400 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO and served one term. In 1868 he was appointed by President Grant consul to Bremen. While in that service he suffered from a wound received in the war, and determined to return. home, but. the long, sea .voyage was too, severe and on September. 14, 1873, he died on shipboard, almost in sight of his native land. Captain Hanson was a brave soldier and a splendid man, services as a soldier were conspicuous for valor, and as a representative ,,of his country abroad he was faithful and satisfactory. John R. Montgomery was: born in Richland county, Ohio, and located in this county as a lawyer in 1855. He was prosecuting-attorney of Madison county from 1858 to 1860 In 1861 he removed to Little Rock, Arkansas, became attorney-general of that state and continued in the practice of the law for some years; he then removed to Jacksonville, Arkansas; where he purchased a large plantation and engaged in farming. James S. Jones, a native of London, was born July 31, 1830. He studied law with Mr. Harrison, was admitted to the bar in 1853, and was prosecuting attorney of the county in 1854-5. Shortly afterward the removed to Champaign county, Illinois, where he continual in the practice of the law, until his death. Benjamin. F. Montgomery came from his home in Richland county, read, law in his brother's office in London, was admitted to the bar in 1860 and practiced law here with his brother for sometime. He removed to what is now the state of Utah, where he ..engaged. in mining and became very wealthy. We are unable to obtain anything further of his. Richard A. Harrison was born in Thirsk, Yorkshire, England, on the 8th day of April, 1824 and with his parents, came to America when a youth of eight years. The family located, in Warren county, Ohio, and afterwards removed to Springfield, Ohio. The advantages of wealth were unknown to in his youth but energy and perseverance were his and a laudable an accomplished, his advancement and crowning success was indebted to the village school for his early education, which was supplemented joy instruction in the little academy conducted by Rev, Chandler Robbins, in Springfield, Ohio . From the age of twelve he was self-dependent and his. aspiring and untiring efforts were the means, by which, he reached the desired goal. As "carrier and devil;" he worked in the office of the Springfield Republic and in the printing office, the poor man's college he added greatly, to his store of knowledge. Imbued with the desire to enter the legal profession he became a student in the law office of the distinguished William A. Rodgers in 1844, and later graduated from the- Cincinnati Law School. He was admitted to the bar on April, 1846 and at once opened an office in London, Madison county. His success. at the bar was immediately pronounced, and he at once became a leader in legal-circles of that locality. His conspicuous ability also won, political distinction, and he was elected in 1857 to the General Assembly as a representative of Madison county. In 1859 he was elected state senator from the counties of Madison, Clark and Champaign. In 1861 he was elected to Congress to fill a vacancy made by the resignation of Thomas Corwin upon the latter's appointment as United States. minister to Mexico by President Lincoln. Mr. Harrison was appointed by, Governor Hays, and by the Senate confirmed, a member of the supreme court commission of Ohio. in 1875, but declined, the honor. During the latter, part. of President Harrison's administration the honor of an appointment to the Supreme benefit of the United States would have been conferred upon him had ins age not proven an obstacle, he having then passed his sixtieth. birthday. When a member of the: Senate, and while the momentous. questions of that time were being discussed, Mr. Harrison framed. a .set of resolutions which were passed by the Ohio Legislature in January, 1861, pledging. Ohio and its resources to the support of the Union and the administration of President Lincoln. When Mr. Lincoln, on his way to be inaugurated passed through Columbus, on being introduced by Governor Dennison MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 401 to Mr. Harrison, inquired: "Is this the author of the resolution offering the resources of the state of Ohio to the government?" On being answered in the affirmative, he grasped Senator Harrison's hand again and exclaimed in his characteristic way : "Well, I must give you an extra shake." In May, 1873, Mr. Harrison moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he was engaged in the active practice of the law until his death, having filed a brief in the supreme court the day, before he died. He was a member of the bar of London for twenty-seven years. Soon after his admission to the bar, he parried here his wife, Miss Maria Louisa 'Warner, a daughter of one of the most prominent pioneers of Madison county. His children were all born in London, and those who have died were buried here. He died on July 30, 1904, more than eighty years of age, and was buried at London. We have given with pleasure some space to Mr. Harrison, because he was one of the most conspicuous figures in the history of the jurisprudence of Ohio. In the long and prolific line of distinguished men of whom the commonwealth is justly proud, the public life of few has extended over as wide a period as his; and certainly the career of none other has been more varied in service, more constant in honor, more fearless in conduct, and more stainless in reputation. His great legal ability and his unswerving devotion to the interests committed to his charge won for him a renown not confined to his state; at home and abroad he is recognized as one of the most eminent jurists and able lawyers who have ever been engaged in the practice of law in the state of Ohio. The people of Madison county take a just pride in his fame and career. It is reported in the New Testament that St. Paul, who was a lawyer, learned the law at the feet of Gamaliel. It will be observed from this sketch that many lawyers read law under Mr. Harrison. When a young man wanted to learn the law, he desired Mr. Harrison's instruction. In his declining years many attorneys with important cases consulted him to learn the law. He was a modern Gamaliel. Otis C. Smith was born in London, Ohio, in 1845. After graduating from the London high school he prepared to enter, college under the instruction of Rev. C. W. Finley. He entered Miami University and graduated in the class of 1866. He studied law with his father, Hon. H. W. Smith, and was admitted to the bar in 1868, beginning, the practice of law with his father. His health was delicate; his career was brief, and, after a lingering illness, he died on June 24, 1873. He had natural ability and acquired knowledge, and was most highly esteemed. John C. McCloud was born in Union county, Ohio, in 1829. He attended the Ohio Wesleyan University and studied law with R. A. Harrison; was admitted to the bar in 1857, and formed a partnership with Mr. Harrison, which continued for a few years. He then practiced law until 1884, when he was stricken with paralysis and died in April, 1887. Mr. McCloud was a self-made man. He was modest and retiring, never seeking notoriety. He was friendly and encouraging to the younger members of the bar. He had good common sense and sound judgment; was a wit and a most excellent story-teller. He was strongly endowed physically and mentally and could grasp a large question in a short study. J. F. Chapman was born in Madison county in 1843. He was a self-educated man, never attending school but three months. He enlisted in 1862 in the One Hundred and Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He then read law with J. C. McCloud, was admitted to the bar in 1869, and practiced law until his death, in 1879. Mr. Chapman's early education being so limited: he was not an educated or well-equipped lawyer. He naturally possessed a strong sand active mind. He was a fluent speaker and a good jury lawyer. He had a large and successful practice before justices of the peace. (26) 402 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO. Painter Smith was born in London in 1857 and was the son of H. W. Smith, of whom we have Written. He graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1877. He was mayor one term and prosecuting attorney one term. He was genial fellow and a good lawyer. Death claimed him early, he dying in 1898. George B. Cannon was born in Pickaway county in 1851. He received a common school education and taught school for eight years, during which time he Studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1878. He practiced law here until his death, in 1903. Mr. Cannon. was a student and Was well informed in ̊history and literature. Ile was also informed on current political events. Emery Smith was born in Delaware county in 1838; received a common-school education, attended Oberlin College and Cleveland Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1860. He enlisted in the Seventeenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and served three months. He died in 1904. at London. Mr. Smith had a bright mind, was an excel). tionally good trial lawyer and for a long time had a good law practice. He was a good public. speaker, and was impetuous and ardent. George W. Wilson was born in Clark county, Ohio, in 1840. Receiving a common school education, he attended Antioch College, of which the distinguished Horace Than was president. He enlisted in the Ninety-fourth Regiment in 1862, and was afterwards commissioned, respectively, second and first lieutenant in the regiment. He Was mustered out of the service in 1865. After the war he resumed his studies with Mr. Harrison anti was admitted to the bar in 1866. He held the office of prosecuting attorney for two terms, 1867 to 1871. He was in 1871 elected representative in the Ohio Legislature for one, term. He was elected to the state Senate in 1877 and served one term. He was elected a Member of Congress in 1892 from the seventh district, and re-elected in 1894. He died on November 22, 1909; He was a very able lawyer and honorable man. O. P. Converse was born in Champaign county, Ohio, in 1842. He received a good common-school education, taught school for several years and was a student for awhile in the Ohio Wesleyan University. When the Civil War commenced he enlisted in the Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and served about a year, when he was 'discharged on account of physical disability. He studied law with Hon. George L. Converse and was admitted to the 'bar in 1874. He practiced law in Columbus, Ohio, until 1884, when he entered into partnership with C. McCloud, at London, where: he continued in the active practice of the law. Mr. Converse was industrious, alert and honest. While he made no pretension to great learning, yet he was a very safe counsellor and a most correct business lawyer. He died in April, 1913. John J. Bell was admitted to the bar in 1873 in Greene county. He came to London in 1874, and in the fall of that year was. elected prosecuting attorney of this county. He was an easy, fluent speaker and was a fair official. He left London in 1879 and located. in New Mexico, where he practiced law and became a member of thee. Senate of that then territory. He died there in the early nineties. Martin O'Donnell was born in Greene county, Ohio, in 1853. His education was received in the high school at Xenia. In 1871 he came to London and clerked for Mr. Riley, a leading merchant. During that time he studied law under the instructions of Mr: McCloud. He was admitted to the bar in 1875; and at once formed a partnership with Mr. McCloud, which continued until 18g9: when, on account of ill health, he went to Colorado, where he soon afterwards died. Mr. O'Donnell was aggressive, forcible and keen. He had a bright mind and retentive memory. He was not scholastic nor profound; but was intensely practical. George W. Burnham was born in Champaign county, Ohio. His parents removed to Iowa when he was a small child, and there he