PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 119 ANDREW H. BAUGHMAN. It is a real pleasure to meet with one whose sympathy is as broad as the human race, whose integrity is beyond. question, whose disposition is accommodating, and whose aspirations are noble. Such is the character and disposition of Mr. Baughman, whose biography and portrait we present to our readers. He is one of the retired bankers of Xenia, and. occupies a conspicuous position in social, political and business circles. He is now a Director of the Xenia National Bank, of which he was formerly President, having held a like position in the First National Bank before the expiration of its charter. As a representative of Christian worth, business ability and broad. intelligence, he is widely and favorably known, not only in Xenia, but throughout the entire Buckeye State. -Especially is his name interwoven with the history of the Reformed Church in the United States; generous in his support of all the enterprises of that church, he is particularly remembered on account of his gift of $20,000, which established the "Baughman Professorship of the Latin Language and Literature and Biblical Instruction" in the Heidelberg University at Tiffin, Ohio. A native of Washington County, Md., Mr. Baughman was born seven miles east of Hagerstown, October 11, 1807, his parents being Andrew and Esther (Herr) Baughman. The father was born and married in Lancaster County, Pa., and followed the occupation of a farmer and hotel-keeper; during the War of 1812 he was Captain of a volunteer company. He survived his wife eight years, she having passed from earth when her son, Andrew H., was a lad of only seven years. Soon after her decease our subject was taken into the home of his uncle, who lived on a farm west of Hagerstown, and there he remained until he was fifteen years of age. Then commencing life for himself, he worked in a mill getting no wages the first year, and during the second year received $5 per month. There he remained until of age, never at any time receiving more than $9 per month, but from this salary managed to save a small amount. After having attained his majority, young Baughman walked all the way to Wheeling where he boarded a trading boat for Cincinnati, receiving his passage and fifty cents per day for labor performed on board. From Cincinnati he went to Hamilton, where two uncles were living, and after sojourning a day or two with them he came to Alpha, Greene County. On Christmas day he began to work in Harbine's mill, getting $9 per month and his board. Adding to what he had saved while at the Whitmore mill, he succeeded in accumulating the sum of $100, when with hit- cousin, Jacob Herr, he rented the mill and sawmill running them 120 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM successfully during the years 1830 and 1831. He was then offered one-third the profits of the Snyder mill if he would become its manager, which position he accepted, continuing so.engaged until 1836, when he formed a co-partnership with his employer's son; Casper Snyder. Buying the mill they operated it for a number of years under the firm name of Baughman & Snyder. Mr. Baughman was manager of the mill, until 1853, it having in the meantime been enlarged and good brick houses having replaced the log huts that were about it when he took charge. He was also one of the first to engage in the distilling business in the county. In 1853 he sold his mill interests and bought a farm of two hundred and fifty acres which he set about improving while Mr. Snyder with whom he still continued a business connection, took charge of both the Old Town mills, which they had purchased, and in which Mr. Baughman still owns a half interest. The first real estate which he possessed was a farm in Greene County, which he had purchased while still employed by the elder Snyder. His first taxable property was a horse and he yet has the receipt for forty cents tax which he paid upon it, and can place that receipt beside one for $1,100, the amount of his present taxes. In addition to the farm which lay two miles southwest of Xenia, Mr. Baughman bought in the city limits seven acres, which is included between King Street on the east, Galloway on the west, Church on the south. and Shawnee on the north. In 1871, he erected on this site an elegant residence which, surrounded by a beautiful lawn, is still one of the most tasteful abodes within the city. Mr. Baughman was first elected a Director of the Xenia Bank, which afterward became a branch of the State Bank of Ohio, and on the passage of the National Bank Law was changed into the First National Bank, of Xenia.. In each of these organizations he had been a Director and Vice-President, and upon the death of the President of the First National, he was elected to that position, retaining it until the expiration of the charter of the institution. When a re-organization was effected under the title of the Xenia National Bank, the Governor not permitting them to take the former name, he became the first President, continuing to hold that station until his health compelled him to resign. He still retains his financial interest in the bank, and the office of Director which has been his for thirty-eight years. He does a real-estate, banking and private loan business. In the political arena Mr. Baughman has been a busy man, having held the office of County Commissioner for twelve years, besides being Alderman for a lengthy period, during which he was Presi dent of the Board three terms. Presi-times he has been solicited to run for more prominent offices, but was too busy to devote himself entirely to politics or public life. lit began his political career in Maryland and when he became of age cast his first Presidential ballot for Gen. Andrew Jackson. He continued to affiliate with the Democratic party until 1856, when he voted for John C. Fremont, and since then has wielded all his influence in behalf of Republicanism. Mr. Baughman has been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows since 1846. In 1833, he united with the Reformed Church in the United States, where he has continually held an official position, having been re-elected Elder, in January, 1890. He has been Deacon, Sunday-school Superintendent, Delegate to the Synod and Classis, Treasurer of Ciassis and Board of Church Erection, member of the Peace Commission and for many years one of the Board of Trustees of the Heidelberg University. He has been a liberal supporter of the church in all her enterprises, and was the largest contributor to the new college building at Tiffin. His name will be revered by future generations for his munificence, and particularly for the deep interest which he has manifested in the university named. The confidence of the public in him is shown by the fact that he has been guardian for fourteen children and has settled ten large estates. The wife with whom Mr. Baughman has lived happily fifty-seven years, bore the maiden name of Mary Snyder, and the rites of wedlock were celebrated between them February 7, 1833. Mrs. Baughman was born in Washington County, Md., September, 7, 1814. She is a daughter of Jonathan Snyder, one of the early pioneers of this county, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. - 121 to which he came in 1816, when his daughter was scarcely more than an infant. He built the first mill in this vicinity, the structure being afterward purchased by our subject and his partner. Having no children of their own, Mr. and Mrs. Baughman have adopted and reared several, to whom they have become strongly attached, and who have been given all the advantages which would have been theirs had they been bound to them by ties of blood.. JACOB HERING. This upright and honorable gentleman, now living a quiet life in Xenia, has probably been as thoroughly identified with the interests of Greene County, and particularly of Beaver Creek Township, as any man now living. He isthe fourth child and only son of Jacob Hering Sr., a native of Switzerland, who after his marriage with Miss Barbara Richenbaugh, came to America in 1795. They settled in Maryland, but in 1806 came to this county then almost an unbroken wilderness. Mr. Hering bought six hundred acres of land in Beaver Creek Township, clearing the entire place himself, and living for some years in the log house in which our subject was born. He continued his agricultural labors there until 1836, when he entered into rest. His wife had departed this life in 1810, leaving three daughters and a son, the latter scarcely more than an infant. Mr. Hering was not only a believer in the principles of Christianity, but one who manifested that belief in his daily walk and conversation. He belonged to the United Brethren or German Reformed Church, and did much to build up that organization in his section. He thoroughly appreciated the need of good schools and used his utmost efforts toward their institution and support. He was not a politician lint one whose fitness to serve his fellowmen was understood, and by them he was made Road Supervisor and a school officer. The daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hering, Sr. are: Elizabeth, who married Joseph Kent of Mont gomery County ; Margaret, the wife of Isaac Kent, of the same county and a brother of Joseph ; and Barbara, who married Adam Kline of this county. Jacob Hering, Jr., with whose name we introduce this sketch, was born June 9, 1808, and grew to maturity on the homestead, on which he lived until 1882. He received an excellent common-school education, and assisted his father in the work of the estate until after, he had become of age when he married, but remained with his father until the death of the latter. Becoming the owner of three hundred and thirty-five acres of the old homestead, he continued to reside upon it making many improvements and prosecuting a successful career until he determined to retire from active duties. Buying a neat new cottage on West Market Street, Xenia, he moved into town where he is now enjoying merited repose from the labors of life, cheered by the companionship of many friends and his surviving children. He has seen this country change from a. forest to the improved land of to-day, where flourishing towns and highly cultivated farms take the place of a few and primitive dwellings and small improved tracts which_ he recalls in his boyhood. He still retains his ownership to the splendid farm in Beaver Creek Township, which is now operated by two of his sons. On February 2, 1831, our subject led to the hymeneal altar, Miss Mary Steele, daughter of Ebenezer Steele, a prominent county official. The bride was born in Maryland and came to this county with her parents in 1812. She is a sister of John Steele, whose grandson, J. D. Steele, is well known here and is represented in this volume. She faithfully discharged her duties as wife and mother until July 2, 1868, when she was called from time to eternity. She had borne nine children, six of whom reached years of maturity and four are yet surviving. Amanda is now living with her father and taking charge of the household ; Ebenezer lives on the old farm; Angeline was the wife of Lester Arnold, whose sketch appears on another page in this book; Henry Harrison who was born in 1840 and named for the General whose name was so prominently before the public at that time, was a member of the Seventy-fourth Ohio Infantry during the Civil War, 122 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. and Captain of Company F, proving himself to be a valiant soldier; John J. died from fever contracted in the service of his country, being enrolled in the One hundred and Sixty-fourth Ohio Infantry, and held a Lieutenant's commission at the time of his death, being then in his twenty-second year; Albert Franklin is living on the home farm. Mr. Hering filled the position of Township Clerk for a number of terms and held the offices of Township Treasurer and School Director for many years. He considers himself a lifelong Republican, his first vote having been cast for Henry Clay, and his adherance being naturally given to the party which grew out of that to which he first belonged, and which carries on the work it began; he is proud of having voted for both Harrisons. He belongs to the Reformed Church with which he has been identified during all his mature life. Looking back over a long life, like all mortals he can see wherein he might have practiced more thoroughly the small virtues which are needful to a perfect character and life, yet having ever endeavored to do-the right, he finds no cause for serious regret, knowing that "to err is human, to forgive divine.", His influence has ever been on the side of morality, religion and high civilization, and is felt throughout a wide circle. NIXON GRADY BROWN. In collecting the pioneer history of Southern Ohio it is found that the Brown family, from whom sprang the subject of this notice, occupied a conspicuous place. They were people of steady habits, substantial and reliable, and uniformly stood well in the several communities where they located. He with whose name we introduce this sketch remains as one of their most honored representatives and during the later years of a useful and eventful life, is now living in quiet retirement at a pleasant home in Jamestown, of which he has been a resident since 1885. . From 1835 until 1885 Mr. Brown wag a resident of Cedarville Township, Greene County, being located on Caesar's Creek engaged in farming and stock-raising and also operated a sawmill. He improved a large tract of land, transforming it into a valuable and productive farm. The first advent of his father's family here was in 1834. Prior to this, however, in 1832, Jacob Brown, leaving