PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 425 gation. Under such Christian influence and benevolence many of them become exemplary 'men and women. The church is thus doing good missionary work. Pastor and people labor in the utmost harmony, endeavoring to follow the teachings of the Master. Rev. James F. Morton was joined in wedlock with Miss Martha Blair, June 3, 1863; at the bride's home near Sparta, Ill. This lady was born in Tennessee and is the daughter of James and Jane Blair, who were residents of the same place in Illinois but are now both deceased. They removed to the Prairie State at an early day and their daughter Martha was educated in the High School of Sparta, where later she followed the profession of a teacher a number of years. Early in life she also became connected with the Reformed Presbyterian Church. There were born of this union six children, the eldest of whom a son, Cargill M., married Miss Anna Stewart of Clifton, Ohio, and is now a prominent business man of Cedarville. Mary and James died at the ages of five and three years respectively ; Calvin Crawford is attending college at Monmouth, Ill.; Martha Lulu and Jennie Belle are attending school at Cedarville. Dr. Morton had always maintained a warm interest in the temperance question and some time since identified himself with the Prohrbition party, with the principles of which his congregation is mostly in sympathy, a few members, however, still adhering to the old parties- He is held in high esteem in his community, having made for himself a worthy record, both in religious and social circles. WILLIAM G. BAKER. The community of Jamestown. Greene County, is made up of a large portion of substantial and intelligent people, well-to-do and many of them among the first settlers. Mr. Baker may be properly mentioned in this connection as one, who by his own energy and industry has acquired a competence and is now retired from the active labors of life, giving his attention mostly to the care of his extended business interests. He is a Director of the People's Bank and is a man who has occupied many positions of trust and responsibility. Mr. Baker came to Jamestown in 1831, when the present flourishing city was a hamlet of ten houses. He was a saddler and harness-maker by trade and established the first shop for this business ever started in the place. This was opened in the month August, 1832, and was conducted for many years successfully. In the meantime Mr. Baker associated himself in partnership with Thomas Johnson and they established a tannery which they conducted jointly for four years and then Mr. Baker purchasing the interest of his partner, operated it for six years on his own account. At the expiration of this time Mr. Baker in 1848, having turned his saddlery business over to a brother, purchased a stock of goods and was thereafter engaged in general merchandising for eight years. Then selling out he commenced dealing in live stock and was engaged in this for ten years. Then becoming interested in the Farmers and Trader's Bank he invested in several shares therein, and became a Director. He subsequently transferred his interest in that institution to the People's Bank with which he has since been connected. A native of the Blue Grass State Mr. Baker was born on the 28th of May, 1812, near the town of Millersburg. When a child of two years his parents moved to Fleming County, Ky., near Poplar Plains, There William G. was reared to manhood, acquiring a limited education in the common school. He commenced learning the saddlery trade at an early age, serving an apprenticeship of four years. Then coming to Greene County, this State, he set up his first shop at Jamestown- He possessed very limited means and walked all the way across the country—over one hundred and twenty miles—carrying his tools and clothing and landing in Jamestown with a cash capital of sixty-two and one half cents. It is hardly necessary to state that he labored industriously, lived economically, and saved his earnings, or he could scarcely have arrived at the position which he now occupies. In due time, having found himself upon solid ground, with the prospect of being able to support a family, Mr. Baker was joined in wedlock May 12, 1836, with Miss Thirza A. Larkin, the wedding 426 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. taking place at the bride's home in Ross Township. Greene County. Ars. Baker was born in that township, February 11, 1817, and is a. daughter of David and Nancy (Harper) Larkin, who were natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Maryland. Her mother's family was of the same branch that settled in Virginia and after whom was named Harper's Ferry. Mr. Larkin was a farmer by- occupation and came to Ohio at an early date, settling first near the present site of Chillicothe. Later He removed to Greene County and thence to Clark County, where he spent the remainder of his life. Both parents lived to an advanced age, the mother dying at the age of eighty-five and the father when ninety-four years old. Mrs. Baker was given a common-school education and trained by a careful mother in all the useful household duties. She remained under the parental roof until becoming the mistress of her own home. Of the union of our subject there has been born a family of six children, but Mr. and Mrs. Baker have experienced sore bereavement in the loss of all their children but one. The only survivor is a daughter--Mettaline—who is the wife of Morris Sharp, a banker of Washington Court House, this State. The parents of our subject were William and Mary (Wyans) Baker, the father a native of Virginia and the mother' of Pennsylvania. The Baker family is of English ancestry while the Wyans trace their ancestry to Wales. William Baker left his native State when a youth of sixteen years. going to Kentucky where he met and married Miss Wyans, who had probably been taken to the Blue Grass State by her parents when a very young child. It was, however, thought by some that she was born there. In 1828 William Baker and his wife, after the birth of most of their family, left Kentucky and settled in Jamestown, this State, where they spent the closing years of their lives. Grandfather Baker passed away May 27, 1838, at the age of fifty six years. His wife survived him for the long period of thirty-two years, remaining a widow and departing hence in October, 1870, at the advanced age of eighty-five and one-half years. William Baker was known far and wide as a hard-working, honest man, a good citizen, and a stanch member of the old Whig party. Grandmother Baker was a woman of many estimable qualities and a Methodist in religious belief. Mr. Baker, our subject, was in the early days a Whig, but after the abandonment of the old party, cordially wheeled into the Republican ranks. He has held the various minor offices of his township and has always been looked upon by his neighbors as a man whose word was as good as his bond. He is a regular attendant of the Methodist Episcopal Church of which his wife is ft consistent member and to which they contribute a liberal support- JAMES CRABILL, a native and life-long resident of Clark County; belongs to a family well known among the early settlers of the county. His grandfather, David Crabill, was one of the first to settle in this section of Ohio, and his son, Thomas V., was born in 1811, on a part of the farm now occupied by our subject. Thomas V. Crabill was reared to manhood amid the scenes of pioneer life and did much of the work which devolves upon frontiersmen and early settlers. He was educated in the early schools of the county, and became widely and favorably known through-out its bounds as a reliable and public-spirited cit-izen, a successful business man, and one of upright character. In politics he was a Republican, and his religious behef coincided with the doctrines ex-pressed by the Presbyterian Church with which he had therefore identified himself. After his marriage to Sidney