grew to maturity and graduated from MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 403 the Agricultural College of that state. He came to Ohio about 1870 and began reading law in the office of John C. McCloud. He was admitted to the bar in 1873, and formed a partnership with Mr. McCloud. He returned to Iowa in 1875 and located in Vinton, where he engaged in the practice of law. He was elected judge of a superior, court of that state for one term. He now is engaged in the Practice of law there. William B. Hamilton was born in Marysville, Union county, Ohio, in 1855. His father was Hon. Cornelius S. Hamilton,. a lawyer and a member of Congress at the time of his death, in 1876. William B. was a graduate of Adrian College. He taught school for some time and. studied law, was a admitted to the bar in 1877, and began the practice of law with Judge Lincoln in London. Ill health caused him to retire. from the practice in 1885, and he returned to his native county of Union, where he died in 1887.. Napoleon Bonaparte Porter was born in Union township, this county in 1850. He attended the country schools and the London high school, from which he graduated in 1876, and then entered Dartmouth College, where he graduated in 1880. He studied law with Wilson & Durflinger in London one year, and attended the Cincinnati Law School, where he graduated, and was admitted to the bar in 1883. He practiced law a short time and then on account of failing health, removed to Colorado, where he died in 1884. Mr. Porter was a finely educated young lawyer, had the ambition to become an orator and was possessed of that gift. He once delivered in London, Word, for word, Wendell Phillips' lecture and masterpiece, "The Lost Arts." John A. Lincoln was born in London in 1863. His mother died when he was quite young, and he went to Connecticut and made his home with his aunt. He attended the common schools, there and also attended Muncon Academy in Massachusetts. He Caine to Ohio and attended Kenyon College a year or two. He read law under James Wright, a very able lawyer at Worthington, Ohio, was admitted to the bar in 1886, and began the practice of law in London with his father. In 1907 he entered into Partnership with. R. H. McCloud, which continued until his death. He served one term as solicitor of London, and was, twice the choice of his party for the office of prosecuting attorney. He was a well-informed man and a good trial lawyer. He had the Spirit. of an orator and was forcible before court or jury. He died in June, 1915. Robert J. Watson was born in Paint township, Madison county, Ohio, in 1872. After attending the common schools, he entered the preparatory department of the Ohio State University, and afterwards became a student of Kenyon College, at Gambier, Ohio, where he graduated in 1893. He then attended the law school of Harvard University for two years. He was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of Ohio in 1898. Diligent study and hard intellectual efforts weakened his delicate constitution, and, lingering, he died on April 13, 1899. He was brilliant and gave promise of a successful career. Cilton Howard Stoll was born in Somerford township, Madison county, Ohio, August 1, 1875. He attended the common schools and taught school several years; was a student at the Ohio Northern University, at Ada, for some time, where he began the study, of law. He then read law under the instruction of Bruce P. Jones, of London, was admitted to the bar in 1902, and at once began the practice of law in London. He Was honest, careful and laborious. At the, time of his death. March. 20, 1914, he was acting solicitor for the village of London.. Samuel F. Marsh was born in Union county, Ohio, in 1843. He received a through early education. He studied law under Judge Lincoln at London; and .Was admitted to the bar in 1867. He soon afterward married a daughter of R. A. Harrison and at once entered into partnership with him in the practice of law, which continued until a short time before the death of Mr. Marsh in 1806: He was a learned man and accurate   404 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO. lawyer. The distinguished author and diplomat, George P. Marsh, of Vermont, was his uncle. Fred W. Webster was born in Lorain county, Ohio. He graduated at Oberlin College, and, after his admission to the bar located in London, about 1882, here he practiced law for several years, and returned to Oberlin, where 'he died in 1912. Samuel P. Wilson was born in Jefferson township, Madison county, Ohio, in 1868. He received a good common-school education, and taught school several years. He attended the law school at Ada, Ohio, where he graduated; he was admitted to the bar in '1893, and at once began the practice of law, which he continued until his death. in October, 1912. Guy Underwood was born in London, Ohio, in 1867, and graduated from the high school there in 1884. He taught school several years. He spent ten years in Washington, D. C., Where he was private secretary to Congressmen G. W. Wilson and Waiter Weaver. He studied law at Columbian University, in that city, where he graduated, and was admitted to the bar in Ohio in 1896, commencing the practice of law in London in 1902. He died in September, 1915. MADISONIANS BY BIRTH, BUT PRACTICED ELSEWHERE. It is deemed appropriate to make mention in this chapter of the persons who were born, or reared from early childhood in Madixon county, who became lawyers and prac- ticed law elsewhere. Ebenezer Erskine Hutcheson was born in Summerford, Madison county, about the year 1830. He attended the common school in the village, and also the London academy. He was a student in the Miami University, Oxford, Ohio for two or three years. He studied law with R. A. Harrison, at the same time his neighbor; Lawrence. Weldon, did; was admitted to the bar in 1857, and began the practice of law in Cincinnati in 1858. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Madison county. in 1856-58. Ile was prosecuting attorney of Hamilton county in 1861-63. He was a delegate from Ohio to the Democratic national convention at Chicago in 1864, which nominated General McClellan for President. The train on which Mr. Hutcheson and the delegates from Cincinnati were traveling had a collision near Chicago and Mr. Hutcheson was among the injured: he was brought back "to Cincinnati, where he died soon, afterward from the injury. He was, a brilliant man, a keen lawyer and successful politician. His early death cut short a promising career. "Lawrence Weldon was born in Zanesville, Ohio, August 9, 1829. He came to Madison county with his family when a child and resided at Summerford until he became a resident of Illinois. He attended the country schools of Madison county and the academy at London, and spent one year at Wittenberg College at Springfield. He read law with Hon. Richard A. Harrison in London. In 1854 he moved to Clinton, Illinois, where a number of Madison county people were living; and commenced the practice of law. He had always been a Democrat and soon was introduced to Senator Stephen A. Douglas, being one of the latter's followers in the then exciting Kansas-Nebraska-bill agitation. He was introduced to Mr. Lincoln by Senator Douglas. That introduction ripened into an intimate political and personal friendship that continued until Mr. Lincoln's death. He "rode the circuit" of the old eighth judicial district, of which Judge David Davis was the circuit judge, with Mr: Lincoln, and other lawyers, many of whom became distinguished in their profession. In 1860; he was elected a Member of the House of Representatives of the state of Minas and served in that body during the session of 18611. His name occupied an unique position on the Republican ticket at the election in 18, appearing in two places. once as a candidate for presidential elector for his congressional district, and. again as MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 405 a candidate for the state legislature, and was elected in both instances. President Lincoln, at the close of the session of the, Legislature, appointed him United States district attorney for the southern district of Illinois, the district comprising the whole southern half of the state. He continued to hold that position until 1866, when President Johnson: removed him for what is now known as offensive partisanship moved from Clinton to Bloomington, Illinois, and practiced law there until 1883, when be was appointed by President Arthur, a justice of the United States court of claims, and went to Washington to assume the duties of that office. He continued to make his home in Bloomington, returning during the vacations of the court. He served, for a period of more than twenty years and died in the city of Washington, April 10, 19o5, in the seventy-sixth year of his age. Mr. Weldon was one of the most. able and distinguished intellectual products of Madison county, a superb orator, splendid lawyer and upright. judge. Robert Hutcheson was born. in Somerferd township, Madison county, Ohio, about 1835. He attended the village. school and the London Academy. He studied law under the instruction of R. A. Harrison and was admitted to the bar in 1857. He practiced law in London for about five years. He represented this county in the. General. Assembly of Ohio in 1860-62: On the expiration of his term he located in New: Orleans and praticed law there, and was some time afterward appointed attorney-general of Louisiana. Afterward he located in Washington, D. C., where. he practiced law until his death there, in 1903. He was a brother of Ebenezer Hutcheson, above mentioned. Robert was a very bright man and a fine speaker. Joseph R. Lewis was born in London, Ohio, September 17, 1829. He received, early education in the common. schools, and the London Academy. He taught school several terms and read law under R. A. Harrison, being admitted to the bar in 1854. He then located. in Iowa and practiced law there until 1869, when he was appointed by President Grant territorial judge. of Idaho. He served in that position until 1873, when he was appointed by President Grant associate, justice of the territory of Washington. He resigned that position in 1880, and resumed the practice .of law in Seattle. He at. once became an active and. influential citizen of that growing city. He was president of the first Board of Trade founded a bank and became connected with large: and successful business enterprises. He retired from business life and lived for several years in Los Angeles, California, where he died on March 1.9, 1911. Judge Lewis was a self-made man. He acquired knowledge rapidly and applied it correctly. He always had a keen appreciation of the place of his nativity. His father, Col. Phillip Lewis, was one of the early and distinguished pioneers of the county, having, served as sheriff; county commissioner, representative and state senator several terms. Darius B. Warner was born in London, Ohio,. in March, 1831. He was educated in the village schools and the London Academy. He read law. under the tutorship of his brother-in-law, Hon. R. A. Harrison, and, being. admitted, to the bar about 1855, practiced law with Mr. Harrison a few years.. Early in the spring, of 1862, he. recruited and formed a company of Volunteers for service, in the Civil War, and was elected. captain by the company. In August, 1862, this company was mustered. into the United States., service as Company A, One Hundred and Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and Toland Jones was commissioned captain. On September 8, 1862, Captain Warner was appointed major of the regiment, and was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in April, 1863. At the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, June 27, 1864, he lost his right arm was promoted to Colonel of the Regiment February 23, 1865 and resigned June 6, 1865, on account of the wound received at Kenesaw, He was appointed by President Grant, United. States consul at St. Johns, New Brunswick, and held the position under two or three presidents. After his retirement from that service, he