his native State of Virginia, visited Ohio, and after spending some time.in looking the country over returned to the Old Dominion, and in the spring of 1834, not being able to abandon his idea of settling in the Buckeye State, came back and purchased two thousand acres of land, mostly unimproved and included in what is now Cedarville Township. He paid for this 88,000 in cash, which he had received for one hundred and. sixty-eight acres of improved land a few miles from the city of Leesburg, Loudoun County, Va. This purchase was formerly the property of the well-known Col. William Elsey. In making the journey hither Jacob Brown traveled in true pioneer style, overland with teams, a four-horse wagon, a two-horse wagon and a carriage. The father rode on horseback and was accompanied by his four sons and four daughters, of whom Nixon G., our subject, was the youngest and is the only surviving son. The little band of emigrants made their way slowly over a thinly settled country, being sheltered at night usually under the roof of a primitive tavern, but frequently passing the night in their wagons and by their camp-fire. After a tedious journey of nearly four weeks, frequently over almost impassable roads, including Darby Plains, which was always dreaded by the traveler of those days, they arrived at their destination. The father of our subject was a man weighing nearly two hundred and fifty pounds, and his ride on horseback proved particularly trying to him. Their location comprised a part of what is known as the Military Tract, and on the land thus taken up, only a few acres of which had been cleared, the father and sons at once set about the erection of a double log house in about the center of their possessions. This accomplished, they began to clear the land and till the soil. After years of arduous labor they found themselves the possessors o a comfortable home, with a large estate which was each year growing more valuable. Jacob Brown lived to see this large extent of land mostly PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 123 under cultivation and embellished with good buildings. His children attained to mature years and some were married and settled in comfortable homes. The father departed this life January 22, 1860, when over eighty-four years old, having been born December 17, 1775. Jacob Brown was born of Quaker parents and in the peaceable doctrines of this sect was reared and held to them during his entire life. He was married, December 14, 1800, in his native county, to Miss Judith Walters, who was born there August 8, 1781. She likewise was the daughter of Quaker parents and of English extraction. She proved in all respects the suitable partner of her husband, enduring patiently and cheerfully the hardships of pioneer life, was a devoted mother and reared her children in the way they should go. She passed away a few years prior to the decease of her husband, her death taking place May 27, 1856. Of the eleven children born to the parents of our subject only two are living, Nixon G. and his sister, Mrs. Sarah J. Wilson, who lives in Springboro, Warren County, this State, and who is now seventy years old. Mr. Brown was born February 2, 1827, and was a lad of eight years when his parents came from the place where he was born, in Loudoun County, Va., to this State. He cannot remember the time when he spent his days in idleness, for all the children were required to make themselves useful as soon as large enough. He put his- shoulder to the wheel in the clearing and cultivation of the large extent of land which his father purchased, and after reaching his majority became owner of three hundred and sixty-five acres. To this he gave his best efforts for years thereafter, cultivating the soil, putting up a fine set of buildings and effecting the improvements which have made it one of the most desirable estates in this part of the country. He still retains possession of this farm, which is now operated by his son-in-law and which affords him a handsome income. The subject of this notice was married in Loudoun County, Va., May 12, 1853, to Miss Hannah P. Wilson. Mrs. Brown was born November 22, 1824, near Leesburg, Va., to William and Elizabeth (Nicholas) Wilson, who were residents the greater part of their lives in Loud oun County to which they had removed from Maryland. Mr. Wilson was a farmer by occupation and after his removal to Virginia located upon land from which he built up a good farm and there spent the remainder of his days, dying December 19, 1871, when seventy-seven years old. His wife, Elizabeth, passed away some years later, in May, 1874, at the age of seventy-six years. They were the parents of twelve children, four sons and eight daughters, most of whom lived to mature years, and five are yet surviving. Mrs. Brown received careful training from pious parents, remaining with them until her marriage. Both she and her husband adhere loyally to the Quaker faith of their ancestors, although attending the churches of other denominations within their reach. Mr. Brown, politically, is a sound Republican. He was the first Vice President of the People's Bank at Jamestown, of which he is now a Director and a large stockholder. Personally, he is a man of commanding presence with well-developed muscles, made so by healthy labor during youth and middle life, of which fact he has never been ashamed. He was never addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors or tobacco in any degree. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are the parents of two children only, both daughters. Mary E. became the wife of Otis T. Wolford, and they reside on the old farm in Cedarville Township; Hattie married Dr. W. P. Madden, of Xenia. Mr. Brown retains in his possession his father's old family Bible, which could scarcely be purchased at any price. He has also an illustrated handkerchief upon which is imprinted scenes in the life of Gen. Washington, which was given him by his aunt in Virginia, and which is many years older than himself. ANDREW DUNCAN WILLIAMSON is one of the prominent farmers of Greene County, having a fine estate four miles south of Xenia, on which he has resided since 1846, and which he has brought to a high state of development, raising from it crops which in quality and quantity rank with the best. The landed estate comprises two hundred acres and a 124 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. full line of farm buildings, well constructed and commodious, meets the eye of the visitor, while fine stock and modern machinery indicate that the owner is both capable and progressive in carrying on his work. Mr. Williamson was born in York County, Pa., January 30, 1815, his parents removing to Washington County the same year and four years later changing their location to Jefferson County, Ohio, settling near a place called Warren, where they remained about thirteen years. In 1833 they went to Shanesville, Tuscarawas County, but in April 1836, located in this county, where they permanently remained. Our subject was with his parents during their various changes of residence and came with them to this county by wagons, continuing to reside under the parental roof until his marriage in the spring of 1838. He then located five miles north of Xenia Township, from which place he removed to his present location some years later. He has not only acquired an excellent reputation as an agriculturist, but has served his fellow-citizens in public capacities, laboring earnestly for the advancement of the c ause of education and for the good of the community in various ways. In the advancement of the cause of education Mr. Williamson has been active, serving as a member of the School Board of Spring Valley Township since its organization thirty years or more ago, and being its President; in his own district he has served as Trustee for forty years. To the duties of Township Trustee he has devoted his energies for ten years, and he was Treasurer of the Board that raised funds for troops during the late war. his continuance in office affords the best proof of his upright character, intelligence, and good judgment, and is a striking manifestation of the opinion which is held of him by his neighbors. In the furtherance of church work he is also energetic, holding mem- bership in the United Presbyterian denomination. On April 8, 1838, the marriage ceremony was performed which united Mr. Williamson and Miss Isabella Collins. The bride was born in York County, Pa., in March 1815, being a daughter of William and Lydia Collins, latterly of Xenia. Her father is a farmer and distiller. The union resulted in the birth of six children; David W., and the Rev. William C. of Keokuk, Iowa, served in the Union army during the war; Henrietta H. is the wife of the Rev. James W. McNary, of La Crosse, Wis.; Leamon Wilson is a minister, now located at North Bend, Neb.; the fifth child is Roily D.; Clarkson died at the age of nineteen months. The mother of this household band was a consistent member of the United Presbyterian Church, active in good works in her own home and among her neighbors and highly respected by all. She was removed from her family by death in September, 1870. Mr. Williamson contracted a second matrimonial alliance May 14, 1872, his chosen companion being Miss Elizabeth S. Barr, who was born in Washington County, Pa., August 8, 1828. Her grandparents, William Barr and his wife (who was formerly a Miss Dickey) and Hugh and Elizabeth (Scott) Boyd came from Ireland to America in the same ship in 1810, both families settling in Washington County, Pa. There a son and daughter from each .family were united In, marriage and lived upon a farm. To this couple, William and Mary (Boyd) Barr, the present wife of our subject was born. She belongs to the Presbyterian Church. and is one of those women whose disposition, habits and training fit them to preside over a happy household and encourage its members in every laudable enterprise. Both the paternal and maternal ancestors of our subject were natives of the Emerald Isle and both parents were born in York County, Pa. David Williamson was a tailor, but a short time before leaving Warren, Ohio, where he had resided thirteen years, he abandoned his trade and turned his attention to farming. On coming to this county in 1836 he located six miles east of Xenia, on the Jamestown Pike. There he owned about three hundred acres of land which he improved and occupied for ten years, after which he removed to Xenia, in which city he spent the remainder of his days, dying at the age of seventy-eight years. Politically he was first a Whig and later a Republican. In religion his belief coincided with that of the Presbyterian Church, his wife also belonging to that denomination. The widow, in her girlhood Miss Catherine Duncan, survived until about 1882, attaining to the advanced age of ninety-three PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 125 years. She was one of a family comprising four sons and two daughters, born to Andrew Duncan, a Pennsylvania farmer, the other members of the circle being Andrew, Robert, John, Jonathan, and Elizabeth. Her own family included ten sons and daughters, the subject of this sketch being the third in order of birth. Of the others we note the following: William Williams lives in Hancock County; Ann Duncan, who is now dead, was the wife of Andrew Richie ; following our subject on the roll is John S.; David, Sampson and Margaret are dead; the next on the roll is Jonathan D.; Essamiah K. is the wife of the Rev. David Dunnon of Pennsylvania; the Rev. Robert D. lives in Troy, N. Y. JUDGE JAMES E. HAWES, Attorney-at-Law and occupying a prominent position among I the legal lights of this county, was for a period of ten years, from February, 1879 to 1889, Judge of the court of common pleas. He possesses talents of no mean order, is a close student and an extensive reader and thoroughly experienced in the intricacies of his profession. He was Prosecuting Attorney from 1869 to 1871, and when a young man was for some time the City Solicitor. He has just passed the fifty-second year of his age, having been born February 18, 1838, and is a native of Mt. Holly, Warren County, this State. The Judge is the representative of an excellent family, being the son of Edmund and Huldah (James) Hawes. Edmund Hawes was born in Connecticut whence he emigrated to Ohio when a youth of nineteen years, with his parents, and thereafter spent the greater part of his life in Warren County engaged as a physician and surgeon. He died, however, in this county in 1849. The wife and mother died in November, 1888, aged seventy-nine years; their family consisted of four children. James E. in his boyhood took kindly to his books and at an early age gave indications of rare intellectual ability. When sufficiently prepared he entered Antioch College and upon emerging from this institution repaired to Ann Arbor, Mich., and entered the law department of Michigan University from which he was duly graduated and shortly afterward, in 1863, was admitted to the bar. He commenced the practice of his profession in Xenia, but his plans, like those of many others, suffered an interruption by the vicissitudes of war, which was then in progress, and that same year he became connected with the Quartermaster's department at Nashville, with which he remained during that and the following year. He established himself as a resident of Xenia in 1865, and has been connected with many of the important cases being tried in the courts of this county and district. On the 8th of February, 1871, Judge Hawes was united in marriage with Miss Amanda, daughter of James Welch, then a resident of Xenia and one of the pioneer settlers .of this county. Mrs. Hawes was born May 22, 1848, near Yellow Springs, this county. She received careful parental training and a good education in the common schools. There have been born of this union two children—Winifred and Paul, to whom their father proposes giving the best advantages in his power. The family residence is pleasantly located on King Street, and Judge Hawes and his estimable wife occupy no secondary position in the social world.   