450 - MEMORIAL RECORD soldier in the British army. His death occurred at the age of eighty years. The subject of this sketch was five years old when his parents came to Ohio, and since then he had resided continuously in Licking County. August 22, 1852, occurred the marriage of our subject and Miss Mary Jane, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Disbennett) Burnsides. Four children were born to them, William, Thomas, Charles Burton and Lura Inez, deceased. William is married and has three children; Charles B. is also married and has two children, Daisy and Willie. After the death of his first wife, our subject was again married, in September, 1870, choosing as his wife Miss Zela T., daughter of Joseph and Jane Martin. In their religious connections they are identified with the Presbyterian Church. Politically he advocates the principles for which the Republican party stands, and always gives preference to the candidates of that political organization. At the present time, though owning more than two hundred acres, he engages in the cultivation of only about fifty acres, and this tract bears all the improvements of a first-class farm. ANDREW JACKSON CADA was born in Bennington County, Vt., November 20, 1834, and is a son of Mowry and Abigail (Barber) Cada, the former a native of Rhode Island, and the latter of Bennington County, Vt. In 1836 the family came to Licking County, Ohio, and on the 8th of July settled on the farm in McKean Township now owned by our subject. There were four children, but one died in childhood. The others are, A. J., the first-born; Phebe C., wife of Frederick Smith, of McKean Township; and Sabra C., now Mrs. Alex Littlefield, of Jasper County, Ind. The parents are deceased, the father having died in 1889 and the mother in September of 1893. The subject of this sketch was reared upon the home farm and has no recollections of his native place, having removed thence at the age of two years. His entire life has, with that exception, been spent upon the place he now occupies. Succeeding to the ownership of the homestead, he has extended its boundaries until he now owns three hundred and eighty-five acres of good land, improved with excellent buildings. In politics he is a Democrat and takes an active interest in the success of his party. He has held a number of local offices, the duties of which he has discharged faithfully and with success. September 20, 1860, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary Ann Conard, a native of Liberty Township, Licking County. They are the parents of three sons, namely: Joel M., who is married and is engaged in farming in Newark Township; Joseph E. and Charles G., both of whom are at home. JOHN T. HUGHS, Superintendent of the Licking County Infirmary, was born in West Carlisle, Coshocton County, Ohio, September 25, 1843. At the age of ten years he came with his father to Licking County and settled in Eden Township, remaining with him until his death seven years later. Prior to that, however, he had learned from him the trade of a blacksmith and soon afterward began to follow the trade in Eden Township, remaining thus engaged until December 7, 1891. In Eden Township, December 16, 1868, Mr. Hughs was united in marriage with Miss Mary E. Harriman, who was born in this township, December 12, 1850. Two children have been born of the union: Louis M., who is the wife of H. W. Colville, and Frank C. While a resident of Eden Township Mr. Hughs took an active part in local affairs and was the incumbent of several township offices. In his political adherence lie has always advocated Democratic principles, and is prominent in the ranks of this political organization. On the 7th of December, 1891, Mr. Hughs was appointed Superintendent of the Licking County MEMORIAL RECORD - 451 Infirmary, and this position he has since filled to the satisfaction of all concerned. The Infirmary is one of the largest institutions of the kind in Ohio and has accommodations for about one hundred and fifty inmates. It is conducted upon strictly business principles, in a most efficient and capable manner, and the neat appearance of the building and its surroundings proves the energy and excellent management of the Superintendent. Socially Mr. Hughs is a member of Utica Lodge No. 777, I. O. O. F. DAVID M. HARRIS was born July 23, 1840, resides, engaged in general agricultural pursuits. He is the son of Stephen and Mary (Donnelly) Harris, who upon coming to the Buckeye State settled in Washington Township, Licking County, where the father purchased an unimproved tract of land, paying therefor $1.25 per acre. As a farmer he was enterprising, progressive and capable, displaying such discretion in the management of his affairs, that lie accumulated about seven hundred acres of fine land. He did not attain old age, but passed from earth in 1861, at the age of fifty-nine years. In his political preferences he was always firm in the support of the Democracy, while in religious matters he was identified with the Christian Church. Our subject's grandfather, Stephen Harris, Sr., also came to Ohio and settled in Licking County. There were eight children in the parental family, as follows: Felix, a resident of Washington Township; Elias B., a railroad man who was killed in a railroad wreck at Independence; Amanda, who is married and lives in Newark; William, whose death occurred in California; James, a resident of Eden Township;. David M., of this sketch; Calvin, whose home is also in Washington Township; and Johanna, who married A. D. Seward, of St. Louisville. The subject of this sketch was reared on the home farm, and early acquiring a thorough knowledge of agricultural pursuits, chose farming as his life work, when starting out for himself. His educational advantages were rather limited, though whenever opportunity offered, he was a student in the local schools. When establishing a home, Mr. Harris was united in marriage with Miss Eunice, daughter of Nathan Thrapp, and three children came to bless their home, Ada, Allen and Lee. The year 1863 witnessed the location of our subject on his present farm, where he has since engaged in the raising of cereals as well as in the sheep industry. In the latter department of agriculture he has met with flattering success. His farm consists of two hundred and twenty acres of land, divided by neat fences into pastures and fields of convenient size, and containing all ,the modern improvements. Mr. Harris is an earnest and enthusiastic member of the Democratic party, and his advocacy of political principles is intelligent and convincing. He is a man of influence in his locality, and has held a number of local offices, including that of Township Trustee, in which lie rendered efficient service. He finds a broad. field, of usefulness in the Christian Church, and is now serving as one of its Elders. He is devoted to the welfare of Licking County, and believes it to be the garden spot of the earth. GEORGE WASHINGTON GILBERT. With the exception of nine years spent in Columbus, this gentleman has been a lifelong resident of Licking County and is the owner of a farm of one hundred and fifty-three acres situated one mile from Pataskala. He was born July 10, 1819, and is one of seven children comprising the family of Hiram and Sarah (Smith) Gilbert, the father a native of New York State and the mother born in New Jersey. Coming to Licking County at an early period of its history, Hiram Gilbert resided for a short time at Granville, but from there went to Colum- 452 - MEMORIAL RECORD. bus, Franklin County. On his return to Licking County he settled in Jersey Township and became one of its honored and energetic citizens. His death occurred at Columbia about 1874, when seventy-two years of age. He was one the heroes of the War of 1812, and was ever loyal to our Government. A farmer by occupation, he succeeded in clearing a farm in Jersey Township, upon which he placed a substantial set of improvements. His wife survived his decease a number of years. The maternal grandfather of our subject bore the name of Peter Smith and was a native of New Jersey. By occupation he was an agriculturist. Removing with the tide of emigration lie became one of the pioneer settlers of Licking County and here lie continued to make his home, engaged in his chosen occupation, until the age of eighty-nine years, when he passed from earth. He and his wife had twelve children. In religious faith lie adhered to the doctrines of the Baptist Church, of which he was long a worthy and consistent member. The subject of this sketch was reared in Jersey Township and remained beneath the parental roof until lie had attained man's estate. He then operated a rented farm, and saving his earnings, lie was enabled after a term of years to purchase a tract of thirty acres. Later, selling his property, he bought fifty acres and from that time added to his possessions until at one time he owned four hundred acres. As above stated, his entire life has been passed in Licking County with the exception of nine years, during which time he was engaged in the meat business at Columbus. In all his undertakings Mr. Gilbert has received the efficient co-operation of his estimable wife, whom he married March 11, 1840. She bore the maiden name of Abigail Shambaugh, and by her marriage has had six sons and six daughters, viz: Mary, Hiram, Sarah, Elijah, Jane, John, George, James, Charles, Lenora, Martha and Charity. Of these Elijah, Lenora, Martha, Charles, Hiram and Charity are deceased. Mary is the widow of Jacob Hoffman and the mother of five children, Lenora, William, Gilbert, Nellie and James. Sarah married Robert White, and they are the parents of eight living children, as follows; Elizabeth, Ella, Myrtle, Charity, Blanche, Charles, Jessie and Bessie.. John chose as his wife Miss Sarah Williams, and they have three children, Stella, Edna and Ruth. George and his wife, whose maiden name was Nora McFee, have three children, George, Lena and Wilmer. James married Miss Luella Beems, who died in 1884, after having become the mother of two children, Edith and Georgia. In religious belief Mr. Gilbert is a Universalist. Politically, lie advocates the men and measures supported by the Republican party, and has always been a loyal, patriotic citizen. He had five brothers in the late war, Charles, Ezra, Elias, Hiram and Perry, and the last named was confined in Andersonville for fifteen months, enduring all the horrors of that prison den. To all measures calculated to promote the welfare of the people Mr. Gilbert gives his earnest allegiance, and while advancing his personal interests has also promoted the prosperity of the county. PETER W. DUMBAULD, a resident farmer of Bennington Township, was born in Fayette County, Pa., April 1, 1810, and is a son of Frederick and Christina (Wolfe) Dumbauld. The father was born in Fayette County, June 18, 1785, and died at the age of eighty years. The mother, a native of Franklin County, Pa., died July 15, 1825, in her forty-third year. The great-grandmother of our subject on his father's side was a native of Germany, and a relative of the Hager family, who founded the city of Hagerstown, Md. Born soon after the close of the Revolutionary War, and when our country was still imperiled from foes without and the no less treacherous Indians within, Frederick Dumbauld passed his childhood years amid somewhat exciting scenes, and several times lie was taken with the women and other children to the blockhouses to escape Indian massacre. In 1831 he brought his family MEMORIAL RECORD - 453 to Perry County, Ohio, and thence removed in the spring of 1850 to Liberty Township, Licking County. At the same time our subject came to Bennington Township and settled on his present farm. Of the parental family, Abel, the eldest, died in Monroe Township, and Joseph, next in order of birth, passed away in Johnson County, Iowa. Elizabeth, Catherine and Magdalena married and died in Liberty Township. Our subject is next as regards age. David and his wife died in Coffey County, Kan. Nancy is a widow and lives in Liberty Towship. Mary died in childhood. While residing in Perry County, Ohio, September 2, 1836, Mr. Dumbauld married Miss Margaret, daughter of Peter Cooperider, an early settler of that county. This union has resulted in the birth of eleven children, two of whom have been taken by death. Hannah married John B. Hall and resides in Bennington Township. Harriet, wife of Abram Crotinger, lives in McLean County, Ill. Frederick married Algena Runnels, and lives in Lyon County, Kan. Levi, a prominent resident of Lyon County, Kan., has served as State Senator, and was also elected to the Lower House of the Legislature by the Populists. He has been twice married, his first wife being Ella Myer, and his second Maggie Bryner. Peter chose as his wife Mary Patton, and they make their home in Sylvania, Licking County. Mary, wife of Nelson Hall, resides in Bennington Township. Noah wedded Emma Iles, and lives on a farm adjoining the parental homestead. Joseph M. first married Lovina Lemming and afterward was united with Hattie Row; he is now a widower. Orlando wedded Jennie Rice, and they live in Coffey County, Kan. Sarah Elizabeth became the wife of Col. Ellsworth Dixson, and dying, left three children. The children have been the recipients of excellent educational .advantages, and several of them are talented musicians, while others have followed the profession of school teaching with success. The family attends the German Reformed Church, of which Mr. Dumbauld became a member in 1835. His political convictions are in accordance with the policy pursued by the Democratic party, of which he has ever been a firm adherent. For six years he served in the Ohio militia and was First Lieutenant of his company. When starting out for himself at the age of twenty-six he had nothing except willing hands and a healthy body, but industry and economy have made him well-to-do, and he is now numbered among the prosperous farmers of the township. JOSUHA WESLEY WRIGHT. The members of a successful farming community are always depended upon to furnish the bone and sinew of our social, commercial and national life. A country, no matter how rich, which is under the control of unreliable and shiftless farmers can help very little, if at all, in building up villages, towns and cities which will prove of value to the world. The financial and social progress of Licking County has been greatly promoted by the efforts of its native born sons. Such an one is the subject of this sketch, a farmer of McKean Township. The Wright family traces its lineage to England, whence people of that name emigrated to America and settled in Pennsylvania prior to the opening of the Revolutionary War. The grandfather of our subject was one of the loyal citizens, who during the second war with the Mother Country, faithfully defended the interests of the United States. The parents of our subject, Joshua and Betsy (Baumgardner) Wright, were both natives of Huntingdon County, Pa., who there resided until 1830, the date of their advent into McKean Township, Licking County. In the township where he now lives the subject of this sketch was born, October 21, 1832. His educational advantages were somewhat limited, but to the information gained in the common schools he has since added by reading and observation, thus keeping himself abreast with the times. Trained to farm work, he selected agriculture as his life calling, and this he has since followed. Beginning for himself, he settled on the farm where he has 454 - MEMORIAL RECORD. since resided and where he now owns one hundred and fifty-three acres. Upon this he has from time to time erected needed buildings, and now possesses a full complement of farm structures. McKean Township has been his life-long home with the exception of one year in Burlington Township, a few months in Newark Township, and one year in Newton Township, this being in early manhood; also a few years spent with his father and mother in Winnebago County, Wis., this being in youth. The marriage of Mr. Wright occurred in 1855, at which time he was united with Miss Mary Be-yard, who was born on an adjoining farm and is a member of one of Licking County's old families. They are the parents of three sons, all grown to manhood, Wesley, Thomas Calvin and John Judson, who are engaged in agricultural pursuits. The Democratic party claims the hearty allegiance and co-operation of Mr. Wright, and while lie is not a politician in the ordinary acceptance of that word, he has filled local offices, including that of Supervisor. MEMORIAL RECORD - 459 JOHN BARRICK. The Barrick family was founded in this country some time during the eighteenth century, and for fifty years or more John Barrick and his wife have resided upon the farm in McKean Township where they still make their home. The estate consists of one hundred and fifty-six acres, upon which have been placed all the improvements of a model farm. The soil is under a high state of cultivation, the buildings commodious and adapted to their varied purposes, and the surroundings indicate the energetic and thrifty disposition of the owner. A native of Pennsylvania, the subject of this sketch was born in Mifflin County, April 30, 1818. He is the son of Henry and Mary (Nailor) Barrick. The former was born in Maryland in 1780 of Holland parentage, and served as a soldier in the War of 1812. The latter was born in Pennsylvania of English descent on the father's side. The maternal grandfather of Mr. Barrick was William Nailor, an Englishman by birth, who went to Lancaster County, Pa., about 1750, and later removed to York County, where he was for several years engaged in the nursery business. He was for some - 20 - years one of John Wesley's lay preachers. A man of some prominence, lie was successful in business and accumulated considerable property. Mrs. Barrick's parents were William and Mary (Porter) Hays, the latter a native of Huntingdon County, Pa. The former came from Ireland and was of Scotch-Irish parents. They were prominently identified with the old Seceder's Church. Both passed away in Huntingdon County, Pa. Our subject had very limited advantages in boyhood, being for a short time a student in the old-fashioned subscription schools Of that day. Self-culture, however, has added to the information acquired through his limited schooling. He has been an extensive reader and thoughtful observer and is a well informed man. Reared upon a farm, Mr. Barrick has made agriculture his life occupation with the exception of a short time spent as a clerk in his brother's store. On the 10th of January, 1843, he married Miss Nancy Hays, who was born in Huntingdon County, Pa., October 30, 1821, being the daughter of William and Mary Hays. The year following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Barrick came to Ohio and 460 - MEMORIAL RECORD. settled on the farm where they still reside. They have never had any children of their own, but have reared four children of Mrs. Barrick's sister, whom they nurtured in youth and assisted when starting out in life. In religious belief they are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and contribute liberally to the cause of Christianity. In early life Mr. Barrick was a Whig, but upon the disintegration of that party and the organization of the Republican party he cast his lot with the latter, the principles of which he has since supported with loyalty. In local affairs he is active and influential and has been the incumbent of a number of offices, including those of Township Supervisor and School Director. His life proves what is within the power of an energetic, industrious young man to accomplish for himself. He had few advantages in youth and commenced farming with a very small capital, but by industry, economy and the assistance of his devoted wife he has become one of the prosperous farmers of the township. His residence is situated on a natural building site and is surrounded by beautiful shade and ornamental trees and shrubs. This rural home is the abode of an open-handed hospitality extended by Mr. Barrick and his amiable wife to their many friends in the community. FRANK B. GIBSON. Licking County abounds in fine homes and well tilled farms, and many of the estates in Newton Township are second to none which may be found throughout the entire county, and the Gibson farm, upon which the subject of this sketch resides, is one of the best in the locality, having been placed under a high state of cultivation with all the improvements of a first class estate. John Gibson, the father of Frank B., was born in Darlington, Durham County, England, March 5, 1831. When a young man he learned the trade of a tailor, and on coming to America, in 1856, he followed that occupation in many of the chief cities in the United States and Canada, and in 1861 settled in Hancock County, Mich., where he followed his trade until January 20, 1879, when he bade adieu to the scenes of this life and his spirit winged its flight to the God who gave it. He was an energetic man, a lover of his home and family and of untiring perseverance. In the village of Hancock, where he was so well known and respected, as well as throughout the surrounding country, He was known as a man of splendid business qualities and excellent management. In all leading questions of the age lie took a lively interest, and in politics gave his unqualified support to the principles advocated by the Republican party. John Gibson was united in marriage with Miss Jerusha Van Guysling in Newton Township, September 25, 1865, with whom he had formed an acquaintance while on a visit with friends in Hancock. Mrs. Jerusha Gibson, daughter of Jacob Van Guysling, of Newton Township, and a descendant of a prominent Dutch family who were widely known in the community where they resided, was born at Clifton Park, New York, June 10, 1841, and came with her parents to Licking County about 1850. After marriage