Yeazle, Thomas Crabill removed to Springfield Township, where he departed this life, September 5, 1884. He left to his heirs an extensive estate and other property, together with the better inheritance of an honored name. He was the father of fourteen children, of whom the following are now living: William and David, in Springfield Township; James; Lovina, the wife of Michael Wilson, of Springfield; John, in Springfield Township; Nancy E., the wife of Alonzo Leffel, in Mercer County ; Thomas, in Springfield Township; Milton and Joseph F. The gentleman who is the subject of this brief PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 427 biographical notice was born January 12, 1841, receiving his early education in the district schools of the county, and adopting the occupation of a farmer. He owns a farm n section 19, Moorefield Township, which is par of the old Grabill home, stead, his realty comprising one hundred and eighteen acres- This land is managed and cultivated according to the most approved methods, and the crops raised upon it are equal in quality and quantity to those of any farm in this and contiguous counties. The dwelling is a substantial and homelike structure, while the other buildings which adorn the place are equally well built and. adequate to the various purposes for which they are designed. On October 17, 1876, Mr. Crabill led to the hymeneal altar Miss Clara, daughter of John B. Nicklin, of Moorefield Township. Mrs. Crabill is intelligent and well-bred, possesses a thorough knowledge of housewifely duties, and is one who carries her religion into daily life, performing all the obligations which rest upon her in a conscientious manner. She has borne one daughter—Jessie whose natal day was August 2, 1881. She and her husband belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church at Springfield. Mr. Grabill is a Republican. He is a man of well-informed mind, as well as an enterprising farmer, and one whose Christian character is known to all with whom he comes in contact- WILLIAM B. HARDIE. There is probably not within the limits of Xenia Township, Greene County, a more pleasant and attractive home than that belonging to the subject of this notice. He is a man well-to-do financially, as the result of energy, industry and good judgment, and has wisely devoted a portion of his income to the gathering around himself and family the things which naturally elevate and refine the mind and which in their place have a large share in the completion of human happiness. Mr. Hardie is located not far from the place of his birth, he having been born in this township March 17, 1825. He was reared, however, in New Jasper Township, to which his parents removed when he was a lad eight years of age. He acquired a practical education in the common school and became familiar with the various employments of farm life which he chose' for his vocation. When twenty-seven years of age Mr. Hardie was married January 29, 1852, at the bride's home in New Jasper Township, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Campbell) Dean. The newly wedded pair commenced the journey of life together in New Jasper Township, where they sojourned for a period of twenty-seven years, and then removed to Xenia Township, of which they have since been residents. The farm is two hundred and sixty acres in extent, embellished with a tine residence, substantial outbuildings and the other appurtenances of the model country estate. Mr. Hardie keeps himself posted upon matters pertaining to his calling and avails himself of the most improved machinery in the tillage of the soil. Six children have been born to our subject and his worthy wife, the eldest of whom, Laura B-, remains at home with her parents. Mary E. is the wife of J. W- Liggett, of Union County, Ohio; Anna N- remains under the home roof ; Robert H. married Miss Matie Rogers, and lives in GEOearney, Neb.; Ida L- and W. Clark are at home. Mr- Hardie has held some of the town offices, being at one time Treasurer, but prefers the quiet of his own fireside to the responsibilities of public life. He supports the principles of the Republican party and with his excellent wife is a member in good standing of the Unrted Presbyterian Church- The father of our subject was the late William Hardie, a native of Scotland, whc married Miss Isabella Buick who was born and reared not far from the early home of her husband, in Perthshire. There also they were married and in 1820 emigrated to America, coming at once to Ohio. and settling in Xenia Township. About 1833, they removed to Jasper Township, and from there later to the city where Mr. Hardie died, November 24, 1860. The mother continued to make her home in Xenia but died at the home of her daughters in Bellefontaine, December 23, 1873- The parental family included six children, two sons and four daughters, three of whom are living and of whom our subject was the next youngest. Mrs. Hardie 428 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM was born in Jasper Township, Greene County, December 20, 1827. She spent her childhood and youth in a comparatively uneventful manner uirder the home roof, where she was trained to all useful housewifely duties, becoming well-fitted to preside over a good man's homes She shares with her husband the esteem and confidence of the people around her, and their hospitable doors are frequently opened to hosts of warm friends. WILLIAM H. HODGE, who resides in Pleasant Township, Clark County, is numbered among the substantial farmers of the vicinity. His farm, which is located on section 13, comprises two hundred and seventeen broad acres of thoroughly cultivated land, and such a degree of success has rewarded his labors in life that he has given to each of his five children about $3,000. He began his career as an agriculturist with a one-fifth interest in one hundred and fifty acres, and his present home and assured financial standing is the best evidence of his zeal and energy in life's labors. The present home of Mr. Hodge is also his birthplace, his natal day having been November 14, 1826. His parents, John and Mary Ann (Baird) Hodge, came here in 1817, locating on one hundred and fifty-one acres of land, which the father cleared and had quite well improved prior to his death. John Hodge was born in Virginia, October 11, 1796, and died January 17, 1828. He was a captain and major of militia, and served during the War of 1812. His widow was called from time to eternity March 9, 1877, at an advanced age, having been born March 4, 1800. They were the parents of five children, the subject of this sketch being the only son—Amanda H. married Uriah Blue, and died leaving a large family; Paulina H. married John Roberts; Sarah A. was the wife of George L. Wood, of Illinois; Isabelle J. was the wife of William Jones, and died leaving one son, Henry C. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Andrew Hodge, who was twice married; his maternal grandparents were William and Dorothy Baird. William H. Hodge was reared on a farm and received a common-school education, at the age of seventeen years beginning life for himself. On New Year's Day, 1850, he was united in marriage with Dorcas H. Botkin, who has ably assisted him in his worthy efforts, sharing in his toils as well as in his pleasures. She was born in Pleasant Township, June 2, 1829, being a daughter of Charles and Dorcas (Tuttle) Botkin, whose first settlement in Ohio was in Clinton County. Her father was a soldier in the War of 1812. To Mr. and Mrs. Hodge five children have been born, namely: Charles A.; Susan E., wife of Charles Neer; Amanda J., wife of Andrew Goodfellow; Dorcas A., wife of George McClenen ; and John F. In early manhood Mr. Hodge was identified with the Whig party, and after the disintegration of that body he became a Republican. SOLOMON WILSON, who departed this life July 6, 1862, at his home in Miami Township, Greene County, was a representative pioneer of Southern Ohio, and a good man in the broadest sense of the word. When this can be truthfully said of a man it imphes much. Mr. Wilson was born in Virginia, December 16, 1818, and emigrated to Ohio in 1833, settling in Miami Township, and thereafter followed farming continuously until his death. On the 22d of December, 1817, Mr. Wilson was joined in wedlock with Miss Sarah B. Baker, who was born in Miami, July 23, 1825. Mrs. Wilson comes of a good family, being the sister of Dan Baker, who is represented elsewhere in this volume. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, for a period of eight years, occupied the farm now owned by Mrs. James Miller, in Miami Township. They then} removed to the farm where Mrs. Wilson now resides, and thereafter devoted their energies to its improvement and cultivation. It was but very little removed from its primitive condition, the only improvement upon it being a log house. About 1859 the present residence was erected, and PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 431 Mr. Wilson from year to year added the improvements naturally suggested to the enterprising and progressive farmer. A man of more than ordinary intelligence, Mr. Wilson acquired a good education, and it was often remarked that he would have been a success as a teacher, as he was fully qualified, having completed his studies in the high school at Xenia. He was liberal and Public spirited, taking an active part in politics, and gave his allegiance to the Democratic party. He held the office of Supervisor, and also served as Trustee in his school district. He kept himself thoroughly informed. upon the leading events, and was a man of sound judgment and one whose opinions were generally respected. There was born of this congenial union a family of seven children. The eldest, a daughter, Mary, died when nearly four years old; Thomas married Miss Laura Littleton, and is the father of one child, and makes his home in Springfield; Huldah and Belle are unmarried and remain at home with their mother; Minton married Miss Abbie Elerick; they live in Texas and have four children ; William married Miss Florence Hughes; he is the father of one child and they live in Monticello, Ill.; Solomon is unmarried and operates the home farm. Mrs. Wilson, with her children who are at home, belongs to the Presbyterian Church. Her son Solomon, who possesses, in a marked degree, the worthy qualities of his honored father, votes the straight Republican ticket, and has been Road Supervisor in his district for the last four years. The farm embraces one hundred acres of land, and is devoted to general agriculture and stock-raising. The Wilson family is held in high respect in the community, being numbered among the representative citizens of Miami Township. COL. ROBERT L. KILPATRICK. Few of those patriotic men who participated in the fierce struggle to maintain the Union, merited or received greater honor than was the reward of valor on the part of this retired army officer, who now resides in Springfield, and a lithographic portrait of whom, on the opposite page, will be noticed by the reader. In 1861, at the first call for troops he raised a company, of which he was chosen Captain. It was known as Company B, Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was organized April 20; its nucleus was a part of the old Highland Guard, of Cincinnati, of which the Colonel had formerly been a member. Before going into the field, they re-enlisted for three years, then went to the front, where they distinguished themselves for dauntless bravery, and won the admiration of other regiments as well as of their superior officers. On January 5, 1862, Capt. Kilpatrick with his regiment participated in the battle of Blue's Gap, Va., and on June 9, of the same year took part in the well fought battle of Port Republic. In the latter engagement Col. Kilpatrick, then Captain, was captured during the retreat from that battlefield, and confined at Lynchburg, Va., thence was taken to Salisbury, N. C., and later to Libby prison, being incarcerated in those loathsome prison pens for two months and eleven days. He was then paroled, but understanding that he was exchanged he went to Covington, Ky., and was there engaged in drilling and organizing the hastily raised levies in Kentucky during the time of the Kirby Smith raid. After ascertaining that he was on parole he desired to be relieved, but the Commander, Col. Shinkle, who could not well dispense with his services, persuaded him to remain, which he did until the rebels left the vicinity. From Covington he proceeded to Camp Lew Wallace, near Columbus, where he was Provost Marshal of the camp until November, 1862. Then joining his regiment at Harper's Ferry, he was present at the defense of Dumfries, Va., December 27, 1862, and on January 8, 1863, was promoted from a captaincy to be a Lieutenant-Colonel. Col. Kilpatrick commanded the regiment in the battle of Chancellorsville, May 1, 2 and 3, 1863. Before noon on the third day of this famous engagement he was severely wounded in the right arm, which necessitated amputation at the shoulder joint; also very severely wounded in the left thigh. He was taken to the Washington Hotel in Washington, D- C., where lre was nursed by his 432 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. wife until his recovery. Then joining his regiment at Louisville, Ky., he commanded it art the battle of Mill Creek Cap, Ga., May 8, 1864, also was present at the battle of Resaca, May 14 and 15. On the night of the 15th the regiment was detailed under command of Col. Kilpatrick, to cut out and bring off four pieces of artillery and a flag from the rebel redoubt. They faithfully performed their duty and the Colonel, under whose command they were, at the bead of his regiment, received the thanks of Col. Cobham, who commanded a brigade in that part of the Union line. The regiment had the advance of the Army of the Cumberland, and, after crossing Pumpkin Vine Creek, May 25, they encountered the advance of the Confederate Army. A sanguinary engagement took place and such were the fearful odds against the Union defenders that the regiment lost about one-fourth of its men in twenty minutes. Nevertheless they steadily maintained their position until re-enforcements arrived. The last battle in which the Colonel participated was that of New Hope Church, which lasted from May 25 until June 1. On the 17th of August, 1864, his regiment having been reduced to fifty men, on account of the many casualties, and of the fact that the three years for which most of his men enlisted had expired, he resigned his commission and September 28, following, was appointed Captain of the Veteran Reserve Corps. In November, 1864, he was appointed Assistant Provost Marshal of the military district of Washington, also Commander of Forest Hall Prison, After filling this position for a few months he was ordered January 18, 1865, to Alexandria, Va., and was on duty with the Provost Mashal of the defenses south of the Potomac. On May 8 of the samE year, he returned to Washington, and was on duty with the provisional cavalry until August, 1865 and was then assigned to Company G, Sixth Regiment Reserve Corps. He remained stationed with his regiment at Johnson's Island, Ohio, until December, 1865. Being mustered out of volunteer service June 30, 1866, he was, on July 28, the samE year, appointed Captain of the Forty-second United States Infantry, and was on recruiting service in Brooklyn and Albany until April 15, 1867. Thence he was transferred to Hart's Island, New York Harbor, and on May 9, the same year, went to Sackett's Harbor, in command of Company F, until May 4, 1868. From May, 1868, until May, 1869, he was Commander of the post of Ft. Ontario, N. Y., and from June 3, 1869, to February 10, 1870, was Military Commissioner of the Eleventh District of Virginia, including Charles City and New Kent Counties; also Superintendent of registration and election, and remained in the Old Dominion until February 10, 1870. From that time until the 15th of the ensuing December he was on recruiting service in New York City, and was then retired with the full rank of Colonel. In the volunteer service he was brevetted Major and Lieuteant-Colonel for gallant and meritorious services during the war, and in the regular army was brevetted Major for gallantry at the battle of Port Republic, June 9, 1862, and brevetted Lieutenant-Colonel for gallantry at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va. The reader will be interested in the principal facts concerning the personal history of one, whose public record has become so widely known. Col. Kilpatrick was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, April 20, 1825, and belongs to the Dalgarnock branch of the Kilpatrick family. 