PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 275 born in York County, Pa , and her mother died in Montgomery County, Ohio, soon after their removal, which took place in 1834- Their oldest child was Rebecca, who became the wife of U. Wilson, and who died in Fairfield. The father took for his second companion Mrs. Anna (Jones) Miller, who also bore him two children : Lewis, who is living on the home farm; and William, who is deceased. Mr. Mitman was reared in his native State, working upon a farm, and also helping to haul stone for the construction of the first railroad built in Pennsylvania. He learned the milling business, but concluding to come West, in 1833, he walked to Wheeling, whence he followed the Ohio River down to Cincinnati, still on foot, and then took the tow path to Colnmbus. Viewing the country and being favorably impressed with it, he returned to Pennsylvania over the mountains, making the trip in six weeks, and accomplishing it as he had his journey hither. In the spring of 1834, with a one horse wagon, he brought his wife and two children to this countY, settling in Bath Township. Having but $28 in money when he arrived, he began working out on farms, but he afterwards bought his father's place and improved it, putting upon it fine buildings, paying for it and helping his children some. Being the fortunate possessor of a fine physique, he was able to endure much hard labor, and by his own hands performed a large share of the arduous toil required in placing the estate upon a fine footing. He died in Fairfield April 20, 1890. He had been Township Trustee, and was Land Appraiser in 1870. He was a Democrat in polities, and a Lutheran in religion. He was active in the chureh work, being a charter memher of the organization at Osborn, and a Deacon since its institution. Mrs. Kendig's grandfather, Jacob Mitman, was a farmer in York County, Pa., until 1835, when he became a resident of the Buckeye State, locating on a farm in Bath Township, this county, which a few years later he sold to his son Peter, afterward living with his children until his death. He had served in the War of 1812, and as a hunter and fisherman attained quite a reputation. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Kendig comprises seven sons and daughters: Julia A., John P., Lewis F., Albert D., William  Harry R. and Daisy May. Julia became the wife of Zepheniah Trollinger, of Virginia, their, home being near Fairfield; John P. is a shareholder in the Osborn Bank, and a School Director in his district; Lewis F. married Miss Cora Burrous, and oecupies the farm adjoining his boyhood home; the younger members of the family still reside under the parental roof. Mr. Kendig is a stockholder and Director in the Osborn Bank. He was School Director for six years, and while he lived in Montgomery County was Road Supervisor. The various township offices have been at his command, but he declines running, having no desire for public life except to 'aid the cause of education. Politically he is a straight Demoerat. Personally, he is a wholesouled and honorable man, a thorough gentleman, and necessarily a reliable citizen. Both himself and wife belong to the German Reformed Church, at Byron, he having helped to build the church edifice, and both being interested in every good work going on about them. Throughout this section of country no couple can be found more worthy of representation in this volume than John Kendig and his wife. WlLLIAM R. ROSS. The Ross family has for many years.occupied a leading position in Jefferson Township,Greene County, and the subject of this notice is one of its most worthy, representatives. He is a grandson of the well-known John Ross, the latter a native of County Armagh, Ireland, and of Protestant Irish stock. Grandfather John Ross was fourteen years old when emigrating to America, and settled with his brother on the Roanoke River, in Montgomery County, Va. He was there married later to a Miss McDonald, who was of ancestry similar to his own and whom it is believed was born in Ireland. If this was the case she came when a very young child to America with her parents, they settling in Virginia, where the parents died when quite 276 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. aged. John Ross after his marriage located on a farm in Montgomery County, that State, and there with his estimable wife spent the remainder of his life, dying at an advanced age. Both were connected with the Reformed Presbyterian or as it was sometimes called, the Seceder's Church. The father of Miss McDonald served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War and was one of the earliest settlers of the county where he spent the closing years of his life. To him and his estimable wife was born a family of ten children, of whom Robert, the father of our subject, was the youngest son. Robert Ross was born in Montgomery County, Va., and lived there until reaching his majority, when leaving home he emigrated to Monroe County and was there wedded to Miss Susannah H. Alexander. The lady was born and reared in Monroe County and was the daughter of Mathew Alexander, whose parents were natives of the city of Dublin, Ireand. The latter upon emigrating to America settled in what is now Augusta County, Va., where they engaged in farming and spent the balance of their lives. The mother bore the maiden name of Mary Black. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Alexander spent their lives in Monroe County and died at an advanced age. The father of our subject after his marriage settled on a farm in Monroe County where he lived nntil after the birth of four sons, these being, James, who died when about twenty-four years old; John A.; William R., our subject and Thompson. William R. was born June 9, 1829, and remained under the home roof until the family set out in the fall of 1847 for Ohio. The journey was made overland with teams, the travelers halting at night by the wayside. They' carried with them a few household utensils and their provisions, and camped and cooked by the wayside. After a journey of about eighteen days they reached their destination in Jefferson Township and the father early the following spring purchased land and began the opening up of a farm. He was prospered in his labors as a tiller of the soil and lived there the remainder of his days, passing away January 10, 1878, at the advanced age of eighty-four years. He was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Chuch in which be had officiated as Elder and been one of the chief pillars. He was a member of the old Whig party in early life, but later joined the Democracy. The wife and mother preceded her husband to the silent land about ten years, when sixty-four years old ; she belonged to the same church as her husband for many years. The subject of this notice was about nineteen years old when his parents emigrated to Ohio. He remained with them 'until after his marriage and then purchased a part of the land whieh he now owns and occupies. He has now two hnndred and twenty-six acres, nearly all under cultivation and embellished with modern buildings. The residence is a fine two-story brick- structure, completed in the fall of 1874, and adjacent was a substantial barn with the other outbuildings required by the enterprising and progressive farmer. On Easter Sunday, 1890, the barn with its contents was destroyed by fire, involving a loss of more than $3,000. The marriage of William R. Ross and Miss Ruhamah C. Moon was celebrated February 25, 1864, at the bride's home in Jefferson Township. Mrs. Ross was a native of this township and was born March 22, 1843. Her parents were Gideon and Jane (Turner) Moon, natives respectively of New York State and Ohio. They were married in Cincinnati and soon afterward settled on a farm near Bowersville during the pioneer days. They begau life comparatively without means, but by the exercise of unflagging industry and economy, succeeded in bnilding up a good home from the wilderness which sheltered them until they passed from earth. Death visited the family during the cholera epidemic in 1854, taking the mother at the age of forty-eight years, two daughters, a son and son-in-law and a grandchild, all within a few days. Mr. Moon survived his wife and contracted a second marriage with Mrs. Diana (Reeves) Shaner. This lady had lost her husband and three children in one day from cholera, leaving two sons. After his second marriage Mr. Moon carried on farming in Jefferson Township until his death April 21, 1884, at the advanced age of eighty-one years. His last wife is still living, making her home with a daughter of Berrien County, Mich., and is now PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 277 sixty-seven years old- Mr. Moon and his first wife were members in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Diana Moon is a Baptist of the old sehool and her father had been a minister of that church for many years. Mrs. Ross was carefully reared by her mother aud step-mother, and remained a member of her father's household until her marriage. She is now the mother of five children, the eldest of whom, Clement P., married Miss Ella White, of Clinton County, and they have one child, a daughter, Edith M.; Miss White formerly followed the profession of a teacher for many years; Susannah is the wife of M. F. Beal and they live at the homestead. May married Asa Kline and they live in Jefferson Township- John and Lena P. are at home with their parents- Mr. and Mrs. Ross and their children are members of the Christian Church. Politically, our subject is a stanch Democrat. He keeps himself posted upon current events and has served as a Justice of the Peace. S. E. GREENAWALT. A visitor to Greene County would not long remain in ignorance of the name and person of the above-named gentleman, who is pastor of the Osborn charge of the Lutheran Chureh, which includes three churches, one at Osborn, one at Donaldsville, Clark County, and a third at Brandt, Miami County. He is quite young, having been horn February 27, 1859, but possesses a fine education and exceptional qualifications for the ministry. He is a master of pulpit oratory, his fine figure and countenance adding to his pleasing appearance, and aiding in the graceful delivery of his sermons. Among his congregations he is extremely popular, while beyond the Lutheran connection he is favorably regarded, and is very influential. He rejoices in the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and Bachelor of Divinity, to which his learning entitles him, and which have been earned by unremitting application and determination. The Greenawalt family is of German extraction. The grandfather of our subject, John Greenawalt, was born in Pennsylvania and was a farmer in Franklin County. He became an early settler in Mahoning County, Ohio, where he continued his agricultural pursuits, becoming quite well-to-do. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. His wife, Elizabeth Connor, who was of English descent, died in this State, in the fall of 1889, at the extreme age of ninety-two years. Jesse Greenawalt, a son of the couple above mentioned, was born in Franklin County, Pa., and removed to Mahoning County, Ohio, when a young man. He had learned the trade of a carpenter and occupied himself in contracting and building. After his marriage he removed to Allen County, Ind., being one of the first settlers near Ft. Wayne, and continuing his previous occupation for some time. He then located upon and cleared a farm fourteen miles from Ft. Wayne and began a successful career as a tiller of the soil. He is still living there, being now about sixty-eight years old. He has held various township offices, among them that of Assessor, in which he has served twenty years. In politics he is a Republican, and in religion a Lutheran, being a Deacon in the congregation. His wife, in her girlhood Miss Susan Shimp, was also born in Franklin County, Pa. Her father, John Shimp, was a native of the same State, in which he died, the family afterward removing to Columbiana County, Ohio. Mrs. Shiny, whose maiden name was Catherine Stauffer, also a native of the Keystone State, died at the age of seventy-five years. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Greenawalt are the parents of fonr living children and lost one in infancy. John E. is a prominent farmer in Allen County, Ind.; George L., now practicing medicine in Ft. Wayne, was graduated from Bellevue Hospital Medical College, N. Y.; Oliver J. is a teacher in the Hoosier State. The youngest child is the subject of this biographical notice. The birth of the Rev. Mr. Greenawalt occurred in Allen County, Ind., where he was reared upon a farm, learning the rudiments of agricultural life while attending the district and graded schools near his home. At the age of fifteen years he entered the Normal School at Ft. Wayne, and after studying one term, entered the school at Valparaiso, where he began a teacher's course in selected studies. He pursued his studies there about two years 278 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. although the attendance was not consecutive, except one year, which he devoted entirely to study before he was seventeen years old. In 1876 and 1877 he taught in the home township, returning to Valparaiso in the summer and in the fall becoming principal of the Leo Village or Cedar Creek Township graded school. For three successive years he held that position, spending the summers is Valparaiso and continuing his own pursuit of knowledge, except the last year, when he taught eleven months. In the fall of 1880 young Greenawalt entered the Freshman Class in Wittenberg College, at Springfield, Ohio, carrying on his studies there until 1884, when be was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. From boyhood he had felt a desire to enter the ministry, but did not determine to do so until during his senor year. In the fall after his graduation from the regular course he entered the theological department of the college, of which he remained a student for three years. He made his own way through college, the summers finding him busy earning money to pay his expenses through the college year. On the 1st of February, 1886, he became pastor of the church at Osborn, serving it while continuing his studies. On May 28, 1887, he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Divinity, and in June following received the degree of Master of Arts. His labors at Osborn still continued, and on October 2 of the same year he was ordained by the Miami Synod, which met in this place. After his ordination, the Rev. Mr. Greenawalt located permanently in Osborn, and has since devoted his time to his charge, keeping up various societies in the three congregations and pushing forward the work of the church with conscientious zeal and fervor. He has entirely refurnished the Osborn Church. He possesses decided literary ability, and while in college contributed to the college paper, besides being its editor for two years. His fervid utterances in the pulpit are not confined to dogmatic statements of denominational differences, but include aH morality and Christian living, temperance particularly being dwelt upon as a sterling virtue. It will be reasonable to suppose that a man of Mr. Greenawalt's character, attainments and aspirations would desire for a companion in life a woman of noble heart, cultured mind and sympathetic nature. Such he found in Miss A. Mary Mitchell, of Springfield, with whom he was united in marriage at her home March 2, 1889. Mrs. Greenawalt was born in Springfield, Clark County, and completed her education at Wittenberg College, Springfield, and at the Western Female Seminary in Oxford. Her father, Ross Mitchell, was connected with the Champion Reaper Works, at Lagonda, until 1880, when he withdrew from that business. He resides in Springfield, where he is identified with important bnsiness intorests. WALTER HAGAR. Xenia has become well known among neighboring cities on account of the number and importance of its business establishments and manufactories, which have wielded an immense power in developing the commercial interests of the State of Ohio. Among these the stranger especially notices the mills of the Xenia Paper Company,which was organized in May, 1881, with a capital stock of $20,000. The first officers of the company were the Hon. John Little, President; F. C. Trebein, Vice President; C. C. Shearer, Secretary ; John S. Ankeney, Treasurer, and Walter Hagar, Superintendent. The first move toward incorporating this company was made by Mr. Hagar, who secured the assistance of Mr. Ankeney, Cashier of the Second National Bank. At first there was put up about one-half the present plant, with machinery to complete a first-class mill capable of producing six thousand pounds of paper daily. Later by increasing the speed and doubling the amount of machinery with enlargement of buildings, the quantity of paper produced will now average nearly thirty thousand pounds daily. The present official Board of the company is as follows: Hon. John Little, President; F. C. Trebein, Vice-President; Edwin W. Hagar, Treasurer; Horace Ankeney, Secretary ; and Walter Hagar, Superintendent and Manager. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 281 Walter Hagar was born March 4, 1823. At the age of fifteen years he commenced work in the paper mills of his native place, Newton Lower Falls, Mass. In the year 1857 he removed to Kentucky where for two years he was Superintendent of the paper mills near Frankfort City. Half the force employed here was slave labor. Removing to Ohio prior to the late war,Mr. Hagar engaged with the firm of Bachelor, DeCamp & Co.,, of Cincinnati as Superintendent of their mills at Lockland. After remaining there six years he removed to Dayton, where for three years he had the management of the business of one of the mills in that city. Removing thence to Clifton, Greene County, he was for six years engaged in paper manufacture under the firm name of King & Hagar. At the expiration of six years this company dissolved- Mr. Hagar then removed to Enon, this State, where he engaged in the construction and management of the paper mills of the Springfield Republic Company. After eight years' service at Enon he took up his abode in Xenia, his present place of residence. After eight years in business in this city Mr. Hagar, at the age of sixty-seven years, is still actively engaged in his life work and enjoys good health with the promise of years, of active service yet before him. CAPT. JOSEPH IRWIN. On the opposite page is presented a portrait of this venerable citizen of Springfield, and one who, after having been prominently identified with navigation on the Ohio River for many years; later was actively interested in agriculture in this State and Clark County. He came to Springfield, where he owns valuable property, in 1865, and- is pleasautly passing his declining years in his comfortable home at No. 235 West Washington Street. He was born in the city of Pittsburg, Pa., December 9, 1800, and is a son of James Irwin, a native of Scotland. His paternal grandfather, also James Drwin, was of Scotch birth, and coming to America from that country in Colonial times, fought in the Indian War under the famous Gen. Wayne. The father of the subject of this biography was bound out to- a Quaker, Joseph Oglesby, of Phila delphia, to learn the trade of a carpenter. He subsequently went_ to Scotland to seek a wife among his native hills. On his retnrn trip he met on board the sailing-vessel Miss Martha Carruthers, a native of Ireland. They were fourteen weeks on the trip, and when they landed in New York their marriage took place. After that eventful jonrney with its happy results he settled down to a domestic life in Pittsbnrg, of which he was one of the pioneers. In that young city artisans of his calling were in demand, and he pursued his trade there with good profit and assisted in the upbuilding of that city, where he spent his last years as did his wife also. The old stock of Irwins are buried in Pittsburg. A number of citizens of Pittsburg, of whom the father of our subject was one, raised sufficient money to pay for the passage of the celebrated Alexander Campbell from Scotland to Pittsburg. Soon afterward they established' the college across the line in West Virginia, and of this Alexander Campbell, who established the Christian Church in America, was President. In that institution Capt. Irwin and his brothers received their education. The youngest brother, William Irwin, became a minister in the Christian Church; and died while in charge of the church at Moscow, above Cincinnati. Another brother, Capt. James Irwin, was a very successful business man of Pittsburg, and died worth $500,000. He established the Old Ladies' Home of Pittsburg, and left $10,000 to each of ten different charitable institutions of that city. Religionsly, he was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and was twice married. His widow, Mrs. Mary Irwin, is still living. His only descendant is a grandson. Capt. Irwin, who is a namesake of Joseph Oglesby, was reared in his native city, and commenced to work for his father when quite young. As has been before stated, he received his education in Bethany College, and while there rescued from drowning three boys, sons of. widows. In youth his employment consisted in making the wooden pins that were then used instead of nails in building frame houses. At the age of nineteen he be- 282 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. gan the life of a boatman