engaged in business in St. Johns; and has since resided in that city. 406 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO. William Vincent Allen was born in Midway, Madison county, Ohio, January 28, 1847, For a while he attended the village schools there. In 1857 the family moved to Iowa. He was educated in the common schools and attended the University at Lafayette fore a time He was a private Soldier in Company K, Thirty-Second Iowa Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, during the last the months of which he was on the staff of General Gilbert. After the war he read law under R. A. Harrison, was admitted to the bar in 1809 and practiced law in Iowa until 1884, when he moved to Nebraska, and practiced law there until 1891, when he was elected judge of the ninth district of Nebraska. He was elected, in 1893, United States senator from Nebraska to succeed Senator Poddock and served the full term of six years. In 1869 he was appointed United States senator from Nebraska to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Haywood. He has the distinction of having made the longest speech ever delivered in either house of Congress. It was on the free-silver question and occupied four days—October 7-11, 1893. In legislative parlance, it was a speech "against time." He is the only Madison county boy who ever became a United States senator. He resides in Nebraska and is one, of the best. lawyers in that state. David Kemper Watson, was born in Range township, Madison county, Ohio, June 18, 1849: He attended the country schools and was prepared to enter college by the Rev. C. W. Finley, of London, Ohio. He entered the freshman class of the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1866, where he was a student one year, and then entered Dickinson: College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania,. graduating from there in the; class of 1871. He read law With Wilson & Durflinger one year at London, a short time with Mitchell & Watson it Columbus, and then entered the .law school of Boston University, graduating in the class of 1873. In the fall of 1873 he married Louie H. Harrison, a daughter of Hon. R. A. Harrison. He practiced law in London a short time as a member of the firm of Harrison, Marsh & Watson. He located in Columbus in 1876 and has resided and practiced law there ever since. In 1883 he was appointed by President Arthur assistant United States district attorney for the southern district of Ohio. In 1887 he was elected attorney-general of Ohio and was re-elected in 1894, serving two terms. In 1894 he was elected a member of Congress from the twelfth district of Ohio and served one term. Mr. Watson is he author of "History of American Coinage," a textbook in Harvard University. In 1910 he published , his work on "The Constitution of the United 'States" in two large volumes, a .standard authority, on the history and construction of that instrument. He has frequently delivered his address on "Lincoln as a Lawyer." DeWitt Clinton Jones was born in Paint township, Madison county, Ohio, September 5, 1848, his mother's twenty-eighth birthday. He attended the district school at Newport until was seventeen and then taught school one term. He entered the freshman class of the Ohio Wesleyan University in the fall of 1866, and is a graduate of that institution of the class of 1870. He then began, the study of law in the office of Chauncey N. Olds, a leader of the Columbus. bar. He was admitted to the bar in 1872 and at once began the practice of his profession in Columbus. In 1876 he was elected a member of the city council. and served one term. In 1886. Mr. Jones was appointed by President Cleveland, postmaster of the city of Columbus and served four years. Soon after his term as postmaster expired he became, editor-in-chief of The Press Post, a daily newspaper published. in Columbus, which position he held for seven Years. He then renewed and continues the practice of law. George D. Jones was born in Paint township, Madison. county, Ohio, in 1857. After receiving a common-school education, he was instructed in Greek and Latin, higher mathematics and science by able private tutors. He read law with R. A. Harrison and MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 407 also with Judge J. R.   Swan, in Columbus; was. admitted to the bar in 1879, and at once began to practice law in Columbus. He has. been a member of the hoard. of education president of the city council, city solicitor, director of law in the board of public service, and in 1914 was elected representative from. Franklin county to the present General Assembly of Ohio. He is a brother of D. W. C. Jones, above mentioned. Scott Bonham was born at Midway, Madison county, Ohio, January 25, 1853 early education. was gained in the school of his native, town, and in 1882 he graduated at the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, For a year after finishing his college course. taught in the school, at West Unity, His ambition was, along, legal lines, and he attended the school of law the University of Virginia, taking his degree, however, in 1885, at the Cincinnati Law, School. While in college, Mr. Bonham developed into a. skilled debater, an accomplishment which he used to advantage in later years. In 1893 he was, admitted to practice in the United States court. For nine years Mr. Bonham. was a member of the board of legislation in Cincinnati. He was elected to that body, which afterward became the city council, in 189]., and served until 1900. He was an energetic and faithful member of. the board, and he often developed symptoms of insurgency, which the leaders were not able to control, He served two terms as president of the board. He was a leading member of the once famous Lincoln Club. He was the most prominent ,spirit in the Stamina Republican League, and was twice president of the Old Republican Club. Mr. Bonham was a member of the Second Cincinnati Cavalry Troop and president of the Cincinnati Cavalry Club. He attained distinction as a Mason, becoming, a member of the order in 1879. He died at Cincinnati, November 1, 1915. and was buried at London, Ohio. Perry Arthur Roach was born county, Ohio, November 27, 1803, but came to Sedalia, Madison county, with his parents in December of that year. He attended the Sedalia schools, afterward read law with Mayo & Freeman, of Chillicothe, and ,attended the Cincinnati Law School. from which he graduated, and was admitted to the bar in 1889. He then begin the Practice of law in Columbus, and is still so engaged. He was justice in the four courts of that city for six years. John Morrissey was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1857. He came to Range township, Madison county, Ohio, with his parents when he was he was one year He attended the common schools until he was nineteen, and attended the London. high school for some time and the normal school at Worthington, Ohio. He taught school several years, was a student at the Northwestern University at Ada, Ohio, for two years; read, law with Wilson & Durflinger at London; was admitted to the bar in 1886, and began the practice of law in London. In 1893 he removed to Columbus, Ohio, and has beep in the practice of law the since He was assistant city solicitor of that city; 1912-14. Harford Aquilla Toland was born in London. Ohio, August 12, 1875. He attended the schools in London and graduated from the high school he attended Dennison University at Granville, Ohio, two years. He enlisted in Company E, Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the Spanish-American War and served as corporal until the company was discharged. October 26, 1898. He then entered the law school of the Ohio State University, graduated from that institution in 1901; and was admitted to the bar at the same time. He at once began to practice law in Columbus and is now so engaged. Marshall J. Sanford was born in Monroe township, Madison county, Ohio, in December her, 1856. He received his early education in the district schools and taught school several years in Ohio and Tennessee. He attended the celebrated normal school it Lebanon, Ohio, and graduated there in 1883 He also read law there and after his graduation, and was adiliitted to the bar in 1885; He then located Lima, Ohio; and has been engaged in the practice of law there until the present time. 408 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO Homer E. Johnson was born in Jefferson township, Madison county in 1879. and was educated in the Public schools of that township. He taught school several years. He attended the Ohio Northern University, where he graduated iii the classical course; began the Study of law, and was admitted to the bar in 1903. He then located in Marion, Ohio, to practice law. He was elected prosecuting attorney of that county in 1912, re-elected in 1914, and is the present incumbent. Howard C. Black was born in Plain City, Madison county, Ohio. He attended the Ohio State University and read law under Thomas E. Powell, of Columbus. He was admitted to the bar in 1887 and began to practice law in Plain city. A few years later he located in Ottumwa, Iowa, where he now resides. George H. Hamilton was born in Midway, Madison county, Ohio. He taught school.. several years; studied law with Judge Badger; was admitted to the bar in 1881, and began to practice law in London. He was mayor of London two terms. In 1893 he located in the state of Washington, where he is engaged in the practice of law. John Dineen was born in Paint township, Madison county, Ohio. He attended the London high school, and the Cincinnati Law School, where he graduated in 1909, and was admitted to the bar at the same time. He practices law in Dayton, Ohio: John M. Markley was born in Somerford township, Madison county, Ohio, in 1852. He taught school several terms; attended the law school of the University of Michigan; was admitted to the bar in 1888, and located in Indianapolis. Indiana, where he now resides. Floyd Johnson Was born in Range township this county, and practices law in Springfield, Ohio. Patrick Higgins was born in Somerford township, and practices law in Springfield; Ohio. LIVING RESIDENT ATTORNEYS. Bruce Paul Jones is now the nestor of the Madison county bar. He was born in London, Ohio,' May 9, 1843. His father, with his family, soon afterward settled on his farm about three miles east of London. Here Mr. Jones attended the common school in the neighborhood and also the London Academy. He afterward entered the Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, and graduated in the classical course there in 1868. He then began the study of law under John C. McCloud, and was admitted to the bar in 1870. He then went to Ottawa, Kansas, where he began the practice of law, and remained there five years, during which time he filled the office of city attorney and police judge, and was editor of the Ottawa, Times, the leading newspaper of that city. In 1875 he returned to London to practice law. In 1879 he was elected mayor of London, which office he held until 1882. He was elected prosecuting attorney of Madison county in 1884, and re-elected in 1886, his second term expiring in January, 1880. He was city solicitor of London three terms. The degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon him by Miami University in 1887. He is a member of the Miami chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa society, a distinguished Greek-letter. fraternity. John Fletcher Locke, the next oldest member of the bay, was born in Somerford township, August 12, 1847. He attended the common schools and entered the Ohio Wesleyan University in the fall of 1865, being an alumnus of the college of the class of 1870. He then read law under the tutorship of .R. A. Harrison for two years, and was admitted to the bar in 1872. He then began the practice of law in. London and has continued in the practice to the, present time. He was elected city solicitor of London in 1873 In 1875 was elected mayor to fill a vacancy caused. by the resignation, of John Jones and served as mayor one year. In 1878 he was elected