'Tracing his ancestry back a few generations we find that his great-grandfather, Hugh Kilpatrick, was born on a a farm in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, and was reared to agricultural pursuits. In his early manhood he went to Paisley, then but a small town, where he engaged in the lumber business; he was a member of the firm of Kilpatrick & Middy and resided there until his death. The maiden name of his wife, the great-grandmother of our subject, was Jean Pinkerton, who lived to the great age of ninety-four. She also spent her last years in Paisley. The grandfather of Col. Kilpatrick, likewise named Hugh, was born in Paisley and learned to weave the celebrated Paisley shawls. He finally became owner of a shop and looms employing several men in that business and spending the closing days of his life in his native town. He was an Elder in The Abbey Church, an edifice which was erected in the eleventh century and is still standing. His wife bore the maiden name of Bell Monroe, and died in Paisley. Among the children she PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 433 bore her husband was James, the father of Col. Kilpatrick. In Paisley, where he was born January 1, 1800, James Kilpatrick passed his youth, and at an early age learned the trade of a weaver, but when still quite young joined the British Army as a member of the regiment known as the Scotch Grays. After a time his father purchased his discharge, and :,he, returning to his home, married Miss Janet Lang, who also passed the earlier portion of her life in that Scottish town. About five or six years after his marriage James Kilpatrick took service under the government at St. John's Newfoundland, where he died when about thirty-five years old. The maternal grandfather of our subject, Robert Lang, was a native of Paisley and was the son of Peter Lang, who was born on a farm near Kilpatrick, Dumbartonshire, Scotland. Peter Ding was one of a family of nineteen children, all of whom lived to manhood and womanhood. Peter Lang, after spending his youth on the 'homestead, went to Paisley, where he died at a ripe old age. His wife was in youth Miss Katherine McKeller. Like some other ancestors of Col. Kilpatrick, Robert Lang, his maternal grandfather, learned the trade of a silk weaver, and lived and died in Paisley. He married Miss Margaret Lang, a native of Greenock, Renfrewshire. In 18M, the mother of our subject came to America, joining her brother Robert, in Cincinnati. She was the mother of three children-, the eldest of whom died in infancy; the second, a daughter, Margaret, married and died in Scotland. The mother made her home in Cincinnati, and her death occurred while on a visit to her son, Robert L., October 30, 1874. He, of whom this sketch is written, attended school quite regularly in his boyhood, and when a youth of sixteen joined the British Army, becoming a member of the Twenty-fourth Regiment, in which he served eleven months. Afterward he was transferred to the Forty-second Regiment, which was well-known as the "Black Watch." From the history of the State of Ohio, published by Henry Howe, we learn that this was the first regiment that ever trod the soil of Ohio, coming here in 1764, during the time of Indian troubles for the purpose of releasing some three hundred woman and children, who were held captive by the Indians. They were successful in their efforts, and restored their captives to their friends in the settlements. The first two months of his service Col. Kilpatrick passed in Ireland, thence was transferred to England, where he remained nine months. Next we find him in the Black Watch in Scotland, whence in November, 12, he accompanied his regiment to the Isle, of Malta in the Mediterranean ; he reached this port January 1, 1843, and sojourned there, performing severe military duty, until March 17, 1847, then went with his regiment to the Bermuda Islands, where he remained until March 23, 1851, and at that date purchased his discharge. This closed his military career as a British soldier, and he soon afterward came to the United States, proceeding directly to Cincinnati. During half of his term of service in the British Army he was a non-commissioned officer. After a sojourn of a few weeks in Cincinnati, Col. Kilpatrick came to Springfield and engaged in sign-painting. After working here a short time he returned to Cincinnati, and entering the employ of T. F. & C. A. Davis, to learn the trade of a grainer; he subsequently established a business of his own. He was thus employed at the outbreak of the Civil War, when he left his own business enterprises to serve his country. He nobly discharged his obligations to his adopted land, and not more bravely did the native-born sons of the North go forward in battle, nor more courageously did they offer their lives at the altar of their nation's freedom, than did this devoted patriot, who although of foreign nationality, could yet inspire many to "rally round the flag" and rouse others to that enthusiasm which was the necessary forerunner of a 'successful termination of the war. The faithful helpmate of Col. Kilpatrick for thirty-five years was in her youth Miss Margaret, daughter of John and Ellen (Craig) Lang, both natives of Scotland, where Mrs. Kilpatrick was likewise born. Her early life was spent in Paisley, where she was born, January 12, 1828 having been carefully trained by her worthy parents she was fitted to become the mistress of a large house and 434 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. the hostess of a charming home which until lately, was the frequent resort of people of culture and refinement, but now she is an invalid. Religiously, Mrs. Kilpatrick belongs to the Presbyterian Church. Col. Kilpatrick, socially, belongs to the Springfield Lodge, No. 33, I- O- O- F., also to Mitchell Post, No- 45, G. A. R-, and is a charter member of the Ohio Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, and one of the original members of the Military Service Institution of the United States. He is numbered among the members of the Caledonian Society of Cincinnati, which is the oldest chartered society in the State. He likewise belongs to the Fifth Ohio Volunteer Association, the Union War Prisoners' Association, and the "Thistle Society" of New York City. He was one of a few young men, who, in 1856, started a Republican Club in the Fifteenth Ward in Cincinnati. Their meetings were held in a carpenter shop, and it was there that Rutherford B- Hayes, who was then a resident of that ward, addressed one of their meetings. Thus it will be seen that Col. Kilpatrick has always been a stanch Republican. GEORGE WHITTREDGE. The grandfather M of the subject of this notice settled in r- mony Township, Clark County, at an early day and was classed among its best citizens- He transformed a portion of wild land into a valuable homestead, one hundred and twenty-two acres of which is owned and occupied by his grandson of whom we write. The latter was born where he now resides, December 20, 1840, the old place being located in the southwestern part of the township- In addition to general farming he makes a specialty of stock-raising and is proving a worthy representative of one of the most highly respected famihes in the county. The parents of our subject were Thomas and Lucinda (Winchester) Whittredge, the former of whom was born in 1813, near Rochester, Mass. and the latter that same year in Butler County, this State- Thomas Whittredge was brought to Ohio by his parents in the fall of 1818, being then a lad of five years. His father purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land from the Government at $1.25 per acre; the father died in October, 1841, at the early age of twenty-nine years. He and his wife were consistent members of the Free Will Baptist Church. They were the parents of three sons, the eldest of whom, Worthington, is a resident of Van Wert, this State; George, our subject was the second born ; Thomas was accidentally killed at the age of four years by the discharge of a flint-lock musket. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Joseph Whittredge, likewise a native of Rochester, Mass., and born in 1774. He went to sea when a youth of seventeen, became a captain before reaching his majority and was a seafaring man during the early part of his life, sailing for a period of twenty-seven years to and from the West Indies- He was first married to Miss Abigail Foster who bore him one son and three daughters, all of whom lived to mature years, were married and reared famihes. The first wife died in Massachusetts and Grandfather Whittredge was then married to Mrs- Olive Rider by whom he had three sons—Thomas, the father of our subject, Worthington, an artist of New York City, and William, who died when fourteen years old. The second wife had two children by a former marriage. Capt. Whittredge removed to Ohio in 1818 and entered one hundred and sixty acres of Government land, the same upon which our subject now resides. He made a specialty of cheese-making and died at the old homestead at the advanced age of eighty-one years- He was a man of a deeply religious turn of mind and frequently officiated as a preacher. He was kind and benevolent to the poor and was one of the early adherents of the onic fraternity. His father, Thomas Whittredge by name, was born and reared in Massachusetts where he followed farming all his life. The family orignated in England and was represented in this country (luring the Colonial days, by two brothers who came from Yorkshire soon after the arrival of thePlymouth Colony. The mother of our subject was the daughter of Lyman Winchester, who married a Miss Good- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 435 speed, both of whom were natives of New York State. The Winchester family originated in Scotland. The maternal grandparents of our subject spent their last years in this county- George Whittredge was reared to farming pursuits and obtained his education in the common. school. Two days prior to attaining his twenty-sixth year he was joined in wedlock December 18, 866, to Miss Catherine A. Franklin. Mrs. Whittredge was born May 11, 1844 in Clifton. this State, and is a daughter of Hiram and Ann (McCoy) Franklin who were natives respectively of Vermont and Greene County, this State, and are residents of this counfy. Four children have been born of this union, the eldest of whom a daughter, Eva, is the wife of George Vince; they have one son, Charles C. Minnie, Maude and Clifford remain at home with their parents. Mr. Whittredge, politically, gives his support to the Democratic party and has served as Township Trustee for two terms. He is considered a reliable man—one whose word is as good as his bond. JOHN LOUCK. Among the residents of Fairfield, Greene County, no man stands higher in the. community than the above-named gentleman, who is now serving as Clerk of Bath Township, and Justice of the Peace. his honesty, integrity, and sterling worth are well-known, his long residence in the county having given him an extended acquaintance, and the genuine regard of all who know him. His residence in the county began in 1835, and he has been identified more or less prominently with its business interests since that time, as well as in various departments of its public affairs- Although quite advanced in years, he is still hale and hearty, and is an entertaining companion. Squire Louck was born in Hanover, Pa., January 12. 1813, and at the age of nine years accompanied his parents to Baltimore, Md. Six years later he returned to his native State, taking up his residence with an uncle on a farm. His early education was obtained at subscription schools, which were held in the primitive log house with puncheon door, greased paper windows, and slab benches and desks. At the age of eighteen years, he apprenticed himself to a shoemaker, with whom he remained nearly three years, after which he began the butcher business in York County, running a shop and wagon at Strinetown. He continued the business until 1835, when, desiring to better his condition in life, he piled his worldly effeots into a wagon, and turned his footsteps Westward. On May 1, he crossed the Alleghany River, at Wheeling, Va., and reaching Greene County, Ohio, May 17, located in Fairfield. He engaged in teaming between Urbana, Springfield, Dayton, and Cincinnati, continuing in that occupation until about 840. The next enterprise of Squire Louck was to start a boot and shoe store at Fairfield, which was then a stirring place, and he continued the sale and manufacture for four years, when he sold and removed to Indiana with his team. Settling near Rensselaer, Jasper County, he bought a small farm, but, taking sick and not liking farm life, he returned here the same fall. Again engaging in the boot and shoe business, he continued in it until 1858, when he began farming in Bath Township. In 1854 he was elected County Treasurer on the Democratic ticket, and leaving his farm, he resided in Xenia two years, fulfilling the duties of his office. He then located in Fairfield, where he has been engaged in various lines of business. In 1872, the firm of Louck & Bryan was organized for the sale of groceries, the connection continuing four years, when our subject sold out. The next year he built a store, and again embarked in the business, which two years later he sold to Mr. Evans, from which time his principal occupation has been that of an auctioneer. Having a natural ability for that pursuit, he had engaged in it in 1840, and has done seven-tenths of the auction business within a radius of ten miles. Besides the office before mentioned, Mr. Louck has served in other capacities as a public servant. In 1868, he became Township Clerk, and has held the office continually since that time. In 1885 he became Justice of the Peace. He has also been a member of the Common Council, and in his younger days served as Constable twelve years- He had some trying experiences while connected in the 436 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. constabulery, but fortunately escaped being shot at in any of them. At the time of the differences be-tween Michigan and Ohio in regard to the north-ern boundary line of this State, he was Captain of a company of the State Militia. They were called to Xenia, but as the trouble blew over, they soon returned to their homes without having engaged in any contest. Squire Louck is a Democrat, whose first Presidential ballot was cast for Martin Van Buren, and who has stanchly adhered to the party from that time. He has been on the Central Com-mittee, and his personal influence is always given to the party in which he beheves. He belongs to the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Osborn, and is Past Master of the Royal Arch Masons of Dayton. His wife belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. A remarkable event took place seven years ago, it being the celebration of the fiftieth wedding aniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Louck, who were married in York County, Pa., February- 20, 1833. Mrs. Louck bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Bourke, is a daughter of Thomas Bourke, who was a Penn-sylvania farmer, and