GEORGE DODDS, one of the leading business men of Xenia and one of its most highly respected citizens, located in the young and growing city as early as 1864, and engaged in the marble business which he has since successfully conducted. His high character as a man and a citizen are too well known to need an extended notice here, as his name is practically a household word among nearly all classes in this part of the county. The subject of this notice who is the son of George and Isabel (Taylor) Dodds, was born on the other side of the Atlantic at Primside Mill, near Yetholm, in County Roxburgh, Scotland, February 19, 1837, and comprised one of a family of six children, who were reared to mature years, four of whom were sons and two daughters. The eldest, Andrew, died about 1872 in Florence Heights, 126 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. N. J. while there for his health; he was engaged in business in St .Louis at the time; James is a resident of Dayton, this State ; Margaret lives in Toronto, Canada; George, our subject ,is the next in order of birth; Mary is a physician at St. Louis, Mo., conducting a hygienic institute; William is a resident of Xenia. The parents were of pure Scotch ancestry and spent' their entire lives in their native land. Mr. Dodds emigrated to America when a youth of seventeen years, landing on this side of the water in July, 1854. He proceeded westward to Madison, Ind., where his eldest brother was carrying on a marble shop, having come to the United States three years previously. George thereafter employed himself at Madison, Ind., until the spring of 1859 when he and his brother Andrew established a marble shop at Yellow Springs, Ohio, where the latter had located soon after .his marriage, which occurred in 1857. The latter -and his wife had been studying medicine. and the wife subsequently attended Dr. Trail's Hygienic institution in New York City ; she is now with Mary Dodds in St. Louis, Mo. The partnership spoken of above was dissolved July 1, 1868, when Andrew Dodds who had already opened a branch establishment at St. Louis, went there and remained. George, our subject, has since given his close attention to his business here, at times employing a force of from twelve to fifteen men. He _was first married in October 1861, to Miss Elizabeth Ferguson of Madison, Ind., and they became the parents of one son, George Fremont, who is now in London, this State. Mrs. Elizabeth Dodds departed this life at her mother's in Madison, Ind., while on a visit in the summer of 1865. Mr. Dodds was subsequently married October 11, 1866, to Miss Mary E., daughter of Hiram and Rebecca (McKnight) Brown. Mr. Brown removed from Troy to Xenia and is now deceased. Of this union there have, been born seven children, the eldest of whom a daughter, Carrie B., completed her education in Delaware, this State, and is now undergoing a course of training as a hospital nurse in Chicago, Ill.; Frank W. is also in that city ; Leslie J., Charles J., Earle C., Ralph C. and Jessie Kate are at home with their parents. The latter with the four eldest children are members in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The family residence is pleasantly located at No. 202 West Second Street, and its inmates enjoy the acquaintance and companionship of the most cultured people. GEORGE W. REICHARD, M. D., of New Moorefield, Clark County, although still quite a young man, is classed among the prominent physicians of the county, and enjoys quite an extensive practice. He is thoroughly versed in therapeutics, as understood and practiced by the Eclectic School of Medicine, has also an adequate knowledge of surgery, and is an affable and courteous gentleman, with whom it is a pleasure to meet and converse. His life has already been marked with a more than ordinary amount of determination and self reliance, and the education which he possesses is but the stepping-stone to knowledge, which will grow as his own research and that of others shall open a wider field in coming years. Dr. Reichard was born March 1, 1854, in Washington County, Md., where his rudimentary education was obtained. He is a son of Dr. Valentine and Catherine (Wolf) Reichard, the latter of whom is deceased. Both parents were born in Maryland, the Reichard family being of German stock. The father is a physician and surgeon of the Eclectic school, who practiced for some years in the town of Fair Play. At the age of seventeen years he of whom we write began teaching in the district schools of his native county, spending three successive winters in pedagogical labors.. He spent about two years in attendance at one of the Pennsylvania State Normal Schools, located at Millersville, his attendance being in periods which alternated with his own work as an instructor. He taught five winter terms, and during that time began reading medicine with his father as opportunity afforded. In the fall of 1876, young Reichard entered the Eclectic Medical College, of Cincinnati, which he PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 127 attended during all the regular sessions until he was graduated in May, 1878. Upon receiving his diploma he came at once to New Moorefield, where he has since carried on his professional labors. His higher education in the ordinary branches, as well as in medicine, was secured by his own exertions in earning the money with which to pay his way. He has accumulated village property in New Moorefield, and his home is one of the most pleasant ones in the place. In Miss Cora A., daughter of Samuel Mumma, Dr. Reichard found the qualities of intelligent and cultured womanhood which won his regard, and his feelings being reciprocated, they were united in marriage October 19, 1882. The happy union has been blessed by the birth of one daughter, Christel, whose natal day was October 9, 1884. Dr. Reichard is a member of the National Eclectic Medical Association, and also of the State and County Associations. In the Clark County Eclectic Medical Association he has held the office of President, and filled all the other Chairs at different times. He is a firm believer in the principles embodied in the Republican platform, and favors all enterprises which tend to the good of the public. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are not only active among the members of that religious body, but prominent in the society of the town and sec: tion in which they live. ALBERT GARINGER is one of the largest land-owners of Greene County, his home being in Silver Creek Township, adjoining the boundary line of Fayette County. Here he owns a magnificent property consisting of more than thirteen hundred acres of well-improved land. The land lies well for farming and stock-feeding to which purposes it has been devoted, the cropping being well and carefully done; and the stock of excellent breeds, a goodly number being kept upon the place at all seasons. In the southern part of Fayette County, March 21,1834, Mr. Garinger opened his eyes to the light, being reared to manhood near his birthplace. He was made acquainted with agricultural affairs in his boyhood, also acquiring a good fundamental education upon which he has reared an excellent structure of knowledge in various lines of thought. In 1856 he came to the section in which he now lives, his first labor here being to clear up two hundred and fifty acres of heavy timber land, after which he began to purchase other lands, making large improvements upon the various tracts, until the estate had reached its present fine condition and extensive acreage. In Jefferson Toship, Fayette County, Mr. Garinger celebrated his marriage to Miss Angeline Little, who was born in that county in 1841, and who is of Virginia parentage and ancestry. Her parents, Adam and Mary (Ballou) Little, came to that county from the old Dominion when quite young and at an early period in the history of this section. There they were reared and married and have lived to the age of about seventy-five years, their present home being in Jasper Township. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and are good old people who are thoroughly respected by those to whom they are known. The Garinger family is of the old Virginia stock, David Garinger, the father of our subject, having been born in that State. He was brought to Ohio by his parents when quite a small child, and in Fayette County grew to manhood. There he married Miss Serena Yeoman, who had also become a resident there when quite young. They became the parents of nine children, all born in that county and all yet living, the subject of this sketch being the fourth in order of birth. David Garinger died when sixty-six years old, his widow surviving to the age of eighty-three years. Both were members of the old school Baptist Church. To our subject and his estimable wife twelve children have been born, all yet living but Sophronia A. Five of the survivors are married and living in homes of their own: David A., Ida M., Stephen, James W., Louie I., and Mary, yet dwell under the parental roof. Simeon married Rebecca Straley and lives on a farm in this county; William F. married Ella Rittenour and their home is a farm in Silver Creek Township; Flora is the wife of 128 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. William Rittenour, a farmer in the same township; Oliver 0., married May Straley and occupies a farm in Fayette County; Albert B. married Jenny Johnson and occupies a farm in Siver Creek Township, this county. In his political opinions and affiliations Mr. Garinger is a Democrat. He and his wife are active members of the old school Baptist Church. The edifice used by that society in this section, was built by Mr. Garinger on his farm. The splendid estate owned by our subject has been accumulated by him through honest industry, unflagging zeal and wise economy since he became a resident in this county. It affords a striking example .of the results that may be obtained_by persistent effort, and should encourage all who are lacking in energy to renewed exertions. Mr. and Mrs. Garinger are numbered among the best class of citizens and have a reputation second to none in the vicinity. JOSEPH N. DEAN. The Dean family has been one of note in Greene County, since its early settlement, and the subject of this biographical outline is one of the worthiest representatives of an honorable race. Xenia does not contain a more reliable citizen or one who is held in more general respect. He was born in the southeastern part of this county, August 22, 1844, and is the son of Joseph and Hannah (Boggs) Dean, who were natives of Kentucky and Ohio. His early years were spent in a comparatively uneventful manner on a farm, where he attended the district school. Later, before the war, he was a-student of Xenia College and attended the same institution afterward. He afterward took a course in the Commercial College at Pittsburg, Pa., from which he was graduated in 1869. He then commenced the study of law in the office of Thomas Scroggy. Later he was with R. F. Howard, and in 1878, he entered the law school at Cincinnati from which he was graduated in 1879. Mr. Dean began the practice of his chosen profession at Mt. Sterling, Ky., but only remained there a short time, locating in Xenia. His career thenceforward was marked by success and in 1882 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney, holding the position two terms. He has been quite prominent, in the affairs of the Republican party, serving as Chairman of the Senatorial Convention which was held at Wilmington, Ohio, and holding other positions of tryst and responsibility. After the outbreak of the Civil War Mr. Dean enlisted as a Union soldier September 17, 1861, at Wilmington in Company B, Fortieth Ohio Infantry, and first saw the smoke of battle at Prestonburg, Ky. Later he fought at Franklin, Tenn., Chickamauga, Shelbyville, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Buzzard's Roost, Ringgold, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain and Atlanta. At Chickamauga he was struck in the right cheek with a ball, but further than this he escaped injury. Mr. Dean had thirty-six relatives in the service, all of whom returned home and thirty-four are yet -living. Mr. Dean received his honorable discharge at Kingston and returning to his home in this county, lived there until 1878. He took up his residence in Xenia in 1879. Joseph Dean, the father of our subject, was born near Mt. Sterling, Ky., December 30, 1804. In 1812 his parents removed to a point five miles southeast of the present site of Xenia and there spent the remainder of his days. The paternal grandfather, Daniel Dean, was born in County Down, in Londonderry, Ireland, and crossed the Atlantic during the Colonial days, locating in Pennsylvania. Later he removed to Virginia where he married Jenny Steele, and thence to Mt. Sterling, Ky. There were born to them five sons and five daughters, all of whom lived to marry and rear large families—an average of eleven children each, making in all one hundred and ten children. On the maternal side, Grandfather Anthony Boggs, came from the North of Ireland and settled in Virginia. After the Revolutionary War he removed to Jackson County, Ohio, where he lived until 1818, and thence removed to Blackford County, Ind., where he became a prominent citizen