on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and was employed as second engineer for some time; he continued in a subordinate position on the river for twenty years, and at the expiration of that time invested his savings in boat-building in company with his brother James, and built a boat for himself, named the "Brunette," which was for some years one of the finest boats on the river, and in which Gen. Harrison took the trip from Cincinnati to Pittsburg when he was on his way to Washington to be inaugurated President. In 1819 our subject, though he had by no means attained his majority, took upon himself the cares of a domestic life, having persuaded Miss Martha Cummings, a charming young woman, to unite her fortunes with his. She was born on the State line of Virginia, forty miles from Pittsburg, and at the time of their marriage the groom, accompanied by his father and mother, rode on horseback to his home, and after the completion of his wedding festivities, on the return journey to the city with the bride, they were attended by forty couples all on horseback, truly a gay and merry cavalcade traveling. the primeval forest paths. After marriage Mr. Irwin continued his residence in Pittsburg until 1844, when, deciding to turn his attention to farming, he bought a farm forty miles above Cincinnati on the banks of the Ohio. The next year, when the spring floods came, his farm went under water, and however -much he may have been attached to that element when he was a river captain, and liked to have sufficient water under his boat to float it, he was decidedly averse to it when it was over his land, so he sold his property there, and coming to Clark County, bought a more desirable farm south of Springfield, which he managed successfully several years. In 1865 he disposed of it at a good price and came to Springfield, and has ever sinee made his home here. He has invested his money judiciously, and derives a handsome income from it. Besides his attractive residence on Washington Street, he owns other resident property in the city. After a wedded life of fifty-two happy years, Capt. Irwin's wife passed to the better world, October 14, 1871. Of her marriage with our subject five children bad been born, three of whom died young. Of the other two—Rebecca, the wife of Thomas Jennings, Jives in Indiana; Virginia, who married Charles Knott, died in 1876. The marriage of Capt. Irwin to his present worthy wife was solemnized April 10, 1873. She comes, of a family of early pioneers of this State, and is herself a native of the soil, born nine miles east of London, Madison County, February 26, 1842. Her maternal grandfather was Nehemiah Vaughn Town, who was born in 1759, in Utica, N. Y. He married Susan Sholbridge, whose parents had emigrated- from Germany and settled in Virginia. Both grandfather Town and his wife died in 1849, she at the' age of seventy years, while he had reached the advanced age of ninety. The father of Mrs. Irwin, Joseph Heath, was born amid the beautiful scenery of Harper's Ferry, Va. Grandfather Heath and his wife both came from England, and settled on a plantation near Harper's Ferry. Five sons and two daughters were born to them, among whom was Joseph Heath, the father of Mrs. Irwin. A daughter, Nancy, married Joseph Russell, a merchant in Charleston, Va., where he and his wife both died. Grandfather Heath and his wife died in the Old Dominion. A grandson, Capt. Heath, was an officer in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and the cannon which is now at Ferncliff Cemetery, in the Soldier's Square, was captured from the command of Capt, Heath, above mentioned. The father of Mrs. Irwin, Joseph Heath, was born in Virginia, in 1784, and was there educated. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and politically, was a Whig. By occupation he was a planter. In the early days of Ohio he and three of his brothers came to this State, settling in what is known as Darby Plains. All were farmers, and became prosperous, living and dying in Ohio. One brother located in Champaign County, and the others in Madison County ; the father of Mrs. Irwin bought a large tract of wild land in Darby Plains, and there extensively engaged in farming until his death in the fall of 1861, he being then the owner of a finely-improved farm of five hundred acres. He was a man of wide-spread influence in that region, a sincere- Christian, and a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which be was PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 283 prominent in establishing in that county. At an early day religious services were held in his house, which was the home of the itinerant preacher. He was three times married, and was the father of twenty-five children. The maiden name of his second wife, mother of Mrs. Irwin, was Elizabeth Town, who was born in Massachusetts, of English parentage, November 12, 1805. By her marriage with Joseph Heath eleven children were born; of whom Mrs. Irwin is the yonngest. Mrs. Elizabeth (Town) Heath passed away in July, 1842. Mrs. Irwiu was an infant when her mother died, and she remained an inmate of her father's home until she was eleven years of age, and then resided with an elder sister in Madison County. She is a woman_ of decided character, possessing amiable qualities, aud in the care of her husband's property that devolves on her, shows herself to be an .excellent manager. Both Mr. and Mrs. Irwin are valned members of the St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, the Captain having been admitted to membership on his eighty-sixth birthday, by the Rev. Henry 'rudder, to whom he remarked after his admission, in his humorous way, '‘I am the oldest fish you have ever caught." The Captain in his day has been an able man, wide-awake and decisive in his business, sound sense and rare judgment being among his attributes. He must have been endowed with an extraordinary physiqne and powers of endurance, for, notwithstanding his remarkably advanced age, he enjoys good health, and is regular in his attendance at divine services, not only on Sunday, but also through the week whenever a meeting is appointed he is sure to be there. His genial wit and kiudly presence make him a general favorite, and his many friends never tire of listening to his interesting conversation, especially when the subject turns on the incidents of his youth. Born in the opeuiug year of the nineteenth century, many marvelous changes have taken place in this country since he opened his eyes to the world. At the time of his birth not many years had elapsed since the close of the Revolution and the establishment of the Republic, and still another war was to be fought before it could find full freedom from British oppression. Ninety years ago there were but sixteen States in the Union, now it is a powerful nation of forty-two States,with a population then of between five and six millions, now more than sixty millions of people find homes here. In the year that he was born the seat of government was removed to Washington, which was then scarcely more than a rude frontier village, and John Adams, the second President of the United States, was in the chair. Ohio had not yet become a State, and was, with the exception of a few scattered settlements, almost an unbroken wilderness, and the site of its present capital was a dense forest, onr sub. ject being a lad of between twelve and sixteen years before the first building was erected within its present limits. As with Ohio, so with other Western States; in fact the greater part of the magnificent territory from the Mississippi to the Pacific was still in the hands of a foreign power, as President Jefferson's celebrated Louisiana Purchase did not take place until the century was three years old. The changes have been no less great in the manner of living and in the customs of the people. When the Captain was young, large fireplaces were used for heating and cooking purposes, though Dr. Franklin had invented his celebrated stove. The rush light and tallow candle of those days have been superseded by gas and electricity, and other modes of illumination. Since he first began to live, many wonderful inventions have made a revolution in commerce, mannfactories, agriculture, and in nearly every department of life. Capt. Irwin was twenty-nine years of age when steam was first applied to railway travel in America, and he has lived to see electricity nsed as a motor power. When he was a boy of seven years Robert Fulton launched the "Clermont" on the Hudson, and proved to the world that steam could be successfully applied to navigation. When the future captain was eleven years old, he might have seen the departure from the wharves of his native eity, in October, 1811, of the steamboat "Orleans," which was, to quote a leading historian of this State, "first of the mighty fleet which put the currents of the great river to naught," and when he was eighteen years old that great event in the commerce of the lakes took place, the first steamer 284 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. to navigate Lake Erie, the "Walk-in-the. Water," making her appearance in August, 1818, just eleven years after Fulton first ventured his steamer on the Hudson. Thus we might go on enumerating indefinitely the wonderful things that have been wrought by the hand and brain of man within the memory of our venerable subject, but enough has been written to show what ninety years have brought to this Nation, of whieh he is a loyal citizen. FRANK FULTON. There is probably not within the limits of Bath Township, a gentleman who stands higher in its social and business circles, or who has been more successful as a farmer, and praiseworthy as a citizen. He is more than ordinarily genial and agreeable, very intelligent, and a man with whom an hour may always be spent in a pleasant and profitable manner. He is shrewd in business matters, but strictly honest and upright, and enjoys the esteem and confidence of all with whom he has dealings. The immediate progenitors of our subject were James and Elizabeth (Leahow) Fulton- the former born on the Mad River, Bath Township, Greene County, in 1815, and the latter a native of Northumberland County, Pa., and born in 1810. The paternal grandfather, WiHiam Fulton, a native of Rockingham County, Va., was born November 3, 1773. He was married June 15, 1802, to Miss Martha Grimes, and about 1803 came to Greene County, and entered a tract of Government land in Bath Township. He occupied himself in farming, operated a distillery, and became well-to-do, leaving among his possessions about one section of land. He departed this life in 1830. The paternal great-grandfather came from Ireland, probably during the Colonial days. The father of our subject was orphaned at the agc of fifteen years, and