was born in York County, in 807. Throughout the long years of her wedded life, she has been a devoted wife and mother, and has manifested at home and abroad the Christian graces which befit _a behever in, and professor of Christianity. Five daughters and one son have come to bless her union with our subject: Lucy A. is the wife of A. S. Barton, a plasterer in Spring-field; Catherine married A. Barr, who keeps a meat market in Wayne Township, Montgomery County; Mary A. is the wife of J. W. Harrison, a farmer in Hall County, Neb.; Margaret is the wife of William Harrison, a carriage trimmer of Springfield; Laura married Z. T. Hebble, carpenter in Fairfield; John still remains with his parents. The subject of this sketch is a grandson of George Louck, who was a native of the Province of Alsace, Germany, and a farmer by occupation. He came to America prior to the Revolutionary War, throughout which struggle he fought for American independence, holding the rank of cap-tain. In common with his comrades, he endured many hardships, often sleeping on brush piles to keep out of the water, and suffering for both food and clothing at times. He was an early settler in York County, Pa., where he secured Government land, improved a farm, acquired a competence, and lived to be some four-score and ten years old. He belonged to the Lutheran Church. George Louck, Jr., who was born in York County, Pa., followed in his father's footsteps as a patriotic citizen, and took part in the War of 812. He was a butcher, and for a number of years ran a market in Hanover, in his native county. He subsequently removed to Baltimore, Md., which he made his home during the remainder of his life, dying there in 1826, at the age of fifty-eight years, his decease being occasioned by yellow fever. His wife, in her girlhood Miss Catherine Huffman, was also a native of York County, Pa., and of German extrac-tion. Her father, George Huffman, a well-to-do farmer of the same county, took part ix both the first and second contests for American release from British tyranny. After the death of her husband, Mrs. George Louck returned to Pennsylvania, whence she was brought to Ohio in 1856, by our subject, her only child who grew up. She after-ward lived in Champaign County, where she died in 858. She was a consistent member of the Lutheran Church, and to her teaching and example our subject owes much of his fine principles and up-right life. SAMUEL E. HODGE. Although now deceased for the long period of thirty-eight years, the great excellence of character which distinguished Mr. Hodge has caused him to still be remembered with thoughts of kindness by his neighbors, and with affection by his immediate family. He was one of the earhest pioneers of Clark County, coming hither when the country was practically a wilderness, and bore with his fellow-settlers the heat and burden of the day in bringing a portion of the soil to a state of cultivation, and building up a home upon what was then practically a frontier. His energy and industry were proverbial, and he was prospered in his labors as a tiller of the soil, leaving to his family a com- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 437 fortable property. He was born near Mt. Sterling, Ky., December 11 1796, and departed this life December 7, 1852, at the age of fifty-six years. Mr. Hodge came of respectable parentage, being the son of Andrew and Isabel (Mateer) Hodge, who were natives respectively of Virginia and Kentucky. Andrew Hodge when a young man ran away from home and went to Kentucky, where his brother Hamilton had already located, and there happily he found his fate in the person of Miss Mateer, to whom he was in due time married, In 1806, leaving Kentucky they came to Ohio, and selecting a tract of land in Pleasant Township, Clark County, Mr. Hodge there with his wife took up his abode, and his family still continue their residence there. He entered three hundred and twenty acres of land, occupying a part of section 25, in the southwest part of the township, and made an arrangement with parties to put up a cabin, then went back to Kentucky. In the meantime the Indians had been troublesome, and when Mr. Hodge returned in December following with his family, he found no roof to shelter them, and they lived in a tent until he could build a house. Mr. Hodge next set about the improvement of his property, clearing the land and bringing the soil to a state of cultivation. He followed farming all his life with the exception of the time he served in the army during the War of 1812. There were born to him and his excellent partner six children, whom they named respectively: Williams, John, Samuel, James, Sarah M., now the wife of William Baird ; and Jane M., Mrs. Jerry Yeazell. Andrew Hodge, the father of Samuel, died in March, 1857, at the advanced age of eighty-six years. He was twice married, but by his second wife, Jane MeClintic, of Virginia, no children were born. Both he and his wives were Presbyterians in religion. Mr. Hodge was a stanch Democrat, politically, a good man in his family, and a kind and hospitable neighbor. He was greatly attached to his children, and gave each of them a farm. Samuel E., the subject of this notice, obtained such education as was afforded by the pioneer schools, and lived unmarried until approaching the fortieth year of his age. He was then wedded, November 4, 1836, to Miss Sebina Spencer. Mrs. Hodge was born March 4, 1815, two miles east of Harmony Village, Clark County, and is a daughter of Matthew and Abigail (Rice) Spencer, who were born, reared and married in Otsego County, N. Y. The Spencer family removed to Clark County, this State, in 1811, and the father took up a tract of land in Harmony Township, where with his good wife he endured all the hardships and privations of pioneer life, and where they both spent the remainder of their days, having in the meantime built up a comfortable homestead. Mr. Spencer only lived about thirteen years after the removal to Clark County, his death taking place in 1824. The year following his removal here he enlisted and served as a soldier in the War of 1812. Mrs. Spencer survived her husband for the long period of forty-six years, her death taking place in May, 1874, when she was nearly eighty years old. Seven children had been born to them, the eldest of whom, a son, Hamilton, died in Champaign County, Ill. The others were named respectively—Sebina, Julia Ann, Angeline, Maria, Fanny and Matthew. With the exception of Mrs. Hodge they all removed to Champaign County, Ill., where the survivors are still living. The subject of this notice was a man greatly respected in his community, and as the township advanced in prosperity and importance he was called to fill various offices of trust and responsibility. To him and his good wife there was born a family of eight children, all of whom lived to mature years. Mary Jane died unmarried; James H. is a resident of Harmony Township; Angeline is the wife of John A. Yeazell; Andrew and Matthew are at home; Isabel is the wife of James Ingle, of Moorefield Township; Abigail died when twenty-seven years old; Sarah E. is at home. Mr. Hodge was for many years a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church, to which he was a liberal contributor, and he was uniformly the supporter of every enterprise calculated to promote the welfare of his community. At his death he left one hundred and ninety acres of land, and Mrs. Hodge is now the owner of an equal amount elsewhere. She has remained at the homestead with her unmarried children since the death of her husband, and they have carried on the improvement of the farm, putting 438 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. up a fine residence and other buildings, and managed it in that wise and capable manner which has made of it one of the most valuable estates in Clark County. They are people of more than ordinary intelligence, and hold a high position socially- JOSEPH ANDERSON. In the death of the above-named