and a Judge. Joseph N. Dean was first married in Wilmington, Ohio, in 1867, to Miss Lydia, daughter of James and Mary Cleaver, who spent their last PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 131 years in Greene County, Ohio. One child was born of this union, a son, Walter P. Mrs. Lydia Dean departed this life at Wilmington, Ohio, in 1874. His present wife, to whom he was married at Adamsville, Ohio, in 1887, was Miss Mary, daughter of Jonathan and Mahala Gaumer. Of this union there have been born no children. Mr. Dean votes the straight Republican ticket and is quite prominent in politics. REV. CHARLES STROUD. Few people sojourning in the city of Springfield, if only a short time, fail to notice the home owned and occupied by the subject of this notice and which is one of the most beautiful within its limits. The residence, a handsome modern structure of Queen Anne style, is surrounded by ornamental grounds upon which have been expended a large amount of time and labor and which indicate in a marked degree the ample means and cultured tastes of the proprietor. The dwelling is finely finished and furnished, and occupies the gentle elevation commanding a fine view of the surrounding country. Mr. Stroud has long been looked upon as one of the most liberal and public-spirited men of Springfield and one who has contributed in a large measure to its growth. Some years ago he purchased twelve acres of land on West High Street which he has since laid out into an addition, to this city and besides this has platted two other additions. He has four hundred acres of valuable farming land in Clark County, and fifteen hundred acres in the vicinity of St. Louis, Mo., besides valuable property at Mt. Ayre, Ringgold County, Iowa. For twenty years he was connected with the ministry of the Lutheran Church and during his later labor in the Master's vineyard held the pastorate of St. John's at Springfield, resigning about 1871. Subsequently he preached at Lebanon seven years, also at Butler: ville and Dodsonville. The native place of Mr. Stroud was in Reading; Berks County, Pa., and the date of his birth January 4, 1822. His father, Jonathan Stroud, was like- wise -a native of Reading, but the paternal grandfather, Edward Stroud, was a native of England and born in the city of Bristol. The latter emigrated to America after reachlng manhood and settled first in Montgomery County, Pa., whence later he removed to Reading where he followed merchandising and died at the age of about sixty years. He was a peaceable and law-abiding citizen and a member of the Society of Friends. The father of our subject was reared in his native State where he learned the business of a merchant and carried on business at Reading where be died at the early age of thirty-two years. His wife bore the maiden name of Catherine Eisenbeise. She was likewise a native of Reading and the daughter Of George Eisenbeise, a native of-that city and of German ancestry. The latter went to Sussex, N. J., where he was married and then returning to his native city resided there until his death. The mother of our subject like her husband died in her prime at Reading in 1843. The parental family consisted of six children, two of whom are living and Charles was the fourth in order of birth. Mr. Stroud attended school quite regularly during his boyhood and youth, and at the early age of eighteen years became connected,with the Lutheran. Church. At the age of twenty he became a student of Pennsylvania College, at Gettysburg, and in 1849, came to Springfield and prosecuted his studies at Wittenberg College. He commenced the study of theology in 1850, was graduated in 1851, and was licensed to preach by the Miami Synod. He commenced his ministerial labors at Springfield, Ohio, and not long afterward became the pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, with whose people he remained for nearly a period of twenty years. The marriage of the Rev. Charles Stroud and Miss Clara Keever was celebrated at the bride's home near Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, August 28, 1851. This lady was born in Warren County, this State, November 27, 1830, and is a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Rogers) Keever who were natives respectively of Franklin County, Pa., and Georgetown, Ky. The paternal grandfather was John Keever, a substantial Pennsylvania farmer who died in the Keystone State. John Keever emigrated to Ohio when a young 132 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM man, purchased large tracts of land in Warren County and superintended the improvement of it so that it proved a fortune. He constructed a fine homestead and died in 1834. The mother survived her husband for several years and passed away at the advanced age of seventy-two. Their family consisted of twelve children, of whom Mrs. Stroud was next to the youngest. Together with her brothers and sisters, she was given a practical training in the common schools. Her education was completed in the seminary on -East High Street, while she remained with her parents until her marriage. No children have been born of this union. Politically, Mr. Stroud has always been identified with the Republican party and during the war was a stanch Union man. In connection with his biographical sketch, a lithographic portrait of the Rev. Charles Stroud is presented elsewhere in this volume. EMANUEL M. KISSELL. The main inci- dents in the life career of this well-known 4 1 resident of Springfield are essentially as follows: He was born in Chambersburg. Franklin County, Pa., April 1, 1822, and is the son of Jacob Kissell, a native of Lancaster. County, that State. His paternal grandfather, George Kissell, was born in the town of Litetz, Lancaster County, and the latter's father was a native of Germany and emigrated to America as early as 1718, being a member of the Moravian Colony which founded the town of Litetz. The hill just south of the place upon which he first settled is still called "Kissell Hill," and there the great-grandfather of our subject spent his last days. Grandfather George Kissell was reared at his father's homestead and after his marriage resided there a number of years. About 1800 he removed to Franklin County, Pa., where he purchased a tract of land, engaged in farming and remained there until his death. He was a devout member of the Lutheran Church, of whose doctrines he was a warm defender and, in which he carefully reared his children. His son, Jacob, the father of our subject, spent his early years in Lancaster County, Pa., where he learned the trade of a miller and was married. He, however, preferred farming to milling and devoted himself to the latter the greater part of his life. A few years after his marriage he removed to Franklin County and purchased a farm three miles south of Chambersburg upon which he lived until 1857. That year witnessed his advent into the Buckeye State, when he sold out his interests in Pennsylvania and transferred them to Clark County, Ohio. He bought a farm three miles south of Springfield and taking up his abode resided there until called hence in 1863. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Sarah Line. She likewise was a native of Lancaster County, Pa., and the daughter of Jacob Line who died there. She survived her husband some years and died at the home of her. daughter, Mrs. Eliza Allen, in Springfield, in 1869. She, like her husband, belonged to the Lutheran Church. There was born to them a family of nine children, all of whom lived to mature years and three are still surviving. The subject of this notice was reared in his native county and remained under the parental roof until a youth of eighteen years, when he commenced learning .the trade of a harness-maker. He served an apprenticeship of three years and then worked as a journeyman four years. In 1851, leaving Isis native haunts he came to Springfield, this State, and embarked in the grocery business in which he continued seven or eight years. He then turned his attention to farming for a time, but later was employed as a traveling salesman, handling agricultural implements and introducing new machinery in the cultivation of the soil. In the pursuance of these duties he traveled through the States of Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia, Tennessee, New York and Kentucky. He thus secured a competence and for the past two years has lived in retirement from the active labors of life. Mr. Kissell was married September 20, 1847, to Miss Abigail Day. This lady was born in Clermont County, this State, April 1, 1823, and is a daughter of Daniel and Phebe (Broadwell) Day who were natives of New Jersey. Her parents came to Ohio PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 133 in 1798, and settled near Cincinnati. There have been born of this union two sons only--Cyrus B. and Daniel D. The first-mentioned married Miss Lucretia McCune and has two children--Harry S. and Blanche A. Mr. and Mrs. Kissell are members In good standing of the Lutheran Church and are people greatly respected in their community. They occupy a pleasant home at No. 68 West Washington and enjoy the society of its leading people. ROBERT B. ELDER. Among the many solid citizens of Green Township, Clark County, none are held in higher respect than Mr. Elder, of Clifton, who is a member of a very numerous family that figured prominently the early history of this part of the State. The Elders from first to last have been people of eminent respectability, careful, conscientious in their ealings with their fellow-men, honest, upright, ntelligent, industrious, and, in fact, possessing all the qualities of good citizenship. Robert B. has been a most worthy representative of an honorable ancestry, and after years spent in industrious toil, was successful in accumulating a competence, and now, retired from active labor, is spending, his declining years in a pleasant home at Clifton. He has watched with warm interest the growth and development of the Buckeye State, wherein his progenitors settled at an early day and which has been the scene of his labors his entire life. He was born July 31, 1824, at his father's old homestead in Green Township, and has thus far spent his entire life in his native State. In reverting to the antecedents of Mr. Elder, we find that he is the son of Thomas Elder, who was born in 1796, in Dauphin County, Pa. The paternal grandfather, also named Robert, was likewise a native of Pennsylvania, and emigrated to the young State of Ohio in 1813. He purchased a tract of land which was all of section 10, in Green Township, Clark County, whereon he settled with his family and from which he opened up a good farm. To him and his estimable wife there was born a family of seven children, three sons and four daughters, and all the daughters married men by the name of Stewart. Grandfather Elder was one of the earliest pioneers of Green Township, and spent the closing years of his life upon the farm which he had opened up from the wilderness. He lived to a ripe old age, and passed away over sixty years ago. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Margery Anderson. She was a native of Glenisla, Scotland, and came of substantial Scotch ancestry. She emigrated to America in 1820, and in 1823 was married in Green Township, Clark County, this State, to Thomas Elder, and they settled on a farm comprising a part of section 10, where they constructed a comfortable home. The father of our subject occupied himself in farming pursuits, and departed this life in 1872. The mother survived her husband for a period of fifteen years, her death taking place at the old homestead in 1887. There was born to them a family of thirteen children, seven of whom are living and are residents of this State. Mr. Elder, of whom we write, acquired a practical education in the common school, and at an early age was taught to make himself useful around the homestead. Later he learned the trade of a carpenter, at which he worked a number of years, while at the same time assisting in the labors of the farm as required. He remained a bachelor until over thirty years old, and was then married, October 19, 1855, to Miss Ruth Funston. The newly wedded pair removed to Marion County, this State, and settled on a tract of land included in what was known as Sandusky Plain, where they sojourned for a period of eight years. Then returning to Green Township, they located on a part of the old Funston farm, and there spent another eight years. In the meantime Mr. and Mrs. Elder had lived economically and labored with a mutual purpose in view of securing a competency for their later years. They now wisely retired from active labor, and renting their farm, removed to Clifton, of which they have now been residents for sixteen years. They have become widely and favorably known to the people of their community, and are held by them in universal respect. There were 134 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. born to them two children only, one of whom, Ella May, died in infancy. The only surviving child, Effie Kate, is the wife of Henry R. Corey ; they live on the Wilberforce Pike, and are the parents of one child, Elder R. Mr. and Mrs. Elder identified themselves with the Presbyterian Church early in life, and Mr. Elder for the past twelve years has officiated as a Trustee. He has always been warmly interested in the training of the young, and is a regular attendant at the Sunday-school, whose progress he watches with more than ordinary interest. In politics he has declined to be governed by the opinion of other men, but has done his own thinking and aims to support those principles which commend themselves to his conscience, and those men whom he considers best qualified