they settled in Hancock, Mich., where Mr. Gibson was engaged in business and where the family continued to reside until 1886, when they removed to Licking County, and settled in Newton Township on the fine farm purchased in 1881, where they have since made their home. The union of John and Jerusha Gibson was blessed by the birth of three children, two of whom survive Frank B. and Harry C. The elder (Frank B.), was born in Hancock, Houghton County, Mich., June 8, 1866. Ile received the advantages of the public schools of his native town, being a graduate of the Hancock High School as well as the Zanesville Business College, where he graduated May 1, 1885, thereby acquiring the knowledge which he has so successfully put into practice. His life has been one of activity, and the result of his labors testify to well disciplined mind and abilities of no small import. While generous in his religious belief, Mr. Gibson is in hearty accord with the doe- MEMORIAL RECORD - 461 trines and tenets advocated and set forth by the English Lutheran Church of which he is an active and consistent member; he contributes liberally of his ample means to benevolent and religious enterprises and seeks to follow out the injunction of our Saviour when he said, "As ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them." Almost in the prime of his manhood, he has attained a success of which he may justly be proud and it is but reasonable to infer that the coming years will not detract, but add to the prosperity and success which he has already attained. GEORGE M. VAN NESS. The excellent business qualifications displayed by Mr. Van Ness in the management of his farm and business interests have brought him a large measure of success, and he is now one of the well-to-do citizens of Alexandria. The farm owned and managed by him consists of one hundred and eighty-three acres of land situated in St. Alban's Township, and in addition to this valuable property lie owns a comfortable residence in Alexandria and an interest in the mercantile business at this place, conducted under the firm name of Baxton & Van Ness. The father of our subject, Stephen Van Ness, was born in New Jersey in 1819, and married Miss Rachel Ann Spear, also a native of that state. Migrating to Ohio in an early day they made settlement in Jersey Township, Licking County, but after a sojourn of one year there removed to Hartford Township, where Mrs. Van Ness died. About two years later the father removed to Alexandria and carried on a tobacco factory until about 1864, when he disposed of the business. In the vicinity of Alexandria he continued to make his home until 1876, when he settled in Franklin Township, purchasing a farm there. Upon that property he continued to reside until his death, which occurred in June of 1892. With his wife he held membership in the Congregational Church, and in religious work took an active part. In the family of Stephen Van Ness there were eight children, as follows: Harriet E., who married Samuel Thornbury; Sarah M., formerly the wife of Henry Hubbard, but now deceased; Mary A., who is the wife of Samuel Geary, of Mattoon, Ill.; George M.; Emma, wife of Harry Spellman; John S., who died in Hartford Township at the age of two and one-half years; Alice A., who became the wife of J. B. Francisco; and Clara R., who died in the autumn of 1876, at the age of eighteen years. A native of Licking County, the subject of this sketch was born in Hartford Township, January 6, 1847. He assisted his father upon the home farm and also worked in the tobacco factory until it was disposed of. At the age of twenty-one years he embarked in farming on his own account in St. Alban's Township, which vocation he has followed up to the present time. In 1889 he became interested with Charles Baxton in the mercantile business at Alexandria, the firm being styled Baxton & Van Ness. In St. Alban's Township, January 2, 1872, Mr. Van Ness was united in marriage with Miss Susan Rosetta Warden, who was born in Jersey Township, April 30, 1851, and is a daughter of the late Homer Warden, of St. Alban's Township. In local affairs Mr. Van Ness has taken an intelligent and active part, and has been the incumbent of numerous township offices, in all of which he has displayed the possession of sound common sense. His religious connections are with the Baptist Church, to which his wife has belonged since girlhood. WILLIAM O'BANNON resides in Washington Township, where his birth occurved March 11, 1834. He is the son of Presley N. and Mary (Taylor) O'Bannon, also natives of Licking County. He represents the third generation that has resided in this locality, 462 - MEMORIAL RECORD. the family having first become identified with the growth and progress of Ohio during the lifetime of Grandfather William O'Bannon. The latter was born in Hardy County, Va., and there grew to years of maturity, married, and began the battle of life. On coming to Ohio, he settled in Madison Township, Licking County, and there cleared and improved a tract of land in the midst of the surrounding woods. Upon that farm he made his home until his death, at the age of seventy-five years. In Madison Township Presley N. O'Bannon passed the years of youth and early manhood. After his marriage he settled in Washington Township, where, through the exercise of economy, thrift and good management, lie gradually increased his possessions until he became the owner of six hundred and forty acres. In 1857 he returned to Madison Township, where his life was ended in 1880. The wife and mother passed away the following year. Their family numbered six children, William being the eldest. The others are, Mary M., Elizabeth R., Catherine S., Jeremiah J. and Amanda E. In early life Presley N. O'Bannon was a Whig, but after the disintegration of that party and the formation of the Republican party, he transferred his allegiance to the latter, with which he was ever afterward connected. In the councils of his party he was influential and a leader. Among the official positions which he occupied were those of Justice of the Peace, Township Trustee and mem- ber of the State Legislature. A man of great piety and fervent religious spirit, he was zealous in the work of the Lutheran Church, and for fifteen years or more was a preacher in that denomination. Reared in Washington Township, the subject of this sketch made his home with his parents until 1854, when he married Miss Margaret J., daughter of William Gardner, and a native of Winchester, Va. Five children have resulted from their union, as follows: Edward, a railroad man residing in Massillon, Ohio; Jennie, Della, Frank M., and Mary M., wife of H. C. Bell, of Knox County. During the Civil War the sympathies of Mr. O'Bannon were thoroughly aroused on behalf of the Union, and in 1864 he enlisted for active serv ice, becoming a member of Company A, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Ohio Infantry, in which he served for four months. In 1863 he had held the official rank of Lieutenant in the regular militia. At the present time Mr. O'Bannon is the owner of two hundred and fifty-six acres upon which he is engaged in general farm pursuits. His convictions have led him to ally himself with the Republican party, with which he casts his vote and influence. Interested in national affairs, he keeps himself well informed in regard to political movements. For several years he has held the office of Township Trustee. Socially he is a member of Licking Lodge No. 291, A. F. & A. M., of which he is Past Master. WILLIAM P. KIRKPATRICK opened a drug store in Utica in 1868, and having continued in the business from that year to this (1894), now enjoys the distinction of being the oldest druggist in the place. He was born in Morgan Township, Knox County, Ohio, December 30, 1836, and is a son of David and Ann (Patterson) Kirkpatrick. He traces his ancestry to Ireland, whence his grandfather, Robert Kirkpatrick, emigrated to America during Colonial days. He took part in the Revolutionary War, after which he resided for a time in Pennsylvania and thence came to Licking County, Ohio, becoming one of its pioneers and remaining here until his decease. He left a family of four sons and three daughters, namely: John, Nathaniel, Peter, David, Mary, Anne and Hannah. David Kirkpatrick was born in Lancaster County, Pa., about 1790, and was reared in Fayette County, that state. Coming to Ohio he became a pioneer of Licking County, but later settled in Morgan Township, Knox County, and there cultivated land. his farm consisted of one hundred and fifty acres, bearing first-class improvements and under a high state of cultivation. A devoted MEMORIAL RECORD - 463 patriot, he opposed the institution of slavery, and while he did not live to see its final overthrow (dying in 1861) he gave his influence to the cause of the Union until his death. He was a member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church. The mother of our subject was born in Athens County, Ohio, and first married William Ray, by whom she had three children, James, Robert and Margaret, who died in childhood. Her second husband was the father of our subject, and of the six children born to them one died in infancy. The others are, William P.; Jane Ann, who married R. G. Wallace, D. D. S., of Mansfield, Ohio; John D., a farmer of Licking County; Samuel Howard, who resides on the old homestead; and Silas P., a merchant of Denver, Colo. The mother of these children, now (1894) eighty-two years of age, still makes her home on the old farm. After acquiring an education in the district schools and the schools of Utica, our subject secured a position as clerk in a general store in this city, where he was employed for one year. For the six years following he was employed as a school teacher, the years 1862 and 1863 being thus spent in Putnam County, Ohio. In 1864 he enlisted for service in the Union army, and on the 2d of May was mustered into the one hundred days' service as a member of Company A, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Ohio Infantry, under Capt. W. A. McKee. In the fall of the same year, at the expiration of his term of service, he was honorably discharged. Returning home he resumed the occupation of a school teacher, and also passed one winter in Morning Sun, Iowa. In 1868 he purchased a drug business in Utica, which be has since conducted with success. In 1871, on the 14th of March, occurred the marriage of Mr. Kirkpatrick to Miss Fannie C., daughter of Col. V. B. Alsdorf. This lady was born in Licking County, near Utica, and by her union has become the mother of a daughter, Mamie F. The political affiliations of Mr. Kirkpatrick are with the Republican party, and he takes an intelligent interest in local affairs. He has served as Treasurer of the School Board and also as Town Treasurer. While not identified with any denomination he is a believer in the Christian religion. In addition to his drug business and pleasant home in Utica, he owns in Burlington Township a well improved farm of one hundred and thirty-three acres. J. H. HUPP, a retired farmer and stock-dealer residing at Linnville, was born in Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va., July 4, 1816. His parents, Balser and Mary M. (Canupp) Hupp, were of German origin. Three brothers of his father and two of his mother's brothers deserted the German army and came to Virginia more than three hundred years ago. Of the marriage of his parents, which was solemnized in the Old Dominion in 1811, six sons and five daughters were born, of whom all of the brothers and four of the sisters survive. This is a fact showing great longevity. The youngest of the family is over fifty-six years old, and the eldest was eighty on the 4th of May, 1894. In 1823, accompanied by four of their children, the parents removed to Ohio and settled on a farm, where the father engaged as a tiller of the soil. He also followed the trade of a carpenter, in which he was quite proficient and had all he could do, as this country was then a vast wilderness. He at tained a greater age than anyone who has ever lived in Licking County, and here he died at the age of one hundred and eight years and five months. His brother John died in Virginia at the age of one hundred and three years, and a sister, Annie, died at the age of one hundred and one years. Of the immediate family, Diana, the eldest, died on the eighteenth anniversary of her birth; Daniel B., now eighty years old, lives a mile east of Linnville, this county; J. H. was the third in order of birth; Leanna, the wife of John McVicars, resides in Missouri; Strother resides two miles from Linnville; Balser, Jr., is a resident of Bowling Green Township; John lives in Oroville, Cal., 464 - MEMORIAL RECORD. where he is a wealthy farmer, lumberman and miner, owning a mine for which he has refused $60,000; Mary, who first married George McMullin, is now the wife of a Mr. West and lives in Missouri; Jane Elizabeth, now living in California, is the widow of George Travener, who died in that state; Uriah W., a wealthy miner, resides in California; Sarah Louisa married Samuel McClellan and lives in California, where her husband is a hotel-keeper. The early life of our subject was spent on the Ohio frontier in clearing up land. He never entered a schoolhouse as a student, and was married before he could read. However, he is a man of good business capacity and intelligence, and after he was forty years of age learned to read and write, his wife being his principal instructor. During the early history of this county he experienced all the hardships of pioneer life, and spent much of his time in hunting, as the people were then dependent upon game very largely for subsistance. Frequently he carried corn to mill, several miles away, on his back. The usual way of going to mill was to take a sack full of grain on a horse and ride on top of the grist. May 4, 1848, Mr. Hupp married Miss Helen A. Stevens, who who was born in Loudoun County,Va., March 7, 1821. Her parents, Thomas and Nancy (Percell) Stevens, died in Percy County, Ohio, the father in his ninety-third year and the mother when eighty-eight. The latter was undoubtedly heiress to a large estate belonging to the Percell family in England, but she died without being aware of the fact. There were five sons and four daughters in the household, of whom five are now living. William Franklin, who lives in Franklin Township, is eighty-three years old. Mary, the widow of William Beverly, lives at Hebron, this county, and has attained the age of eighty-one. John, now seventy-seven, lives in Thornville, Ohio. The father of these children was a Captain in the War of 1812, in which his brother was a Colonel. Mr. and Mrs. Hupp have never had any children of their own, but have reared four orphan children. These they educated and reared as tenderly as they would have eared for their own. One foster son died after having made his home with them for twenty-six years, and his loss was deeply mourned by his adopted parents. In religious connections our subject and his good wife have been Baptists for many years, and are active-workers in the Christian cause. A loyal Democrat, Mr. Hupp has always been earnest and active in politics, and at one time traveled four hundred and sixty miles for the purpose of voting, returning to his home the following day. HON. WALDO TAYLOR. In enumerating the names of the eminent men of this county, those who have contributed to the development of its material resources, who have given their influence to the arts and sciences, and through whose efforts is due the high standing of the county to-day, among these men, prominent mention belongs to Judge Taylor, Mayor of Newark. The son of one of Licking County's patriots and heroes, lie has by his honorable life added lustre to the name lie bears. Nor would this volume be complete without a record of his eventful career. The father of our subject, Gen. Jonathan Taylor, was born in Connecticut in 1796, and in an early day was engaged in running the boundary lines between Michigan and Ohio, commanding the Ohio forces during the troubles that ensued. In both branches of the General Assembly he served as Representative, and further honors were bestowed upon him when, in 1838, he was elected to the United States Congress. His wife, a woman of fine intellect and sound judgment, bore the maiden name of Sarah Elliott, and was born in Allegany County, Md., May 2, 1799. In the opening year of the present century she was brought to Licking County by her father, Capt. Samuel Elliott. Eleven children were horn to the union of General and Mrs. Taylor, viz.: Mary Olive, born MEMORIAL RECORD - 465 June 23, 1823; David Elliott, January 12, 1826; Orlando, August 19, 1829; Jonathan Campbell, September 22, 1829; Harriett, November 4, 1831; Sarah, January 12, 1834; Eliza, April 10, 1836; William and Waldo (twins) June 3, 1838; Margaret J., June 9, 1841, and Jonathan B., March 31, 1843. Mary, who became the wife of D. D. Jewett, of Newark, died April 21, 1848. David, a soldier during the Mexican War, died December 25, 1848, a few months after his return from the battlefields of Mexico. Orlando died August 27, 1829, and Jonathan C. in September, 1830. Harriett, the wife of William R. Iles, passed from earth June 20, 1856. Sarah married Theophilus Little, and is a resident of Abilene, Kan. Eliza departed this life August 10, 1837. William, our subject's twin brother, enlisted in 1861 as a member of Company D, Seventy-sixth Ohio Infantry, and was killed at Arkansas Post, January 11, 1863. Jonathan B. was a member of Company H, Thirty-first Ohio Infantry, marched with Sherman to the sea, and was a short time in Libby Prison; he married a sister of Hon. S. S. Cox and resides in Chicago. A man of considerable influence in this community, General Taylor was also well known throughout the entire state, and was honored wherever known. His death in April, 1848, deprived his widow of a loving husband, his children of a devoted father and his neighbors of a kind friend. He was long survived by his wife, who by his death was left in charge of a large family. Surrounded by obstacles, with limited means, she struggled bravely forward, fitting her children, by example and precept, for honorable positions in life, and inculcating in their minds the lessons of honor, virtue and probity to which their success may be attributed. At the age of seventy-four years, she died in Newark, May 13, 1872, and her body now lies in Cedar Hill Cemetery. The boyhood years of our subject were passed upon the biome farm. His educational advantages were excellent, including some time spent in Denison University, at Granville and Jefferson College, at Cannonsburg, Pa. In April, 1861, when twenty-three years old, he was elected Supervisor, and four years later became Township Clerk. In 1863 he was chosen Director of School District No. 5, becoming President of the Board of Education. In youth he selected the law for his life occupation, and continuing the study of that profession for some time, was admitted to the Bar June 10, 1861, and on the 1st of October, 1867, was admitted to practice in the United States Courts. The principles of the Democratic party meet with the hearty sympathy of Judge Taylor, and upon that ticket he has been elected to many offices of trust and honor. In 1875 he was President of the Board of Trade of Newark. His name was prominently mentioned as candidate for Clerk of the Supreme Court, but he refused to make the race. He was also nominated for Clerk of the Ohio House of Representatives, and received the enthusiastic support of his party. July 26, 1864, he was elected Justice of the Peace, and after having served for three years declined re-election. After his admission to the Bar, he conducted an extensive practice until he was elected Probate Judge of Licking County, in October, 1872. Entering upon the duties of the office February 10, 1873, he served with efficiency for three years. In every enterprise calculated to promote the welfare of the people, Judge Taylor takes a leading part. He was a prominent factor in the building of the Newark, Somerset & Straitsville Railroad, and at one time was a heavy stockholder. He has served as Secretary and Treasurer of the Licking County Agricultural Society. On the 4th of July, 1863, he was chosen Captain of Company A, First Ohio Militia, and on the 31st of August following became Lieutenant-Colonel of the same regiment. In recognition of his loyal and prompt response to all appeals for aid in the defense of Cincinnati, he was presented with a "Squirrel Hunter's" discharge containing the portrait of Governor Todd. At the present time Judge Taylor is serving his second term as Mayor of Newark. He was first elected in 1884, serving for two years. In the spring of 1894 he was again chosen to represent the people in this office, receiving a majority of three hundred and thirty-four votes. As chief executive, he has advocated the adoption of measures tending to promote the best interests of the 466 - MEMORIAL RECORD. city and has also instituted several needed municipal reforms. Perhaps in no way has Judge Taylor attained greater note than as a public speaker. He is a gifted orator, a fluent speaker, eloquent and enthusiastic, combining with a large fund of humor depths of pathos that stir the hearts of his auditors. Upon occasions of public interest, of whatever nature, he is in great request as a speaker. His witty remarks in response to toasts often find their way into local papers, and are extensively copied by the press of the country. GEORGE J. ROE. More than fifty years have come and gone since, a lad of thirteen years, the subject of this sketch arrived in Licking County in 1842. From that time to this he has resided continuously here and has identified himself with the history of Mary Ann Township as one of its foremost citizens. His conduct, both in his business and domestic relations, has been such as to commend him to the confidence of the people, and he has gained the warm regard of all his associates. A man of strong convictions, energetic and active, he has accumulated a competence through energetic application and the exercise of good judgment, and is now living somewhat retired from life's active duties. Mr. Roe traces his ancestry in direct descent from Joseph Roe, the founder of the family in America, who was a native of Germany and had been employed as a cabin boy on an English ship and landed at Manhattan Island about 1637, through seven generations, as follows: Joseph, Jonas, Joseph, Jonas, Timothy (who was a Major in the army during the War for Independence and died at Sacket's Harbor), Timothy and Timothy, both farmers. The parents of our subject were Timothy and Amy (Smith) Roe, both natives of Orange County, N. Y., the father born May 28, 1804, and the mother August 11, 1806. They were married in their native county, where for some years afterward they continued to reside. In 1842 they came to Licking County, where they afterward lived in Mary Ann Township until called hence by death, the father in 1878 and the mother in 1883. Their bodies now lie buried side by side in in the Barnes Cemetery. In their family were three sons and four daughters, all of whom attained years of maturity before there was a death among the number. Our subject is the eldest of the family and is now the sole survivor with the exception of Mrs. Curran, of Newark. In Orange County, N. Y., George J. Roe was born September 6, 1829, and there his childhood years were passed. In 1842 lie accompanied his parents to Licking County, where in 1849 he was united in marriage with Miss Belinda Hickey. This lady was a daughter of William Hickey-, a soldier in the War of 1812, who came to Ohio in 1816 and settled in this county two years later. His death occurred in Mary Ann Township in 1890, at the ripe old age of ninety-four years. His first wife, Sarah, died in this township in 1848, and he afterward married again. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Roe six children were born, of whom four are now living. The two deceased were, John, who died in infancy, and Sarah, who was called hence at the age of three years. Of the survivors we note the following: William Henry, the eldest, is a prosperous agriculturist (see sketch elsewhere in this volume); Amanda, the wife of Allen Smith, lives on a farm adjoining that of her father, and has seven living children; Joseph Edward, a mechanic living in Utica, married Maggie Chambers and they have five children; Cynthia P. became the wife of Lionel Smith, of Mary Ann Township, and they have five children. In addition to his grandchildren Mr. Roe also has a great-grandchild, of whom lie is very proud, Henry Allen Banks, the son of Robert and Carrie Banks. Mr. Roe was greatly bereaved by the death of his wife, the companion who had traveled by his side through the varying vicissitudes of their pioneer existence. She passed away at the old home- MEMORIAL RECORD - 467 stead October 8, 1884. Since that time our subject has lived with his son, William H. Mrs. Roe was a sincere Christian and a member of the Disciples' Church, with which all the children are identified. While Mr. Roe has been a close Bible student he has never connected himself with any denomination, and is liberal in his religious views. LEONARD STUMP. Retired from active business cares, this well known citizen of Hanover Township occupies his comfortable and substantial brick residence, where in his declining years he is surrounded by the comforts of life and many of its luxuries as well. He is a native of Ohio, and was born near Nash port, Muskingum County, December 27, 1826. Upon the farm where he was born his father, James Stump, settled in 1807, although three years prior to that time he had purchased one thousand acres of land in that locality. He was a Virginian, born in the Old Dominion, April 6, 1800. The first to establish the family name in America was our subject's great-grandfather, a native of Germany, who crossing the ocean settled in Hardy County, Va., in the early part of the seventeenth century. Grandfather Stump was a soldier in the War of 1812, and died October 8, 1847. Our subject's mother bore the maiden name of Susan Randall, and both she and her husband died in Muskingum County, in the house where Leonard was born. The mother passed away May 17, 1831, after having had three children, two of whom died in early childhood. After her death the father again married, and by that union there were four children, two sons and two daughters. The sons are both deceased. The father passed from earth December 17, 1886. Our subject is a graduate of the log schoolhouse, where he spent three months each year under the tutorship of the backwoods "master," as the teacher was familiarly known. This rudimentary education has been supplemented by constant reading of current events and by careful observation. For a man of his years lie has a wonderfully retentive memory. Every event of his long and useful life considered worthy of preservation has been carefully recorded, and lie has also kept a complete family genealogy. June 14, 1849, Mr. Stump was united in marriage with Miss Catherine Claypool, daughter of Levi Claypool, formerly a resident of Muskingum County. The latter was of German ancestry and was a successful farmer, accumulating a fine property which was equally divided among his children. His wife, Catherine Claypool, was of English descent, and their marriage, which was solemnized in Hardy County, Va., December 13,1821, resulted in the birth of twelve children. Mrs. Stump was born in Hardy County, Va., April 11, 1831, and is the mother of seven daughters. The eldest, Susan Savannah, born June 6, 1852, is now the wife of D. V. Randall, of Frazeysburg, Muskingum County, this state, and they have three children. Mary Catherine is now at home; Sarah M. was born December 15, 1856, and died December 7, 1872; Lou Ann, born March 11,1859, married John Fleming, a farmer of Jackson Township, Muskingum County; Fannie E. is the wife of J. W. Edwards, a farmer and grain buyer of Edward, Franklin County, this state; Emma Jane married E. C. Hamilton, a physician of Emington, Ill.; Leonora is the wife of R. P. McCann, a farmer by occupation, and the son of Dr. McCann, of Elizabethtown. Mr. Stump gave his daughters excellent advantages, and money was not spared in adding to their many accomplishments. A fine grand piano adorns the parlor, and they were given the best musical instruction possible. All have left the parental roof except one, who devotedly cares for her parents and ministers to their comfort. Notwithstanding the fact that he has given very liberally to his daughters, Mr. Stump still retains about five hundred acres of land, the greater part of which has been accumulated by his own exertions and intelligent management. The land is now rented, mostly on shares. Politically Mr. Stump is a Democrat, but liberal in his views. He favors the income tax features advocated by the Democracy 468 - MEMORIAL RECORD. of to-day. Though he has never identified himself with any church organization, his life has been strictly upright and honorable, and he has been a law-abiding citizen. GEORGE W. MUNCH, a representative and successful merchant of Hanover, was born in Shenandoah County, Va., October 13, 1844. He is the son of Silas Munch, an Abolitionist of the Old Dominion, who possessed the courage of his convictions, and was the only man in his election precinct who voted for Abraham Lincoln in 1860. This act was the signal for the outpouring of rebel wrath, and he was obliged to flee the country or suffer death at the hands of guerrillas, who had murdered three of their neighbors. Choosing the former alternative, he sought refuge in Ohio, coming to Hebron, this county, during the dark days of the Rebellion. His son, our subject, shared his exile with him, while the other members of the family remained in Virginia. At the close of the war Silas Munch returned to his southern home and in the county of his birth, Shenandoah, he passed away in August, 1893. His widow still makes her home there. For many years he was a Justice of the County Court of Shenandoah County in the days of reconstruction, and assisted in the adoption of the present State Constitution, and also filled other offices of trust. His latter days were days of peace, and he passed away mourned by many of those whom national troubles had made his bitter foes in former years. His family numbered three sons and four daughters living, while two are deceased. Lincoln B., who was born after the war and named for the martyred President, is now a clerk in the Baltimore & Ohio shops at Newark, where he and his wife reside. The subject of this notice was reared in Shenandoah County, and in boyhood attended the district schools. He was a war refugee together with his father, with whom he left his native home June 25, 1862, and came to Ohio as above stated. On the 13th of August of the same year, he enlisted at Reynoldsburg as a Union soldier. For two years and four months he served in the Union Army, being for a time with Company I, Ninety-fifth Ohio Infantry, and afterward with Company I), Sixty-fifth Ohio Infantry. With the Army of the Cumberland under General Nelson, lie participated in the battle of Richmond, Ky., where his regiment (the Ninety-fifth) was captured. He was paroled on the field and afterward returned to Camp Chase, Ohio, thence to Camp Lew Wallace, north of Columbus. After being exchanged the regiment returned to Camp Chase, where he was taken sick and discharged on account of disability. Recovering sufficiently, Mr. Munch again offered his services and enlisted in Company D, Sixty-fifth Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, Third Brigade, Second Division, Fourth Army Corps, under Gen. Geo. H. Thomas, with which regiment he participated in the battles of Spring Hill, Franklin and Nashville. It is due to those living to say that the battle of Franklin was the fiercest combat of the war, and that more men were killed in that battle, in proportion to the number engaged, than in any battle ever fought on either side of the Atlantic since the invention of gunpowder. Continuing in service until the close of the war, he then returned to the parental home in Virginia and remained for one year, when he returned to Ohio and took a two-years' course in the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware. Subsequently he entered the ranks of the teacher's profession, in which he was engaged for six years. Since the year 1869 his permanent residence has been in Licking County. He was united in marriage with Miss Louvisa E., daughter of Lanty Shannon, of Madison Township, October 30, 1870. Five children bless this union, namely: Charles P., for a time a medical student in the office of Dr. Speer, of Newark, but now attending the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati; Lanty S., who assists his father in the store; Bertram S.; Mary Mabel and George W., Jr., who are in school. For some time Mr. Munch engaged in farming. In 1889 he was appointed Posan MEMORIAL RECORD - 469 under the Harrison administration, which office he held until September, 1893. At the same time he purchased a stock of general merchandise, where he has since conducted a large and profitable trade. His residence and store building are combined, the structure being substantial and admirably adapted for the noble purpose subserved. Politically he is a stanch Republican, to which party he has always been loyal. In recognition of disabilities incurred in service he receives a small pension. Socially Mr. Munch is a Royal Arch Mason and is also a member of Lemert Post No. 71, G. A. R. at Newark. At the present time he is officiating as Notary Public and is also Clerk of Hanover Township, being the only Republican ever elected to that office in the township, which establishes his worth as a citizen with both political parties. Mrs. Munch still retains in her name the parental homestead in Madison Township, consisting of two hundred and six acres. There the family resided for many years prior to corning to Hanover. They are highly esteemed both throughout the township, where so long they resided, and in the village where they now make their home, and among the business men, in which place Mr. Munch takes a prominent rank. ELNATHAN CARPENTER was born in St. Alban's Township, where he now resides, October 10, 1824. His father, Samuel, was a native of Lancaster County, Pa., born January 16, 1783, and that county was also the birthplace of the paternal grandfather. The latter was a farmer by occupation and was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving for seven years under General Washington. In 1808 he came to Licking County and became one of the first settlers of St. Alban's Township. At that early period settlers were few, the country undeveloped and few roads opened. Game was plentiful, and deer, bears, wild turkeys, etc., frequently fell beneath the sportsman's unerring aim. The family had about $1,000 on coming to this county and therefore were not obliged to undergo all the privations that fell to the lot of many frontiersmen, although they found the task of clearing the land and improving a farm by no means an easy one. In due time Grandfather Carpenter became the owner of three hundred acres of land and his old age was passed amid the comforts gained by his industry and thrift. His death occurred at the age of eighty-two years. He was twice married. By the first union he had six children, and three by his second. The first-named were, Benjamin, Joseph, Samuel, James, Hester Ann and Julia. Both daughters married, Hester A. becoming the wife of Isaiah Beaumont, and Julia being united with Samuel Smith. When the family came to Ohio, Samuel Carpenter accompanied them hither, and here he married Mercy Cornell, who was born in Providence, R. I., May 26, 1788. He then settled on a tract of seventy-five acres purchased by his father, and here lie continued to make his home until his death August 12, 1861. His wife passed away April 4, 1869. They were the parents of three sons and three daughters, concerning whom the following is noted: Smith was born January 22, 1811, engaged in agricultural pursuits and died in Pataskala, Ohio; Naomi, who was born September 17, 1812, was three times married and died in Licking County; Wesley was born July 11, 1815, became a farmer and was thus occupied until his death at Warsaw, Ind., August 29, 1890; Eliza, born February 10, 1822, married Earl J. Hubbard, and resides in St. Alban's Township; our subject was the next in order of birth; Nancy, born December 11, 1828, married Robert Hurd, and resides in Newark, Ohio. The father was an earnest Christian and was ordained as a local minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1824. The log school house of early days was the "temple of learning" wherein Elnathan Carpenter gained his primary education, but while the school was of course inferior to those of modern times, it had the reputation of being the best in the county outside of Newark. Arriving at manhood he 470 - MEMORIAL RECORD. married Narcissa, daughter of J. Sewell Peck and a native of Orange County, Vt. After his marriage Mr. Carpenter continued to reside at the homestead and at one time owned three hundred acres. However he has given his son fifty acres, retaining for his own use two hundred and fifty. In 1872 he erected a commodious brick residence, which is still one of the best in the locality. For thirty years he has combined stock-raising with general farming. He and his wife have two children, Austin and Carrie. The family is connected with the Baptist Church, in which Mr. Carpenter is a Trustee. Politically he is a Republican, but is not active in public affairs. CAPT. S. M. RICHARDSON, who resides in Hanover Township, was born in the village of that name September 10, 1833, being the son of Robert and Mary (Miner) Richardson, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Ireland. His parents came to Licking County prior to their marriage, and here they continued to reside until their death, the father passing away when our subject was twelve years old and the mother dying two years later. From that time the orphaned youth was thrown upon his own resources and was obliged to earn his own livelihood. He began as a driver on the Ohio Canal. At eighteen years of age he purchased a boat of his own, for which he went into debt, and since then he has owned ten or twelve boats. These he has utilized in carrying freight for merchants along the line. During the last fourteen years of his life upon the water, our subject was Captain of a repair boat, owned and operated by the state of Ohio. and for his services in this capacity he received a good salary. About 1884 he constructed the dam at Toboso, or Black Hand, a piece of engineering work of which any man might be justly proud. Some years ago lie retired to the farm which lie had previously purchased, and here he enjoys the fruits of his early industry and frugality. Captain Richardson is one of a family that comprised six sons and one daughter, only two of whom survive. James G., who is two years older than the Captain, resides at Red Bluff, Tehama County, Cal. John died at the age of fifty-two years. Robert S., while serving as a soldier in the late war, died of typhoid fever at Newport Barracks, aged about twenty-six years. Alexander died shortly before attaining his majority. William died during the Civil War. Jane became the wife of Edward Hupp, and died in Newark, Ohio, leaving several children. The subject of this sketch has been twice married. He first married Nancy La Masters, whose parents were natives of Coshocton County, Ohio, and they became the parents of two children, viz.: Jane, who died in infancy; and John, who occupies one of his father's farms situated a mile north of the parental home. The second marriage of Captain Richardson united him with Miss Sophronia A. Porter, a native of Coshocton County, Ohio. Of the five children born to this union, four are now living, namely: Estella, wife of S. R. Francis, of Newark; Charles, now twenty-four years of age, and a genial, companionable young man who is popular among his acquaintances; Cora and Maude, who are at home. James died at the age of two and one-half years. The home farm consists of ninety-two acres and is well improved. In addition to this, the Captain owns a small farm of forty-eight acres, also improved. He is a true blue Republican and at all times a loyal supporter of the Government. During the Rebellion he desired to enlist, but was not accepted, being seriously affected with rheumatism. However, upon being drafted he refused to be examined for exemption, but placed a substitute in the field. His wife is a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In the surroundings and improvements of the county, the Captain has witnessed a remarkable change. In the "good old Democratic days before the war" he often hoed corn, receiving for his services twenty-five cents per day. During those MEMORIAL RECORD - 471 early days, there was no caste or aristocracy, and to be honest and upright was passport into the best society. Sunbonnets in those primeval days were considered good enough for the ladies to wear to church, and blue demins served for dress suits for the young men. There have been many changes since those days for the better, but it is doubtful if the citizens of the county to-day derive a keener pleasure from their labors, their companionships, and their holiday sports than did the pioneers of those years. hENRY McCLELLAND, a resident of Eden Township, was born in Greene County, Pa., June 2, 1828. His earliest recollections, however, are associated with the sights and scenes of Licking County, for here lie has resided since a child of two years. He is the son of Cary McClelland, who, removing from Pennsylvania to Ohio, settled in Licking County, and purchased a tract of land in Eden Township. This place he continued to cultivate and improve until he was called from earth at the age of seventy-two years. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary Worthen, also died in Eden Township. The paternal grandfather of our subject, Cary McClelland, Sr., also accompanied the family to Licking County in 1830, and here his death occurred when about seventy-seven years of age. Cary and Mary McClelland were the parents of fourteen children, of whom our subject was the next to the youngest. He was reared to manhood in Licking County, and with the exception of nine years spent in Newton Township, he has resided continuously in Eden Township. Not unlike the manner in which farmer lads now spend their time he. passed the days of boyhood and youth, perhaps the chief distinction being that there were then fewer comforts, harder work and less play than enjoyed by the young people of this generation. His life occupation has been that of an ag riculturist, and with general farming he has combined stock-raising. Mr. McClelland takes an intelligent view of American politics, in which lie is deeply interested, and to his mind the declarations of the Democratic party announce the doctrines which must be for the benefit and progress of the nation, and for the best good of the citizens as a whole. However, lie has positively refused to accept any political position. In religious work he has taken an active interest, and for about thirty years has been a member of the Disciples' Church. He is the owner of two hundred and fifty acres, upon which he has made excellent improvements, and in addition has two hundred and twenty-six acres in Knox County. Socially he is identified with the Masonic fraternity. In Knox County, Ohio, March 24, 1853, occurred the marriage of Mr. McClelland to Miss Vashti Woodruff, a native of Clay Township, that county, and a daughter of the late Joshua Woodruff. They are the parents of eleven children now living, as follows: Maria, wife of Bartley Dodd; Cary, who married Miss Ida Wolf; Marion, who chose as his wife Miss Mary Hass; Julia, wife of C. 0. Rice; Ida, who was united in marriage with Ira V. Miller; E. Follett; Olive; John, whose wife was formerly Miss Emma Bailey; Dell; Laura, and Calvin. Three children died in early years. JACOB SMITH LOUGHMAN, a farmer and blacksmith of Hopewell Township, was born November 26, 1849, to John M. and Martha (Smith) Loughman. His father came to Licking County in 1834, and settling on Flint Ridge, there continued to make his home until his death, which occurred in 1886. The widowed mother still survives, being now a resident of Gratiot. Seven children were born unto their union, but two of the number are now deceased. 