gentleman Greene County lost a high-minded and public-spirited citizen, while from the bereaved family circle a loving husband and father was removed, leaving a void in their lives that not even his honored memory can fill. He was a native of this county, having been born do the farm now occupied by James R. Anderson, December 10, 815. He was reared on the homestead, receiving a common-School education, and having instilled into his mind the firm principles which characterized him through life. On May 9, 1839, Mr. Anderson was united in marriage with Miss Matilda Stanfield, and located on three hundred acres of land in Spring Valley Township, which forms the farm now occupied by his widow and family. He began his career in life without other capital than his natural abilities and the knowledge and habits acquired in youth, but his energy and industry led to his success in his chosen calling. He accumulated land until his possessions in Greene County amounted to three hundred and seventy acres, and he also owned a farm of eighty-two acres in Delaware County, Ind. In politics he was a stanch Republican, and in religion a member of- the Reformed Church, which he was an Elder about forty years. He was still holding that office when called home, September 19, 889. The widow of our subject was a daughter of John and Ruth (Mendenhall) Stanfield, both of whom were born in Spring Valley Township, Greene County. She was born on the banks of Caesar's Creek, four and one-half miles south of Xenia, July 26, 1821, being the second in a family of eight children. Her eldest sister, Charity, who is now deceased, was the wife of John Anderson; Minerva, the next younger than herself, is the wife of William Crumley; the fourth member of the family circle is Margaret; the next is Mary J., the wife of Thomas Anderson.; the sixth member of fhe band is William; two children died in infancy. The grandparents of Mrs. Anderson were William and Charity Stanfield, who settled on Caesar's Creek about 800, having come from Guilford County, N. C. They had two sons and four daughters, all of whom reared families. The faith of the Stanfields was that of the Society of Friends. The widow of our subject is a noble-hearted woman who has carefully reared her children and endeavored in every department of life to faithfully discharge the duties before her. She belongs to the Reformed Church, and like her deceased husband has ever been regarded with respect by those among whom her lot in life is cast. She is the mother of twelve children, ten of whom survived their father's death—John S., the first-born, died at the age of three years; James, whose home is in Indiana, belonged to the One hundred and Sixtieth Ohio Infantry, and was wounded while serving his country during the late war; A: C. was also a soldier, having been in the one hundred day service; Felix is living in Indiana; following on the family roll are: Milo, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume; Margaret A., Lewis and David (twins), Joseph F., Mary J. and Ruth C. The last named is the wife of George M. Hegler; David married Emma Crets, who died leaving one child, named Bertha. JAMES A. McDONALD. This young gentleman occupies part of the old McDonald homestead in Xenia Township, three and one-fourth miles south of the city, upon which his grandparents settled prior to the War of 1812, and upon which both himself and father were born. his estate comprises one hundred and twenty-two acres of well-improved land upon which he is pursuing a successful agricultural career, winning a competence from the soil which af- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 441 forded maintenance to previous generations of the name` His natal day was August 6, 1856, and he was reared upon the homestead, receiving an excellent English education and being instructed by his parents in the principles of right doing and habits of usefulness. The wedded life of Mr. McDonald began September 12, 1877, on which day the rites of wedlock were celebrated between him and Miss Amy E. Ford. The bride was a daughter of James M. and Mary (Peterson) Ford, of Caesar's Creek Township, and possesses those pleasing traits of character and useful accomplishments which are so needful to a wife and mother. To her have born eight children, of whom the following are now living: Orval, Leavitt, Ford H., Emma Pearl, Mamie Edith and James Ray. Among the earhest pioneers in this county were Isaiah and Edith McDonald, who came from North Carolina about the year 1802, and spent the remainder of their lives in this county. Their son Leavitt and his wife, in her girlhood Susan Strong, also came from North Carolina, the family which they reared comprising five sons and five daughters. Among the children of Leavitt and Susan McDonald was John N., who was born January 13, 1818, and lived for sixty-five years on the farm now occupied by our subject, afterward spending three years on an adjoining lot where he died January 8, 1887. His entire landed estate amounted to two hundred acres which he improved and thoroughly cultivated, and a part of which became the property of the son of whom we write. His widow, who is still living, bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Saville, and both belonged to the Reformed Presbyterian Church. To them five children were born, two of whom—C. W. and James A., were reared to maturity. ADOLPHUS H. SMITH, JR. In point of energy, enterprise and determination, the subject of this notice is looked upon as one of the leading men of Mad River Township. He is what may he properly termed a " hustler" in the broadest sense of the term and is genial, jovial and generous, one who is a universal favorite in both social and business circles. He is mostly interested in agricultural pursuits, an extensive dealer in live stock and owns a snug farm of one hundred and thirty-seven acres on section 6, Mad River Township. In addition to this he operates fourteen hundred acres of his father's land. In noting the career of a man who has been more than ordinarily successful, the mind naturally reverts to the origin from which he sprang. The immediate progenitors of the subject of this sketch were Adolphus H. and Sarah (Bates) Smith, the former of whom was born February 24, 1814, in New York City. The paternal grandfather, Justin Smith, also a native of the Empire State, was born in Oneida County, where he lived until reaching manhood. Then going South he engaged as a shipper at Charleston, S. C. After sojourning there for a time, he returned North and became interested in the wholesale liquor business, making his headquarters in Philadelphia, Pa. Later he took up his abode in New York City and was there married to Miss Maria B. Lloyd. Grandmother Smith, likewise a native of New York State, was a daughter of Paul B. Lloyd, an Irish nobleman, who became one of the wealthiest clothing merchants and importers in the city of New York, dealing almost exclusively in fine goods. After sojourning in the great metropolis for a time, Grandfather Smith returned to the vicinity Of his birthplace where he became interested in the manufacture of iron and operated a furnace. Later he removed to Rochester, N. Y., Nyllere he followed the same business. In November, 1838, he resolved upon another change of location and removed to Indianapolls;Ind. Thereafter he made his home with his son, Adolphus H., and died on Friday, December 29, 1854. Broad and liberal in his views Justin Smith was a Universalist in his religious behef and maintained that charity for all mankind which made him a man who had not an enemy in the world. His death was not only mourned by his family but by the entire community. His remains were laid by those of his wife who had died in Indianapolis in 1839, and their daughter, Mrs. Julia Fisher, in Spring 442 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. Grove Cemetery, near Cincinnati. The pateinal great-grandfather of our subject, Pollicopus Smith by name, was a native of Wales