learned mill-wrighting. He became skilled in his business, and was employed in the erection of a large number of mills all over the county. He, however, in 1852, abandoned this trade, and turned his attention almost exclusively to farming. In 1850 he returned to his native State, and was married in the city of Philadelphia. Coming back with his bride to this county, he located upon one hundred and sixty acres of land, from which he built np a homestead now occupied by his son, our subject. He was prospered in his labors, and later added two hundred and forty-seven acres. Finally, he made a specialty of loaning money, and was numbered among the wealthiest farmers of the connty. He was prominently connected with the Presbyterian Church, in which he officiated as an Elder and as Superintendent of the Sunday-school. He departed this life December 31, 1885. Politieally, he was a stanch adherent of the Democratic party. The maternal grandfather of our subject was John Leahow, who was born in Northumberland County, Pa., in March, 1783. He foHowed the business of a piano-maker in his native county, doing a large business and acquiring an enviable reputation in his line. He invested his capital in lands, and died December 5, 1844, leaving a fine estate. In religion he was a Unitarian. His wife, whose maiden- name was Sarah Wymer, was of German and French descent. The mother of our subject was reared and educated in her native county of Northumberland, and became a fine musician- She also assisted her father in his business, and taught both music and the common school. In 1846, she came to Fairfield, Ohio, and engaged in teaching school and music, both before and after her marriage, and until sixty years of age. She died in Fairfield, Bath Township, in 1881. She was a woman of many estimable qualities, and a member in good standing of the German Reformed Church. The subject of this notice was the only child of his parents, and was born at the homestead which he now owns and occupies, April 22, 1853. He was taught to make himself useful at an early age, and acquired his education in the district school. When twenty-three years old, he rented his father's farm, and operated it successfully until the fall of 1874. Then deciding upon seeing something of the Western country, he crossed the Mississippi, and going into Colorado, was employed on a ranch. In the winter of 1875-76 he returned home, and once more taking charge of his father's farm, oper- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 285 ated it until the death of the latter, when it became his as the only living heir. While sojourning in the city of Denver, Mr. Fulton made the acquaintance of Miss Emma Shellabarger, and the mutual attachment thus formed, was followed by their marriage in that city, December 28, 1875. Mrs. Fulton was born in Mad River Township, this State, February 15, 1853, and the year prior to her marriage, went to Colorado on a visit, remaining there until after her marriage. Her father, Martin Shellabarger, was born in Clark County, and was the son of Ephraim Shellabarger, a native of Lancaster County, Pa. The latter left Pennsylvania at an early day, coming to Clark County, this State, before his marriage. After that event he located on a tract of land in Mad River Township, from which he opened up a farm aud became well-to-do. Martin Shellabarger was a natural mechanic, especially handy with tools, and an expert woodworker, turning out many fine articles for various uses- He had a cooper-shop on his farm in Mad River Township, and in connection with this, carried on farming many years. He is still living at the old place, and has arrived at the age of seventy years. Politically, he is a stanch Democrat. The paternal grandmother bore the maiden name of Rebecca Wingett. She was born on a farm near Cincinnati, of parents who were among the early settlers of that region. The great-grandfather Wingett became a large landowner, and financially, was well-to-do. The mother of Mrs. Frank Fulton, was in her girlhood Miss Elizabeth Sheller. She was born near Fairfield, Bath Township, and was the daughter of Adam Sheller, a native of Frederick County, Md. He came to Ohio during the pioneer days, settling about 1815, in Fairfield, whence he removed later to Clark County, and lived to be about ninety-, seven years old. He belonged to the River Brethren Church- Mrs. Elizabeth (Sheller) Shellabarger is still living, and is now sixty-seven years old. She is the mother of eight children, the eldest of whom a (laughter, Mary, Mrs. Leahow, lives at Yellow Springs; George is ranching on the Platte River, Colo.; Adam is a prominent cattle man of the San Luis Valley, Colo.; William, also operates a ranch along the Platte River, in Colorado; Annie died when an interesting maiden of seventeen years; Emma, Mrs. Fnlton, was the next in order of birth ; Edith and Ethel are both deceased. The landed possessions of Mr. Fulton aggregate four hundred and seven acres, all under a good state of cultivation. The home farm is supplied with two sets of farm buildings, and he has a windmill, water tanks, hay scales, and all the other conveniences for the prosecution of farming and stock-raising after the most approved methods. He feeds annually large numbers of cattle, swine and sheep, and utilizes four teams in the operation of the farm. Mr. and Mrs. Fulton are the parents of eight children, viz: Charles, William, Edgar, Clifford, Frank, Jr., 'Bessie, Ralph, and Nellie, who form a very bright and interesting group, and all at home with their parents. Mr. Fulton, like his honored father, affiliates with the Democratic party. He has been a member of the School Board of his district for the past three years, and is frequently sent as a delegate to the various conventions of his party. JOHN M. JACKSON. There are many whose lives apparently pass quietly along, who make comparatively little stir in the world, but who when they are gone are sensibly missed from the circles which they have been in the habit of frequenting and whose names the survivors hold in tender rememberance. These thoughts involuntarily occur in recalling the career of Mr. Jackson, who was one of the most highly respected citizens of Moorefield Township, -Clark County, and who departed this life July 24, 1890. He was a good mail in the broadest sense of the term and was not only mourned by his immediate family but by a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. The subject of this notice was born in Loudoun County, Va., March 4, 1833, and was the son of John and Mary (Braden) Jackson who were also natives of the Old Dominion, where they spent their entire lives, dying at an early age. When 286 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. John M. was a lad of four years, he was brought to Ohio by his brother Charles and placed in the care of his uncle, William Moore, who had secured the land which is now occupied by Mrs. Catherine R. Jackson, the widow of our subject. John M. was reared to farm pursuits and received a practical education in the common schools. This with his habit of reading and observation conspired to make him a well-informed man. He was naturally industrious and prudent and in due time began preparations for the establishment of a home of his own. With this end in view he was married November 22, 1864, to Miss Catherine R. Kraft and immediately afterward the young couple settled upon the farm which thereafter remained the home of Mr. Jackson until his death. Here also were born the eight children who came to bless their union and of whom but four are living: Edith is the wife of John Fryberger of Springfield; Charles, May and Nellie remain at home with their mother. As a husband and father Mr. Jackson ful filled his obligations in a most creditable manner, as a member of the community he was looked upon as having contributed largely to the welfare of the people around him. Politically, he was a stanch Democrat, a man of decided views and one who when he believed he was right, was not easily turned from his convictions. Mrs. Catherine R. Jackson was born August 31, 1846, in Baltimore, Md., and is a daughter of George and Anna (Hackenburg) Kraft, both of whom were also natives of that State and who traced their ancestry to Germany. Mr. Kraft served in the War of .1812 and emigrated to Clark County, this State, about 1848, when his daughter Catherine was an infant of twenty-two months. Settling in the young city of Springfield Mr. Kraft occupied himself as a machinist and for a number of years conducted a shop of his own. He died there about 1872. The mother survived her husband several years when she too passed away in 1878. Their family consisted of nine ehildren and Mrs. Jackson is the only survivor. She was reared to womanhood in Springfield, obtaining her education in its publie schools and by an attendance of five years at the Methodist Female College. She and her son Charles are now principally engaged in dairying and fruit growing, running one milk wagon and raising large quantities of the different fruits for the Springfield markets. They number their customers among the best people of their community wherein they occupy a good social position. Prior to the Civil War Mr. Jackson crossed the Atlantic and traveled pretty much all over the world, arriving home a short time previous to the attack npon Ft. Sumter. JAMES C. PRINGLE. A visitor to Clark County, particularly if he were a lover of horse flesh, would not long be in ignorance of the name with which this sketch is introduced, nor long unacquainted with him who bears it. Mr. Pringle has for some time devoted himself to horse breeding, his specialties being the celebrated Clydesdale and Percheron stock. The animals which comprise his stud are standard bred and among them may be found some beautiful equines. Standing at the head of the stud is Pride, jr-, a draft. Beside his interest in horse flesh, Mr. Pringle is a dog fancier and possesses some handsome canines of fine breeds. The subject of this sketch is descended in the paternal line from James and Sarah (Vance) Pringle, who were among the very early settlers of this county, whence they came from Crab Orchard, Ky., in the beginning of this century. To them in 1811 was born a son, D. V., his birthplace being the farm adjoining that now occupied by our subject. he was reared in the neighborhood and upon reaching maturity married Miss Margaret Davisson, who was born near where the village of South Charleston now stands. The couple at once settled in the house where the widow is now living, the husband buying a well-improved farm along the Washington -Pike, and devoting himself to agricultural labors. His father had purchased the place across the road from him, which was at that time all wood land. Mrs. Pringle for many years made