472 - MEMORIAL RECORD. Mary, the wife of Eli McCracken, lives in Hopewell Township; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Johnson, lives in Bowling Green Township; John Shannon makes his home in Hopewell Township; Nancy, wife of Peter Hersey, lives in Gratiot; Jennie married Frank Hersey, of Gratiot; Will is a resident of Kansas. In boyhood days our subject was a student in the neighboring district schools, and early in life he gained a practical knowledge of blacksmithing as well as agriculture. January 31, 1875, he married Lucy Dewees, and two children, Alice and Carleton, bless their union. He is the owner of one hundred and fifteen acres of land, in addition to his blacksmithing business, and is prospered in both departments of work. With his family he holds membership in the Methodist Protestant Church, to the support of which he is a regular contributor. EDWARD L. NICHOLS. In the farming community we have the foundation for true prosperity in the state, and in the homes of the farmers we may read the future of the country. The family represented by the gentleman whose name appears at the head of this sketch, constitutes one of those industrious and enterprising households whose intelligence and integrity, common sense and kindly hospitality influence all about them, and conduce to the prosperity of the section in which they live. The Nichols farm, which. is situated in St. Alban's Township, contains all the modern improvements, including farm machinery and substantial buildings, adapted to their special uses. The parents of our subject, Leonard E. and Mary (Lewis) Nichols, have long resided in Licking County, and are among the most progressive citizens of St. Alban's Township. Agriculture has been the life work of the father, and to it he has devoted his entire attention throughout the entire period of his useful career. His work and influence are highly prized in his community, as he is always ready to lend a hand toward every movement for the moral, intellectual and material progress of the people among whom he lives. He has erected good buildings on his farm, and owns a large acreage of rich and well cultivated soil. The subject of this sketch was born in St. Alban's Township, May 11, 1861. In this pleasant and prosperous portion of Licking County he took his training in the active duties of farm life and attended the district schools, which gave him an excellent foundation for an intelligent and progressive life. Here he grew to manhood and has made his home continuously. For a time he conducted his studies at Granville, this county, thus supplementing the information gained in the common schools and laying the foundation for his present wide range of knowledge. He remained at home until his marriage, which event united him in wedlock with Miss Jennie Thornton, a native of Licking County and always a resident of this part of the state. Settling upon a portion of the old Nichols homestead, our subject has here actively engaged in the tilling of the soil, and raises those cereals which are adapted to this climate. The soil of the farm is rich and repays the labors of the owner with a bountiful harvest of golden grain. It is true of this property, as it is of all the land in St. Alban's Township, that if one will give to it care, industry and good management he will be amply repaid for his exertions. Mr. Nichols takes an active interest in political affairs and is a follower of the Republican party, finding its platform consonant with his own ideas of equity and justice. WASHINGTON HOLTON. For more than fifty years this gentleman has been a resident of Eden Township, and during this long period he has witnessed its wonderful progress along commercial, agricultural and educational lines. He is a native of Ohio, and was born in Muskingum County, May 3, 1822. MEMORIAL RECORD - 473 His parents, Nicholas and Rebecca (Miles) Holton, were natives of Pennsylvania, and removed thence to Muskingum County, Ohio, where the father died. The death of the mother occurred in Illinois. To their children they left as a heritage more precious than money, a reputation for honesty, fair dealing and nobility of character, and their descendants may justly revert to their memory with pride. In the family of eleven children, Washington was the eighth in order of birth. He lived in Muskingum County until seventeen years of age, after which he and his mother resided for two years in Champaign County. His father having died when lie was a lad of eight years, he was early obliged to become self-supporting. In the spring of 1841 he came to Newark, Ohio, where lie was variously employed until the time of his marriage. That important event occurred in Eden Township, December 10, 1844, and united him with Miss Margaret Miles, who was born in this township August 19, 1825. Mrs. Holton is a daughter of Stephen and Catherine (Dush) Miles, the former a native of Pennsylvania and a farmer by occupation. They died in Eden Township, after having had ten children, of whom Mrs. Holton was the fifth in order of age. After their marriage our subject and his wife settled in Eden Township, and here they have resided for more than a half-century. They are the parents of eight living children, William F., John, Mary, Barbara E., Stephen, George, Cinna and David F. Three children died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Holton have been members of the Methodist Protestant Church for over fifty years, and are counted among the worthy people of the township. CHARLES H. STASAL, the owner and occupant of a farm in Madison Township is a member of one of the well known families of the county. Here he was born, November 14,1857, being the son of George and Elizabeth (Hireman) Stasal, natives respectively of Germany, and Mary Ann Township, Licking County. The father emigrated to America in boyhood, and has spent the principal portion of his life in this county, where lie still resides. His wife is a daughter of a pioneer family of Mary Ann Township, who endured the hardships and privations incident to frontier existence. In their experience as pioneers it was at times found necessary to carry wheat to Zanesville and there exchange it for family necessities. In this family there were four sons and two daughters, and five of the number are now living. The eldest, John C., now traveling in the west, was for about twenty-four years manager of correspondence and outside business for a wholesale mercantile house in Newark, where his family still live. Kate became the wife of Samuel Inhoof and lives in Newark. Mary, also a resident of Newark, is the wife of John Hirschline, a stone-cutter by trade. Our subject is the next in order of birth. Henry died in early youth. Arnold married Miss Sarah E. Tarleton and resides in Newark. For about forty-five years the parents of our subject were residents of Newark, where the father was engaged in business. Some sixteen years ago he retired to the farm where he now resides. Though advanced in years he is hale and hearty, and still superintends the cultivation of his land. Our subject received a good education in the common schools of Newark, and in that city continued to reside, meantime engaged in various lines of business, until eight years ago, when lie bought a farm in Madison Township. Here he owns one hundred acres, of which about sixty acres are under the plow, the remainder being in timber and pasture lands. His occupation is that of a general farmer, and in connection with the raising of grain he also engages in the stock business with considerable success. December 27, 1877, Mr. Stasal was united in marriage with Miss Emma M. Rochester Jones, who was born on the Mississippi River steamboat "Rochester," and was named by the physician and captain of the boat. Her father, William W.Jones, was born in Staffordshire, England, July 5, 1824, and her mother, Margaret (Jolley) Jones, was a native of Zanesville, Ohio, born August 10, 1828. Mr. Jones came to America at the age of twelve years, and is the only member of his father's fam- 474 - MEMORIAL RECORD. ily in this country, whither he emigrated in 1838 His wife died in Newark, Ohio, October 17, 1880. Of their seven children five are now living. The eldest son, Oliver C., is a resident farmer of Union County, Ohio; Alfred B. lives in Newark; Alice, the widow of William Merrick, resides in Newark; Minerva Jane, now the wife of Frank Grigsby, also lives in Newark; William W., Jr., died at the age of twenty-four from the effects of being kicked by a horse; Sarah Elizabeth, who was born in Zanesville, Ohio, died in St. Louis, Mo., at two years of age. To Mr. and Mrs. Stasal four children have been born, only two of whom are living: May, the eldest, and Leander, the second born, died in Newark in infancy. Emma and Effie Ann are with their parents. In politics Mr. Stasal is a Democrat. He is now serving his third term as Supervisor of his road district, and has held other local positions of trust. Mr. Stasal was reared in the Congregational faith, and is now identified with the Christian Church, to which the other members of the family also belong. In social connections our subject holds membership in the Improved Order of Red Men at Newark, and has filled the position of Sachem in the Wigwam of Minnewah Tribe, No. 52. MEMORIAL RECORD - 475 JACOB F. KELLER. The subject of this sketch is a descendant of one of the oldest and most respected families of Licking County. His great-grandfather, Henry Keller, was a native of York County, Pa., born in 1754 of Swiss parentage. In 1812 he removed with his family of ten children (six sons and four daughters) to Fairfield County, Ohio. Our subject's grandfather, Jacob Keller, was a young man when he came to Ohio, and soon afterward he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Miller, daughter of a prominent family of Fairfield County. Six sons and three daughters were born to them, all of whom attained to advanced years, with the exception of a son and daughter. Henry and Sarah still survive, the former a well-to-do farmer living four miles south of Newark, and the latter the wife of Richard Jones, of Franklin County, Ohio. She became the mother of nine children, of whom eight survive, some of them holding prominent positions in public life. Jacob Keller, Sr., was one of the best known pioneers of the county in his day, and was familiarly called "Grandpap Keller" by old and young. While seemingly rough in manner and speech he was kind at heart, with a never-failing charity for the distressed and needy. Starting in life penni- - 21 - less, by enterprise, industry and economy, and the exercise of good business methods he accumulated a valuable estate of seven hundred and two acres of the best land in the state, located within two miles of Newark, the county-seat, and at present owned and occupied by the grandsons, Jacob F., Frank B., Charles E. and Val C. Keller. Notwithstanding the fact that many of the early pioneers were noted for muscular strength and hardihood, he had few equals in that respect. Every day until he had passed the seventieth milestone he performed manual labor, and perhaps not one man in a thousand accomplished the amount of manual labor that he performed. He scarcely knew what sickness was and took his first dose of medicine at the age of seventy-two. As a farmer Mr. Keller was noted for thoroughness. His farm always had an air of neatness, and all the improvements were of the most substantial character, making his home attractive above the average of his day. He reared his large family to habits of industry and economy, always instructing by that best of all teachers, a good example. As his sons came to years of responsibility he encouraged them to settle on his fine estate by dividing it among them. Thus they became well-to-do and substantial citizens. He experienced all the 476 - MEMORIAL RECORD. vicissitudes of early pioneer life, coming to Licking County before Newark had gained the dignity of a village, and the surrounding country (now a beautiful valley) was a dense trackless wilderness, almost uninhabited by reason of the marshy character of the soil. Possessing a very retentive memory, when the infirmities of age forced him to retire from active life, he found unbounded pleasure in recounting incidents of his early life to his grandchildren, fifty-four in all. He died at the ripe old age of eighty-three, surrounded with an abundance of the things of this life, and that which is more desirable, the love and esteem of relatives and friends, and the hope of a better life beyond the grave. J. F. Keller, the subject of this sketch, is the grandson of the honored man above named and the second son of D. D. and Amanda Keller. Born in the year 1856, he is now (1894) thirty-eight years old. He lives on the old homestead one and one-half miles north of Newark, having purchased the interest of his brothers and sisters at the division of the estate. On account of the very desirable location of the land and the excellent quality of the soil, he was, obliged to pay a large sum for the place. In youth he was rather delicately constituted, but gained strength as lie approached manhood, and since that time has been strong and healthy. He bears the reputation of being very efficient as a worker, both on the farm and in various other lines. His well known excellent business qualities are due to early responsibilities as well as to natural qualifications, his father having died when lie was six years old. Following this the widowed mother managed the two farms belonging to the estate until he was fourteen, when she relegated their entire management to him. The work was difficult, but he was eminently successful for one of his age. On account of home interests engaging his personal attention, Mr. Keller was deprived of the advantages of a collegiate education, but was allowed the full benefits of common schools and a course in business college. In both he displayed great aptness for learning, nearly always standing at the head of his classes and on various occasions being selected to conduct the school in the teacher's ab sence. Seeing the advantage of good clerical knowledge on the farm as well as elsewhere, he attended one of our business colleges and finds the information there obtained very convenient in keeping a record of farm affairs. In 1879 Mr. Keller married Carrie L., a daughter of II. W. Hobart, of Granville Township. This lady has proved a faithful and worthy helpmate. Though but eighteen years of age at the time of her marriage, she presided over his home with ability equal to those of more mature years. Two daughters and a son were born to them, Ida May, who died in childhood; and Howard and Nellie, aged twelve and eight respectively. Mr. Keller ranks foremost in his calling. His superior methods of farming (many of which are original with him), and the deep interest he takes in agriculture in general, together with the sacrifices he has made for the improvement of the agricultural classes, have won for him more than a local reputation, as he is known throughout the state both as a lecturer at farmers' meetings and as a forcible and able writer for the agricultural press, being a regular correspondent for several prominent farm journals. He has shown wonderful perseverance and pluck, accomplishing many things in the line of agriculture said to be impossible. With a farm of only eighty acres lie assumed a debt of $7,500, on which he paid interest and $1,000 per year on the principal, and now has, with possibly a single exception, the best improved farm in the county. He has recently erected an elegant residence of modern architecture, with every convenience for the comfort of the family. Taking a very sensible view of life, ,Mr. Keller says that human existence is too brief to spend much Time in the accumulation of wealth, and so bends his energies rather in the direction of beautifying his surroundings so that they may give evidence of intelligence and refinement within. He believes that agriculture has a successful future for those who prosecute the business in a businesslike way, but says that the time is forever past when a poorly managed farm will pay a respectable revenue. We must meet competition with skilled methods of farming. This belief lie has carried into effect by growing some of the largest crops MEMORIAL RECORD - 477 ever produced in the state. As the panacea for dull times he believes in intensive, not extensive farming. In all questions of public trust, Mr. Keller has always stood firmly by the rights of the people, exposing dishonesty and jobbery wherever or whenever known to him. By keeping an eye on public affairs he has saved innocent taxpayers many thousands of dollars. He has exalted ,notions of the value of the agricultural press as an educator and stimulator of the rank and file of agriculturists to better methods of farming, and says that the time he has spent in reading has paid better in dollars and cents than the same amount of time spent in active labor, to say nothing of the pleasure, culture, etc., thus gained. By close observation and careful study, he has acquired a very general practical knowledge. His advice is sought by old and young. In religion he is a Baptist, in politics a Republican, but in neither is he so bigoted as to believe all that is worthy lies within the pale of his church and party; on the other hand he exhibits at all times due respect for the opinion of others. JOHN REES. A resident of this county throughout almost his entire life, a period of more than four-score years, Mr. Rees has been an eyewitness of much of the growth of county and state. He has seen the broad prairies transformed into excellent farms, towns and villages spring up, countless industries and manufactories introduced, while miles and miles of railroad have been built, penetrating every nook and corner of the state. In 1858 he settled in Lima Township and purchased a tract of fifty acres, to which he has since added until he now owns one hundred and seventy-five acres of well improved land. In the county of which lie is now a resident, our subject was born May 15, 1812, and is the only survivor among eight children, three daughters and five sons, born to the union of Thomas and Nancy (Bonham) Rees, the former born in Pennsylvania of Welsh descent, and the latter a native of Virginia. In early life Thomas Rees was a shoemaker, but later transferred his attention to agricultural pursuits. He came to Ohio about 1810, and after a short sojourn in Fairfield County, removed to Licking County, and later went to Franklin County, where he purchased land and made a permanent settlement about twelve miles from Columbus. On that place his death occurred about 1822. His wife survived him many years. In religious belief they were Baptists. During the War of 1812 he rendered brave service in defense of the United States. The paternal grandfather of our subject was a native of Wales, but spent the greater part of his life in Pennsylvania, where he died at an advanced age. Our subject's maternal grandfather was a native of the Old Dominion and there, when advanced in years, his death took place. In Licking and Franklin Counties, the subject of this sketch was reared to a sturdy manhood, well fitted to bear his part in the business world. When a young man he began his mercantile career in Reynoldsburg, Franklin County, and was thus engaged for twenty years. Previous to that he had learned the saddler's trade, but devoted his attention principally to merchandising. As already stated, he came to Lima Township, Licking County, in 1858, and settled upon the place where for thirty-six years he has made his home. The marriage of Mr. Rees occurred in 1834, and united him with Miss Hannah Childs, a daughter of Daniel and Hannah Childs, and a native of England. She died in 1884, after fifty years of happy wedded life. She was reared in the Episcopalian faith, and to that religion she adhered until death. Mr. Rees holds membership in the Presbyterian Church, and by his honorable and consistent life has proved the sincerity of his religious belief. He gives his political allegiance to the Republican party, and has been loyal to every duty as a citizen. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Rees, two daughters and four sons, namely: Edmund, Julia, John Henry, William, Charles and Amanda. John H. enlisted in the Civil War as a Union soldier, and did good service as a member of Company F, Ninety-fifth Ohio Infantry. He married 478 - MEMORIAL RECORD. Miss Clara Boylan, now deceased, and is the father of one living child, Blanche. Amanda became the wife of Reuben Alward, and they reside in Columbus; they have three children, Willi§, Ethel and Harry. JOSHUA C. HARTZLER, A. M., PH. D., Superintendent of the public schools of Newark, was born near Lewistown, Pa., November 27, 1832. He traces his lineage to France, whence his great-grandfather, Rev. Jacob Hertzler, emigrated to America, becoming the first representative of the family in this country. He came over in the ship "St. Andrew" (James Abercrombie, Master), from Rotterdam, landing in Philadelphia, Pa., September 9, 1749. The next in line of descent, our subject's grandfather, also bore the name of Jacob; he attained considerable prominence as a minister in the Mennonite Church, and in connection with that profession he also followed the occupation of a farmer. The subject of this notice, is the son of David and Frances (Lantz) Hartzler, natives of Pennsylvania, who were there reared and married. After the birth of six children they came to Ohio, and in the spring of 1839 settled near the city of Lancaster. In those early days schools were few in number and inferior in quality, the children being denied the educational privileges which boys and girls now receive. At the age of eight years the subject of this sketch entered school, but for some time made little progress, owing to the fact that his teachers were illy fitted for their work. After a time, however, he was more fortunate, as he was sent to a teacher of more than ordinary ability and tact. Under the guidance of this efficient instructor he rapidly advanced in his studies and gained a thorough knowledge of the common-school branches. At the age of seventeen Mr. Hartzler commenced to learn the trade of a carpenter, and while soon acquiring a thorough knowledge of that occupa tion, he by no means neglected. his studies. For two years he taught school in rural districts, after which he began the study of the classics, and at the same time continued a course of higher mathematics, and the sciences at La Fayette Academy, where for two years lie was employed as assistant teacher. Later he taught in the graded schools of Lancaster, Ohio, and studied privately under the tuition of Dr. John Williams and the Rev. H. D. Lathrop, of that city. In 1866 he resigned his position in the Lancaster school in order to accept that of Superintendent of the Galion schools, where he remained for six years. From childhood Mr. Hartzler had cherished a deep longing to visit the Old World and prosecute his literary and classical studies in the seats of learning, and at the same time gain a practical insight into the customs of the people of the lands beyond the sea. The way was at last opened for him to carry into execution the ambition of his youth. In 1873 he made a tour of the continent, and also visited Great Britain. For some time he remained in Germany, where, being familiar with the language, he soon acquainted himself with the excellent methods of instruction used in the schools of that country. Returning to the United States, Mr. Hartzler accepted the position of Superintendent of schools at Newark, where he has since resided. Under his supervision the schools have been more than usually prosperous, and he now has under his charge about twenty-seven hundred pupils, of whom three hundred are in the high school. In his work he is assisted by a corps of sixty-three teachers. The high school building, which is one of the most complete in the state, was erected at a total cost of $63,000, and its many conveniences and modern improvements are largely due to Mr. Hartzler, who assisted the architect in designing the structure. As a lecturer in institutes Mr. Hartzler has gained an extended reputation throughout the state, and his services are in demand each summer for such work, his engagements being usually made a year in advance. While he makes a specialty of institute work, he is also favorably known as a lecturer upon general topics, and being a man of broad information and pleasing address, his MEMORIAL RECORD - 479 lectures receive the hearty endorsement of press and people. In 1892 he was appointed a member of the State Board of School Examiners, of which he is now President. In 1883 the University of Wooster conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts, and in 1890 he received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the Ohio State University. January 4, 1874, Mr. Hartzler married Miss Helen C., only daughter of Nelson and Emily Bushnell, of Galion, Ohio. Mrs. Hartzler was educated in the high school of Galion, and is a cultured lady, whose companionship has encouraged her husband in the acquisition of knowledge. Two children bless the union, Beatrice and Helen, the former born February 20, 1875, and the latter June 3, 1888. Beatrice, who has a special talent for music, is now studying that art in the Conservatory of Music in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Hartzler are members of the Second Presbyterian Church of Newark. Socially he affiliates with the Knight Templar Masons, and has served as Prelate of the Newark Commandery. He has been President of the State Superintendents' Association, and has contributed many valuable articles to prominent educational journals. LEMUEL HEADLEY, who since 1883 has been a resident of his present farm in Jersey Township, is a native of Licking County and was born April 13, 1827, in the township where He now makes his home. He is the son of Lewis and Jemimah (Noe) Headley, natives of New Jersey, whose family numbered eight children. Of that number all but one are now living. They are, Mary Ann, wife of Leonard Headley, of Shelby County, Ill.; Lemuel, the subject of this notice; Matilda, wife of Elijah Peffers; Hannah, who married John Whitehead, residing in Lima Township; Phoebe, wife of Alexander F. Freeman, of Alcester, S. Dak.; John H., a resident of Sharp's Creek, McPherson County, Kan., and Martha, wife of Julius Wolcott, living in Jersey Township. Coming to Jersey Township with his parents when a young man, Lewis Headley became one of the first settlers of this neighborhood and here entered upon the active career of an agriculturist. He purchased from the Government one hundred and sixty acres, a considerable portion of which he afterward sold or gave away. The village of Jersey and Jersey cemetery were platted from a portion of his property. He had a brother Peter, who it is said was the first settler of Jersey Township, building the first cabin and killing the first deer in the township. The father of our subject held various township offices and was a man of considerable prominence in his community. Here he continued to reside until called from earth about 1848, at the age of about forty-nine years. His wife survived him until 1874, when she passed away at the age of sixty-nine years. The paternal grandfather of our subject was named Joseph Headley and was born in New Jersey of Scotch and Dutch ancestry. For many years he was a resident of New Jersey, where he engaged in farming. During the War of the Revolution he was an active participant as a soldier in the Colonial ranks. In an early day in the history of Jersey Township he departed this life, aged eighty years or more. He was a man of genial nature, fond of company, of frank, companionable disposition, and one who could always enjoy with relish a good joke. Our subject's maternal grandfather, Abram Noe, was born in New Jersey and settled in Licking County a few years after the advent of the Headley family. It is thought that he was a soldier in the War of 1812. By occupation he was a farmer, and accumulating a competence, he lived in retirement from active labor for many years before his death, which event occurred in Jersey Township at the age of sixty years. Lemuel Headley was born and reared in Jersey Township and has made this place his lifelong home with the exception of five years spent in Iowa. His early education was received in the old fashioned log schoolhouses common to those days, but which have long since been replaced by more modern structures. After his father's death he 480 - MEMORIAL RECORD. assisted his mother in caring for his younger brothers and sisters, and remained at home until twenty-seven years of age. March 4, 1854, he married Miss Mary, daughter of John and Catherine (Runkle) Clouse, natives of Maryland. Five children were born of this union, Alice, Abbie, Cyrus, Lina and Lewis, deceased. Alice married Stephen Carrico; Abbie, wife of William Tharp, of Lima Township, has two sons, Barton and Orland. Politically, Mr. Headley is a Democrat, but is not actively identified with political affairs, devoting his attention exclusively to the cultivation of his forty-eight acre tract of land. JOSHUA KREGAR. For a number of years successfully engaged as a teacher, this gentleman now devotes his time and attention to the cultivation of his fertile and valuable farm situated in Hopewell Township. He is now in the prime of life, having been born April 12, 1851. The family of which he is a member was represented among the pioneers of Licking County, and endured all the hardships incident to frontier life. His grandmother came here at a date so early in the history of the county that no roads had yet been opened, and to reach this place she journeyed on a flatboat down the Muskingum River. Our subject's parents, George and Sarah Kregar, were natives of Ohio and among the early settlers of this county. Joshua was the eldest child in the family. His boyhood years were passed in an uneventful manner beneath the parental roof. Upon attaining manhood he was united in marriage with Miss Mary E. Shaw, of Hopewell Township, Licking County, the daughter of John and Nancy (Hill) Shaw, pioneers of the county. Three children bless the union, the eldest of whom, Harley O., is a young man of great promise, and at present resides with his parents. The older daughter, Visa O., an amiable young lady, is a successful teacher, having charge of a school near her home. The younger daughter, Alma T., is at home with her parents. For a period of fourteen years, beginning at the age of seventeen, our subject followed the profession of a teacher, and carefully saving his earnings he succeeded in accumulating a considerable amount, which he invested in land, thus laying the foundation of his present prosperity. He is the owner of one hundred and fifty acres devoted to the raising of cereals and stock, and subdivided into fields of convenient size for the pasturage of stock and raising of grain. In the raising of fruit Mr. Kregar has also met with success. His motto has been "Not how much, but how well," and this principle carried out in his every-day duties has gained for him a reputation as a careful, painstaking and thrifty farmer. It politics Mr. Kregar is a Democrat, and votes for and works with that party. In 1890 he was elected Land Appraiser of Hopewell Township, and four years later was chosen one of the township trustees, for both of which positions he is especially fitted. The members of his family are identified with the Methodist Church,.and while he is not a church member, he is an honest, upright man, a substantial supporter of the right and a strong opposer of any wrong that may exist in the community. T. W. MONTGOMERY, a general agriculturist residing in Madison Township, is also interested in the branch of the Borton Institute, located at Newark. During the past few years a number of cures for intemperance have been brought to the attention of the public, and among this number is the Borton cure, the discovery of which is due to the patient study of Dr. T. A. Borton, of Plymouth, Ind. This gentleman, who is one of the successful practicing physicians of northern Indiana, made a special study of the treatment of the liquor habit, and with the assistance of a chemist of Chicago finally evolved a cure MEMORIAL RECORD - 481 which has proved most successful. Unlike some so-called cures, it has in no instance been followed by insanity, suicide or disease. Of the three hundred cases treated within two and one-half years, every one was permanently relieved, there having been no relapses on the part of any of the patients. Nor is the treatment confined to the liquor habit, but it is also designed to cure the morphine and cigarette habits. On the 1st of April, 1894, our subject became interested in this enterprise, being associated with Messrs. W. W. Shannon and A. P. Henslee. Rooms have been especially fitted for the institute in Newark, and there are ample accommodations for all who may need the service of such a humane institution. A native of Madison Township, the subject of this sketch was born on the 19th of June, 1849, being the son of Charles W. and Ellinda (Claypool) Montgomery, natives respectively of Licking County, Ohio, and Virginia. He is the eldest of the parental family of seven children, and his early years were spent upon his father's farm. After completing the studies of the neighboring district schools, he entered Denison University at the age of sixteen years, and for two years prosecuted his studies in that institution. Afterward he took a course in Duff's Commercial College at Pittsburg, graduating in 1869. From there he went to Dartmouth College, where lie was a student for three years, 1870-73. His college days ended, Mr. Montgomery engaged in farming and in the stock business, also handled wool to some extent. For a helpmate on life's journey he chose Miss Mary E. Nosman, their wedding taking place on the 5th of May, 1880 Mrs. Montgomery was born in Licking County, and is a daughter of Henry and Hannah (Sullivan) Nosman, the former born in Hanover, Germany, and the latter a native of Ireland. She has one brother, a resident of Knox, Ind., and Auditor of Starke County. With the exception of her mother's sister, who lives in Columbus, he is her only relative in this country. Socially, Mr. Montgomery is identified with the Knights of Pythias. his political views bring him into affiliation with the Republican party. He has held various official positions in his neighborhood and is the present Clerk of Madison Township. He was at one time the Republican nominee for the office of County Treasurer. In this strongly Democratic county it is almost useless for any Republican to seek a desirable county office, yet lie succeeded in reducing the Democratic majority from fourteen hundred to about five, which speaks well for his popularity and recognized ability. NATHAN C. FLEMING. The traveler journeying through Hanover Township will invariably pause with admiration before the beautiful home owned and occupied by Mr. Fleming. The residence is built of brick. with mansard roof and conveniently arranged rooms, and in design of architecture is second to none in Licking County. The neatness of the surrounding buildings and general air of thrift indicate the energy and prosperity of the owner, and it is probable that among the many successful farmers of the township none have achieved a more flattering success than has Mr. Fleming. Among his possess ions are included six hundred and ninety-eight acres in Hanover Township, also two hundred acres in Perry Township, and he owns considerable stock in a- large brick manufactory at Hanover, a regularly incorporated joint stock company, of which he is Vice-President. At Frazeysburg, Muskingum County, Ohio, August 7, 1836, our subject was born to the union of John and Hannah (Carter) Fleming, also natives of Muskingum County, where their parents had located early in the settlement of that county. There were four sons and three daughters in the family, our subject being the eldest. Mary A. died at Granville Female Seminary when about twenty-two years of age. Alva J. lives near Portland, Ore.; James M., a resident of Hanover, is engaged in the meat market business; Charles W. is a farmer and fruit grower at Frazeysburg, where he owns a beautiful orchard of ninety acres planted to pear, apple, peach and cherry trees; Catherine, 482 - MEMORIAL RECORD. the widow of William Stump, resides at Newark; Alice V., who married William M. Lane, a farmer, lives near Zanesville, Ohio. About 1853, having completed the studies of the common schools, our subject entered Denison University at Granville, where he completed the business course and received a diploma from that department. For three years thereafter lie engaged in the mercantile business at Irville, Muskingum County, and then taught school one year. In 1861 lie took a classical course in the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, remaining there until May, 1862, when, with ninety-nine students, he left the university and enlisted in the Eighty-fourth Ohio Infantry. He was the first to volunteer, and the others following organized Company E. The President, Rev. Frederick Merrick, followed the boys to Camp Chase and implored them to return and complete their college work, but in vain. The Eighty-fourth became a part of General Wool's Division, and the youthful volunteers served from May until the October following, when they were discharged. Returning home in May of 1863, Mr. Fleming married Miss Clara C. Vandenbark. Afterward he was called out on the Morgan raid and followed that general up to the time of his capture. In the fall of 1863 he moved to his present homestead, where on March 17 of the following year he lost his young wife. Her infant dying about the same time, both were interred in the same coffin. February 28, 1866, Mr. Fleming married Miss Mary J., daughter of Hon. Daniel VanVoorhis, of Muskingum County. Her father was a member of two of the Ohio Constitutional Conventions and also represented his county in the state legislature on two occasions. Her brother, Hon. Henry Clay VanVoorhis, is now a member of the Fifty-third Congress and resides in Washington, D. C.; lie is also President of the Citizens' National Bank of Zanesville, Ohio. S. F., another brother, is a resident of Newark and engages in farming and stock-raising, being also a Director in the Building & Loan Association. F. Z., a resident of Zanesville, is a farmer and devotes especial attention to the development of road or standardbred horses. Victoria is the wife of Thomas Taylor, a prominent farmer living near Newark. Sarah became the wife of Joshua G. Stump and lives near Dresden, Ohio. John R. VanVoorhis the eldest son of Daniel Van Voorhis, married Miss Lucy Frazer, of Glens Falls, N. Y. She died in 1875 and he met his death by accident, while assisting to adjust a monument in the family cemetery at Nashport, Ohio, in 1881. They left one daughter, Blanche M., who is a graduate of the Granville Female Seminary. To Mr. and Mrs. Fleming five children were born. Clarence V. is married and lives on a farm near Newark. Hallie E. an accomplished and cultured young lady, was the joy and pride of the home and an active worker among the young people of the Presbyterian Church, but she was taken from the home circle by death in January, 1893, when in her twenty-second year. Daniel V., a young man of eighteen years, assists his father on the home farm. Lottie L. and Mary R. are students in the home schools. In political sentiments a Republican, Mr. Fleming has served as Township Clerk and Township Trustee for many years, and has been a member of the School Board twelve or fifteen years, filling the position of Treasurer of the Board for the same length of time. Socially he is a non-affiliated Mason and formerly served his lodge in various capacities. While a student at Delaware he joined the Beta Theta Pi society, in which lie still holds membership. STEPHEN R. TUCKER. This venerable citizen of Gratiot was horn in Culpeper County, Va., February 1, 1814, and is a son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Corley) Tucker. His father was born at Point of Rocks, Md., July 17, 1777, and his mother was a native of Culpeper County, Va., born in 1781. They were married near Flint hill, Rappahannock County, Va., December 23, 1800, and came to Zanesville, Ohio, November 22, 1827, whence in February of 1828 MEMORIAL RECORD - 483 they removed to the neighborhood where our subject now lives. There is now in the possession of Mr. Tucker a memorandum bark more than two hundred years old, and from it we learn that our subject's father had two brothers and sisters, as follows: Sarah, born July 4, 1760; James, December 19, 1762; Mary, October 12, 1771, and John, February 26, 1772. When the parents came to Ohio they brought with them seven sons and four daughters, and amid frontier surroundings, enduring all the hardships of pioneer life, the children attained years of maturity. They labored assiduously in clearing up a farm in the then thickly wooded country. Log rollings, chopping bees and the raising of log houses and barns were the only sports they enjoyed, and by the youth of the present generation they would doubtless not be relished as such. The children were named William D., John C., George J., Sarah, Mary Ann, Jordan, Stephen R., Elizabeth, Margaret, Thomas H. and James A. All excepting Stephen R., Elizabeth and Thomas H. are deceased. Elizabeth is the widow of William H. Thomas and lives near the village of Gratiot. Thomas H. is a resident of Indianola, Iowa, where he is interested in agricultural pursuits. The educational advantages of the family were such as were afforded by the subscription schools. Notwithstanding the lack of early advantages, there were several teachers in the family, and all attaining a fair knowledge of the common school studies became intelligent, capable and honored citizens. The subject of this sketch was united in marriage, March 10, 1836, with Miss Sarah Hursey, who was born October 18, 1817, being a daughter of Henry Hursey. It .is worthy of note that she is now living on the same quarter-section where she was born, and she has never known any other home than this. They became the parents of three children: Henry G., William M. and Mary E. The eldest son was born February 11, 1839, and was a medical student for two years prior to the war. He then enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-second Ohio Infantry, of which regiment he was hospital steward, a position affording him excellent opportunities for adding to his medical knowledge, especially in the line of surgery. Returning from the army he entered the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He now conducts a lucrative practice at Cromwell, Noble County, Ind. By his union with Miss Lydia Primrose, a native of Perry County, Ohio, three