prosecuting attorney of this county, and was re-elected in 1878. In 1879 he was elected representative from this county to the General Assembly and re-elected in 1881. He was again elected MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 409 representative in 1893. He is thus far the only man elected to the General Assembly three terms from this county. In June, 1898, he volunteered as a United States solder in the Spanish-American War, and served as captain of Company E, Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry; until the company was discharged, October 26; 1898. Richard Harrison McCloud was born in London in 1858: He attended school in the village and graduated from the London high school in 1875. He attended the Ohio State University two years, and read law with his father; John C. McCloud ; he was admitted, to the bar in 1879, at once began the practice of law in London, and has continued in the practice to the present time. He has served several terms as a member of the board of education of London. Never desiring office, he has for years been a member of the Republican state central "committee from this congressional district. Michael Sylvester Murray. was born on January 1, 1856, in Stokes township, Madison county; After receiving a common-school education in the country, he attended the normal school at Lebanon, Ohio, under the instruction of the celebrated educator, Doctor Holbrook, for two years. He taught school for several terms, studied law with judge Badger in London and was admitted to the bar in 1884. He at once lea In the practice of law here and is still an active lawyer. Albert T. Cordray was born in Tuscarawas county; Ohio; in 1861. He lost his father at the battle. of Chickamauga in 1863. He received his early schooling in New Philadelphia, Ohio, and taught school for several years. He attended Doctor Holbrook's normal college, at Lebanon, Ohio, where he graduated in 1883: He taught the grammar school in Mt; Sterling, Ohlo, two years and was superintendent of the high, school there two years. He studied law privately, while teaching. and in 1891 was admitted to the hr. beginning the practice of law in London. He was elected' and served two terms. 1903-07, as mayor of London, Peyton Randolph Emery was born in Range township, Madison county, Ohio, in 1867. He attended the country school and the London high school, from which he graduated in the class of 1888. He read law with Judge Durflinger in London and judge Alsberry in Columbus: He attended the Ohio Wesleyan University two years, and, afterward, the law school of the Ohio State University, from which he graduated in 1893, being adinitted to the bar at the same time. He then formed a partnership with Mr. Durflinger, which continued until the latter's election as judge, when he became a member of the law firm of Murray & Emery. He served as first lieutenant of Company E, Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the Spanish-American War, until the close of the War. Cary Jones was born in Fayette county, Ohio in 1862. He attended the common schools and worked upon his father's farm. He graduated at Buchtel College, Akron, Ohio, and at the Cincinnati Law School in 1889, being admitted to the bar at the same line. He at once located in London and began the practice of law. He was elected prosecuting attorney of this county in 1894 and re-elected in 1897. During his two terms as prosecuting attorney it became his unpleasant duty, to try more cases on the charge of murder and manslaughter than all his predecessors for more than twenty years. Cyrus R. Hornbeck was born in this county near the present state fish hatchery, in 1858. He attended the common schools and worked on the farm until nearing manhood. He taught school several terms. He came to London and was justice of the peace six years, during which time he studied law, and was admitted to the bar. He was elected prosecuting attorney in 1900 and reelected in 1903. James Finley Bell was born in Oak Run township, Madison county, Ohio, in 1872: He attended the common schools and taught school several years. He graduated from Pearson's Business College, Columbus, and then studied law at the Ohio State Univer- 410 - MADISON COUNTY sity, front which he graduated in 1899, and was admitted to the bar at the same time. He began the practice of law in London, in 1900. He was elected mayor of London and served: one term, 1908-09. He was elected prosecuting attorney of Madison county and served one term, 1911-12. He was for some time acting city solicitor and legal advisor for the village of London; being appointed by the village council. Harford Bennett Welsh was born in Paint township, Madison county, Ohio, August 12, 1878: He attended the country schools until he was twelve years old. His parents removed to Washington C. H. in 1890 and he attended the high school there, graduating in the class of 1890. He attended the Ohio State University and graduated in 1900 was admitted to the bar in 1901 and at once began the practice of law in London. He was elected prosecuting attorney of Madison county in 1900 and served two terms until January, 1911. Edward Woodward Johnson was born, in Jefferson township, Madison county, Ohio, October 27, 1876. He attended the public schools until he was sixteen, and. then taught school for three years.. He went to Ohio Northern University at Ada, Ohio, and graduated therein 1898; with degree of Bachelor of Arts. He studied law at Ada until 1903 when he graduated and was admitted to the bar the same year. He then began the practice of law in Madison county, In 1911 he was elected delegate from Madison county to the constitutional convention of 1912, and served as a member of that convention, which framed the present constitution of Ohio, which was adopted by a vote of the people, September 3, 1912. Charles C. Crabbe was born in Range township, Madison county, in 1878. and received his early education in the public, schools of Fairfield township. He, taught school seven years in Madison county. He attended the law school at Ohio Northern University, and was admitted to the bar in 1904, at once locating in London to practice law. He was elected prosecuting attorney of this county in 1912, re-elected in 1914, and is the present incumbent. He is also city solicitor of, London, being appointed by the council. Leo Holland was born in Vinton county, Ohio, in 1857; came to London with his parents when he was about a year old; attended the Catholic school in London and St. Mary's College at Dayton, where he graduated in 1897. He then attended the Ohio State University one year and Notre Dame University at South Bend, and when he graduated, 1900; attended Harvard Law School one: year, being admitted to the bar in 1901. He began the practice of law with Steven. & Steel in Columbus, and located in London, to practice law, in 1905. He has been city solicitor two terms. J. E. Strayer was born in Logan county, Ohio, in 1879. He was reared on a farm, attended the common school and graduated at the DeGraff high school in 1900. He then. attended the Ohio State University and graduated from the law school there in 1905, when he was admitted to. the bar, he located in Plain City, in this county, and has practiced law there since. He has served as clerk of the village and clerk of the township. In later years other prominent and able lawyers have appeared in the trial of cases in the courts of Madison county. George K. Nash, of Columbus, afterward governor of Ohio; Col. J. T. Holmes, Cyrus. Huling. Henry Gumble, Joseph H. Dyer. Chauncy N. Olds, Thomas E. Powell. Thomas E. Keating, Henry H. Booth, and ex-Attorney General Timothy S. Hogan, of Columbus.; Samuel A. Bowman, George Rawlins, Thomas J. Pringle, Eldin Bowman: Horace Stafford and, James G. Johnson, of Springfield; James J. Winans and Charles Darlington, of Xenia: William. P. Ried, of Delaware ; D. W. Ayers, of Marysville.; Gen. E. B. Finley, of Bucyrus; Mills Gardner and John A. Logan, of Washington C. H., Henry F. Page and I. N. Abernatby, of Circle- MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 411 ville; John A. McMahon and W. W. Matthews, of Dayton; C. H. Blackburn, Thomas Paxton, Milton Saylor and I. M. Jordan, of Cincinnati. PRORATE JUDGE. The office of probate judge was created by the seventh section of article IV of the Constitution of 1851, and the first election was held to till said office on the second Tuesday in October, 1851, the official term to be three years. This is a court of record in the fullest sense, and belongs to that class whose records import absolute verity, that are competent to decide on their own jurisdiction, and to exercise it to final judgment With: out setting forth the facts and evidence on which it is rendered. The probate judge has jurisdiction in probate and testamentary matters; the appointment of administrators and guardians, the settlement of the accounts of executors; administrators and guardians, and such jurisdiction in habeas corpus, the issuing of marriage licenses: and for the sale of land by executors, administrator and guardians. also such other jurisdiction in any county as may be Provided by law. Nathan Bond was the first to hold this office in Madison county, serving from 1852 until February, .1858; he was succeeded by B. F. Clark who served from February, 1858, until February, 1864; 1864- 76, J. H. Kennedy: 1876-1894, Oliver P. Crabb; 1894-1901, J. L. Hauer; 1901-1907, John M. Buyer; 1907-1913, John W. Tanner ; since February 9, 1913. Frank J. Murray. PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS. The court appointed the. prosecuting attorney .until :January 29, 1833, when a law was enacted providing for his election biennially, vacancies to be filled by the court. Under this law, the .appointments were made for an indefinite length of time. No pretensions were made to regularity and; while some served for one term, others held the position for several years. The following. persons have filled. this office ; 1810-14, Ralph Osborn, Circleville; 1815-17, Richard Douglas, Chillicothe; 1815„ June term, Caleb Atwater, Circleville 1816, September term, John R. Parish, Columbus, and G. W. Doan; Circleville; 1817. September. term. ,David Scott, Columbus; .1.817-19, John R. Parish;, 1820, James Cooley, Urbana, and. A. Van Horn, who was the first resident attorney of London; 1821-22. Patrick G. Goode; who was the second resident attorney of London ; 1822, term, G. W. Jewett, Springfield ; 1822-23, Caleb Atwater ;.1.823-24,. Joshua Folsom. Circle-Ville ; 1.825-36, Samuel N. Kerr, third resident attorney of .London ; .1837-38, .Isaac : N. Jones, London; 1838, March and May special terms. James L. Torbert; Springfield; 1839-40, Samuel N. Kerr;; 1841-46, Henry W. Smith; 1847-51, Zelot T. Fisher ; 1852-53, James. F. Freeman: 1.854-55, James S. Jones; 1.8.56-57, Henry W. Smith; 1858, .March term. John L. McCormack ; 1858-60; John R. Montgomery 1861-62, Henry W. Smith; 1863-64. ,George Lincoln; 1.865-66, Henry W. Smith; 1.867-70. George W. Wilson ; 1871774, Sylvester W. Durflinger; 1875-76, John J. Bell ; 1877-79. John F. Locke, who resigned and Martin O'Donnell was appointed to fill the unexpired term ; 1881-82, P. C. Smith; 1883-86. D. C. Badger; 1.886-89, B. P. Jones; 1889-92, Corwin Locke; 1892-98. Cary Jones; 1898-1904, C. R. Hornbeck ; 1904-10. H. B. Welsh: 1910-13, Junes F. Bell ; since, January, 1913, C. C. Crabbe. CLERKS. The offices of clerk for the court of common pleas and clerk for the supreme court, were separate and distinctive appointments until the adoption of the Constitution in 1852. Each court appointed its own clerk for the term of seven years; but in Madison county, as in many other counties in the state, the two appointments were always given to the same individual. Under the constitution of 1851 the district court was created and the supreme court established permanently at Columbus. The election of one clerk was provided for, to serve the court of common pleas and the district court. whose official 412 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO term was fixed at three years. There have been fewer men elected to this office than any other in Madison county; one, A. A. Hume, having held 'the. position for the unprecedented Period of forty-one years. From 1810, until June 19, 1815, Robert Hume held the office of clerk, resigning on the latter date. He was succeeded by John Moore, who served until his death, June 27, 1839. James F. Freeman was appointed as third clerk, serving until May 1841, at that time A. A. Hume took over the duties of the office. Mr. Hume re-appointed under the old constitution and re-elected continuously under the new until February: 1882. Later are, 1882-85, E. W. McCormack; H. N. Blair, 1885, until he Was removed, on November 21, 1887, on account of irregularities in the affairs of his office; J. M. Warner. appointed by the county commissioners, November 21, 1887; and served the unexpired term of Blair, ending January; 1888; M. F. Dunn, January, 1888, until the first Monday in August; 1894 (his term of office expired February 9, 1894, but he was appointed by the county commissioners to fill the office until the following August on account of an extension of terns) ; C.. E. Arbuckle, 1894-1900; G. W. Crabbe, 1900- 1906; Samuel McCollum, 1906-1911; John H. Foster, 19114915; Wilbert D: Hume, since August 2, 1915.  