her clothes from the wool and flax produced upon their own place, and carded, spun, and woven by her own hands. D. V. Pringle died March 10, 1882, at the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 287 age of seventy-one years; his father bad lived to be eighty-five and his mother eighty-seven. Mrs. Pringle is a daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Curl) Davisson. Her father was born in Harrison Couuty, Va., in 1790, and was about six years of age when brought by his parents to Ohio. He was a soldier during the War of 1812 and his widow drew a pension for a numher of years. She survived to the age of ninety-four years. The Pringles were Presbyterians and the Davissons Methodists, and the male members of each family were pillars in their respective churches. The family of Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Pringle was made up of four sons and three daughters, the sub- ject of this sketch being the fourth on the family roll. He was a soldier during the late war and a brother also was in the Union service. Of the other members of the family we note the following: Sarah E- is the wife of Peter Mnrray, of South Charleston, and the mother of four children ; they now reside in Kansas City, Mo., Mr. Murray being in the wholesale grocery business in that city and also the proprietor of a cattle ranch in the West. Mollie C. is the wife of James M. Lohr, of London, this State; he is engaged in the livery business and is also proprietor of the wonderful medical well at that place. Thomas F., a widower with one son, is at home. Isaac D. lives on the old Pringle homestead, his family including three children. W. W. is married and living in South Charleston, being employed in the Farmers' National Bank. Annie, widow of Robert Collins, resides in Kansas City, Mo. MELYN M. LAYTON. Among those whose names are held in kindly remembrance by a large number of the people of Clark County, may be properly mentioned the subject of this notice, who was born in this county August 8, 1806, and who departed this life at his home in Moorefield Township, December 25, 1887. While perhaps not the hero of any thrilling event, he pursued the even tenor of his way as an honest man and a good citizen and left to his children the heritage of an untarnished name. By a course of industry and prudence he accumulated a comfortable property, leaving to his widow seventy-four acres of choice land, where she is spending her declining years amid all the surroundings calculated to smooth her pathway down the sunset hill of life. The subject of this notice was the son of John and Elizabeth Layton, who were natives respectively of Virginia and New Jersey. A 'brother of Melyn M. became a prominent man in the affairs of Clark County and was the first Judge of the county court. John Layton came to this county at an early day, being numbered among its earliest pioneers. He took up a tract of Government land from which he opened up a good farm and there spent the remainder of his days. Young Layton remained a member of the parental household until reaching manhood and made good use of his time in school, acquiring a fair education and availing himself of the instruction of good books, also keeping himself posted upon current events by the reading of the weekly newspaper. He chose farming for his occupation and was content to follow this all his life. Mr. Layton was twice married, his first wife being Miss Hattie Braughton, of Clark County. She became the mother of nine children, eight of whom are now living: Erastis, Doane, Thomas, Susan, now Mrs. Goodfellow; Cordilia, Mrs. Hawks; Mau A., Mrs. Light; Matildia, Mrs. William S. Thompson, and Martha, Mrs. Marquart. Mr. Layton was married the second time on November 12, 1850 to Miss Mary Scorse. This lady was born in Berkely County, Va., May 6, 1823, and was the daughter of William and Catherine Scorse, the father a native of Baltimore, Ma., and the mother of Berkely County, Va. On her father's side Mrs. Layton is of Scotch-Irish ancestry while her mother's family originated in Germany. Of her union with our subject there was born a family of six children, only two of whom are living: Hattie, the wife of William Wentworth, who resides with her mother, and Scott who is living at home with his mother. The deceased are Homer, Clarence B., Lillie, and a son who died in infancy. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Layton first 288 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. settled in Mad River Township, near the stream of that name, and resided there fourteen years. They then removed to a point called Silver Lake, one and one-half miles west of New Carlisle and re- mained there twelve years. Their next move was on a farm in Pike Township,where they lived six and one. half years. Their next removal was to the farm now owned and occupied by Mrs. Layton. Upon this they effected many improvements and while laboring for the material welfare. of his family, Mr. Layton, also by his integrity of character, established himself in the esteem and confidence of his fellowmen. He was especially the friend of temperance and illustrated in his own life the principles which he professed. Politically, he was a sound Republican and a warm defender of the principles of his party. Mrs. Layton's father died when she was a child of eleven years and in 1850, with her mother, she emigrated to Clark County, Ohio, of which she has since been a resident. The mother settled at New Carlisle where she lived until her death, which occurred August 3, 1865. The parental family included six ehildren, of whom four are living and residents of Ohio. CHARLES C. JACKSON, Cashier of the Bank of Osborn, although quite a young man, has manifested such remarkable business qualifications and energy in affairs, as to gain a high standing in business circles, throughout Greene County. The shrewduess and faithfulness displayed by him in his former positions, led to his election to that in which he is now acting, and proved that his character and qualifications are known and appreciated. From honored ancestors, Mr. Jaekson derives the qualities 'which have bronght him to the front, and it will not be amiss to make brief mention of former members of the family. his paternal grandfather, Gen. Robert Jackson, was born in Virginia,,and located in this part of the Buckeye State in a very early day, operating a farm near Cedarville. He became quite well-to-do, and after selling his farm and moving into Xenia, he operated a mill, and run a flour exchange, doing an extensive business. another Later he purchased another farm, near the city, upon which he lived until death, that event occurring in 1873, when he was four-score years old. He was the first Representative from Greene County, to the State Legislature, in which he served two terms about 1850., His title was derived from the Ohio militia rank. He had a fine physique, was strong and active, and of firm constitution; his life was an energetic one, and his influence not surpassed in this county. He belonged to the First United Presbyterian Church of Xenia, and was a Republican in politics. Joshua Jackson, a son of Gen. Jackson, and father of our subject, was born in Cedarville, and upon reaching manhood, became a farmer, locating in Xenia Township. Twice during the Civil War he entered the service, having the rank of Sergeant. After the war he returned' to his pursuit of agriculture, and is now the owner of one hundred and fifty acres of valuable land bearing good improvements. In politics he is a firm Republican, and in religion a stanch member of the United Presbyteriam Church. His wife was in her girlhood Miss Mary M. Gowdy, whose father, Alexander Gowdy, was one of the first settlers of Xenia Township. He was born in the Blue Grass State, and began his residence here in a log cabin, into the door of which Indians would often peep. He helped fight the savages in the North. Mrs. Jackson is a member of the same church as her husband. She is the mother of four children, the gentleman of whom we write being the eldest. The second son and child, J. C., is at home; J. E. is a member of the firm of Cretors & Jackson, dealers in wall paper, paints, and oils at Xenia;, Mary A. is yet at home. The gentleman with whose name this biography is introduced, was born in Xenia Township, February 2, 1857, and reared upon the farm, receiving his schooling at the common schools until sixteen years old, when he entered the High School at Xenia. He attended there three years, afterward entering A. D. Wilts' Commercial College at Dayton, continuing his studies until graduation. Soon after receiving his diploma, in 1880, he became book-keeper in the Second National Bank in Xenia, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 291 so faithfully discharging his duties, and displaying such shrewdness in business affairs, that he rapidly worked his way up to the position of teller. During Grover Cleveland's administration of the National Government, he was Deputy Internal Revenue Collector under Mr. Newman. In January, 1889, with the aid of J. H. Barkman, and under his advice, he started the Osborn Bank, which is incorporated under the State laws, and does a regular banking business. The institution is established on a firm basis, having for its stockholders and directors some of the best men in the community, and is doing well financially, gaining reputation and business. Mr. Jackson is a Director and has been Cashier since the bank was organized, also owning stock. Mr. Jackson, on April 22, 1886, led to the hymeneal altar Miss Cora Stewart, an educated, refined, and noble young woman, who was born in Yellow Springs, and finished her education at Smith's College in Xenia. Her father, James Stewart, was born in Clark County, made an early settlement in Greene County, and is now Deputy. Probate Judge, and is also the nominee for Probate Judge, and a nomination in this county means election to the Republican candidate, of which he is one. Mr. Jackson is a strong Democrat, has been a member of the Central Committee, and delegate to county and State conventions. He is a eharter member of the Knights of Pythias lodge, of Osborn., in which he now occupies the second Chair. He belongs to the Presbyterian Church, and manifests the same activity in promoting religious interests that he does in business affairs. HON. JOHN W. GREENE, M.D., one of the oldest practicing physicians of Greene County, has been a resident of Fairfield since his birth, which occurred February 24, 1825, in Bath Township, and he has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession since 1845, a period of forty-five years. He started out well equipped for the duties of his profession, as his father, Dr. Randolph R. Greene, was likewise a physician and surgeon, and the