sons and one daughter have been born. The second son of our subject, William M., was born June 11, 1841, and during the Rebellion enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Ohio Infantry, in which he served about one year. Taken prisoner by the Confederates, he was confined in Andersonville, Charleston and Florence prisons from July 3, 1864, until April, 1865. He returned home with greatly impaired health and has never fully regained his strength. Before entering the service he married Miss Sarah E. Baker, who died leaving two sons and two daughters, only one of whom is now living. Later Mr. Tucker married Miss Bytha Varner, and they have had one child, a daughter. Mary E., our subject's only daughter, was born August 11, 1848. A peculiar fact connected with the family history is that the three children were born on the 11th day of the month and that both of our subject's parents died on the 11th. During the earlier part of his life Mr. Tucker was a farmer, but for many years he has been engaged in mercantile business at Gratiot. For nine years he served as Justice of the Peace, and for twenty years officiated as Postmaster. At present he is Notary Public. When John C. Fremont was a candidate for the Presidency he became an adherent of the Republican party, which for many year he supported, but now gives his ballot and influence to the Prohibition party. To slavery of every kind he has always been opposed. His father and grandfather were slave holders, and he was reared to that idea, but has always opposed human slavery, whether it refers to the ownership of human beings, or the wilful use of intoxicants and narcotics. Socially Mr. Tucker has been active in the Masonic fraternity for about forty years, and has filled the most important positions in Jackson Lodge No. 85, at Brownsville, having served as Worshipful Master, Senior Warden, Junior War- 484 - MEMORIAL RECORD. den, Secretary and Treasurer. For fifty-two years he has been identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has during that entire time taken an interest in religious work and has given liberally of his time and means for the benefit of the church. MORGAN E. WOODRUFF. Well known among the agriculturists of Licking County is this resident of Burlington Township. He was born in Morgan Township, Knox County, Ohio, January 29, 1828, and is a son of Joshua and Priscilla (Davis) Woodruff, the former born in Greene County, Pa., in 1797, and the latter born in Pennsylvania in 1800. The latter accompanied her parents to Knox County in 1811, the former settling the some years later. They were married in Knox County, where their entire lives were spent. The family consisted of seven sons and five daughters, of whom three sons and four daughters are now living. Mary, wife of Benjamin Bell, resides near Martinsburg, Ohio, where her husband is an extensive farmer. Benjamin died at the age of about five years. James died unmarried at twenty-six. Morgan E. is the next in respect to age. David passed away at three years of age. Amanda married Adam Murdick and resides in Newark, Ohio. Vasti, wife of Henry McClelland, lives on a farm in Eden Township, Licking County. Maria, Mrs. John Frazey, lives at Lone Pine, Washington County, Pa. Martha is the widow of John Ackley. Calvin married Emeline Cox and lives on a farm in Eden Township. Louis Marion chose as his wife Miss Sarah Belle Sellers and now lives in Utica. Joshua died when twenty-six years of ago. Upon his father's farm Morgan E. Woodruff was reared to manhood, meantime studying in the district schools and at Utica, where he was under the tutorship of Professor McKee. In 1858 he married Miss Elizabeth West, a descendant of an old Virginia family. She was born one-half mile from the birthplace of her husband and is the daughter of Amos and Sarah (Gilchrist) West. Our subject and his father were married on the same farm, the dates of the two events being about thirty-seven years apart. The father of Mrs. Woodruff purchased the farm owned by our subject's maternal grandfather, who about 1808 "tomahawked" around, this being the popular mode of surveying at that time. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Woodruff was blessed by the birth of one daughter, in whom all their love and pride were centered. She received a good education and was an exceptionally amiable and gentle girl, beloved by all who knew her. She was born in Utica, Ohio, March 22, 1864, became the wife of Samuel L. Shaffer May 1882, and died December 21, 1887. Her three children, Lulu Coral Wave, Goldie Amber and Morgan Guy, are the especial care of their affectionate grandparents. While their home is on an adjoining farm, most of their hours out of school are spent with Mr. and Mrs. Woodruff. In 1885 Mr. Woodruff built the elegant residence in which he and his wife now reside. He owns a small farm in the suburbs of Homer, on which he spends his time and from the cultivation of which he realizes a fair revenue. In religious belief he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Homer, the services of which they regularly attend. Socially lie affiliates with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Politically he was reared in the Democratic faith, but since 1860 has voted and worked with the Republican party. DAVID O. ROBERTS, M. D., a practicing physician of Hanover, was born in Knox County, Ohio, near the city of Mt. Vernon, October 21, 1856. His parents, John and Elizabeth (Janes) Roberts, were born in Knox County and are now residents of Utica, Licking County. The parents' family consists of five sons MEMORIAL RECORD - 485 and three daughters, all of whom are still living. Of these David 0. is the fifth in order of birth and the third of the sons. His boyhood days were passed in Knox County, where he gained the rudiments of his education in the district schools. Later entering Professor Harris' Normal School at Utica, he there prosecuted the study of higher mathematics and physics and also took a four years' course in Latin. Having resolved to enter the medical profession, our subject upon concluding his literary studies entered the office of Dr. DeCrow, of Utica, where he made preparation for college. He then entered the Eclectic Medical Institute at Cincinnati, where he took a graded course of three terms. The sessions were of five month's duration and the residue of each year was spent in the office of Dr. DeCrow. The laws of Ohio at that time, 1878-80, required but two full terms, though three are now required. In June, 1880, the young Doctor received his diploma and at once entered upon the practice of his profession in the village where he still resides. Here he succeeded Dr. Higgins and at once secured a good practice, which he has continuously increased until he now has a practice equal to that of many older physicians in larger towns. He purchases his drugs directly of a wholesale house in Columbus and thus has the advantage of knowing exactly the nature and quality of the remedial agencies employed in his pratice. September 29, 1881, the Doctor was united in marriage with Miss Olie, daughter of Isaac and Alcinda (Evans) Camp, the former a native of Coshocton County, Ohio, and the latter a Virginian by birth. ,Mr. Camp died when his daughter was about one year old, but her mother survived until 1892, having made her home with Mrs. Roberts until her death. The Doctor and his wife are the parents of four children, namely: Elizabeth, who is twelve years of age; Clara, ten years old; John, aged seven years; and Anna Bell, an infant of eight months. In his political views Dr. Roberts is a strong Republican. In everything pertaining to his profession he takes a deep interest, and is actively identified with the Ohio State Eclectic Medical Society and the Ohio Central Medical Association. He has officiated as Vice-President of the Central Ohio District Society. In religious belief he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church and contributors to the enterprises undertaken by that denomination, as well as to charitable projects in general. Socially he holds membership in the Masonic fraternity, belonging to New Home Lodge No. 338, at Hanover, in which he has filled the position of Worshipful Master for two consecutive terms. CHARLES A. HATCH, M. D. The science of medicine has in all ages of the world's history called to its practice the ablest and most gifted of men. Especially is this true in regard to the nineteenth century, and consequently the past hundred years have witnessed a wonderful development both in medicine and surgery. Skilled talent has concentrated its attention upon the profession, has given it years of study and evolved from the clouds of mysticism many discoveries fraught with wonderful meaning to the whole world. To those whom, by the intelligent and skilled practice of the profession, their community is placed under obligations, especial mention belongs, and one of this class is the subject of our notice. He is a man who, both professionally and socially, has won the high regard of his associates, and who is numbered among the leading physicians of Utica. His skill in the diagnosis of cases and accuracy in treatment, together with his keen perceptive powers and sound judgment, eminently qualify him for the successful discharge of duties connected with the profession that he has chosen for his life work. A native of New Hampshire, the subject of this sketch was born in Milton, July 7, 1857, and is therefore still on the sunny side of life's prime. He is the son of Charles G. and Elizabeth (Blanchard) Hatch, the former a business man of Milton and for some years successfully engaged as a dealer 486 - MEMORIAL RECORD. in carriages. Charles A. attended the common schools of his native village and later was a student in the high school of that place, graduating in 1871. He then entered Dartmouth College, where for four years he diligently prosecuted his literary researches, graduating from the institution with the Class of '75. Having resolved to make the profession. of medicine his life occupation, he began the study of the science and in 1877 was graduated from the Missouri Medical College of St. Louis. At once after completing his studies he opened an office at Newark, the date of his location here being March, 1877. This city has since been his home and here he has established a good practice. The marriage of Dr. Hatch occurred June 14, 1878, and united him with Miss Annie Grace, daughter of Dr. Albert Barrows. Their union has resulted in the birth of two children, the elder of whom, Clark B., is at home. The younger, Charles A., died January 19, 1886, at the age of five years. While his professional duties engage the Doctor's attention very closely, they do not do so to the exclusion of his duties as a citizen. In his political affiliations lie is an ardent supporter of the Republican party and at the present time is serving as a member of the City Council. Socially he is identified with the Knights of Pythias and the Knights Templar. At present he fills the position of Vice-President of the Home Building Association. THOMAS W. SOUTHARD, a retired farmer living in Mary Ann Township, has been a resident of Licking County throughout the entire period of his long and honorable life, having been born in Hanover Township, March 18, 1810. A genealogy now being prepared by Milton I. Southard, of New York City, shows that the history of the family in America dates back three hundred years. The first representatives in this country were Samuel L. and Henry Southard, who settled on Long Island and founded the colony bearing their name. The parents of our subject, Abraham and Elizabeth (Hull) Southard, were natives respectively of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and were married in the latter state. In 1806 they came to Licking County, where they remained until death. Their grandson, Milton I. Southard, previously mentioned, is a popular citizen and prominent attorney of Brooklyn, N. Y., and has served three terms in the United States Congress, being elected to that position on the Democratic ticket. In boyhood our subject attended the subscription schools of Hanover Township, his father paying $2 per quarter for his tuition, while he walked three miles to school in the morning and home in the evening. He learned the trade of an iron moulder in the Brush Creek furnace in Adams County, and afterward, for fifteen or more years, worked a portion of each year in the Mary Ann furnace in this township, now one of the relics of the past. In his nineteenth year he went east and attended school at Nottingham, near Portsmouth, N. H. Returning to Licking County at the age of twenty-one, he resumed work as an iron moulder. When twenty-eight years of age, in 1838, Mr. Southard married, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Miss Guley Long, who was a native of Virginia and her husband's junior by one year. Three children blessed this union, one of whom, Endymion, died at the age of eleven years. The others are: Mrs. Augusta Clemens, who lives in McDonald County, Mo., and Leonidas M., a carpenter, who resides in Newark. The first wife of Mr. Southard died in 1844, and he afterward married Susanna Preston, who is now the companion of his old age. This lady was born in Buffalo Valley, Union County, Pa., in 1823. Her father, Calvin Preston, died when she was a child, and her mother afterward married Thomas Merrick, with whom she removed from Pennsylvania to Ohio, settling in Licking County, where both died. Mr. and Mrs. Southard have had three sons and five daughters, all living, viz.: Alonzo, Samantha, Ella C., Sarah, Hattie, Emma, Frank and Carey. All are married excepting Samantha and Frank, who live with their parents, the former be- MEMORIAL RECORD - 487 ing an invalid. Mrs. Southard joined the Methodist Episcopal Church at the age of sixteen years, and her husband united with the same denomination about thirty years ago. Socially he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and holds membership in the lodge at Newark, but the infirmities of age have for some time rendered it impossible for him to attend the meetings. He makes his home upon the farm bequeathed him by his father at his death, which event occurred at the age of ninety-six years. In political matters lie has always been interested and active, and since attaining the age of twenty-one years he has never missed but one general election, the exception being in the fall of 1893, when he was unable to attend on account of ill health. He is a man whom all honor, and it is the hope of his many friends that he may enjoy many years of continued peace and happiness. WILLIAM ALSDORF, of Utica, dates his residence in Licking County from the 7th of May, 1839. He was born in Schenectady County, N. Y., September 17, 1814, being a son of Sylvester and Lydia (Brown) Alsdorf. His paternal grandfather, Lawrence Alsdorf, emigrated from either Germany or Holland and settled on the Hudson River near the city of Newburg. During the Revolutionary War he served under General Washington, remaining until the close of the war. While in active service his limbs were frozen and ever afterward occasioned him considerable trouble. After the close of the Revolution, Grandfather Alsdorf removed to Schenectady County, and settling upon a farm, made it his home as long as he lived, although his death occurred in Saratoga County when he was about ninety. His farm was situated at Glenville, and was large in acreage and well improved. In religious belief he was devoted to the principles of the Presbyterian Church, and donated the site occupied by the church and cemetery. Twice married, both wives preceded him in death. His only child was Sylvester, a native of Schenectady County, who in boyhood received only such educational advantages as the common schools afforded. He was married in Saratoga County and later followed farming in Schenectady, where he owned a valuable estate. Through an unfortunate endorsement of papers for friends he lost a large portion of his property. At the age of more than four-score and ten years, Sylvester Alsdorf was called from earth, his death occurring at the Glenville homestead. His wife died a few months previous to his demise and at about the same age. In religious belief they were Presbyterians, though while living in Clifton Park for a number of years they were identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically, the father was a Democrat in early life, but later became independent in his views, refusing to give allegiance to any political organization and supporting the men best qualified for office, irrespective of party connections. In the parental family there were eleven children, of whom seven attained mature years. Sarah, Mrs. John Huffman, died at Glenville, N. Y.; Jacob, a farmer by occupation, died in Schenectady County; Elias T. also passed away in Schenectady County; Maria married William Hayes and died in Saratoga County; Elizabeth, Mrs. Nelson Cole, departed this life while living in Saratoga County; Valentine, a farmer, came to Ohio in 1839 and engaged in business as a grain dealer at Utica, where lie died; William was the next in order of age; Amos died in boyhood in Schenectady County; Lawrence is now a retired farmer of Mt. Vernon, Ohio. The boyhood years of our subject were spent on the home farm. The rudiments of his education were acquired in the primitive schoolhouse of pioneer days, where the quality of the instruction was as crude as the building itself. In 1839, accompanied by his brother Valentine, he came to this state via Erie Canal, Lake Erie and the Ohio Canal, the trip requiring two weeks. Arriving in Licking County he and his brother purchased land, and lie settled on a farm in Washington Town- 488 - MEMORIAL RECORD. ship. In 1858 he came to Utica, where he has since resided. For twenty-one years he was agent for the railroad and then resigned in favor of his son, who is the present incumbent of the position. At one time he owned three farms, which were devoted principally to stock-raising; he still retains one farm in his possession. In addition to other enterprises lie has also dealt in grain, wool and lumber. In Saratoga County, N. Y., in 1836, occurred the marriage of Mr. Alsdorf to Sarah Reed, a native of Ireland and a daughter of .James Reed. They have had eight children, of whom seven attained years of maturity, viz.: Robert, John, Fannie C.; Lottie, who married William McClelland and died in Utica; William A., and Minnie, wife of Frank Simmons, of Erie, Pa. Mr. Alsdorf came to Utica for the purpose of educating his children, upon whom, in addition to affording them excellent educational advantages, he has deeded the larger portion of his property. Politically he was formerly a Democrat, but now affiliates with the Republicans, and upon that ticket has been chosen to serve in various local offices. He served as President of the Licking County Agricultural Society and laid the present track on the fair grounds, being a member of the Board for fourteen years. In religious belief he is connected with the Presbyterian Church. MICHAEL FRANCIS COLE, M. D., settled in Utica in May of 1884, and in the years that have since come and gone he has attained an enviable reputation as an able physician. He is of English descent, his paternal grandfather, Michael Cole, having been there born, reared and married. Thence he came to the United States, and settling in Ohio, resided for a time at Green Valley, but afterward removed to Liberty Township, Knox County, where he and his wife died. Their only son, Thomas F., was born in New York, and in Ohio was united in marriage with Miss Charity, daughter of Willis O. Phillips. He engaged in farming in Liberty Township, and thence removed to Mt. Vernon, where he conducts a grocery business and also superintends the management of his farm. In the ranks of the Republican party he possesses considerable influence and has been President of the City Council of Mt. Vernon. In religious belief he and his wife are identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church. In the family of Thomas F. Cole there were six children, namely: Michael Francis, who was born in Liberty Township, Knox County, March 24, 1856; Simon P.,who is a traveling salesman, located at Atchison, Kan.; William U., a graduate of the Columbus Medical College and a physician of that city; Robert Lincoln, who is engaged in the grocery business at Mt. Vernon; Mary Elizabeth; and Alice, wife of Charles King, of Mt. Vernon. Our subject was reared on the home farm and received the advantages that were afforded by the common schools. After concluding his studies he taught school between the age of eighteen and twenty-one years. In 1877 our subject was united in marriage with Miss Sudie, daughter of Isaac L. Jackson, a farmer of Knox County. Mrs. Cole was born in Morris Township, and by her marriage has become the mother of a daughter, Anna Maud. While engaging in farm work our subject saved his earnings until in 1881 he had $400, and with this amount he began the study of medicine, choosing as his preceptor Dr. E. R. Eggleston, of Mt. Vernon. Later be attended the Cleveland Homeopathic College, known at the present time as the Cleveland University of Medicine, and from this institution he was graduated with the Class of '84. He opened an office at Utica, and here he has since conducted a lucrative and increasing practice. In 1892 he took a post-graduate course in the Chicago Homeopathic College, and at all times he has endeavored to keep abreast with the latest developments in the science of medicine. In this aim he has been successful, and so thorough is his knowledge of his profession that he is universally recognized as a skilled and able physician, in whose counsel the fullest confidence may be placed. The demands of his profession have been such MEMORIAL RECORD - 489 that the Doctor has had little time for matters