SHERIFFS. The office of sheriff for the counties of the state of Ohio was adopted from the statutes of the older states, under the territorial laws, passed at Marietta, in 1788. The office was appointive until April 3,1803, at which time an act was passed providing for an election every two years. The following is a list of men who have filled the office in Madison county since its organization: 1810-13, John Moore; 1813-14, James Ballard; 1815-16, Philip Lewis; 1816-18, James Ballard; 1818-19, William. Ware; 1819-24, Nathan Bond; 1825-26, Stephen Moore; 1827-30, Henry Warner; 1831-34, William Warner; 1835-36. Q. Lottspiech; 1837-.40; William Warner; 1841-42, William T. Davidson 1843-44, Stephen Moore; 1845-46, William. Warner ; 1847-48, John Jones; 1849, William Squires, who left the county and the office was filled in 1850 by George W. Lohr, coroner 1851-52, William Warner; 1853-56. Edward McCormick ; 1857, William Smith, who left the county, in 1858, and the coroner, Calvin Newcomb, served out the term; 1859-62, W: S. Shepherd;1863, Calvin Newcomb, who died in office; 1864-65, Robert Withrow ; 1866-69, B. H. Lewis; 1870-73, Henry T. Strawbridge; 1874-77, E. R. Florence; 1878-81, William Jones; 1882-89. John F. Johnston; 1886-90, John. T. Vent; 1890-94, Benjamin Emery ; 1894-98, J. Scott Chenoweth; 1898-1902, E. S. Gordin; 1902-06; C. A. Wilson; 1906-08, M. E. Hummel (resigned January 1, 1908, in order to avoid a conflict with the state Constitution regarding the length of time a Person might hold the office. His son, Claude. Z. was appointed by the commissioners to the office and .held it from January 1, 1908, to January 1, 1909. Hummel was elected a second time to the office in November, 1908, and held the office from January 1, 1909 to 1911 ; 1911-1915, E. W. McCormack; January 4, 1915. Charles L. Weimer. OFFICIAL STENOGRAPHERS. As shorthand writing is an important and necessary adjunct and assistance in the Proceedings of our courts and the administration of justice; a few words about it is thought to be of interest. In early times, memoranda of the testimony and charge of the court in a trial or legal proceedings were laboriously written in long hand. Bills of exceptions were agreed to by the attorneys and court, containing the' substance, in briek of the evidence and charge of the court. While shorthand writing, or stenography, is as old as the time of Queen Elizabeth, its use in the courts of this country is very, modern being first used in the fifties. By it, every word of testimony, charge of the court, and the arguments of counsel is accurately taken and can be correctly reduced to writing. It is a. great saving of time and-labor in making up the record of a trial. MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 413 For a long time, stenographers were used and employed by the party to the suit, who desired, and sometimes by both parties. It was not until 1888, that the General Assembly empowered courts to appoint official stenographers, and then, only in the larger counties of the -state. Manus O'Donnell, a lawyer, but not a practitioner; an expert stenographer, acted as court stenographer for several years in our courts. He was employed by the parties, paid by them; or by the county when employed in .a state case. By an act of the General Assembly passed in March, 1894, provision was made for the appointment of an official stenographer for Madison county. The powers and duties were the same as have been provided in the authorizing the appointment of stenographers in the larger counties. Afterwards, in 1904, the General Assembly passed an act providing for the appointment of stenographers in all the counties of the state, and the act elating to Madison county was repealed. Court stenographers have an office in the court house. Their term is three years. The salary is fixed by the court which appoints them. The shorthand notes taken in a case are kept on file in that office. They have power to administer oaths, take depositions and act as referees. The office is one of responsibility and trust. The court stenographer must not only be competent and expert; but possess strict integrity and a keen sense of propriety. Miss Rose Murray was the first person to hold the office of official stenographer in this county, being appointed in 1894. She is a native of Madison county and was educated in the common schools: She was- a very expert and accurate reporter. She held the position until November, 1903, when she resigned to accept a similar position offered her in Pickaway county. She was court stenographer for that county until March, 1912, when, on account of her exceptional ability, she was appointed stenographer for the industrial commission of the state of Ohio, which position she now holds. In November, 1903, Miss Sue Murray (now Mrs. J. E. Boland) was appointed official stenographer to succeed her sister, which position she still fills. She was born in this county and attended the public schools of the county and also the normal school at Valparaiso, Indiana. She was employed in the printing office of the Madison County Democrat for five years and also in the law office of McCloud & Converse for five years. This experience was an education and of great advantage to her in her present profession. Being exceptionally correct and expert, she is frequently called to other courts of the state to report cases. NOTES. It is worth noting that no person has ever been found guilty of murder in the first degree, by a jury, or sentenced to be executed by a judge in Madison county since its organization, although a number of persons have been tried in her courts charged. with the crime of murder. At the May term, 1913, one James Thomas was tried before Judge Curtain and a jury on an indictment charging murder in the first degree. The jury found his "Guilty as charged in the indictment," but recommended mercy. Under the law iii such cases, he could be sentenced for life only, which was done. The prisoner now serving the longest continuous period of time in the Ohio penitentiary is John Tracy, who was tried in August, 1883, at London, before a jury and Judge Eli P. Evans, on an indictment for murder in the first degree. His defense Was insanity. The verdict was "Guilty of murder in the second degree," and he was sentenced for life. Efforts have been made to secure a reprieve and pardon, but without success. The largest verdict and judgment ever rendered in the county was for $250,340, in a case tried in the probate court of this county before Judge Frank J. Murray and a jury, in January, 1914. The case was a proceeding brought by the state of Ohio against 414 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO. John Ellsworth and Minerva Hardin to .appropriate about one thousand five hundred acres, of their lands near London for the purpose- of locating a new penitentiary thereon. The amount of- the verdict was paid by the state into court, deeds duly made for the lands, the state took possession and the new penitentiary is being constructed thereon. The smallest verdict and judgment in the court of common pleas in the county was for one cent, in a case tried before Judge Abernathy and a jury, at the February term, 1890. One Arthur Stutson, brought a suit against the judges of election of the village of Jefferson in this, county, for wilfully, refusing to accept his ballot offered at a certain election held in that village, to his damage in the sum of five, thousand dollars. The defendants. paid the judgment and costs, amounting to one hundred and sixty-three dollars and thirty cents. The first grand jury empaneled, in Madison county, in 1810, held its session in a hazel brush thicket, on what is now the Guynn farm. The last grand jury (1915) met hi a palace, with telephones, electric lights, marble floors and all up-to-date appointments. CHAPTER XXX MILITARY HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY The military history of the United States must necessarily begin with the early Indian struggles, and then the struggle with Great Britain for the independence of the thirteen original states. Of course these struggles took place years before white men set foot within the bounds of the present Madison county; but since that county is honored by the presence within its confines of the graves of Some seven heroes who took port in the Revolutionary War, a military history of the county should begin with an account of their records and the recording of their burial places. The following data Concerning these men has been furnished in great part by members of the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and is to be trusted. ELIAS LANGHAM. Col Elias Longhorn and, Lieut, Samuel Baskerville, life long friends. He side by side in the little family graveyard on the old Samuel Baskerville farm, now owned by John Crawford of London. Colonel Longhorn's early history is somewhat obscure. He was born in Virginia. He enlisted, February 19, 1777, under Lieut. Richard C. Waters, First Continental Regiment, Virginia ; Col. Charles Harrison; commanding. He was a private. He went into Capt Drury Ragsdale's company and served part. of the time under Capt. Anthony Singleton; of the Second Regiment, .and for a part of the time under. Capt. John Dandridge. He was bombardier-sergeant; quartermaster-sergeant and conductor of military stores. He was appointed lieutenant of the artillery Gen. Nathaniel Greene, by a letter which is still preserved on file with his application for a Pension. He last served in Capt. Ambrose Bohennan's company. After the war he received five years full pay in lieu of one-half pay for life. Colonel Longhorn received a diploma in the Society of Cincinnatus, signed by his illustrious chief, George Washington. He applied for a pension under the act of March 18, 1818 and made oath of his declaration before Samuel Baskerville, associate justice of Madison county. He gave an inventory of what he possessed as. one horse, saddle and bridle, twenty-five dollars, and all other property, ten dollars. He stated that his occupation was that of a surveyor, but he was unable to follow it. He also stated that had six children but none were living with him. To the second statement he made oath on May 11, 1821. Colonel Longhorn made the town plat of Alexander And is supposed to have Made the town plat of Portsmouth. He surveyed all the Congressional landsin Scioto County; that is all east of the Scioto river. He was a member of the territorial :Legislature, 1799-1801, 1801-02. In 1802 he was a candidate for the constitutional convention from Ross county, but was defeated by Edward Tiffin. In 1803 he was one of the four candidates for Congress, but was defeated. In 1803, 1805-06, 1806-07 he was a member of the Legislature froth Ross county and was speaker Of the house in 1803-04. While living in Ross county he was United