first physician of Fairfield, locating there when it first began to assume the proportions of a town. George Greene, the grandfather, an Englishman by birth, was left an orphan early in life with the eare of two sisters. At the age of thirteen years having heard much of the New World, he in 1757-58, resolved to seek his fortunes there. Being without means he concealed himself in the hold of a ship about to sail for Baltimore and was not diseovered until the vessel was out at sea three days. When the vessel landed at Baltimore he was put up at auction, in order that his time might be sold for a period long enough to pay for his passage. It was purchased by one John Derth. who was a cousin of Grandfather Edward Derth, who took him to his house and finding commendable qualities in the boy adopted him into his family. A few years later young Greene married Mary, the daughter of his benefactor, by whom he had eight children, one of whom, Randolph R. Greene, beeame the father of the subject of this sketch. Randolph Greene was born in Pennsylvania in 1787. He removed to Fleming County, Ky., when a boy ,with his father and was there reared to manhood, spending his early life among the pioneer scenes of the Blue Grass State. His brother, Henry Greene, was also a physician and With him he learned the first principles of the profession. In early manhood he came to Warren County, this State, where he was married, but later he removed to Logan County, and located at a point on Macajack Creek. He practiced there until 1820, and was the first practicing physician in that region. He became widely known throughout the country around and was not only a prominent physician, but a citizen held in high repute. He filled various local offices and was active in politics, a member of the old Whig party and a warm admirer of Henry Clay. He contracted cholera while attending railroad employes along the Mad River & Lake Erie Railroad, from the effects of which he died in 1849. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Priscilla Derth. She was born in Browns- 292 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. burg, Pa. in 1795; and was the daughter of Edward Derth, a substantial Pennsylvania farmer, living on the Allegheny River. In 1798, after Wayne's treaty with the Indians, Grandfather Derth loaded his family and worldly goods on a flatboat and proceeded down the Ohio River to Cincinnati. He there landed and followed Wayne's military road to Clear Creek and to a point near the present site of Franklin, Warren County, this State. There he purchased wild land to the extent of fourteen hundred acres. This was the year prior to the Simms land purchase. Grandfather Derth settled in a wild region remote from civilization, being one of the earliest pioneers of the county, and sub. sequently he assisted in laying out the town of Franklin. About 1810 he carried the chain for a cemetery and selected a family lot. He occupied his place in this in 1816. His wife, Elizabeth, survived him many years, and in 1837 was laid by his side as also were two of her sons. In 1871 a short line railroad was built through the old burying ground and our subject in connection with other relatives purchased a lot on a bill in that vicinity and to it removed the remains of his parents and brothers, and erected a beautiful marble shaft to their memory which bore the following inscription "Edward and Elizabeth Derth with their sons, Basil, James E., Asael, Isaac, Samuel, and daughter Priscilla, landed in Cincinnati from Pennsylvania on the 16th of April, 1798, when it. was a village of less than thirty houses; thence threaded their way along Wayne's Military Road to the waters of Clear Creek and struck their tents in that vicinity before Ohio became a State or Warren County had an organization. The first and many subsequent elections for what are now Franklin and Clear Creek Townships, were held at their house. In 1827, the remains of the father and two sons were removed from the present site of the Miami Canal and they, in 1871, with their friends who had followed, were again removed to provide space for railroad facilties. Their descendants have now selected for them a beautiful spot in the cemetery of Springboro, Warren County, Ohio, adjacent to the surroundings of their busy life, as a suitable retreat from further encroachments incident to the wants of commerce and travel for their last long repose." Grandfather Derst in religions belief was a Methodist, as was also his wife. The mother of our subject was taken by her parents to Ohio when a child of three years. She was reared to womanhood on the frontier and experienced her full share of pioneer life, bearing cheerfully with her husband its privations and hardships. She was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and departed this life in 1846. The parental household was completed by the birth of seven children: Elizabeth, the eldest living, married a Mr. Retter, who is now deceased, and she resides in Dayton; Roetta, Mrs. Willis, died in Berrien County, Mich. in 1885; Jane died when a child of three years; Mary, Mrs. J. D. Bacon, is a widow and resides with her daughter in Dayton; two children died in infancy. The subject of this notice spent his early years in a comparatively uneventful manner under the home roof and completed his studies under the primitive methods of instruction and in a log schoolhouse with slab benches, puncheon floor, greased paper for window panes and chimney built outside of earth and sticks. He attended school from three to five months in 'the year and spent the balance of his time at work on the farm. Later he pursued his studies at a select school. At the age of eighteen years he began the study of medicine under the instruction of his father, taking it up readily as he was already familiar with the treatment of ordinary diseases, and. had spent much time in his father's office. In the fall of 1844 Dr. Greene entered the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati and during the summer of 1845 rode with his father, assisting him in his practice. In the fall he returned to the college, from which he was graduated in 1846. He commenced the practice of his profession with his father and remained with him until the death of the latter, in 1849. He then went on with his father's practice, becoming vory successful, building up a large patronage and acquiring a competence. While there is now no necessity for further exertion, he still attends his old patients who are reluctant to give him up. Dr. Greene has a very fine home in Fairfield and owns considerable land, having one farm Oil the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 293 Xenia Pike, another on the Dayton road, besides two farms in Indiana. From these sources he is in the enjoyment of a handsome income. Over forty- one years ago, January 31, 1849, he was joined in wedlock with Miss Celenira J. Guthridge, the wedding taking place at the old Ewing House in Xenia. Mrs. Greene was born August 31,1827, in Westville, Champaign County, this State, and is the daughter of Rev. John Guthridge, a minister of the Baptist Church; a Kentuckian by birth and a man of note in his community. He came to Ohio probably about 1805, and first settled in Champaign County aud later moving near Fairfield where he spent the remaiuder of his days. The mother of Mrs. Greene bore the maiden name of Margaret Parkinson, and she is now deceased. Mrs. Greene received a good education and for some time prior to her marriage followed the profession of a teacher. There were born of this union three children, the eldest of whom, Duff W., following the profession of his father, is also an ̊oculist and au rist, and is in the enjoyment of a lucrative practice, being located at Dayton. He was graduated from the Ohio Medical College in the class of 1876 and spent the summer of 1888 in Europe, pursuing his studies mostly in Berlin and Vienna. The only daughter, Bertha S., died in 1882, when an interesting young lady of twenty-two years- John R- died when a child of nine months. Although the duties of his profession have required his close attention, the Doctor has still found time to interest himself in local politics and in 1877 was elected to the State Legislature and re-elected in 1879. He thus served two terms and made his in; hence sensibly felt at the State Capitol, being on various important committees. He has likewise served as a member of the Village Council and Township Treasurer. Socially he belongs to the lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons at Osborn. He was given the Royal Arch degree at Dayton and also belongs to the Commandery at that place. In his younger years he was a Whig, but upon the abandonment of the old party, gave his cordial indorsement to Republican principles. He is prominently connected with the State and County medical societies. His experience, education and high principles which have characterized all his dealings with his fellow-men have gained him the unqualified esteem of the community at large. A lithographic portrait of Mr. Greene is shown on another page. WILLIAM McCLELLAND. No better representative of honorable manhood and prosperous agricultural life could be obtained in the bounds of Greene County, than is to be found in the gentleman above named, whose home is in Sugar Creek Township. His paternal grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier, his father served with distinction throughout the War of 1812, and he himself bore his part in the preservation of the freedom which they had fought to promulgate. the maternal line he descends from a equally honorable ancestry; his mother, in her girlhood Miss Martha McConnell, having been a native of Kentucky. The father of our subject was Robert McClelland, a native of Forks of Yah, Pa., a farmer and a cooper. He eame to Ohio in 1804 and settled on a farm which was solid timber, four miles west of Xenia. Upon this farm he lived forty-two years, his death taking place in 1847. He was twice married and each wife bore him twelve children; three of those borne by his seeond wife, the mother of our, subject, are now living. Robert McClelland was a prominent man in his day. He was a captain in the War of 1812, and was especially noted for his bravery which amounted almost to rashness. At one time he was in command of Ft. McArthur, in what is now Hardin County (see Howe's Ohio Historical Collections.) After honorably serving out his time he was discharged and had reached his home when he was ordered to report to St. Mary's where he was stationed. He was also a captain under Gen. W. H. Harrison during the Black Hawk War. He was an Elder in what is now the United Presbyterian Church. The subject of this sketch was born January 3, 1825, on his father's farm in this county and received