of an outside nature. However, he is a public-spirited citizen and takes a commendable interest in everything affecting the welfare of his fellow-citizens. He gives his influence to the measures adopted by the Republican party and his vote to the candidates pledged to uphold its principles. At present he is filling the position of Health Officer and has also served as a member of the City Council. In religion he is a Methodist, the doctrines of which church are also supported by his family. To those in distress and want he is a kind friend, and among his neighbors he is respected for his manly traits of character and upright life. GEORGE W. CRAWFORD whose residence in this county dates from 1880, was born in West Carlisle, Coshocton County, Ohio, June 9, 1845, being a son of John and Rebecca J. (McCane) Crawford, natives of Virginia. Grandfather James Crawford emigrated to this country from Scotland and after a sojourn in Virginia came to Ohio and settled in Coshocton County, of which he was a pioneer. So early in its history did he settle there that the neighbors were few and at night the wolves howled around the cabin door. In the midst of the woods he cleared a farm, upon which lie made valuable improvements. His first home was a log cabin, but prosperity coming to him he was enabled to pass his last years in a comfortable brick residence. Throughout the county he was known as one of the well-to-do farmers. His death occurred at the age of about seventy-five years. In religion he was a strict member of the Presbyterian church. He had a brother, John, who served as Probate Judge of Coshocton County. The father of our subject was born in 1807 and was one in a family consisting of three sons and four daughters. Reared upon a farm, his life occupation was that of an agriculturist, and in connection with the tilling of the soil and improving of land he dealt extensively in live stock. At the time of his death, in 1851, he owned nearly one thousand acres of land. In religious belief he was a Presbyterian. The maternal grandfather of our subject, Samuel McCane, was born in Scotland, and emigrating to America, settled in Virginia, but from there removed to Ohio about eighty-five years ago. As a pioneer of Muskingum County he experienced all the hardships incident to life upon the frontier, without neighbors and in the midst of the woods. In order to reach the mill he was accustomed, as there were no roads, to follow an Indian trail to Zanesville, twenty miles distant. Clearing and improving a large tract of land, he bequeathed his property to his son Samuel, who in turn deeded it to his son Samuel, and the latter is now its owner. Although lie never aspired to public office he was active in politics and a man of influence in his community. His death occurred at the age of nearly eighty years. Twice married, the mother of our subject was a daughter of the first union. She was born in 1810 and though now advanced in years is hale and vigorous, devoted to books and retaining a clear intellect; her home is in West Carlisle, Ohio. In the parental family there were five sons and one daughter, namely: Samuel, who died at the age of thirteen years; Catherine, who married James Parks, a farmer and stock dealer of Coshocton County, and died in Utica, Ohio; James, an agriculturist residing in Perry Township, Licking County; Archibald, a farmer of West Carlisle, Ohio; George W., and John, a farmer of Coshocton County, Ohio. The subject of this sketch was reared on the home farm, and after attending the district schools for some time, entered Denison University, where lie conducted his studies two years. After leaving school he traveled throughout the west, spending two years in sightseeing. On his returning home he purchased a farm consisting of one hundred and sixty acres near West Carlisle, and settling thereon he gave his attention to the buying and selling of live stock. Coming to Newark, Mr. Crawford purchased one hundred and thirty-eight acres and dealt in horses 490 - MEMORIAL RECORD. of high grade, which he raised and shipped to various points. His farm is one of the finest in the county, containing among its improvements a neat residence and barn with accommodations for one hundred head of horses. He has shipped one thousand horses annually to New York, and has supplied one firm with horses valued at nearly $2,000,000. He is a fine judge of horse flesh, attends to all the buying and selling personally, and frequently acts as judge at county fairs and races. In 1869 Mr. Crawford married Isabella, daughter of James and Isabella McKee, who came from the North of Ireland and settled in Coshocton County, Ohio. There her birth occurred. Three children have been born to them, Floyd, who died at the age of fifteen years; George Cary and Arthur Bert, graduates of the high school. While not taking active part in political affairs, Mr. Crawford casts his ballot with the Republican party and gives his influence in support of its measures. JOHN TUCKER, one of Newark's prosperous business men, has been a dealer in stoves, tinware and plumbing goods since January 1, 1869, and is, therefore, the oldest representative of his line in the city. He is a native of Ohio, and was born in Beverly, Washington County, March 25, 1847, being a son of Alexander and Delilah (Hughes) Tucker, natives of Florence, -Washington County, Pa. After their marriage they came to Ohio and settled upon a farm in Washington County, where the father died in 1850, at the age of forty-two years. The mother is still living in that county, and is now (1894) in her eightieth year. There were in the parental family nine children, of whom eight attained mature years. Of these we note the following: Oliver is the President of the Bank of Beverly, and an influential citizen of that place; Thomas, who was a newspaper man, was for eight years Adjutant-General of New Mex ico under President Grant and occupied a fine residence opposite the State House in Santa Fe; he is now deceased; Lycurgus was a dry-goods merchant at Beverly, where he died; Julia E. married Dr. Lucius Culver, a surgeon in the Union army, and they reside in Relnersville, Ohio; Caroline married William C. Townsend, an importer of marble and granite statuary, who resides at Zanesville but has offices in several of the principal cities of the United States; our subject is next in order of birth; W. Rufus is a hardware merchant of Beverly; and Alice resides with her mother at Beverly. On coming to America the Tucker family settled in Virginia, where our subject's great-grandfather, John Tucker, was a planter and slave-holder, but opposing the idea of human slavery he gave all his slaves their freedom. Grandfather Thomas Tucker was born in a block house at Burgettstown, Pa., during an Indian siege. For some years he followed the sea, and frequently took boats from Pittsburg, Pa., to New Orleans, La., at times returning north via the ocean, but more often on horseback. In later life he came to Ohio and died in Washington County. The family was Presbyterian in religious belief. Reared to manhood upon a farm, our subject was educated in the schools of Beverly. In 1865 lie learned the tinner's trade at Cambridge, and from there came to Newark, where he embarked in business as a dealer in stoves and tinware. Later he added the plumbing business. In May, 1892, he purchased the Sims Patent Eave Trough and Patent Ornamental Roof Gutter, which he manufactures and ships to all parts of the United States, doing a large jobbing business under the firm name of the Sims Manufacturing Company. He is located at No. 71 East Main Street, where he has built and occupies a two-story brick structure, twenty-five feet wide and over two hundred feet long. Mr. Tucker married Miss Ida I., daughter of Maj. Blackburn Moore, of the First Ohio Cavalry, who was killed in the battle of Stone River. She was born and reared in Newark, and by her marriage has had three children, Oliver M., Ralph J. and Helen. Politically, Mr. Tucker is a Democrat, and has represented his party as delegate to MEMORIAL RECORD - 491 various political conventions. For six years he has been County Commissioner and has also served as a member of the School Board. He and his wife attend the Episcopal Church. Socially, he is a thirty-second degree Mason, and is connected with the Knights of Pythias and the Red Men. His residence at No. 176 North Third Street is one of the finest in the city, and in addition he owns other valuable real estate. WILLIAM HENRY ROE. It is doubtless owing to the industrious and persevering manner with which Mr. Roe has adhered to the occupation of an agriculturist that he has risen to such a substantial position in the farming affairs of this county. His entire life has been spent within the borders of Mary Ann Township, and as a natural result he is greatly interested in the progress and development of this section of the country, and has done his full share in making it the magnificent farming region that it now is. The father of our subject, George J. Roe, has been a resident of this county since 1842, and is now numbered among its retired agriculturists. Beginning in business without capital, he accumulated a competence as a result of his industrious efforts. For some time he was employed at various lines of mechanical work and was "handy" with his tools, but never learned a trade. Farming was his chosen occupation and he tilled his land, adding such improvements as he was able until his tract of two hundred and forty-seven acres was in a high state of cultivation. He has liberally shared the earnings of his early life with his children, and has now but eighty acres of his own. As a citizen he has been progressive, and has held various official positions, among which may be mentioned those of Trustee, School Director and Township Clerk. The Roe family was first represented in America about the year 1637, when Joseph Roe, a native of - 22 - Germany, landed at Manhattan Island, during the early days of its settlement. lie had been employed as a cabin boy on an English ship, but afterward made his home in the United States. The various branches of the family are now represented in nearly every state of the Union. For further facts in regard to the parentage and ancestry of our subject, the readers are referred to the biography of George J. Roe presented on another page of this volume. Born in Mary Ann Township, this county, December 25, 1852, the subject of this sketch grew to manhood upon the farm where he still lives, meantime receiving such advantages as the schools of the district afforded. Subsequently through reading and observation he has become a man of broad information upon all topics of general interest. His marriage, which occurred December 7, 1876, united him with Miss Emma L. Beckford, of Putnam County, Ohio, and two children bless their union: Lulu Mary and Henry Wallace. The daughter has been a student in an academy for a short period and expects soon to enter college. In every enterprise for the benefit of the community Mr. Roe takes an active interest, and in politics affiliates with the Democratic party. For several years lie served as School Director, and was for two terms Township Assessor, but declined reelection. He is a public-spirited, wide-awake business man, possessing abilities above the average, and is highly esteemed as .a capable and efficient farmer. Socially, lie is a member of Acacia Lodge No. 464, A. F. & A. M., in which he has held various offices, being usually retained in some position of responsibility and honor. ABNER LEONARD CLOUSE, one of Granville's most highly respected citizens, was born in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, October 7, 1839, and is a son of Rev. Noah and Rebecca (Ashbrook) Clouse. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Judge Ash- 492 - MEMORIAL RECORD. brook, of Washington, Washington County, Pa. Rev. Noah Clouse is a native of the Keystone State and in early life learned the trade of a cabinet maker. Of a fervent religious temperament, he united with the Baptist Church, and for many years was one of its most prominent ministers. For a time he officiated as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Newark, and also at one time held the pastorate of the church at Granville. Retiring from the ministry, Rev. Mr. Clouse in 1859 located where our subject now lives, and here he devoted his attention to the manufacture of agricultural implements, wood saws and patterns. He had also previously engaged in the foundry business at Vanatta. From Licking County he removed to Urbana, Ohio, and was employed as pattern maker for the Urbana Street Car Company. At present he is a resident of Haskins, Wood County, Ohio. He is a man whose exemplary life has won for him the commendation and confidence of a host of friends. When a minister he was earnest and efficient in the work of the church, and since transferring his attention to business pursuits, he displays the same qualities of energy and capability that had previously gained him success. The subject of this sketch received an excellent education in the schools of Licking County. From the age of fourteen until he was twenty-one he worked in the old machine shop in Newton Township, where he acquired a thorough knowledge of mechanics and pattern making. For two years he also read medicine, but adverse circumstances prevented him from pursuing a complete course. He spent his life in the locality of his birth, engaged in farming and manufacturing, with the exception of a year spent in Toledo as pattern maker. He has ever been loyal to the welfare of the Government, and during the Civil War advocated the cause of the Union with fidelity and earnestness. Twice he attempted to enlist in the army, but both times was rejected on account of lung trouble. December 24, 1858, Mr. Clouse was united in marriage with Miss Jane, daughter of Nelson Vanatta, a pioneer of Newton Township, and the gentleman in whose honor the village of Vanatta was named. They have had a family of four sons and three daughters, namely: William Leonard, a grad uate of Denison University, and now a master mechanic and civil engineer of Tiffin, Ohio; Ida, wife of A. T. Sayre, of Guernsey County, and the mother of four children; Walter Noah, a member of the Class of '94 of Denison University; Albert, Estella L., Madie Bell and John E. In politics a Republican, Mr. Clouse has been elected on that ticket to numerous offices of trust, in all of which he has rendered efficient service. For the past five years he has been Supervisor and is also a member of the Board of Education. From 1858 until 1860 he was Deputy Postmaster at Vanatta. In religious belief he and his family are communicants of the Baptist Church. Early in life he was forced to depend upon his own resources, and thus were developed in his character traits of independence and self-reliance. Not only did he educate himself, but he also assisted in educating a younger brother and sister, and a sister-in-law, and has given his children excellent educational advantages. BENJAMIN D. VAN KIRK, of Union Township, is a representative of the native born citizens of this county who have exercised a marked influence on its affairs, and have in various ways contributed to its social, commercial and material advancement. By strict economy on the part of himself and wife, they have been able to accumulate a competence, and their labors, directed by intelligence, have been crowned with success in every direction. Now retired from the active duties of agriculture, they are spending the afternoon of life in the enjoyment of the comforts accumulated in former years of toil. The parents of our subject, John and Mary (Benjamin) Van Kirk, were natives respectively of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The former came to Licking County in an early day and settled in Union Township, where he resided until his death, in 1822. The mother came to this county with her parents at the age of ten years; she survived her MEMORIAL RECORD - 493 husband many years, passing away in Granville, February 26, 1872. Her eldest child was Benjamin D., the subject of this notice, who was born July 25, 1818, on the present site of Union Station. His father dying when he was four years old, he was taken into the home of his grandfather, David Benjamin, with whom he remained until he was sixteen. Starting out in life for himself, Mr. Van Kirk worked for a few months at the carpenter's trade, after which he was bound out to Allen Sinnett, with whom he remained four years, meantime learning the blacksmith's trade. He then went to Newark and for a few months was employed at his trade, after which he hired out to Mr. Sinnett at Granville and was in his employ several years. The year 1844 witnessed his arrival in Union Township, Licking County, where he built a shop and followed his trade. Meantime he also purchased a tract of unimproved land, comprising his present farm. This he cleared and placed under a high state of cultivation. For thirty-five years he followed the dual occupations of farmer and blacksmith, and then retired from the latter. In Harrison Township, October 28, 1841, the ceremony was performed that united the destinies of Benjamin D. Van Kirk and Mahala M. Judd. Her parents, Wilson and Mary E. (Bean) Judd, were born in Vermont and New Hampshire respectively, were married in Genesee County, N. Y., and came to Ohio in 1817. After three years spent in Miami County, they came to Licking County and settled in Granville Township. In 1833 they removed to Harrison Township and made settlement on the farm where they died; she, September 24, 1872, and he, February 7, 1882. They were the parents of one son and two daughters, of whom Mrs. Van Kirk was the second. Her birth occurred in Spring Creek Township, Miami County, Ohio, August 11, 1820. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Van Kirk resulted in the birth of eight children. Wilson J. married Catherine Turner; George, a member of the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Ohio Infantry, Company B, was taken prisoner in Virginia and confined in Andersonville Prison, where he died October 18, 1864. Lewis died in infancy; Syreno married Mary E. May; Anna is the wife of P. H. Williams; Mary died in infancy; Horatio married Mamie E. Cullers, and Horace chose as his wife Lucy V. Edwards. The eldest son, Wilson J., was born on Thursday, July 21, 1842, and Horatio and Horace (twins), were born on Thursday, July 21, 1859. On the 28th of October, 1891, Mr. and Mrs. Van Kirk, surrounded by their children and grandchildren and a host of friends, celebrated their golden wedding, and the occasion was rendered even more delightful by the many remembrances received from the people of the community. The first house occupied by the Van Kirk family was a log building, but this pioneer abode was replaced in 1877 by the commodious dwelling which stands on the same site. Since the age of nineteen Mr. Van Kirk has been identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which his wife has also belonged for many years. THOMAS S. OFFICER, senior member of the firm of Officer & Wright, was born in Washington County, Pa., May 30, 1837. He is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Waldorf) Officer, who, removing from Pennsylvania to Ohio, settled in Wayne County, and there resided upon a farm until they died, the father at the age of sixty-two, and the mother when seventy-one. Thomas S. is the next to the youngest of the parental family, consisting of eight children. He was a mere child when the family came to Ohio, and his boyhood years were spent upon the home farm, where early in life he was thoroughly initiated in every department of agriculture. Not caring to follow that occupation as his life work, he secured a position as clerk in a store at Holmesville, where be remained for three years. In March, 1859, he came to Utica and accepted a clerkship with S. A. Chapman. The first business venture of Mr. Officer was made in 1862, when he opened a grocery store in Utica. From the first he had a good trade, which 494 - MEMORIAL RECORD. continued to increase with every year. In 1864 he formed a partnership with S. C. Wright, and the connection then formed continues to the present day. The firm of Officer & Wright built and operated a sawmill, which, after carrying on for four years, they sold to Sinsabaugh & McConnell. The marriage of Mr. Officer occurred in January, 1862, his wife being Christena D., daughter of V. B. Alsdorf and a native of New York. In his political affiliations Mr. Officer has always been firm in his allegiance to and support of the principles of the Republican party. He has held a number of local offices of trust and honor, including that of Township Treasurer, which he held for twenty years. For nine years he was a member of the City Council and for ten years served as Cemetery Trustee. LEROY W. La CRONE, M. D., a successful physician and surgeon of Hebron, is a native of Fairfield County, Ohio, having been born there May 17, 1840. His parents, Christian and Catherine (Sprinkle) LeCrone, were born in Fayette County, Pa.,and in 1840 removed to Fairfield County, settling upon the farm where the remainder of their lives was spent. Their family included twelve children, who attained years of maturity, there being seven sons and five daughters. All the brothers except the Doctor and one brother engaged in the real-estate business in Columbus, Ohio, followed the occupation of their father. The subject of this sketch, who was the ninth addition to the family circle, was educated in the public schools of Lancaster until 1858, when he entered the Ohio Central Normal College at Pleasantville. After one term in that institution he was for some time engaged alternately teaching and attending college, in that way paying his ex penses without incurring an indebtedness at the normal. For one year each, he was employed as