States surveyor of Congressional lands. Colonel Longhorn's title was probably secured by his connection, with the Ohio militia during the War of 1812. He probably came to Madison county about 1807! or 1808, and was a figure in the early history of the county. Samuel N. Kerr was appointed on the application of Col. W. Swan as administrator of his estate and his personal belongings were sold on December 11, 1830: amounting to only thirty dollars. In order 416 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO to dispose of a small parcel of land, the administrator caused a legal notice to be published in the Ohio Statesman, giving notice to the heirs of Langham of his intention. This shows that the five children were Betsy Ann Rector (wife of William Rector), Mary Langham, Jane Lewis Langham, Angus Langham and John Langham. It appears that Colonel .Langham never moved his family here, as he lived alone or boarded. Colonel Langham was a judge of the first election held in Union township (London), which was on the first Monday in .April, 1810, and was clerk in the annual election the following October. In July, of that year, he was licensed to keep a tavern at his home in Union township. He was. given the contract to build the first county jail, on the organization of the county. in .1810. In his declining years Colonel Langham made his home with Judge Samuel Baskerville, south of London, where he died on April 3, 1830, and where he was buried, in the burial ground of that family. LIEUT. SAMUEL BASKERVILLE. It is shown by the records of the adjutant-general's office at Washington that Samuel Baskerville—one of the first associate justices of the county—served as an officer of the Tenth (also known as the Sixth) Virginia Regiment, Revolutionary War, commanded successively by Col.r Edward Stevens, Maj. Samuel Hawes, Col. William Russell and Col. John Green. He is reported commissioned ensign, December 3, 1776; second lieutenant, January 2, 1778, in Capt. John Mountjoy's company, and: first lieutenant. September 14, 1778, in Capt. Hughes Woodson's company. The record also shows him commissioned first lieutenant, April 5, 1778. The records, further show that this officer served as quartermaster of the regiment from May to November, 1779, and his name appears on a return dated January 10, 1786, with the remark: "Deranged, 1st. January 1783, but proved, to be in service." Heitman's "Historical. Register of Officers of the Continental Army," an unofficial publication. worthy of credit, shows this officer taken . prisoner at Charleston, May 12, 1780; exchanged, July 1781, and retired, January 1, 1783, but paid to November 15, 1783. Heitman also reports him died 29th August, 1830. He was buried on the farm. which he, received. by a Virginia military land grant, in the family burial ground, by the side of his friend, Col. Elias. Langham. Lieutenant .Baskerville was twice married, his first wife being the mother of two children, Mary K. and John.. His second wife, Nancy Miller, Baskerville, was the mother of the following children: Samuel, Richard, James, William, George, Edward, Judith, Rebecca and Nancy. Of these children only one ever married, Nancy, whose husband was MAJOR PETER HELPENSTINE. Heitman's "Historical Register of the Officers of the Continental Army" has the following entry : "Helpenstine, Peter (Va.), Major 8th Virginia, 1st March 1776." In a publication called the "House List of Private Claims," second session, twenty-fifth Congress, it is shown that the heirs of Major Peter Helpenstine were granted half-pay for the Revolutionary services of this officer, by act of June 12, 1838. Major Helpenstine was born in Virginia. He started for Ohio in 1805. He settled in Paint township in 1806 and is believed to have been the second settler of that township. (See chapter on history of Paint township.). He was buried on his farm, but later his remain were transferred to the Paint township cemetery; where they rest at present. PHILIP HELPENSTINE. Philip Helpengtine, son of Major Peter Helpenstine served as a private from October, 1775, to May, 1776, in Capt. Morgan Alexander's company of Colonel Woodford's Virginia regiment, and from May, 1776, to November, 1777, as a private, in Capt. Jonathan Clark's company in Colonel Muhlenberg's Virginia regiment. In his pension peti- MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 417 tion he stated that by request of his father, Peter Helpenstine, who was major of Colonel Muhlenburg's regiment; he left Colonel Woodford's regiment and joined the former—that from 1777 to 1781 he served several times in the militia, that after the surrender of Cornwallis he was appointed a conductor in the French army, and so served until September 28, 1782. He took part in the battles of Green Bridge, Ft. Moultrie and many skirmishes. At the time of his enlistment he lived at Winchester, Virginia. He applied for a pension on November 2, 1819, when sixty-six years of age, and was at that time a resident of Fleming county, Kentucky. His claim was allowed. He married Rebecca Wolf, June 16, 1776, in Frederick county, -Virginia; died on October 19, .1839, and. she was pensioned as his widow. He was buried in the family burial grounds with. his father, and later his remains were also removed to the Paint township cemetery. Tradition tells us that David Watson, who settled in Paint townsip at about the same time as did Peter Helpenstine, and who married the latter's daughter, Mary Helpenstine, served as a drummer-boy in the Continental army. There is no official record to substantiate this tradition, but it is quite probable that such was the case. ANDREW SIFRIT. Andrew Sifrit enlisted in Frederick county, Virginia, in 1775, as a private in Capt. Andrew Waggoner's company, Col. James Woods's Twelfth Regiment of Virginia troops of the Continental line. He served in several campaigns in the Northern army, was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Stony Point and Paulus Hook, and was taken prisoner at the siege of Charleston, and exchanged at Jamestown, Virginia (length of captivity not known) ; was at the surrender of Cornwallis and marched under Capt. Alexander Parker to Richmond'. Virginia, and served there. He was on the water for eighteen months. For his services he was given two hundred and forty acres of land in Paint township. Madison county, Ohio, to which he emigrated, and is described elsewhere as one ,of the pioneers of that township. Reference to his land grant is made in the widows' file No. 25468, bureau of pensions, Washington, D. C. Andrew Sifrit was allowed a pension on an application, executed on April 6, 1812. He was born in Harper's Ferry, Virginia, March 16, 1755, and died in Madison county, Ohio, October 16. 1847, and was buried in the Paint township cemetery. He was twice married, his first wife having been Susanna Shrock, whom he married about 1786 and by whom he had nine children, of whom Mary, Catherine. John. Elizabeth and James came with him to this township. His second wife was Hannah Morrils, a native of Virginia, by whom he had twelve children, he thus having been the father of twenty-one children. OBIL BEACH. Obil Beach was born in Goshen, Connecticut. He was reluctantly permitted by his father, on account of his age, to enlist in the Continental army under Captain Chapman and Colonel Swift. He enlisted in 1777 and served three years, being a member of General Gates's army that witnessed the surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga, New York. He was a pensioner. He married. Elizabeth Kilbourne, of Litchfield, Connecticut, and moved to Canaan township, Madison county, in 1.817, where he died in September. 1846, at the age of eighty-eight years. His children were: Susannah, Amos and Marva, born in Poultney, Vermont; Uri, Ambrose, Rhoda, Sarah, Lorenzo, Roswell and Irene, born in New Haven, Vermont; and Obil Oren and Oren Obil, twins. All these children came to Madison county and settled in Darby and Canaan townships, as is told in the histories of those townships elsewhere in this volume. WILLIAM SMITH. William Smith emigrated from Donegal, Ireland, and immediately on arrival joined the Continental army, as a private, at Dover. Delaware. He enlisted in June, 1.776, for (27) 418 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO one year, under Capt. Joseph Stedham and Colonel Hazlett. He applied for a pension on April 29, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Licking county, Ohio; and sixty-four years of age. He married Elizabeth Campbell. He moved to Madison county with his son and is buried either in the Oak Hill or the Glade cemetery. FRONTIER WARS. The first military experiences of the actual residents of this county were experienced during the wars of the frontier. While peace nominally existed, the hardy pioneer was always prepared for war whenever it should come. The climax of this .frontier tension was probably reached in 1811. At that time it is thought there. were no Indians living in the county, but the events leading to the battle of Tippecanoe and the killing of an Indian named Nicholas Monhem, by Tobias Bright, in 1810, incensed the roving bands of savages and kept the. settlements in a feverish state of anxiety. In the eastern portion of the county several families left their homes and repaired to a stockade that was built on the east side of. Little Darby creek, across. from the present site of the town of Jefferson, where they remained until after Gen. William Henry Harrison gave the Indians their crushing defeat at the battle of Tippecanoe on November 7, 1811. When the news of this great victory reached the county the fears of the people greatly subsided and those in the fort returned to their Cabin' homes. The example set by these people of the eastern portion of the county was followed in many Other parts of the county. Several exceptionally strong cabins were built as places of general rendezvous whenever an outbreak seemed imminent. THE WAR OF 1812.  On June 18, 1812, the United States; by resolution forced through Congress by Henry Clay, declared War on Great Britain, and a few days later Governor Meigs, of Ohio, issued a call for troops, designating Franklinton, Urbana and Dayton as general places of rendezvous for this portion of Ohio. Capt. John Moore and Capt. Elias Langham were appointed to open a recruiting office in London. A company of seventy men was raised in this neighborhood 'and sent" to Mill creek, in what is now the southern part of Union county, where a block-house was built on the north bank of the stream and general preparation was made to defend the county against the Indians—the allies of the English: Jonathan Alder, e described as the first settler in the neighborhood of Darby township, was in this company and the story is still told of how he getting tired of being penned up in the fort and. believing there was no danger immediate, concocted a scheme with John Johnson to break up the camp and so return to their homes. These two men were sent on a scouting expedition,' and after covering the ground about a mud- hole with moccasin tracks, returned to the camp and reported that Indian signs were numerous, at he.same time offering to conduct a squad to the place to investigate the matter. This bit of news created consternation among the men. Alder, Johnson and Andrew Clerno were detailed for picket duty that night Clerno was let in on the scheme, and, about eleven o'clock, while the camp was asleep, all three fired their. guns at. an ,imaginary enemy in the bush, and rushed into the fort. The result was a general stampede, the men running like as many frightened, cattle, pell-mell, in every direction. through the, forest. The shouts of the officers in their efforts to rally them proved fruitless. Many ludicrous scenes took place, as well as a few accidents through coining into violent, contact with trees; while two. brave lads plunged into Mill creek. The ruse was successful, for about ten o'clock the, following morning all the men were discharged and sent to their homes. Much sport was made of this event, and many of the worthy pioneer fathers of