to be entrusted with the interests of the people. When first becoming a voting citizen, he identified himself with the FreeSoilers, and after the abandonment of the old party wheeled into the Republican ranks. In the days gone by he and his father frequently visited the polls together, the latter casting his vote with the Democratic party, while Robert B. sturdily maintained his principles by polling a Republican ticket. Mr. Elder has always enjoyed in a marked degree the confidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens, who have entrusted him with most of the offices within their gift. He has been a member of the District School. Board, was Treasurer of Green Township for two years, Township Clerk the same length of time, and also Township Trustee. He keeps himself posted upon current events, is in full sympathy with the laboring man and farmer, and for a time was a member of the Grange. His landed possessions include one hundred and eleven acres under a good state of cultivation and improved with substantial, buildings. He also has three acres of ground at his home in Clifton. Mrs. Elder was born in Green Township, Clark County, Ohio, and is a daughter of John and Keziah (Scott) Funston, the former of whom was a native of Ireland, and who emigrated to America early in life. The mother was a native of Kentucky, in which State the parents were married, and whence they came to Ohio in the pioneer days. The mother died when comparatively a young woman. Mr. Funston survived his wife many years, and spent his last days in Green Township, passing away at the age of sixty-four. The parental 'household included ten children, seven of whom are living and all residents of this State but two, who reside in Kansas. HENRY L. FEIRSTINE, a well-to-do farmer of Mad River Township, of which he is a Trustee, operates one hundred and .forty-three acres of land, and occupies no secondary position in the community. He is a native of this State and was born near the city of Dayton, October 30, 1849. He lived at home with his parents until a young man of twenty-four years, assisting his father in the farm work, and only attending school during the winter. In 1874 he took full charge of his father's farm, the family in the meantime having removed to Clark County, when he was a boy of thirteen years. Three years later Mr. Feirstine was married, March 20, 1877, to Miss Mary A. Rockafield. He thereafter worked the home farm in partnership with his brother, Albert 0., until 1883, when they dissolved partnership, and sincethat time Henry L. has operated it singly and alone. The property will probably come into his possession in due time. It is thoroughly improved with good buildings, and Mr.' Feirstine avails himself of modern methods and improved machinery. The land is amply supplied with running water from a branch of Mad River, and as fine a spring as there is in the country. The present residence was erected in 1881, and with its surroundings forms a very attractive feature in the landscape. Mr. Feirstine makes a specialty of high-grade cattle, general purpose horses and Poland-China swine. The subject of this notice is the offspring of a good family, being the son of George Feirstine, native of Lancaster County, Pa. He learned care pentering in early manhood, becoming a skilled workman, and later operated extensively as a contractor and builder in both Lancaster and Berks Counties. He made his home near the town of PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 135 Lancaster while remaining in his native State, but prior to his marriage emigrated to Ohio and worked at carpentering near Dayton. After his marriage, in that vicinity, he followed his former business for some years, then began farming on his father-in-law's land and was very successful. The father of our subject in 1863 removed to Mad River Township, Clark County, and purchased the farm which his son, Henry L., now occupies. Here he lived and labored until quite well advanced in years, then moved back to the old farm which bad now become the property of his wife, as her share of her father's estate. There he still resides, and has a fine body of land, one hundred and seventy-six acres in extent, lying two miles outside the city limits of Dayton. He is now nearly eighty years old, but possesses much of the activity of his younger years. Politically, he is an uncompromising Democrat. The paternal grandfather of our subject was an hotel-keeper, and also carried OD farming in Lancaster County, Pa. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Sarah E. Lewton. She was born in Frederick County, Md., and is the daughter of Henry Lewton, also a native of that county, who learned carpentering in his youth, and followed it until coming to Ohio. He made the journey overland, bringing with him his family, and landed in Mad River Township, Montgomery County, with a capital of $30 in his pocket. His first business was to erect a small log house in the woods, and as soon as possible he secured work at his trade. By the exercise of industry and economy he accumulated a fine property, including a valuable farm near the city of Dayton. During the War of 1812 he laid aside his carpenter and farming tools, and shouldering his musket, gave his time to the service of his country until the British were a second time driven from American soil. Some of the first buildings in Dayton and vicinity were the work of his hands, but later in life he turned his attention to farming. Finally retiring from active labor, he took up his abode with his son-in-law, the father of our subject, and died at the homestead in Clark County at the age of seventy-two year. He likewise was an active Democrat. Mrs. Sarah A. (Lewton) Feirstine was reared under the parental roof in Montgomery County, and died at the old home in October, 1889, at the age of seventy years. The parental household included five children, the eldest of whom, D.,P., lives on the home farm in Montgomery County; Martha A., Mrs. Fairchild, a widow, makes her home with her father ; Henry L., our subject, was next in order of birth; Albert O. is farming in Mad River Township, Clark County; Alice is the wife of J. Fulkerth, and they are living in Mad River Township, Montgomery County; Priscilla died when three years old. Mrs. Henry L. Feirstine was born December 29, 1860, in Fairfield, and is the daughter of Martin and Mary (Cox) Rockafield, both natives of Bath Township, Greene County, and who are numbered among the oldest and most highly respected families of that region. Mr. Rockafield is a carpenter by trade, and occupies a pleasant home in the vicinity of Fairfield. To our subject and his estimable wife there have been born three children—Cora, Maude and Laura—all of whom are at home with their parents. The latter are members in good standing of the Reformed Church at Fairfield, and Mr. Feirstine, like his honored father and paternal grandfather, uniformly votes the Democratic ticket. He is one of the Trustees of Mad River Township, Clerk of the District School Board, and a member of the Township School Board. Socially, he belongs to the Knights of Pythias of Enon. Mr. and Mrs. Feirstine have a comfortable home, and enjoy the esteem and confidence of hosts of friends. They are very pleasant and hospitable, and move in the highest social circles of their community. CHARLES HOOK. One of the leading men and most substantial farmers of Greene County is the subject of this sketch. He was born August 27, 1814, on the place where he now resides, three miles southeast of Xenia. He is a son of James and Mary (Lewis) Hook, who were both born in Augusta County, Va., which was also the 136 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. place where their marriage was celebrated. They lived for a few years in Rockingham County, Va., whence they removed to Greene County, Ohio, in the fall of 1812. They made the journey in a wagon and met with the usual delays and trials incident to that method of travel in those days. They were six weeks on the road and were glad, indeed, to reach the end of their trip. They bought land and settled on the place where our subject now resides. Their farm embraced some four hundred and eighty acres and the first house was the usual log cabin of the pioneers. It stood about seventy-five rods east of where the spacious dwelling of our subject now stands. The father of our subject cleared one hundred and fifty acres and made a comfortable living for his family. He died in October, 1844, in his seventy first year. Politically, he was a Whig. His wife survived until 1861, when she, too, crossed to the "great beyond," being in her eighty-sixth year. They were the parents of nine children, whose names are: William, Rebecca, James C., Robert, Sarah, Lewis, Anna, Charles and. Martha. Charles, the subject of this notice, is the only one living at the present time. The parents were members of the Associate Reformed Church. They increased their original farm of four hundred and eighty acres to some five hundred or more before their death. The grandfather of Charles Hook was one of a family of two sons and five daughters, of Irish ancestry. His grandmother Lewis, was twice married; her second husband was a Mr. Carr. They located in Woodford County, Ky., where she died, at the age of ninety-six. Our subject has passed his entire life on the farm where he was born and is highly respected by all who know him. He received such an education as the common schools of the time afforded, and has added to what he learned in school by a wide course of reading, so that he is now an intelligent and well-informed man. Mr. Hook owns three hundred and twelve acres of land, all but one hundred acres being an heritage from his father. For some years he was engaged in the business of raising Short-Horn cattle, but is now living more retired. He has prospered in his chosen vocation and in the summer of 1873 erected a substantial and elegant brick residence, in which he and his family live. Politically, he is a Republican. He has been honored by his fellow-citizens with the position of Township Trustee. Mr. Hook has been three times married. His first wife was Clarinda Johnston, a daughter James C. Johnston, who was married to Miss Paulin, of Ross Township. By this union our subject became the father of four children, three of whom grew to maturity. Their names are: Harvey C.; Mary J., who is the wife of Henry H. Conklin; and Thomas C. The second wife was Mrs. Lucinda Heath, a sister of the first wife. There. were no children by this union. The third mar. riage was contracted with Miss Prudence Dillingham. She is a ,daughter of Levi Dillingham and an estimable lady in every respect. This union has resulted in the birth of three children, of whom two are living, named respectively: Minnie and Bertha E. They are bright and intelligent, and will be given every advantage in the way of education. ELISHA BALES. This name is recognized as belonging to one of the most solid citizen of Jefferson Township, Greene County. He has improved one of the finest farms within its limits and has been no unimportant factor in bringing this section of country to its present condition, socially, morally and financially. Within this county he has spent his entire life and was born December 1, 1826, in Caesar's Creek Township.. He comes of a good old family, being the son of John Bales, a native of Pennsylvania and born March 6, 1789. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Elisha Bales, Sr., likewise a native of the Keystone State, and whose ancestors like himself were Quakers in religious faith. He was reared to farm life and married a lady whose first name was Rebecca. She also was of similar parentage and of the same faith. They lived for a few years in their native State, then removed to Virginia where they sojourned until 1806. They then decided upon another change of residence and set out with teams overland for the young State of Ohio, and after a PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 137 tedious journey of several weeks arrived in Greene County and located on land included in the military tract and in what is now Caesar's Creek Township. There Grandfather Bales improved a farm and spent the remainder of life, dying when quite aged. He maintained his adherence to the Friends' Church to the last. Politically, he was a stanch Democrat, a man who kept himself thoroughly posted upon leading events and a man whose opinions were generally respected. His wife also lived to be quite aged. Among the children born to Elisha Bales, Sr. and his excellent wife, was John, the father of our subject, who was the second of four .sons and two daughters, all of whom lived to mature years and all are now deceased. John was a youth of seventeen years when his parents removed from Virginia to Ohio and he was married about 1812. He, however, later enlisted as a soldier in the war which was then in progress, being in a company under the .command of Capt. Joseph Lucas. Soon afterward occurred the battle of Lake Erie under the famous 'Commodore Perry. There was also in his same regiment his brother Jonathan, who was the first one to discover that the battle was raging by hearing the noise, as he was lying in camp with his head on the ground, of the cannonading that jarred the earth. Soon afterward the troops were put in motion and started for the fray, but before reaching •the scene of conflict found that the British had surrendered. This practically wound up the war and the Bales boys returned home. The father of our subject now resumed farming and in common with his neighbors labored early and late in the building up of a home and the accumulation of a competence. In due time he became the owner of two hundred acres