Principal of the public schools of Rushville and Reynoldsburg. In 1864 he began to read medicine in the office of Drs. Nourse & Brock, of Reynoldsburg, and in the winter of 1865-66 he took a course in medicine at the Starling Medical College of Columbus. Opening an office at Greenup, Ill., the Doctor engaged in practice there for ten years. In 1876 he came to Hebron, and has since conducted his practice here, with the exception of the winter of 1881-82, when he took a course in. the Columbus Medical College. In the winter of 1887— 88 he entered the medical department of the University of Louisville, Ky., receiving a diploma from that institution in the spring of 1888. He also received diplomas from the Columbus Medical and Starling Medical Colleges. In the village of Hebron and the surrounding country he has built up a large practice. He has always taken an active interest in progressive science, and is a man generally well informed on topics outside of his professional work. Since 1881 he has been Treasurer of Hebron Township, and is at present President of the Board of Education in Hebron, with which he has been connected almost ever since he came to the place. In 1863 Dr. LeCrone married, at Rushville, Ohio, Miss Mary M. Fartney, a native of that city. Three children were born to this union, of whom Charles D. died at the age of seventeen years. He was an exemplary youth, and his untimely death was the cause of sorrow with all who knew him. Samuel, residing with his parents, was in the employ of a railroad company for some time, but on account of injuries received while thus engaged has retired from the road. Minnie L., the only daughter, married Edgar Benton and resides in Bucyrus, Ohio. She has had two children, the eldest of whom, Marie, died at the age of thirteen months. Socially the Doctor is identified with Williams Lodge No. 363, I. O. O. F., at Hebron, of which he is Past Grand, and has held other official positions. In 1893 he was a candidate for nomination to the office of Treasurer of Licking MEMORIAL RECORD - 495 County. An active, energetic Democrat, he has always worked and voted for the best interests of his party. His brothers are stanch Republicans; his father was an old line Whig, and after they were merged into the Republican party never affiliated with any political organization. SYLVESTER STONE, a representative farmer of Union Township, was born on the farm where he now lives May 31, 1846, being the fifth among nine children comprising the family of Thomas and Julia (Hight) Stone. His father, who was also born on this farm, the date of his birth being April 12, 1807, died at the age of seventy-five years. His wife, whom he married in Licking County, October 28, 1837, was a native of Hagerstown, Md., born April 8, 1816. The grandfather of our subject, Thomas Stone, Sr., was born in Prince William County, Va., February 27, 1767, and emigrating to Ohio in 1803, entered a large tract of land from the Government. At that early day Indians were numerous, but never hostile, and although it was in their power to crush out with ease the little settlement, they showed no hostile inclinations, but daily associated with the pioneers on terms of friendship. On the 24th of February, 1788, Thomas Stone, Sr., married Barbara, daughter of Christopher Wise; she was born near Baltimore, Md., in 1769, and died in September 16, 1848. Grandfather Stone passed away January 5, 1847, aged seventy-nine years, ten months and eight days. On coining to this state lie had brought his wife and child with him, making the long journey on horseback. The eldest child of Thomas Stone, Jr., was Matilda, wife of Isaac Slocum, of Union Township; Wilson S., who lives on a part of the old homestead, has been twice married, his second wife being Eva Hurst; Elnora, who was born February 21, 1844, died January 25, 1862; an infant died unnamed; Sylvester is the next in order of birth; Sarah, who was born August 28, 1849, became the wife of N. R. Buckland, and they with their five children occupy a beautiful home near that belonging to our subject; Mary C., born January 31, 1851, is the wife of William Hand, who owns a farm in Union Township and is a resident of Kirkersville, Ohio; Minnie, born May 20, 1854, married James Harris, a merchant at Kirkersville. The youngest in the family was a son that was born August 18, 1859, and died the same day. Upon the home farm our subject grew to manhood. At the age of twenty-five years he married Miss Adeline Slocum, who died after three years of wedded life, leaving one child, Chili, now the wife of Linneus Grove, residing on a farm adjoining that of our subject. In 1879 Mr. Stone was united in marriage with Miss Sophia Defenbaugh, a native of Fairfield County, Ohio, and a member of a Pennsylvania family that traced its ancestry to Germany. She came to Licking County as a school teacher, which profession she followed successfully until her marriage. One child has blessed the union, a daughter, Nellie. From his father's estate Mr. Stone inherited seventy-seven acres, a portion of the original tract entered by his grandfather about one hundred years ago. Politically he is an active worker in the Democratic party. He gives of his means to the support of the Gospel and other religious and benevolent institutions. His grandfather was a Deacon in the Baptist Church, and the preferences of the descendants have been in that direction. ALBERT JOSEPH, who owns and occupies one of Pataskala's pleasant homes, was born near Kirkersville, Licking County, March 7, 1839, being a son of John and Amelia (Peters) Joseph, natives respectively of Licking and Fairfield Counties. The paternal grandfather of our subject, Ezekiel Joseph, was one of the earliest settlers of Licking County, and here after 496 - MEMORIAL RECORD. making settlement his remaining years were spent. Twice married, John was the only son of the first union. He was born in 1814, and was reared to manhood upon the home place, enduring all the vicissitudes and privations incident to lire upon the frontier. After his marriage he resided near the present site of Pataskala, where he was proprietor of a hotel. Later he lived on a farm near Kirkersville, into which village he moved in the fall of 1839. His life occupation was that of agriculture, and he also was in considerable demand as a veterinary surgeon. No man understood horse flesh better than he, and he was a successful dealer in good grades of horses. His wife died in 1851, and thirteen years later, in 1864, he followed her to the grave. Our subject is one of three children, his older brother being Harrison, a jeweler of Mattoon, Ill. His sister, Caroline, is the wife of Alexander C. Burt, of Columbus. The second wife of John Joseph was Sarah Hooper, and they became the parents of two children, one of whom died in childhood. The other, Sheldon, is a resident of Columbus. The parents were members of the Baptist Church and a worthy couple, held in the highest esteem by all who knew them. Albert, of this sketch, was reared to manhood in Kirkersville and .in the common schools of that place he received his schooling, but he had more education in manual labor than in books. The business career of Mr. Joseph commenced with his clerkship in a general store. In 1863 lie opened a grocery store, which, however, lie soon sold, and afterward conducted a livery business and dealt in horses. In 1868 he came to Pataskala and in partnership with Samuel Peters engaged in the grain trade, Mr. Howe being later taken into the firm. In 1872 W. H. Mead, Sr., bought an interest in the enterprise and the firm has since been Joseph & Mead. In addition to this business, our subject also deals in horses, carries on a livery stable and conducts an extensive coal trade. In 1863 Mr. Joseph was united in marriage with Miss Cloa E., daughter of George Tiffaney, and a native of Licking County. They have one son, Harry, who is a partner in the livery business. .Though not taking an active part in politics, Mr. Joseph always casts a straight Democratic ticket at the various local and general elections. Since 1881 he has filled the position of Township Treasurer, and he has also held other local offices. His religious belief brings him into active co-operation with the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which he belongs. For nine years he has served as Superintendent of the Sunday-school, and is also prominent in the work of the church. JOSEPH RITCHIE. Coming to Licking County in 1843, the subject of this sketch has since made his home here, and though now advanced in years, he still superintends the management of his farm adjoining Columbia Centre and one and one-quarter miles from Pataskala. During the fifty-one years of his residence in this locality lie has witnessed the development of the material resources of the county, and its advancement along educational, moral and commercial lines, until it has now attained a foremost rank in the galaxy of the counties of the Buckeye State. Born in Washington County, Pa., October 12, 1816, our subject is the son of William and Elizabeth (Atkison) Ritchie, natives respectively of Washington County, Pa., and Liverpool, England. There were seven children born to this family, four sons and three daughters, but Joseph is the only survivor. His father followed the occupation of a farmer, and also for some time engaged in teaching school. He died in Pennsylvania in 1827, at the age of forty-two years, and eighteen months later his wife also passed away. They were conscientious, earnest members of the Presbyterian Church, the rules of which they strictly kept. On his mother's side our subject is of English .descent. His maternal grandfather, John Atkison, was born in England and there married. On coming to America he settled in Washington County, Pa., where he remained until death. Our subject's MEMORIAL RECORD - 497 paternal grandfather, Craig Ritchie, was born in Scotland and emigrated to this country about the time of the Revolutionary War. He attained an advanced age. Both the paternal and maternal ancestors were people of upright character, fixed principles of honor, and energetic disposition, and wherever they resided they were known and honored. Reared in Washington County, Pa., our subject commenced to learn the trade of a blacksmith at the age of thirteen years, and this occupation he followed until twenty-six. On the 4th of October, 1837, he was united in marriage with Miss Susanna Stoolfire, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Froniker) Stoolfire. Six sons and two daughters were born of their union, namely: Jerome, William Butler, Lucius, Nathan B., Charles W., Joseph H., Louisa H. and Mary C. Jerome married Miss Sarah Jane Gardner, and they with their four children, Herbert, Etta, Joseph and Blanche, live in Union County, Ohio. William B., a resident of Van Wert County, Ohio, married Miss Emma Shannon, and after her death was united with Ellen J. Ritchie; they have one child living, Lucius. Our subject's third son, Lucius, enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Thirteenth Ohio Infantry, under Captain Taylor; while with the army in Tennessee he was taken ill and died there. Nathan B. died unmarried at the age of about thirty years. Charles W. chose as his wife Miss Mattie B. Wright, and they have two children, Ethel and Mabel; their home is at Magnetic Springs, Union County, Ohio. Joseph H. was united with Miss Mary B. Merchant, and four children have resulted from their union, Clyde, Roy, Herbert and Anna; they live in Van Wert County, Ohio. Louisa H., wife of James W. White, has two children, Joseph and Nellie, and resides in Union County. Mary C., Mrs. Martin B. Lee, has three children, Dora, Anna and Harry, and is a resident of Van Wert County. Politically Mr. Ritchie is a Republican, and served a number of terms as Township Trustee. He has lived in Licking County for fifty-one years, and during forty-six years of this time he has been Class-leader in the United Brethren Church. His wife is identified with the Disciples' Church. They have a pleasant rural home convenient to both Pataskala and Columbia Centre, and in their old age are surrounded by all the comforts contributing to the happiness of life. COL. HAMLIN D. BURCH, who is engaged in the mercantile business at Hebron, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, September 21, 1846. His parents, also natives of that county, were Jonathan and Elizabeth (Doughty) Burch, the former born in 1811, and died October 19, 1881; the latter born in 1809, and departed this life July 15, 1882. In 1859 the father sold his farm in Muskingum County, and removed to Hebron, where both he and his wife died. Their family consisted of seven children who attained years of maturity, two having died in early childhood. One brother, Leonidas F., who enlisted in Company H, Thirty-first Ohio Infantry, was taken prisoner at the battle of Chickamauga, and died in Andersonville Prison. Another brother, Homer C., also belonged to Company H, Thirty-first Ohio Infantry, and at the battle of Resaca received a wound from the effects of which, coupled with other disabilities, his death resulted. The other member of the family are: Richard W., who is married and lives in Hebron; David P., a merchant of Hebron; Joseph B., who is employed in a glass factory at Newark; and Mary E., wife of Frank Chison, of Hebron. The children received excellent common-school educations, and were well qualified by training for the successful management of large business enterprises. Shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War, our subject, though a mere lad, determined to fight for the preservation of the Union. Accordingly in September, 1862, he entered Company A, Tenth Ohio Cavalry, and experienced three years of active service. His cavalry corps under the command of General Kilpatrick was with Sherman and took part in many skirmishes, where the peril was 498 - MEMORIAL RECORD. even greater than in the more important engagements. Resaca was his first prominent battle. This was followed by the march to Atlanta and the siege of that place, then the march to the sea, and from there through the Carolinas. After the surrender of Johnson in North Carolina, the regiment was stationed at Salem, N.C., until August, 1865, when the horses and equipments were turned over to the Government, and the cavalrymen proceeded by cars to Richmond, Washington and Cleveland. In the last named city they were mustered out of the service. On his return home Colonel Burch became a clerk in a mercantile store and continued thus engaged until 1869, when he bought out a store in Hebron. For twenty-two years he sold goods at the old stand, but in November of 1893 he removed into his own fine business block, where he has a neat and convenient place of business. April 24, 1869, he married Miss Candace, daughter of Thomas and Eunice A. Ruick, the latter of whom died when Mrs. Burch was a child. Her father is now a contractor and builder of St. Louis, and at one time was wealthy, but through an unfortunate investment in a silver mine in Nevada he lost a handsome fortune. Mrs. Burch was educated in the schools of Watertown, N. Y., and was an accomplished lady. Death, however, on the 17th of January, 1894, removed her from her husband and children. Of the latter there are five: Otto E., Frank C., Rose Lee, Bertie T. and Charles H. The eldest son married Lyda Vorhees, and lives in Medina County, where he is a telegraph operator. Colonel Burch gained the title by which he is familiarly known through his connection with the Ohio National Guards, which he joined in 1878. For two years he was First Lieutenant, for three terms served as Captain of his company, and is now Lieutenant-Colonel of the Seventeenth Regiment. As a member of the Guards he has seen considerable service, having been frequently called out to suppress strikes and riots. In 1879 he had command of his company when called out to suppress the Corning coal strikes, and upon that occasion there was a severe fight before peace was restored. He was also at Cincinnati when the mob destroyed the court house and sixty rioters were killed. The trouble grew out of dissatisfaction with the verdict of the jury in the Burner case. In political sentiment Colonel Burch is a Republican. Under the first administration of President Grant he was appointed Postmaster at Hebron, and served in that position until the election of President Cleveland. Later, when Benjamin Harrison succeeded to the Presidency, he was again appointed Postmaster, serving four years. Since 1867 he has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which his wife also belonged. For fifteen years he served as Superintendent of the Sunday-school, and in the church has filled the positions of Trustee, Class-leader and Steward. JAMES A. CULLY, Trustee of Union Township, was born upon his father's farm in the township of Union, Licking County, Ohio, February 18, 1847. He is the youngest of eight children comprising the family of the late Thomas and Mary (Taylor) Cully, and was reared beneath the parental roof, receiving the advantages of a practical education in the neighboring schools. Having completed the studies of the district schools he entered Denison University at Granville, where he was a student for three years. At the age of about eight years, our subject was orphaned by his father's death, after which he continued to live at home with his mother until attaining his majority. He then took charge of the home farm, which at the death of his mother became his by inheritance. Farming has been his life occupation and lie is now the owner of about one hundred and seventy-five acres. In local affairs has maintained an intelligent interest, and is a firm advocate of Democratic principles, which he believes best adapted to the welfare- of our country. Since 1889 he has officiated as Township Trustee, in which capacity he has rendered efficient and capable service. Socially he holds membership in Williams Lodge No. 363, I. O. O. F. In Union Township Mr. Cully was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Welch, who is a MEMORIAL RECORD - 499 daughter of the late William Welch, the latter having died in Missouri. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Cully has been blessed by the birth of two children, whom they have named Thomas W. and Taylor C. HON. ELIZUR ABBOTT was born in Wellingford, Conn., February 11, 1801, and died at Granville, Ohio, October 4, 1877. He was the oldest of eight children, five sons and three daughters, comprising the family of Samuel and Lois (Ives) Abbott. When he was sixteen years of age the family moved to Worthington, Ohio. At twenty-two lie was united in marriage with Miss Clarissa, daughter of Jesse and Hannah Munson, of Granville, and afterward took up his residence in that place. In 1833 he removed to Marysville, Ohio, and two years later was elected Associate Judge for Union County by the unanimous vote of the legislature of the state. About the same time he was chosen Elder of the Presbyterian Church of Marysville. In 1837 the family returned to Granville, which place became their permanent home. In 1840 Mr. Abbott was elected a member of the Board of Trustees of Granville Female College, and soon thereafter was chosen Secretary of the Board. This position lie held until nearly thirty years later, when he resigned on account of failing eyesight. For many years he was connected with the Granville Furnace Company, and also with the Granville Bank. In 1850 he was elected to the position of Associate Judge of Licking County, and discharged the duties of that office until it was abolished by the adoption of the new constitution. The same year he was chosen Deacon of the Congregational Church of Granville, and in 1870, at the time of its reorganization as a Presbyterian Church, lie was elected one of the Elders. For over thirty years the same Sunday-school class enjoyed his devoted labors. In every position in which Mr. Abbott was honored with public confidence, he was most faithful and efficient. His early education was received in the academies of Canton and Hartford, Conn., and to the information there gained he afterward added by self-culture and extensive reading. Making a profession of religion at the age of fourteen, all his habits of thinking and acting, and his views of life and business, were formed under the controlling and directing power of the highest, truest principles, and the love of Christ, so that he developed and maintained a character of rare purity, strength and usefulness. His memory will long be cherished in the church and community, where his Christian graces shone so brightly, and were his consistent, earnest life was so highly valued and admired. HON. EDWIN NICHOLS, deceased, was born in Springfield, Windsor County, Vt., April 14, 1828, and traces his ancestry to some of the passengers on board the "Mayflower." He is the youngest of ten children comprising the family of Amos and Sarah (Falls) Nichols, who in 1831 removed to Ohio. Settling in Lock they there continued to reside until 1844, when they passed from earth. In his youth our subject attended school in Waukesha, Wis., and from there came to Newark, where he learned the trade of a carpenter. While following this occupation lie also taught school in this place, occupying the only school building then in Newark. At the outbreak of the Civil War he raised a company, of which he was originally Captain and was later, by successive promotions, chosen Colonel, though he still retained the title of Major. With Company C, of the Twenty-seventh Ohio Regiment, he entered service and for three years and nine months he rendered faithful and efficient service to his country, being at last obliged to resign on account of ill-health. He filled the position of Deputy Provost-Marshal until it was abandoned. After the war Mr. Nichols engaged as storekeeper in a distillery at Newark, remaining there