the county were the butt of. the jokers throughout their lives because of their participation in this first campaign. MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 419 TREATY OF PEACE. On June 21, 1813, a great council. was held with the Indians at Franklinton by General Harrison, at which the Indians solemnly agreed to remain at peace with the settlers, thus ratifying the spirit of all former treaties. An excellent memorial of this council has been found, which is herewith reproduced: "The Delaware, Shawnee, Wyandot and Senaca tribes were represented by about fifty warriors.. General Harrison represented the government, and with him were his staff and a brilliant array of officers in full uniform. Behind them was an attachment of soldiers. In his front were the Indians. Around all were the inhabitants of this region, far and near. The object was to induce these tribes, who had heretofore remained neutral in the war, to take an active part in the ensuing campaign for the United States, or at least give a guarantee of their peaceful intention by remaining with their families within the settlements. "The general-began to speak in calm and measured tones, befitting the grave occasion, but an undefined depression seemed to hold all in suspense, as with silent and almost breathless attention, they awaited the effect of the general's words. These seemed to fall on dull ears, as the Indians sat with unmoved countenances, and smoked on stolid silence. At length the persuasive voice of the great commander struck a responsive. cord, and Tarhe, or the Crane, the great Wyandot chief, slowly rose to his feet standing for a moment in a graceful and commanding attitude, he made a brief reply. When he, with others, passed forward to grasp the hand of Harrison) in token not only of amity, but in agreement to stand as a barrier on our exposed frontier, a terrible doubt and apprehension was lifted from the hearts of all. Jubilant shouts rent the air, women wept for joy, and stalwart men thrilled with pleasure as they thought of the assured safety of their wives and children from a cruel and stealthy foe. They prepared at once, with alacrity, to go forth to the impending battles. The Indians remained faithful to this agreement and the settlements were spared a re-enactment of their early. bloody. scenes. At that time the Indian frontier stretched in a long line from the lakes to lower Illinois, diagonally across the state .not more than sixty. miles away, so it -is readily seen .what relief. it must have been to husbands and fathers. THE "GENERAL MUSTER." In May, 1813, during the siege of Ft. Meigs, runners were sent to all parts. of the state, calling on the male inhabitants to assemble at once and to march to the relief of that fortress The militia from Madison county was hurriedly sent to Urbana where a large force was organized under the command. of. Col. Duncan McArthur. It started for Ft: Meigs, but after- a four-days forced march through the' forests, was met by William Oliver, John McAdams and Captain John, the Shawnee chief, who informed them that the siege had been abandoned. The troops returned to Urbana and were discharged. Major David Gwynne, one of the Gwynne. brothers, who settled in. Deer Creek township, was then a paymaster in the regular army, with headquarters at Urbana. Soon afterward the militia was again called out and marched, this time, to Sandusky, where they remained but a short time. At a special term of the court of .common pleas; held October 4, 1813; a number of military fines were remitted. They had been assessed ley the county board of military officers, for neglect of duty in the prosecution of-the war; then being waged against England. It seems to be impossible at this late date to attempt to give the names, of the volunteers from Madison county who saw service during the War of 1812. When peace once more prevailed, after 1815, "Congress passed a law reorganizing the militia and making it obligatory for all males, between the ages of eighteen and forty live, to perform military duty. These men were required to perform military duty for 420 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO. seven years in time of peace, which, complied with, exempted them from poll tax. This county was divided into military divisions, and certain points designated in each for the militia to meet and receive instruction in the art of mar. These assemblages of the militia were known as the "general muster." The militia could not draw military equipment from the government, but at these musters armed themselves with rifles, shot guns, broom-handles, sticks, or any implement by which they could be put through the manual of exercises. The law also provided that if any company would furnish their own uniforms, and otherwise comply with the law, the state should supply them with arms and ammunitions. Several companies of this class were- organized in Madison county. The muster days were looked upon by all classes with much favor, as they were days of recreation, social joys and friendly greetings. THE MEXICAN WAR. The Mexican War created no great stir in this county, though the progress of the victorious American troops was followed with the general enthusiasm characteristic of the rest of the 'country. The Whig leaders railed against the war as an effort toward the further extension of slavery, but the impression they made was not deep. Only the mimes of the following can be given as Madison county boys who served during this war ; no doubt there were more, but it is almost impossible to determine who they were: Joel H. Worthington, Edward Hill, Samuel Cramer, ̊Sear ,McCormack, George W. Athey Lewis Dun, William Justice, William Frost, Adam Bidwell, Este Bidwell, Samuel Arm strong, Edward .Sager and Mortimer A. Garlick.. THE CIVIL WAR. The first step taken in London, the county seat of Madison county, after President Lincoln's call for seventy-five thousand volunteers on April 15, 1861, was on the second day after the fall of Ft. Sumter, when a mass' meeting of the citizens of the town was held in the town hall, which meeting was organized by the calling of H. W. Smith to the chair and the appointing of A. Downing as secretary. Patriotic and stirring speeches were made by H. W. Smith, Dr. A. Poland, Col. P. W. Taylor, William Jones, George Lincoln, W. H. Squires, John McGaffey and Many other citizens. Richard Cowling, Doctor Toland and William Jones wereappointed as a. committee to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting. Colonel Taylor read his orders from the adjutant-general to proceed to enroll a company of volunteers, and also the .general orders from the same officer. A call was made for volunteers, but none answered at that time. A. Downing was authorized to enroll all volunteers who should 'subsequently make application. The committee reported the following resolutions: "WHEREAS, the flag of our country 'having been dishonored by traitors, we deem it our duty to defend that flag at the risk of our lives; therefore, "Resolved, that the citizens of Madison county, as much as they deplore the strife and disunion in our land, will still cling to the union of these states, and by every honorable means in their power endeavor to maintain their integrity. "Resolved, that they will try to sustain the general 'government in maintaining its authority in enforcing the laws and upholding the flag of the Union." These resolutions were speedily adopted and themeeting was adjourned with three hearty cheers for the country's flag. "THE EAGLE GUARDS." A flag was raised over the court house on Monday, April 16. A flag, which the ladies of London had made, was raised over the academy building on Wednesday, with speeches by J. S. Burnham, J. D. Stine, Emery Smith, and others. Other flags floated from the Poland warehouse, Peter Weber's, Van Wagner & Athey's grocery, from the Cowling MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 421 house, and from many other points. About twenty young men had taken the required oath by April 18. A requisition was made by the governor for seventy-five men from Colonel Taylor's volunteers, to be in readiness on Wednesday, April 28. ,Men rallied to the cause, political differences were forgotten, and squads of men were drilling on the streets, while the hotels were thronged with recruits. The first company enrolled in accordance with Governor Dennison's call was christened by Colonel Taylor, "The Eagle Guards." They were commanded by Capt. Thomas Acton, and left for Lancaster, Ohio, April 27, 1861. Before leaving camp they were presented, by the ladies of London, with a beautiful flag and one hundred flannel shirts made by them from material furnished by the town council. The flag was presented by Neal Clark, later Mrs. Neal . Clark Mitchell, in behalf of the ladies.. This flag was carried by this company all through its period of service and in turn by Company C of the Fortieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, three years' service, of which Thomas Acton was also captain. Captain Acton sent the flag, tattered and torn, home to his wife, Missouri Lewis Acton, in a chest, a short time before he was killed on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 1863, in the battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. At the death of his widow, the flag came into the possession of her sister, Minerva Lewis Acton, who gave it in to her son, Elias Acton. He in turn placed it in the charge of Capt. John Locke, of London, who presented it, to be preserved, to the Woman's Relief Corps, which still has it in its possession and it hangs, carefully enclosed in a wooden case with a glass cover, in the hall of the Grand Army of the Republic, in London. MILITARY COMMITTEE FOR MADISON COUNTY. At once steps were taken for the raising of funds for the use of the volunteers and the care of their dependent ones. Peter Buffenburgh subscribed one thousand dollars toward the volunteer fund. In May, 1863, Col. Peter W. Taylor deeded sixteen hundred acres of Missouri land to H. W. Smith; B. F. Clark, Jacob Peethey, M. Lemen and James Kinney, to be held in trust for the benefit of disabled soldiers from Madison county. The ladies of the county did not neglect to do their part and the Ladies' Hospital Relief Society of Madison County was soon organized and its efforts were unceasing during the continuance of the war. The ladies were constantly sending to the hospitals of. Ohio regiments boxes of fruit and other delicacies, with 'large supplies of woolen blankets, socks, underwear, sheets, pillow cases. books and papers, magazines,—in fact, everything to contribute to the comfort and happiness of the soldiers; while also supplying their loved ones at home with the necessaries of life. On July 19, 1862, Governor Dennison appointed Dr. Milton Lemen; Robert Armstrong, William Curtain, Gabriel Prugh and Judge B. F. Clark, as a military committee for Madison county. On June 24, 1863. the military committee was reorganized, and the following gentlemen were appointed by Governor Tod: Robert Armstrong, Judge B. F. Clark, Gabriel Prugh, Thomas P. Jones and O. P. Grabbe, .who served until the war was over. COMPANY ROSTERS. In the following the history and description of the various regiments have been compiled from Whitelaw Reid's valuable work on "Ohio in the War : Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers," published in New York, in 1868. The company rosters have been taken from the "Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866," issued and compiled under the direction of the roster commission of Ohio, from the adjutant-general's office, between 1886 and 1893. It is therefore felt that the following rolls are as complete and as correct as it is possible to make them, though doubtless there may be found omissions and errors. 