of choice land, lying along the waters of Caesar's Creek, where he made his permanent home. There he spent the remainder of his life, passing away March 11, 1864. He was a hard working man, honest and upright in his dealings and one who was intrusted with many positions of responsibility in this township. He served as Justice of the Peace fifteen years and from first to last maintained his allegiance to the Democratic party, casting his first Presidential vote for Gen. Jackson. He was at one time the nominee of his party for Representative to the State Legislature, running against Judge John Fudged and being defeated as his party was in the minority. He, however, made a fine race, enough to indicate his popularity among the people. The father of our subject was married in Csar's Creek Township, about 1811, to Miss Sarah Lucas. Mrs. Bales was born in 1795 at Maysville, Ky., and was the daughter of John and Frances (Rains) Lucas, a prominent family of the Blue Grass State. Her Uncle Simon Rains served as a soldier in the War of 1812, under Gen. Jackson and fought at the battle of New Orleans. John Lucas and his wife, after the birth of a part of their family, removed from Virginia to Ohio, settling in Caesar's Creek Township, Greene County, before the Indians had left the country. Mr. Lucas cleared a farm from the forest, building up a good homestead where he spent the closing years of his life, surrounded by every comfort. He made for himself a good record as a man and a citizen and died in 1851, at the ripe old age of eighty years. Mrs. Lucas survived her husband a number of years and then she too passed away when quite aged. Both were members of the Old School Baptist Church. Mrs. Sarah Bales died at her home in Caesar's Creek Township June 8, 1874. She was a lady possessing all the Christian virtues and a consistent member of the Methodist Protestant Church. The subject of this notice was reared to man's estate on the home farm, receiving a good education and developed into a successful teacher which he followed until about 1860, mostly during the winter season. The balance of the year he was employed upon the farm. He contracted matrimonial ties April 15, 1852, with Miss Margaret Keiter, the wedding taking place at the bride's home in Cesar's Creek Township. Mrs. Bales was born May 18, 1831, in Hampshire County, Va., to Frederick and Mary (Weaver) Keiter, who were likewise natives of the Dominion and representatives of its first families. Mr. Keiter was a blacksmith by trade which he followed after coming to Ohio until 1835. 'He settled on a farm in Caesar's Creek Township where he and his wife lived comfortably the remainder of their lives, both attaining to more than threescore and ten years. They had been since their 138 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. youth members of the Old School Baptist Church in which Mr. Keiter officiated as a Deacon. To the parents of Mrs. Bales there was born a family of five sons and seven daughters, nine of whom are yet living: Margaret A., was, like her brothers and sisters, subjected to careful parental training and obtained a fair education in the common schools. Of her union with our subject there have been born six children, of whom Mary E. died at the age of fifteen months and Frederick K. when an interesting child of seven years. The survivors are recorded as follows: Susan became the wife of Joseph 0. Avy, a farmer of Gage County, Neb.; William married Miss Lordelia Jane Faulkner and they live on a farm in Clinton County, this State; Silas R. took to wife Miss Laura Cline and they live on a farm in Jefferson Township, Greene County; Sarah E. remains at home with her parents. Mr. Bales like his honored father, votes the straight Democratic ticket. No man can point to a dishonest act of which he has ever been guilty and he is looked upon as one whose word is as good as his bond. ADAM BAKER. This genial citizen of German Township, Clark County, is well-known to a majority of its people among whom he is a general favorite. He makes his head-quarters at a well-regulated farm on section 8, where he operates successfully as a tiller of the soil, and deals quite extensively in live stock. A man still in the prime of life, he was born April 26, 1841, where he now lives, and is the son of Adam, Sr., and Susannah (Klineselter) Baker, who were both natives of York County, Pa. Mr. Baker was reared to manhood in his native township, and remembers the time when the country was comparatively new, and the opportunities for social intercourse and education were quite limited. He attended the district schools during the his boyhood, and at an early age commenced to to make himself useful around the farm. He was a lad fond of his books, and after leaving the common school, entered the Commercial College at Springfield, under the tutorship of Prof. Edward Harrison, and was duly graduated. Then returning home he worked for himself until ready to establish a fireside of his own. The marriage of Adam. Baker and Miss Amanda E. Wilson, took place at the bride's home in this township, October 10, 1869. Mrs. Baker was born January 28, 1846, in Champaign .County, and is the daughter of John and Sarah A. Wilson, who were natives of Ohio and Virginia, are now residents of Tremont City, this State. Of this union there have been born no children. Mr. Baker is the owner of three hundred and twenty-three acres of choice land in Clark County. This home farm comprises one hundred and sixteen acres, and is improved with good buildings including a neat frame residence, and the structures necessary for the shelter of stock and storage of grain. Mr. Baker, without making any great stir in the world, pursues the even tenor of his way as a peaceable and law-abiding citizen, and gives his unqualified allegiance to the Republican party. He is classed among the representative citizens of his township, and through his own industry and good management, has accumulated a competence. Socially, he belongs to the Masonic fraternity, of which he is a member in high standing, having attained to the thirty-second degree. Adam Baker, Sr., the father of our subject, was born about 1796, and departed this life at his home in German Township, in 1863. He was reared to manhood in his native State, whence he emigrated to Ohio in 1836, settling in Clark County, and the following year secured the land which constitutes the present farm of his son Adam. He also purchased mill property and operated a flouring-mill and distillery. for about eleven years. Later he sold the mill property. He was a prominent man in his community, serving as County Commissioner, and after the organization of the Republican party, was one of its warmest adherents. The mother of our subject died in August, 1879. The parental family consisted of twelve children, six of whom are living: Cornelius, William B. and Elinora, are residents of Springfield; Joana is the wife of Alexander Baker, of Moorefield Township; John W. is a resident of Topeka, Kan.; Adam, our PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 141 subject, is the youngest living of the family. the fattier at his death left a large estate, which he had accumulated mostly by his own industry and perseverance. The family maintains a highly respectable position in the community, standing. second to none in point of intelligence and sterling worth. WILLIAM G. SUTTON. The Sutton family flourished in New Jersey during the Colonial days and were a worthy race of people of whom their descendants have reason to be proud. The subject of this notice, who is widely and favorably known throughout Silver Township, Greene County, is the grandson of William G. Sutton, Sr., and was horn in New Jersey, of American parents, who traced their ancestry to Ireland. William G., Sr., was reared to farming pursuits and chose these for his life vocation. When reach ing manhood he was married to a lady of his own State, by name, Miss Lois Sutton, who was of ancestry similar to his own. They lived in New Jersey until after the birth of several children, then, in the early part of the present century, emigrated to Ohio and made settlement in what is now Caesar's Creek Township, Greene County. He took up land on the military tract south of the present site of the city of Xenia, when the now flourishing town was scarcely marked by a building. Grandfather Sutton began at first principles in the opening up of a farm and bore the distinction of being not only one of the first settlers of the township, but in fact of the whole county. He broke his land with a wooden mould-board plow and used hickory bark for reins to guide his team. He, like the other pioneers, was very poor and it required the closest economy and good management to keep the family fed and clothed and carry on the improvements of the farm. The nearest market and mill were at Cincinnati and they encountered untold hardships and privations in their struggle to build up a home and secure a competence. In due time, however, Grandfather Sutton and. his estimable wife began to reap the reward of their labors and found themselves surrounded by all of the comforts of life. The latter passed away several years prior to the decease of her husband and when quite well advanced in years. She was a devoted wife and mother and bore the vicissitudes of pioneer life bravely and hopefully, and like the woman of scripture, "looked well after the ways' of her household." Grandfather Sutton after her death repaired to Jay County, Ind., and spent his last days among his children, dying at the home of his son Isaiah when an old man. He was a Whig, politically, but held to no religious creed, making it the rule of his life to do unto others as he would be done by. There were born unto him and his excellent wife four sons and three daughters, of whom Daniel, the father of our subject, was the eldest. The latter was born in 1802, it is believed in New Jersey, or if not there, at the place where they first settled near Chillicothe, this State. The father of.our subject was a young child when he removed with his parents to Greene County, this State, and he assisted in the development of the home farm, remaining under the home roof until reaching his majority. He was then married in New Jasper Township to Miss Elizabeth Spahr. This lady was born in Virginia in 1804, and was quite young when she accompanied her parents, Philip and Mary (Schick) Spahr, to Greene County, they settling south of the present site of Xenia. In Greene County they spent the remainder of their lives and both lived to be quite aged. Mr. Spahr died at the old homestead and his wife afterward died at the home of her son in Ross Township. Both were active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They reared a family of ten. children and were among those whose names have always been held in kindly remembrance. After their marriage Daniel Sutton and his wife commenced the journey of life together on a farm two miles north of the old Sutton homestead, on Caesar's Creek, where Mr. Sutton improved two hundred and twenty acres and gathered around himself and family many comforts. There his death occurred in 1860. He was a prominent man in his community and looked upon as one of the best citizens in the county. Politically, he was a sound Republican, and in religion, a devoted mem- 142 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Physicially he was a powerful man, being considered the stoutest man in the county at that time. His wife survived him a number of years and also died at the old homestead in 1884, being then eighty years old. She was a large-hearted Christian woman, kind and charitable in all her impulses and was one of the most active workers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The subject of this notice was the second born of fifteen children comprising the parental family and including seven sons and eight daughters. It is a remarkable fact that they all lived to mature years. One son, Jacob, entered the Union Army during the Civil War, and met his death while in the servive of his country. One daughter, Nancy is deceased; Nehemiah G. is also deceased; the remainder were married and had families of their own, excepting one daughter.. Twelve are still living, all thrifty, honest and industrious and occupying a good position in their community. The youngest living member of this large family is forty-five years old. William G. Sutton shared with his parents the hardships and privations of pioneer life and assisted them as he Was able in building up the homestead and accumulating a competence. After reaching pan's estate he was married January 11, 1849, at the bride's home in Caesar's Creek Township, to Miss Martha Hagler. This lady was born in that township April 25, 1830, and under careful home training developed into an intelligent and attractive womanhood. Her parents were Samuel and Anna (Fudge) Hagler, natives of Virginia, where they were reared and married. Later they came to Ohio and -were among the earliest settlers of Greene County, locating in Caesar's Creek Township. The father secured a tract of land from which he opened up a good farm and there with his good wife spent the remainder of his days. They were people greatly respected in their community and consistent members of the German Reformed Church. They were also parents of fifteen children, of whom their daughter Martha was the sixth in order of birth. Two of these died young, but the most of them are still living, married and have families of their own. To our subject and his good wife there have been born eight children, one of whom, a daughter, Jennie, died unmarried at the age of thirty-two. The survivors are recorded as follows: Allen married Miss Emma Hatch and they live on a farm in Silver Creek Township; Elizabeth is the wife of David S. Smith, a biography of whom appears on another page of this volume; A. Samantha, married Jacob Smith, and they live on a' farm in New Jasper Township; Mary R. is the wife of John P. Wilson and they live in Hamilton, this State, where Dr. Wilson successfully follows the profession of a veterinary surgeon; Moses A. married Miss Alice Harness and they are residents of New Jasper Township; J. Elliott married Miss Kittle V. Glass, and operates one of the farms belonging to his father in Silver Creek Township; Luella remains at home with her parents. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Sutton lived one year at the old Sutton homestead, then our subject purchased a farm in New Jasper Township where they lived three years. Thence, in 1853, they removed to Silver Creek Township where Mr. Sutton has improved one of the finest farms in the county and upon which they lived until 1882. Then wisely retiring from the active labors of life he removed to Jamestown, where he and his estimable partner occupy a pleasant home on East Xenia Street. Mr. Sutton is the owner of two hundred and seventeen acres of choice land which is the source of a handsome income. Politically, he is a sound Republican and in religious matters, he and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. A portrait of Mr. Sutton accompanies this sketch. JAMES L. McKINNEY is descended from Itwo old pioneer families of Clark County I —the McKinneys and the Lammes. The patriotism which he has exhibited, and the musical talent of himself and children, are an inheritance from the paternal line, Samuel McKinney, his grandfather, having been a soldier in the War of 1812, and a pioneer music teacher in this vicin- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 143 ity. Grandfather McKinney died in 1836 when his son Cyrus, the father of our subject, was but little past his majority, he having been born in Clark County in 1814. Cyrus McKinney married Melinda E. Lamme, who was also born in Clark County, and there they made their home, rearing a family of four children, all of whom are yet living. The father breathed his last in 1870, the mother surviving until 1881. Capt. McKinney, our subject, is well known in Clark County where he lived for many years, and also in Greene County, in which he has been a resident since 1883. At that time he took up his abode in Yellow Springs, which has since been his home, and where, as in his former place of residence, he has been quite active in matters of public import. He has received the appointment of Land Appraiser for Miami Township, for the coming ten years, a position for which his knowledge of values well fits him. He was born April 29, 1839, in Clark County, being the first-born of his parents' children, and receiving good advantages in the way of home training and school privileges. After completing the studies taught in the common schools, he attended the High School at New Carlisle, becoming well versed in all the branches on the curriculum. He remained at home assisting his father until twenty-six years of age, with the exception of the time spent by him in the service of his country. The attack upon the Nation's life aroused in the breast of young McKinney a fervid desire to assist in the preservation of the Union, and in August, 1861, he enlisted in the Sixteenth Ohio Artillery. He was sent to St. Louis, and ere long was at the front, bearing a gallant share in various severe contests, among them being the battles of Pea Ridge, Thompsons' Mills, Round Hill, Cash River, Duvall's Bluff, the siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, (M iss.) and Champion Hills. He served faithfully until February, 1863, when his time of enlistment expired and he returned to his home. The struggle still continuing, however, be was not content to pursue the arts of peace, and in May, 1864, he prepared again to take the field. Raising a company, he joined the One hundred and Fifty-third Ohio Infantry, receiving the appointment of Captain of Company E, which he had organized. The command was attached to Grant's army and saw some very severe service, prior to their discharge September 9, 1864. One of the hardest battles of Capt. McKinney's experience was at Green Spring Run, where he lost sixteen men of his company. Another severe struggle was an engagement between his company and a part of Gen. Imboden's command, where the company being intrenched, was able to beat off the enemy, and save a bridge which they had been assigned to guard, losing but two men. After his meritorious services in behalf of his country, Capt. McKinney returned to his father's home where he remained until late in the fall of 1865, when he set up a home of his own upon a farm in Bethel Township, remaining there until his removal to Yellow Springs. He still owns a farm of eighty-two acres in Mad River Valley, all improved, and of considerable value. While occupying his rural home, Capt. McKinney served upon the School Board of the township, and he also holds a place in the Educational Board of Antioch College, having been Secretary of that body for five years. He has always taken an active interest in politics, and adheres strongly to the principles of Republicanism. Of temperance he is an earnest advocate. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in Yellow Springs, and has held office in the lodge. He also belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic, in which at present he holds the position of Junior Vice Commander, and has been Officer of the Day for years. On November 28, 1865, the rites of wedlock were celebrated between Capt. McKinney and Miss Lizzie Lowry, an educated and refined young woman, and 'the possessor of many womanly and Christian virtues. She is one of three children born to D. W. and Eliza (Layton) Lowry, natives of Clark County, and of old pioneer families. Her grandfather, David Lowry, was one of the original surveyors of that county, in which he located a home and became well known. She was born in September, 1841, received a good education in the schools of the vicinity, and was herself a teacher prior to her marriage. She had borne her husband two children: Carena and Athella. 144 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. The former was graduated from Antioch College in 1888, having completed a full course at the age of twenty years. She is now a member of the faculty of that institution, having been elected a teacher of vocal music. Athella, who is a member of the junior class in the same institution,. is also a fine musician, and has a decided talent for painting. She works in both oil and water colors, and has beautified the parental home with many products of her pencil, the mantels and walls being lined with her works. The McKinney family belong to the Christian Church, of which our subject is a Trustee. The musical talent of the Captain and his daughters is recognized by the membership, and adds to the. attractiveness of the church services, all being members of the choir, which Capt. McKinney has led for seven years. COLUMBUS BIERCE HAUK. A familiar figure in Springfield is that of Capt. Hank) who for a number of years has been enjoying the fruits of his former industry in the freedom from anxiety or toil which his abundant share of this world's goods allows. He moved to this city early in the '70's, buying property at the corner of East High Street and Belmont Avenue, where he and his cherished companion still live. He erected a fine brick house, under whose hospitable roof good cheer for body and mind are found by all who enter there. Although both Mr. and Mrs. Hauk are on the shady side of life, they enjoy quite good health, and are still capable of an active interest in current events and all worthy enthaverises. For forty-six. years they haVe shared each other's joys and sorrows, and a 'retrospective view of these years gives them no cause to regret their union. Capt. Hauk is of German ancestry, his grandparents having been born in the Fatherland, whence they emigrated to Pennsylvania. There their son Conrad was born and grew to man's estate. He went to Virginia, in which State he married a Miss Reed, the couple coming to Ohio about 1808. Mr. Hauk bought a farm in Athens County and engaged in agricultural pursuits as a pioneer there, living but about a decade after his arrival. The natal day of our subject was July 23, 1819, and he was butHeo weeks old when his mother died. he was taken into the family of Judge Abel Miller, who resided on a farm one and one-half miles from Athens, and there remained until 1833, when he started out in life for himself. Going to Cincinnati, which was then a city of about thirty-five thousand inhabitants, young Hank secured a situation on a river steamer, his intention being to learn the business of a pilot. In three years he had acquired a thorough knowledge of the business and become acquainted with the channels of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, upon which he acted as pilot and commander until 1865, his home during those years having been in Cincinnati. During the perilous times of the Civil War he commanded a boat, the trips of which were attended with considerable danger to the officer in charge. After the Rebellion Capt. Hauk resigned and settled on a farm he had previously purchased in Clark County, near South Charleston. After living upon it seven or eight years, he removed to his present home, believing that he and his wife merited a more restful life than their past had been. The companion of Capt. Hawk, with whom he was united in marriage February 4, 1844, was born in Cincinnati and bore the maiden name of Joanna Norton. She is a daughter of Elijah and Joanna (Lyon) Norton. Her father was born at Edgar-town, Mass„ and when but a boy began sailing before the mast. His last voyage was on a whaling cruise, and while away the War of 1812 began, and in order to reach home the vessel had to run the gauntlet of pirates and blockaders. This determined him to abandon the sea and he settled in Cincinnati, which was then a small city. After having followed the trade of a carpenter for a time, he embarked in the ice trade, being the first in the city to follow that business and ,for a time supplying the entire population. The infirmities of age finally compelled him to abandon it and his last years were spent in retirement, his mortal remains being finally deposited in Spring Grove Cemetery. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 145 His wife was a native of New Jersey and daughter of James Lyon, a Cincinnati pioneer. She died when her daughter, Mrs. Hauk, was an infant. Mr. Lyon at one time owned five hundred acres of timber land, including the locality known as Walnut Hills, a great part of which is now in the city of Cincinnati. He cleared a farm, erected good buildings upon it, and made it his home until his death. Capt. and Mrs. Hauk are the happy parents of four children. James Norton, the oldest son, resides on a farm near South Charleston; Charles D. lives in Chicago; Ella married Gomer Highley and lives in Chicago; Henry resides in Springfield. James was attending college when the late war broke out, and was anxious to enter the army, but as he was only seventeen years of age, his parents would not give their consent. Finding, however, that his patriotic ardor did not abate, in 1862 they gave their consent to his enlistment and he became a member of the Seventh Ohio Cavalry. He served in Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia, participating in the Atlanta campaign under Sherman, and gallantly discharging his duties until the close of the war, when be was honorably discharged with his regiment and returned to his home. The first political affiliation of Capt. Hauk was with the Whig party, but he has been a Republican since the party of that name was organized. Both he and his wife belong to the East High Street Methodist Episcopal Church and both are highly respected for their Christian character, intelligence and long years of usefulness. CHASE STEWART. The name of Chase Stewart is well known throughout Clark County as that of her Prosecuting Attorney, and his reputation as a rising young lawyer is not confined to the county in which he lives. He was born in Yellow Springs, Greene County, October 26, 1858, and is therefore but little more than thirty years old. In the paternal line he is of Scotch-Irish extraction, his remote ancestors having left Scotland in the times of the persecutions and settled in the Emerald Isle, intermarrying with natives of that land. His grandfather, John T. Stewart, settled in Clark County in 1806 and is numbered among its sturdy pioneers. Here his son Samuel was born and became a prominent farmer and dealer in live stock. In 1860 he removed to Hardin County, where he settled on a farm and lived the rest of his days. His death took place about the year 1888. For a time he filled the office of County Commissioner. His wife, Mary A. Marshall, was a daughter of William Marshall, an early settler in Clark County, where she was born in 1825, and reared to womanhood. She bore her husband two sons and four daughters, all yet living in their native State. The Marshall family to which she belonged were remotely connected with the late Chief Justice Marshall. The early schooldays of Chase Stewart, who was the third of the parental family, were passed in the log schoolhouse in Hardin County, and during the intervals of study he assisted his father on the farm. After leaving the common school, he entered the Wesleyan University, at Delaware, where he pursued his studies about three years. He then entered Chicago University, from which he was graduated in