms, thus receiving an exceedingly liberal education. In 1869 he was married to Ruth Emily, daughter of Presly and Sarah Gregg, of Indiana, and he is now the father of two children: R. P. and Bertha M. Soon after his marriage Mr. Barricklow settled on a farm in Athens Township, where he remained until 1886, when, with his family, he took a western trip, but since his return he has resided in Cadiz. His farm consists of 189 acres, located about four miles west of New Athens, well improved and in good condition. Here he engages in general stock-raising and farming, grazing a large number of western cattle, which he fits for market. While taking an active interest in political affairs, he finds but little time to devote to them, as personal matters demand his entire attention; he, however, supports the Democratic ticket. He is well known in the county for his business sagacity and shrewdness, and is accounted as one of the leading citizens of his section.   NATHAN S. McCLAINE was born in 1848, on the farm on which he now lives, in North Township, Harrison County, which has always been his home, and here also reside his widowed sister, Sarah, and her little girl. This farm, situated two miles southwest of Scio, comprises seventy acres in his own right, and forty acres belonging to his sister, and is chiefly devoted to stock-raising. In politics Mr. McClaine is a Republican; he is a representative farmer, and is widely known throughout the county.   James McClaine, father of Nathan S., was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., and was twenty-one or twenty-two years of age when he came to Harrison County, Ohio, with his father, Joseph, who entered a quarter section of land. James McClaine married Sarah Endsley, daughter of John Endsley, a pioneer of Archer Township, Harrison County, Ohio, and to this union were born twelve children, in the following order: Jane, deceased; Joseph, in Oregon;   498 - HARRISON COUNTY.   John E., of North Township; Mary Ann, deceased; Samuel, in Iowa; James Alexander, of Archer Township; Sarah, widow of Edward Smith; Harriet, wife of Samuel Cutshall, of Carroll County, Ohio; Thomas E., William and Martha Jane, deceased, and Nathan S., of North Township, whose name heads this sketch. Thomas E. McClaine was a member of Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth 0. V. I., from 1862 until his death, which occurred in 1863. The father of this family died in North Township in 1851, aged fifty years; his widow survived until 1881, when, at the age of eighty years, she followed to the grave.   DANIEL J. SNYDER, M. D. The town of Scio, Harrison County, enjoys the enviable reputation of having in her midst some of the best-read and most experienced physicians of not only the county, but even of the entire State, and by no means the least of these is the gentleman whose name appears at the head of this sketch. Dr. Snyder was born at Farmerstown, Holmes Co., Ohio, April 9, 1841, a son of John and Susan (Miller) Snyder, of Westmoreland County, Penn. George Snyder, grandfather of our subject, was a native of Pennsylvania, born in Union County in 1768, and his father was a soldier in the war for American independence, having been engaged in nearly all the principal battles during that great struggle. The family were originally from Hanover, in Germany, who came to this country about 1740, and settled in the wilds on the Susquehanna River, where many of the descendants still reside. George Snyder was married to Catharine Blume, and with his family moved to Holmes County, Ohio, in 1822, and settled on the farm where'the Doctor was born. He died in 1830, at .the age of sixty-two years; his widow, at the home of her son, the Doctor's father, in 1859, aged eighty-six years. The children born to this honored pioneer were fourteen, viz. : Three died in infancy; Jacob, the oldest son, remained in Pennsylvania, and died there in 1824; John, the father of the subject of this sketch; George, Peter, Mrs. Bate Houser, Lydia Houser, Mrs. Tinnie Lower, Miss Sally, Mrs. Mary Rainsberger, Samuel and Daniel; with the exception of Samuel, Daniel and Mrs. Mary Rainsberger, all are deceased.   John Snyder, father of the Doctor, was born in Union County, Penn., in 1806, and in 1822 came to Holmes County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood on a farm, teaching school during the winters. In 1826 he married Miss Susan, daughter of Henry Miller, of Westmoreland County, Penn., and born in that county in 1808, coming with her parents to Holmes County, Ohio, in 1816. To Mr. and Mrs. John Snyder were born the following named children: Jacob, now in Champaign, Ill. ; Polly (Mrs. Samuel Shatzer), in Stark County, Ohio; Peter, in Holmes County, Ohio; Susan (Mrs. Samuel Lower), in Wayne County, Ohio; John, in Illinois; Daniel J., the subject proper of this biographical sketch ; and Albert, in Illinois. The mother of this family died in 1869, the father in 1885; he had been a school teacher up to the age of sixty years, and in his politics had been a Jacksonian Democrat all his life.   Daniel J. Snyder was reared to farm life, attending the common school of his district during the winter months, and at the age of seventeen he became a teacher, a profession he followed, in all, ten winters. In 1864, being then a resident of Hancock County, this State, he enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Sixty-first 0. V. I., from that county, which was sent South and attached to the Army of the Potomac. He participated in the engagement at Harper's Ferry (1864), and at the close of the war received an honorable discharge, and returned to Hancock County. The study of medicine he commenced in Holmes County, later taking a course at the College of Medicine and Surgery at Cincinnati, graduating therefrom in 1870. That year he came to Lamartine, Carroll County, and the same year moved to Scio, where he has since remained a recognized leading physician of the place. Under the administration of Cleveland