422 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO. SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT, OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY The nucleus of the Seventeen then was an organiorganization rat Lancaster, Ohio, under the militia law of Ohio. These were later joined by several companies from other counties, among which were those of Capt. Thomas Acton; of London, and Capt Thomas J. Hynes, of Plain City, Madison county. This regiment was organized at the fair grounds, near Lancaster, by the election of field officers. The Seventeenth left Zanesville, it had proceeded, on June 20, for Bellaire, and on arriving at Benwood. across the Ohio river from Bellaire, it embarked on June 23 for Marietta, arriving there on. Sunday afternoon. The following morning it started for Parkersburg, and in a few hours the Seventeenth was on Virginia soil. It was at once brigaded with the Ninth: and Tenth Ohio Regiments, with. Gen.. William S. Rosecrans in command of the brigade. The first duty to which it was detailed was the guarding of trains to Clarksburg, West Virginia, and return. Company F was the first assigned to this duty, being sent with two carloads of provisions. Companies A and B were detailed as guard to General McClellan. Companies I,. F, G and K. were sent down the river on an expedition under the command of Major Steele, with sealed orders, not to be opened until BlenneBlennerhassett'sd was passed. One company was put off at Larne, West Virginia, and the other two proceeded on down to Ripley Landing and crossed over by land to Ripley, the county seat of Jackson county. Both detachments were to operate against the guerrillas. of the .different localities. The chief of the guerilla leaders of the district were the two vests, father and son, who had made their boasts that they would "annihilate the Yankees on sight," but took good care to keep within a safe distance from the Yankees they had set out to annihilate. Two companies were retained at Ravenswood garrison, until: July 10, on which date they were ordered to report to the regiment at Buckhannon, . Virgnia, on July 14. The other five companies, Colonel Connell; commanding, started to march across to Buckhannon by way of Glenwood they were surrounded on the 4th of July by a force of about fifteen hundred Confederates, but being well posted, held their position until re-enforced by the Tenth Ohio, Colonel Lytle. Soon after the regiment had consolidated at Buckhannon, it was ordered on an expedition with several, other regiments, Colonel Tyler commanding, to Sutton, Virginia. After a long, and hard march, Sutton was occupied and fortified. The Seventeenth having .serveservedime by a few days, started for home, arriving at Zanesville, August 13, and was mustered out of the three months' service on the15th at Camp Goddard. The two Madison county companies returned to their homes, and many, if not all of them, later joined regiments in the three-years service, principally enlisting in different companies from Madison county that went into the Twenty-sixth, Fortieth, Ninety-fifth and One Hundred. and Thirteenth Regiments. Company C---This company, orignally. christened "The Eagle Guards," was organized at London, under the first call for troops in April, 1861. It was subsequently ordered. to Lancaster, Ohio, and there mustered into the service on April 27, 1861, at Camp Anderson, joining the. Seventeenth Regiment, with the following roster : Officers—Thomas Acton, captain; Delaner L. Deland, first lieutenant; Oren E. Davis, second lieutenant ; Aquila Toland, Jr., first sergeant; Andrew J. White, Charles C. McCormack and Robert:M. Hanson, sergeants; James C. .Peck, Emery 'Smith, David M. Hull.. and Isaac N. Davidson, corporals, and James Lyons, musician. Privates—William Anderson, Charles Arthur, John Arthur, Joseph Berkemer, Thomas. Betts, John M. Bickel, Martin Boling, William Boling, Wilson Burroughs, Henry Bradley,. Ethan A. Brittingham, Jacob Bussar, William T. Bussard, William M. Byerly, Isaac W. Byers, Mortemore Carey, Timothy Chamberlain, George Chamberlin, John Clark, Edward Clarridge, Dennis Coffy, Charles Converse, Francis M. Crabb, David M. Creighton, James MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 423 Curtis, Patrick Cusick, George Emerson, Benjamin Emery, John Evans, Jerome W. Field, Thomas Fitzgerald, William M. Flannagan, Thomas Fodey, Thomas Godfrey, John Goodin, John W. Gosslee, John Grey, Benjamin Hale, Timothy Haley, Henry Hamilton, Seneca W. Hancock, Adon Harper, Eli Hilderbrant; John. Hilderbrant, Jacob Houston, Francis M. Ingalls, William J. Hutcheson, William. Kendall, Samuel Lenhart, Andrew Lewis, Reason F. Lewis, Jacob. T. Long, William Lynch, George Lyons, Oresta A: McCaulla, Henry McDaniel, William McDaniel, John McLain, Simeon L. B, McMillen, William Markley, Michael Masterson, Nathan C; Moore, Benjamin Nattre, Justin Olney, Timothy O'Sullivan, Minor Paine, James H. Palmer, James M. Real, William Rutter, John Ryder, William Sanders, John M. Scott, Otho M. Scott, Samuel W. Seivers, John Smith, Worley Smith, Thomas Stephenson, Henry Sullenburger, Stephen Telly, James P. Thacker, Thomas Thompson, Jacob Trost, Joseph A. Waggeman, John E. Ward, James Ware, John Welsh and Melancthon Worthington Company G—On the first call for troops in April, 1861, this company was immediately organized at Plain City, and forwarded to. Lancaster, Ohio, where it was mustered in at Camp Anderson, on April 27, 1861 Officers—Thomas J. Haynes, captain ; Daniel. Taylor, first lieutenant ; George W. Douty, second lieutenant; Titus G. Case, first sergeant ; Rodney C. McCloud, Robert F. Flemming and Albert W. Allen, -sergeants ; Daniel B. Hager, William F. Bancroft, Daniel H. Thomas. and David Reece, corporals ; Silas G. Chapman and Clark L. Barlow, musicians. Privates—George Allen, James Anderson, Charles C. Andrew, Benjamin Beach, Joseph Beach, George W. Beals, .Levi Berkstruser, James Black, John T. Blake, Patterson Bradley, Silas W. Chapman, James E. Conklin, Hiram K. Converse, Hiram Douglas, Washington Durboraugh, George F. Flaherty, George P. Frisby, Wilkinson Guy, Richard D. Haynes, Andrew Hill, Leander. Robert, Lorenzo. Robert, Lysander G. Huff, Andrew J. James, George Kennedy, David Kent, James M. Kilbury, William N. Kile, James G. Langstaff, Justin O. Langstaff; Abel Lock, Benjamin F. Lucas, John McClung, David McCune, John P. McDowell; Uriah H. McDowell, John Marshall, Leander Mercer, George Miller, James T. Mills, Albert More, Alplieus B. More, Mathew Murphy, George Norris, John Parrish, Eslie Patch, John E. Patterson, John F. Perry, Luther Perry, Samuel K. Reese, Samuel Rulhen, William Rulhen, George Russel, Ruben W. Searfus, Alanson Sester, Llewellyn Shamway; James Shamway, Shirk, Samuel Stamp, James Stanton, Marion Stephens, Eliphas Tarpenning, William Taylor, Daniel Tracy, Frederick J. Wadsworth, George Walker,. Lewis W. Wells, John Williams, Warren C. Winget, Joel H. Worthington and Joseph Zennick. London also furnished four other boys in the one-hundred-days service. James M. Dungan. William L. Fickey, Charles R. Cover and Isaac Peetrey were forbidden by their parents to enlist in Capt: Thomas Acton's company, so they ran oft to Springfield to enlist. There cover and Peetrey and Dungan and Fickey applied at two different recruiting stations. Cover and Peetrey. were admitted into .Company F of the Second Regiment, but Dungan and Fickey were a little too late and were not admitted. Undaunted, they took the next train for Columbus and there were admitted to Company B of the Second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. TWENTY- SIXTH REGIMENT, OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. The Twenty-sixth Regiment was. organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, in July, 1861, and was. recruited from the counties of Butler, Ross, Delaware, Guernsey, Mahonning, Champaign, Scioto and Madison. When its organization was it was ordered to the upper Kanawha valley, where it did service until January, 1862, most of the time engaged in severe scout. duty, In the movement. by General Rosecrans on Sewell Mountain the Twenty-sixth Regiment claims to have led the advance, and to have brought up the 424 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO. rear on the retreat from that point. Soon afterward it Was transferred from the Department of West Virginia to the Department of the Ohio, afterward named the Department of the Cumberland. It was then brigaded with the Fifteenth, Seventeenth and Fiftieth Indiana Regiments, under the command of Colonel M. S. Hascall, and placed in Brig-Gen. Thomas J. Wood's division, of which it constituted a part until October, 1863. When the Army of the Cumberland was organized into corps, at Louisville, in September, 1862, the division was assigned to the Twenty-first Corps, and so remained until October, 1863, When the Twentieth and Twenty-first Corps were consolidated with the Fourth Corps, and the Twenty-sixth. Regiment became a part of the Second Brigade (Wagner's), Second Division (then Sheridan's) of the Fourth Corps. The Twenty-sixth Regiment formed a part of the advance column on Nashville, after the capture of Ft. Donelson, and shared the forced marches, hardships and privations of General Buell's army in its advance to Pittsburg Landing to the relief of General Grant. In the advance from Shiloh, through the swamps of northern Mississippi, upon Corinth, the Twenty-sixth occupied the first line, and was the first to enter the place. During the summer of 1862, the regiment bore its full share of the hardships of General Buell's fruit; less campaign. In August of that year the Twenty-sixth took part in the attack, near McMinnville, Tennessee, upon Forrest's brigade of cavalry, capturing prisoners, General Forrest's body servant, battle horse and private carriage In the memorable forced Marches of Buell and Bragg, from the Tennessee to the Ohio, and thence toward Cumberland Gap, in the fall of 1862, the Twenty-sixth Ohio did its full duty. BORE THE BRUNT OF BATTLE. On December 26, 1862, General . Rosecrans commenced his advance from Nashville against Murfreesboro. During this action the Twenty-sixth Ohio, under Major Squires, supported in part by the Fifty-eighth Indiana, made a gallant and successful charge, storming and driving from a strong position, in the village of Lavergne, a far larger force of the enemy that for many hours had held the left wing of the army at bay; and Seriously impeded the progress of the movements in execution. At the battle of Stone's River the Twenty-sixth, under Major Squires, was one of the several regiments which stood firm against the charge of the Confederates on the 26th, when three-fourths of the federal forces on the right had given way and were in full flight; and though for many hours the heavily massed columns of the enemy were thrown against them, they still stood their ground; and the Twenty-sixth formed the apex of the convex battle-front that all Bragg's victorious army could not bend or break. One-third of the regiment's strength Was lost in killed and wounded. In the advance on Bragg's lines at Tullahoma and Shelbyville the regiment bore a conspicuous and honorable part. In the advance on Chattanooga, in December, 1863, the Twenty-sixth led the advance of Crittenden's corps, which was the first to enter the place, Colonel. Young leading the regiment over the northern bluff of Lookout Mountain. At Chickamauga the Twenty-sixth was in the thickest and bloodiest of the fight, where it acquitted itself with honor. At the storming of Missionary Ridge by the Army of the Cumberland, the Twenty-sixth Ohio maintained its reputation. It 'occupied nearly the center of the front line of assault and was there called upon to sustain the concentrated fire of the enemy's circular line of forty cannon and thousands of muskets. The assault Was made in the face of this terrible fire, the column fighting its way step by step up the slope, every minute becoming weaker by the exhaustive outlay of strength and thinner by the murderous fire until, with less than half a command, with the entire color-guard disabled, the colonel, bearing his own colors, charged his foaming horse over the enemy's Work and the rebels threw down their arms, abandoned their guns and gave way in a rout. In this action the Twenty-sixth Regiment captured about fifty prisoners and two cannon.