the class of '80. His taste leading him to the study of law, he went to Washington, D. C., and became a student under Judge William Lawrence, at that time Comptroller of the Treasury. Mr. Stewart was graduated from the National Law University in the Capital in 1882, and in October of the same year was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of Ohio. He began his prac tice in Springfield the following year, since which time he has devoted his attention entirely to his professional duties. In 1888 he was nominated and elected Prosecuting Attorney for a period of three years and assumed. the duties of his office on New Year's Day, 1889. The fine classical education which. preceded his law studies, added to the brilliancy of a mind naturally acute, gave Mr. Stewart a command of language which proves valable in his chosen work. Not only is he well grounded in the principles of law and equity, but he possesses the knowledge of men and the power to move them, which, when exercised properly, are among the best qualifications for success in the 146 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. legal arena. His social nature has led him to become a member of Clark Lodge, No. 101, F. & A. M., and of Moncieffe Lodge, No. 33, K. of P. He is popular in society and bids fair to attain a position of eminence in his profession if life and health are spared him. NIMROD TROLLINGER is the owner and occupant of a farm which is probably not surpassed by any of equal extent in Greene County, and certainly by none in Bath Township: It comprises two hundred and fifteen acres on section 7, and has been so well managed as to secure for its owner an independent fortune which enables him to spend his declining years in ease and enjoyment, unincumbered by anxiety regarding the future. The place is located on the Clifton and Yellow Springs Pike, the Xenia Pike also running through the place; the owner helped to build the latter highway. Mr. Trollinger is of German descent in the paternal line, his grandfather, Jacob Trollinger, having been born in the Fatherland. Upon emigrating to America he located in Alleghany County, Md , where he operated a farm and also ran a still house. He died there after having reached a comfortable financial standing. His son Jacob was born in that county and followed farming successfully until seriously affected by the asthma, by which he was incapacitated from labor for forty years. In 1853 he accompanied his son, our subject, to Ohio, residing with him until his death in 1868. His political affiliation was with the Democratic party. The mother of our subject was in her maidenhood Miss Sarah Jacobs. She was born in Allegany County, Md., to which her father, Jacob Jacobs, had accompanied his parents when quite small, New Jersey having been his native State. He and his father became the owners of seven farms in Maryland and very successful in agricultural work, acquiring considerable means. Mrs. Sarah Trollinger died in her native State, leaving six children of the nine .whom she had borne. The first-born was Emily, Mrs. Jacobs, who died in Miami Township, Greene County ; the next in order of birth is our subject; Drusilla resides in Darke County ; Mrs. Mary Duckworth lives in West Virginia; Mrs. Sarah Mosier lives in Mad River Township, Clark County ; Christina, Mrs. Funderburg, lives in Darke County. Nimrod Trollinger was born near Barton, Allegany County, Md., August 12, 1827, and reared on a farm, early in life beginning to bear a share in the work done upon the place. When ten years old he began plowing and doing other work, and in his fifteenth year he took charge of the place, which comprised two hundred and thirty-six acres, a part of which was yet. uncleared. The lad had clearing done, himself wielding an ax with energy far beyond his years, and not only carrying on farming but also raising stock to a considerable extent. His education was not neglected, but he availed himself of the advantages which the neighborhood afforded. The schools were kept up by subscription and were held in a log building, into which the light entered through greased paper windows, and which was furnished with puncheon seats and slab desks. Attendance Of school. was generally limited to three months during the winter. In May, 1853, young Trollinger came to Ohio, and made his arrangements for the purchase of property in Bath Township, Greene County. In August he made a payment, after which he returned to the East and near his former home was united in marriage with Miss Martha Shaw, the ceremony taking place September 15. Sending his wife and father to the new home, he drove through with a four-horse team, bringing the household goods and being two weeks on the way. The farm upon which he located was purchased of John Folck for $33 per acre and was partly cleared and had an old log building upon it. The efforts of our subject ere long made of it a finely improved estate, marked with the modern conveniences and producing first-class crops, principally wheat, although a variety of grain is raised. During the war Mr. Trollinger also raised stock successfully. In 1871 he built a large barn, and in 1879 a more modern residence. Water is forced where, needed by a windmill which, with its large tank, is a somewhat prominent feature in the landscape. In 1864 Mr. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 147 Trollinger bought eighty acres of improved land at Portland, Jay County, Ind., having previously purchased the old Joseph Folck place of thirty-three acres near his home. He is now retired from active duties although still occupying the farm which is in the care of his twin sons, Jacob and John, who are following worthily in their father's footsteps as enterprising and progressive farmers and good citizens. Mrs. Trollinger was born in Barton, Md., May 31, 1831, and in addition to the book knowledge which could be obtained in the neighborhood of her home, she acquired the homely domestic arts of spinning, weaving, knitting and housewifery, practicing them under the parental roof until her marriage. She is the tenth in a family of fifteen children, all of whom reached maturity except Harriet, the seventh, who died when eighteen months old. The record of the others is as follows : Mrs. Elizabeth Neff lives in Barton, Md.; Joseph died in Iowa; Mrs. Jane Barnes died in Maryland; Mrs. Louisa Humbleson lives in Pennsylvania; John resides on the home place in Barton, Md.; Mrs. Charlotte Jacobs is deceased; Thompson died in Iowa; the home of William is in Evansville, W. Va.; Mrs. Mary Michaels died in Maryland; Mrs. Hila Koontz lives in Iowa; Mrs. Sidney Waters lives in West Virginia; Mrs. Sarah A. Swindler died in Kansas; Mrs. Almira Roise lives in Arkansas. Thompson was a teamster in the Union army throughout the Civil War. Mrs. Trollinger is a granddaughter of William Shaw, a native of Merrie England, who came to Maryland alone when a boy. Having been well educated in his native land, he ere long engaged in school teaching, although his first employment in America was farm labor. He entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, preaching some and also operating a farm which he owned and upon which he died. His son Henry was born in Allegany County, Md., and became a carpenter, doing contracting and building throughout the county and on the National pike. He was a good mechanic and in addition to his carpenter's trade was a cabinet-maker and undertaker. He owned a farm, which he rented in 1855, removing to Evansville, Preston County, Va., where he lived some time. He finally returned to his former home, where he breathed his last. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His wife was Sydney Thompson, a native of Loudoun County, Va.; she died in West Virginia. The family of Nimrod TroHinger and his estimable wife comprises nine children, of whom we note the following: Sarah married Frank Batdorf, farmer whose home is near Fairfield; Jane became the wife of Martin Paxton, who owns and occupies a farm in Indiana; Elizabeth is still with her parents; Emma married C. Horner, of Beaver Creek; James lives on his father's farm of thirty-three acres, which is the old Joseph Folck place; Julia married James C. Wolf, whose home is near Byron ; Annie married Howard Flatter, who lives in Miami Township; the next on the family roll are the twin sons who carry on the home farm; Charles died when a babe. For twenty-five years Mr. Trollinger held the position of School Director, after which he resigned the office in which he had so long and faithfully served ; he was also Supervisor of Roads one year. No more public-spirited man is to be found in the vicinity than he, and none who have manifested a greater degree of enterprise in the conduct of their worldly affairs. He is good natured, inclined to take the world easy, and quite jolly, proving an entertaining companion and winning friends for these qualities as well as for the more sturdy traits of his character. He votes the straight Democratic ticket. Mrs. Trollinger belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Yellow Springs, in which she has good standing, while throughout her extended circle of acquaintances she is esteemed for her kindly nature and upright character. RICHARD OATES, although an Englishman by birth and education, having come to this country from Yorkshire in 1851, was among the first to enlist to serve his adopted country when the dread pall of war darkened her sky. Becoming a member of the Forty-fourth Ohio Infantry in 1861, he served continuously 148 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. until 1865, during that time seeing much hard service and taking part in many hard-fought battles. Among them were: Lewisburg, W.Va.; Dutton Hill, Ky.; the siege of KnoxviHe; Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek, Va. The regiment had been mounted for service .in the Shenandoah Valley, and in addition to the severer contests mentioned had many minor fights and skirmishes with the rebels. In his war record Mr. Oates carried out to the full the principle embodied by the grand English admiral, Nelson, in his saying, " England expects every man to do his duty," although it was another country to which he was devoting himself. In July, 1865, Mr. Oates was mustered out of the service, and returned to his family in Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio; where, he had been married in 1853 to Miss Emily Nason. His wife is a daughter of George L. Nason, who was born in Duxbury, Vt., July 30, 1809, and came to Ohio with his parents, Daniel and Mercy (Roberts) Nason, in 1811. The latter settled near Springfield, which was then a hamlet of but a few log houses, and in which he attended Sunday-school when a boy. He has lived in the neighborhood all his life except about two years preceding the war, when he removed to Missouri, where he found he could not express his sentiments, and he therefore returned to Ohio. He is now one of the oldest settlers living in this vicinity, is in his eighty-first year, and quite hale for one of his advanced age. He was married in 1831 to Miss Hannah Hawkins, a daughter of James Hawkins, of Yorkshire, England. His family comprised four children, Emily, now Mrs. Oates, being the second. In addition to the service rendered his adopted country upon the tented field, Mr. Oates has set the example of a hard working and reliable citizen., who cheerfuHy discharges the duties which he before him, and gains the reputation of an honorable and worthy man. He has reared a family of ten bright children, besides taking care of his aged father-in-law, and his many charges have kept him from accumulating much of this world's goods. Until quite recently he has always rented a farm in Springfield Township, but a few years ago he purchased twenty-five acres of the Buffenberger place, four miles west of South Charleston, in Madison Township, Clark County, where he now resides with his family. His children are: Florence, Eliza, Annie, Mathew, George, Luther, Inez, Harley, Carrie and Lottie A., the last named being a lass of ten years. True to the principles for which he fought for nearly five years, Mr. Oates votes the Republican ticket. EZRA M. PETERSON. Among the younger farmers of Greene County who are carrying on the work begun by their parents or grandparents, on tracts of land which were cleared by their ancestors many years ago, the gentleman above named is numbered. He now has two hundred acres of the old homestead on which he was reared and educated, and upon which his eyes opened to the light October 26, 1848. He is a worthy successor of his father, who, starting with ninety-eight acres of land, accumulated a landed estate of about seven hundred acres, -besides rearing his. family in comfort and bestowing upon them such advantages as the country afforded in their youth. From his estimable parents Ezra Peterson received a careful training in the principles which should govern the conduct, and learned the useful habits which he- has since followed. The traits of character which he derived from them by birth and training have given him the respect of- his fellow-men, and the wanner feeling of friendship from those to whom he is better known.. On October 31, 1872, he married Miss Arebelle: A., daughter of Warren and Lanar (Adams) Ledbetter, she, like himself, being .a member of the Methodist Church. They are the parents of one son, J. Warren. The father of the gentleman of whom we write was Felix Peterson, who was born. in Hardy County,. Va., May 18, 1809, and died April 9, 1874, and came with his parents, Jacob and Elizabeth (Harper) Peterson, to this county in 1815, the party also including John Peterson, a brother of Jacob, and a cousin. The fraternal group, of