a limited education in the district schools. At th.e age of twenty-one years he began life for 294 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. himself, and his father dying soon after, he assumed the responsibility of the head of the household and the care of a family which comprised fourteen members. His farm, which comprises one hundred and fourteen acres on the old Military Reservation, is 'a valuable one and is still carried on by himself. There are twenty acres of timber land on the estate, and the remainder is under excellent tillage and has brought to its owner a competence that insures to him the comforts of life should no unforeseen calamity overtake him. The residence now occupied by the family was built in 1863, at a cost of abont $600, and that occupied by his tenant was erected in 1872. The barn which now adorns the estate was erected in 1858. Mr. McClelland is a strong friend of temperance and was one of the first men 'in this community who stopped furnishing liquor to hands in the harvest field. This was in 1847, and the effort to combat the popular practice was quite difficult for a time. He has always taken an interest in politics, is an ardent Republican and has been a delegate to county conventions. He is now Land Appraiser for sugar Creek Township, in which he formerly served as Supervisor. During a part of the Civil War he was a member of the One hundred Fifty-fourth Ohio Infantry and after serving the eause of the Union was honorably discharged. He is a member of the Agricultural Society. In the United Presbyterian Church he holds the office of Elder, and in the local Sunday-school he has been Superintendent and a teacher. Stern integrity is ingrained in his character and no more scrupulously honest man can be found in the county, or indeed within the State or Nation. The first marriage of Mr. McClelland was celebrated December 1, 1847, his bride being Miss Jane, daughter of George and Elizabeth Watt, who came from Ireland and settled in this locality in 1820. During the years in which Mr. McClelland was struggling to accumulate means and supply his home with the improvements and comforts that he desired, his wife stood by his side as a true companion and helpmate. On March 30, 1883, she was called from time to eternity, her otherwise happy union having been childless. The pleasant home is now presided over by one who bore the maiden name of Hannah Naughton, with whom Mr. McClelland was joined in holy wedlock July 3, 1884. She also is of Irish descent, being a daughter of James and Mary Naughton, natives of the Emerald Isle. She was taken into the family of David Brown who came to the Buekeye State in 1819, and she attended the district school near Jamestown. Like her husband she is a consistent member of the United Presbyterian Church, while her refined manners add a charm and favorably impress those whom she meets and pave the way for the friendship which follows their knowledge of her good qualities. JUDSON REDMOND. This name is familiar among the industrial interests of Clark County, as belonging to one of its most skilled mechanics and a man who occupies a high position both in social and business circles. He has been the architect of his own fortune, making his way in the world from a modest beginning and has proven a fine example of the results of patient industry, a wise economy and good management. His native place was Cattaraugus County, N. Y-, and the date of his birth August 16, 1824. His father, Peter Redmond, was a native of Ireland and emigrated at an early age to America with his paternal grandfather, who was also of Irish birth and ancestry. The family settled first in Western New York, but later removed to Cattaraugus County, where Grandfather Redmond spent the remainder of his life. He was well-to-do in his own country but came to the United States on account of political and religious tyranny. Peter Redmond was a lad of twelve years when he came to America with his parents, and lived in Western New York until after his marriage. He then purchased a tract of timber land in Cattaraugus County, where he put up a log house in which he and his young wife began the journey of life together. Under that lowly roof the subject of this sketch was born. The father followed the trade of a miller until about 1834, when he disposed of his possessions in Cattaraugus County and removed to Penfield, Wyoming County. A few years later he PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 295 changed his residenee to Livingston County, purchasing a home in Gibsonville, where he spent the closiug years of his life. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Sarah Curtis. She was born in Hatfield, Conn., and was the daughter of Abijah Curtis, also a native of New England and a farmer by occupation. Graudfather Curtis also emigrated to New York and spent his last years in Western New York. Mrs. Redmond after the death of her husband removed to Ohio and died in Logan County. She was the mother of nine children, seven of whom lived to mature years, namely : James G., Judson, our subject, Jeremiah, Mary, Hattie, Harry A., and Frank. Charles died young, and Eliza at the age of nine years. Mr. Redmond, our subject, remained a member of the parental household until a youth of nineteen years, then commenced learning the trades of a millwright and carpenter, serving an apprenticeship of two years at Pike, Allegany County, N. Y. Afterward he went to Toledo, Ohio, where he was employed in a flour mill a few months, and later he worked at his trade in Maumee City five years. He next embarked in milling at Russelvania, Logan County, but was there only one year. He remained in Logan County, however, for a time afterward and operated the Carr Mills two years. Afterward he was in the Milliner Mill one year. He next removed to Champaign County and was employed as foreman during the building of the White Cadar Mill. When the building was completed he rented it and operated it two years. Changing his occupation now, Mr. Redmond located on a farm which he had purchased near Bellefontaine, Ohio, but after prosecuting agriculture two years, he traded the farm for the Carr Mill on Stony Creek, Logan County. Two years later he sold the mill and, in 1866, coming to Springfield purchased the property known as the Rogers & McCormick Mill, which was located five miles east of Springfield on Beaver Creek and comprised a brick building, 45x55 feet in dimensions and four and one-half stories high. It was equipped with the old-fashioned burr system with which Mr. Redmond operated until 1887. He then remodeled the mill and put in a complete roller system and this mill now operates successfully with a eapacity of fifty barrels of flour every twenty-four hours. In ,October, 1843, Mr. Redmond was joined in wedlock with Miss Harriet Hinman at the bride's home in Ontario County, N. Y. Mrs. Redmond was born January 16, 1829, in Ontario County, N. Y., and is the daughter of Justus and Ruth (Buell) Hinman, who were natives of Connecticut and spent their last years in Michigan and New York respectively. Of this union there have been born six children, viz.: Edgar, Orelia, Clara,. Inez and Harry G. Francis, the eldest born, died aged ten months. The family residence, a commodious brick structure, is pleasantly located on a rise of ground near the mill property and forms a very comfortable and attractive home, whose inmates enjoy a sufficiency of the good things of life together with the society of hosts of friends: Our subject and his estimable wife are members in good standing of Sinking Creek Baptist Church, in which Mr. Redmond officiates as Deacon. For many years he voted the Republican ticket, but is now an ardent Prohibitionist. ELI McKINDEY ARBOGAST can number among his ancestors two of the early settlers of this part of Ohio, and he himself was born in this county, and has ever since made his home here, with the exception of a year elsewhere. In his business as a contractor and builder he has done a great deal to promote the growth of Springfield, his place of residence, and the surrounding country. When he came here in early manhood the city was but a village of three or four thousand people, and he has seen it grow from a mere commercial town, the metropolis of an agricultural community, to be one of the most flourishing manufacturing eities in the State, with a population of nearly forty thousand inhabitants. Mr. Arbogast was born in Moorefield Township, March 4, 1830, a son of George Arbogast, who was born in Pendleton County, Va., August 10, 1793, a son of Michael Arbogast, a native of the same State. His father, great-grandfather of our subject, 296 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. was born in Germany, and coming to America in Colonial times, he settled in Virginia, and eventually died there. The grandfather of our subject was reared to agricultural pursuits on his father's plantation, in the Old Dominion, and made his home in that commonwealth until 1816, when he emigrated to Ohio, accompanied by his wife and their five sons and two daughters—George, Silas, Eli, Enoch, Solomon, Elizabeth and Abbie. He settled in that part of Champaign County now included in Clark County, buying a tract of land in Moorefield Township, of which he thus became one the earliest settlers, and where he resided until his mortal career was closed by death. The maiden name of his wife was Buzzard. The father of our subject was the eldest son of the family, and at the time of their location in Clark County it was a wilderness, with deer, wolves and other wild animals haunting it, and he being an expert marksman, won a reputation as a skilled deer hunter. He bought a tract of land in Moorefield Township, and engaged in farming there for a long time with good profit, accumulating considerable property, but he lost it all by going security for some 'friends. He subsequently removed to Springfield Township, and there his life was rounded out by death in the month of April, 1868. He had lived to see the county quite well developed, with fine farms, busy towns, and flourishing cities, where he once saw but primeval forests, wild prairies and uncultivated meadows, with settlements few and scattering. The maiden name of his wife was Elizabeth Hullinger, who was a native of Pennsylvania. Her father was Daniel Hullinger, an early pioneer of Ohio, coming to this State in 1816, and settling in Champaign County, near Fremont, where he improved a good farm, upon which he spent his last :lays. The maiden name of his wife was Shackey. The mother of our subject died in Springfield Township, in .July, 1867. She and her husband were the parents of sixteen children, of whom the following thirteen were reared to maturity : Eliza, Melinda, Catherine, Nancy, Enoch G., Matilda, Eli M„ Charles, Harvey, Seth, William H., John and Isaac. Eli McKindey Arbogast was reared and educated in this county, and at the age of eighteen commenced to learn the carpenter's trade, serving an apprenticeship of three years, and becoming a master of his chosen calling in all its details. He then did "jour" work until 1857, when he established himself as a contractor and builder, and has ever since carried it on with excellent pecuniary results in this county, with the exception of a year's residence in Dayton. He has always conducted a thriving business, erecting many residence buildings, etc., in this city, and even carrying on his. building operations in other parts of the county, and has gathered together a comfortable amount of property, and by wise investments of his money has increased his bank account. During the long years of his residence in this city his fellow-citizens have always found him prompt, truthful and even dealing in all his business trausactions, in which, moreover, he has displayed excellent discernment and sound sense. He and his estimable wife are members in high standing of the St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is a Trustee, and they are earnest in their endeavors to further the cause of religion. Mr. Arbogast first joined the church on Columbia Street, and later connected himself with the Center Street Church, and subsequently severed his connection with that church upon the organization of the St. Paul Society, with which he has since been identi fied. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, as a member of Springfield Lodge, No. 33. Mr. Arbogast has been blest in his domestic relations. He has been twice married. November 6, 1851, he was married to Catherine Coffield, a native of Butler County, Ohio, and a daughter of John Coffield. After a happy wedded life of twenty-seven years that woman of sainted memory passed to her reward, and her household knew the comfort of her presence no more, her death occurring November 11, 1878, five days after the anniversary of her wedding. Of that union our subject has three children—John, George and William. The marriage of our subject to his present amiable and true wife, who devotes herself to making his hoMe pleasant, took place December 27, 1880. She has also been twice married. Her maiden name was Annie Gano, and she was born in As- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 297 bury, Hunterdon County, N. J., May 6, 1841. She was first married June 15, 1857, to Johnson Elliott. He was an attorney and practiced his profession first in Bucyrus, this State, and later in Wapakoneta, the county seat of Auglaize County, and there he died while yet not far past the prime of life. Mrs- Arbogast's father, William Gano, was born in Asbury, N. J., while his father, Asher Gano, is thought to have been born in either Germany or Peunsylvania of German parentage. He was a well-to-do farmer, owning a large farm near Asbury, and died there. Mrs. Arbogast's father followed the trade of a carpenter in Asbury until 1842, and then left New Jersey to make a new borne in Ohio, and located near West Liberty, in Logan County, and died in 1844, in the home that he purchased there- The maiden name of his wife was Jemima Smitt- She was born in Asbury, and was a (laughter of Joseph Smitt, who was a farmer and spent his last years in New Jersey. The maiden name of his wife was Wykoff. She was a native of New Jersey, and a life-long resident of the State. Mrs. Arbogast's mother spent her last years with her children, and died at the advanced awl of eighty-four years. ADAM L. EPPLEY, a peaceable and law abiding citizen, has been for some time variously engaged in the city of Springfield and stands well in his community. He was born April 18, 1858, in Yellow Springs Township, Greene County, this State, and is the son of John D. Eppley, a native of Logan County. The latter was born in 1827 and was the son of Adam Eppley, a native of Pennsylvania, whose father was an ironworker at Pittsburg during the infancy of this industry in the United States, and spent his last years in the "smoky city" when it was a town of very little importance. He died in the prime of life, when his son Adam was but a child, and the latter was reared by his uncle, John Nier. When seven years old Adam Eppley was brought to Ohio, the journey being made overland with teams, and prior to the War of 1812. He lived with his uncle a few years in Logan County, then removed to Clark County; and resided with Peter Sintz, one of its first settlers. Then returning East, he served an apprenticeship at the miller's trade in Rockingham County, Va. There also he he secured a life partner;Miss Rebecca Durr. He returned to Ohio about 1824 and settled in Logan County, but subsequently removed to Springfield. We next find him in Montgomery County, where he resided about three years. He then returned to Clark County and rented a farm three years, after which he bought a farm in Green Township. Upon this he lived a few years, then sod and purchased another farm in the same township, upon which he built a brick house and made other improvements. Ater three years he sold this also, and purchased a farm in Mad River Township. A three years' residence there seemed sufficient for that locality, and selling out again, he removed to Kalamazoo County, Mich. Three years later he returned to Ohio, and thereafter resided in Greene, Darke and Clark Counties. He spent his last years in Springfield with his daughter, Mrs. Mahlon Kershner. He died in the Center Street Methodist Church, when about seventy-seven years old. John D. Eppley, the father of our subject, remained a resident of his native county until after his marriage, and then purchased a tract of land in Green Township, Clark County, where he resided about five years. He then sold out and went to Iowa, where he sojourned a few months, then returning purchased land near Yellow Springs, Greene Connty, where he resided about four years. Afterward he operated on rented land for a a time, then purchased land in Mad River Township, but a year later sold this and bought a farm two miles Southwest of Springfield. He engaged in general agriculture, also in dairying, and in 1873 opened a stone-quarry, which he operated in connection with farming. He resided there until his death, which occurred in February, 1885. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Sayre. She was born in Mad River Township, and was the daughter of Lloyd Sayre, one of its earliest pioneers. She only survived her 298 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. husband eighteen days. Adam L., of this sketch, was their only child. He was reared on the farm, and educated in the common schools, and remained with his parents until they no longer needed his filial offices. He resided on the farm about one year after the death of his parents, then removed to Springfield. He was married July 1, 1880, to Miss Nora M. Patton. Mrs. Eppley was born near Enon, Clark County, and is a daughter of William Patton, who was a native of Ohio, and who settled in this county during its pioneer days. Her mother is deceased. Politically, our subject is a stanch Republican. EDWARD MERRITT. This worthy citizen and Upright man has been a resident of Clark County for over half a contury, and is widely and favorably known, his long residence giving him a large circle of acquaintances and his character winning their respect and admiration. He is a son of Thomas and .Jane (Gaskill) ) Merritt, both of whom were born in Burlington County, N. J. The mother was a daughter of Josiah Gaskill of that county in which our subject also was thorn in the little village of Mount Holly. Thomas Merritt was a cabinet maker by trade, but after following the occupation for many years he abandoned it and moved on to a farm when his son Edward was but three years of age. In 1831, Thomas Merritt with his family, which consisted of a wife and four children, left his native State to found a home in the Mississippi Valley. Beginning their journey on the 2d of May, they reached the home of Mr. Merritt's brother near Circleville, Ohio, on the 2d of Juno. The caravan consisted of two covered wagons each drawn by two horses and in addition to the family mentioned, the pally contained a maiden sister of Mr. Merritt and a man who drove one of the teams. Miss Merritt afterward became the wife of Isaac Engle of Warren County. During their journey the party, with the exception of Mr. and Mrs. Merritt, slept in the wagons. The summer was spent near Circleville while Mr. Merritt looked round for a location, his first purchase being one hundred and seventy acres of land which forms a part of the present home of our subject. The next year he purchased forty acres adjoining where the fine residence now stands. Of the two hundred and ten acres but twenty were under the plow, but the father and sons cleared the balance, which now forms one of the finest farms in the section. In 1852, one of the finest brick houses in the county was erected, which still stands as a monument to the energy and forethought of the original owner, and which even at this day is numbered among the best, homes in this vicinity. When first built it was 36x42 feet in dimensions, with a kitchen 16x16 feet and a wing 16x36 feet. Thomas Merritt breathed his last in 1868, being then in his eightieth year; his widow survived until May, 1871, reaching the age of seventy-five years. Edward Merritt was about eleven years of age when his parents came to this county, in which he attained to man's estate. On February 22, 1844, he took a companion in the person of Miss Susan Little of Madison Township, who lived but a short time after their marriage. She had given birth to two children who followed her to the grave in a few months. She was the daughter of Hamilton and Mary Little, and was born a few miles west of Philadelphia. Her parents removed thence to this county where they lived to a good age, her father dying about 1850, and her mother surviving many years after. In 1847, Mr. Merritt contracted a second matrimonial alliance, his bride being Mrs. Myra Borton, widow of James Borton. She had one child, Elizabeth Ann Borton, who afterward became the wife of William T. Haley of this county and has a family of six children. Mrs. Myra Merritt was called from time to eternity abont five years ago, mourned by many old acquaintances who sincerely sympathized in the bereavement that had befallen her hnsband and children. The union of this lady with our subject resulted in the birth of four children of whom we note the following: Charles H. married Alice, daughter of Peter Buffenberger, who has borne him three children; his occupation is that of a farmer; Thomas E., who was unmarried, died at the age of thirty-six years; Susan M. is the wife of