whence he emi-grated to America. with two brothers and settled in Oneida County, N.Y., where he reared a family of eighteen children. To Justin Smith and his good wife there was born a family of seven children, the record of whom is as follows: P. B. L., who became a lead-ing merchant in Indianapolis, died in Marseilles, France, in 1868; Adolphus H., the father of our subject, was next in order of birth; Mary Frances became the wife of Major V. C. Hanna, and died in Detroit, Mich.; Mr. Hanna was a paymaster in the army during the late Civil War. Amelia T. married John H. B. Nowland, who is the author of several biographical works, and they reside in In-diana; Julia became the wife of Elwood Fisher, orre of. the most prominent citizens and politicians of Washington, D. C., who died at Atlanta during the Civil War. Mrs. Fisher subsequently died in Jeffersonville, Ind., and her remains were conveyed to Cincinnati and laid with those of her father and mother. Frederick A. was a paymaster in the army from the beginning to the close of the war; he is now City Clerk of Piqua and County Clerk of Miami County. Justina is the widow of the late Col. C. W. Strum, of Piqua, Ohio. Adolphus H. Smith, Sr., was reared in Rochester, N. Y., to which his father rernoved when he was a boy and there he enjoyed the advantages of good schools and attended college for two years. At the age of nineteen he was employed about the locks fit Rochester and also conducted a small store in connection therewith. When reaching- his majority he engaged in general merchandising at Rochester in company with his brother, P. B. L., and did a successful business. In November, 1838, the whole Smith family re-moved to Indianapolis, Ind., where one brother attended to the mercantile business while Adolphus H. engaged in milling and distilling on Sugar Creek, Johnson County, and was thus occupied three years. In 1841 he left the business in the hands of his brother and going to Cincinnati entered the employ of John Bates, a banker. He not only attended faithfully to his duties in the bank but studied his own interests in another direction and in the course of eight months, won the' affec-tion of his employer's daughter, Sarah E., to whom he was married September 15, 1842. Mrs. Sarah E. (Bates) Smith was born in Rochester, N. Y., and received a thorough education, completing her studies in the schools of Cincinnati. She was a shrewd, sharp business woman and be-came the close adviser and counselor of her husband—a true helpmate who aided him greatly in the building up of his fortunes. After remaining his companion for a period of nearly thirty-one years, this excellent lady died at her home in Cincinnati June 22, 1873. She was not only greatly mourned by her own family but beloved by the entire community. In religious belief she was a devout Episcopalian. Grandfather Bates was a native of England and after emigrating to America became one of the most prominent business men of Cincinnati. Enterprising and public-spirited, he was concerned in many of the important enterprises of the young and growing city—built and owned the National Theatre there and also owned theatres at Louisville, Ky., and St. Louis, Mo. He prosecuted an extensive banking business and also operated as a wholesale liquor merchant. In 1842 the father of our subject began operating as a broker in Cincinnati, but in the fall of 1843 he rem. oved to Piqua, Ohio, and engaged in mercantile business. He also became a contractor, furnishing supphes for the completion of the Erie Canal to Toledo. The following winter he en-gaged extensively in pork packing. In the spring of 1844, however, he sold out and removing to Indianapolis, Ind., resumed charge of his old business and also carried on farming about two years. At the expiration of this time he returned to Cincinnati and renting the White Mills from John Bates, carried on milling and distilling extensively until 1855. Then having accumulated considerable capital he began operating as a banker in partner-ship with Henry O. Gilbert. They also transacted an extensive business in real estate. In 1861 Mr. Smith sold out his interests to his partner and began furnishing supphes for the army. During the Civil War he contracted thus to the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 443 amount of over $12,000,000 and never had a black mark against him. He enjoyed the fullest confidence of the Government officials and was entrusted at various times with large sums of money. In 1865 he purchased twelve hundred and eight acres of land, constituting two improved farms which proved a safe and sure investment for his capitals He continued a resident of Cincinnati and operated in real estate until 1875. Then retiring from active business he settled down upon his farm where he has since lived in comfort and quiet, looking after his property and adding improvements as it seems necessary. He purchased additional land and is now the owner of seventeen hundred and eight acres along the Mad River and which constitutes eight improved farms, operated principally by tenants. He also owns considerable real estate in CincinnVi and Newport, Ky. After the death of his first wife the father of our subject married Mrs. Sarah Morse, widow of Judge Morse, of Cincinnati, and daughter of John Cheevers, one of the early settlers and prominent men of Piqua. This lady was born September 15, 1821, in Cincinnati and they became the parents of five children, the eldest of whom, a daughter, Amelia, became the wife of Dr. Graham A. Wells, a prominent dentist of Indianapolis, Ind.; Maria L. married Gen. Andrew Hickaloper, who is now president of the Cincinnati Gas Company; Sarah is the wife of John Harbine, of Xenia; Mr. Harbine is engaged in the oil business. Adolphus H., Jr., our subject, was next to the youngest; William H. is a merchant of Donaldsville. The subject of this notice was born October 1, 1850 in Cincinnati, Ohio, and lived there until about fifteen years old. After his father purchased land in Clark County, Adolphus H. speq his summers in the country and his winters in his native city. When of suitable years he attended Robins' Military Academy at Springfield for two years, and later he was a student of Notre Dame, at South Bend, Ind., for two years. Sixteen days after reaching his majority he was married in Mad River Township October 17, 1871, to Miss Sarah J., daughter of Reuben and Elizabeth (Baker) Shellabarger. The father of Mrs. Smith was born in Mad River Township, and became one of the foremost citizens of that vicinity, serving as a School Director for a long period and as Township Trustee for twenty years. He was also prominent in the Christian Church. He died in 1889. His wife had preceded him to the silent land in 1875. After his marriage Mr. Smith located on a farm two and one-half miles west of Enon where he operated one hundred and sixty acres as a renter. He began at the foot of the ladder and was obliged to practice the most rigid economy, but he was prospered in his labors and in 1877 secured the land which he now owns, locating thereon and also assuming charge t)f the large amount heretofore spoken of and belonging to his father. He has effected many improvements on his farm since taking possession and has now a fine residence, good barns and other buildings and all modern conveniences. He makes a specialty of live stock, raising and feeding cattle and swine in large numbers, shipping three hundred cattle a year and nearly as many swine. He has also made quite a reputation as a breeder of draft horses. The farm belonging to Mr. Smith is considered one of the most valuable in the Buckeye State and it forms a most pleasant home for himself and his family. The seven children born to himself and his estimable wife are as follows: Amelia H. became the wife of E. L. Baylor and they reside in Springfield; Maria L. at an early age exhibited much talent as an artist and is now perfecting herself in this accomplishment under the instruction of Mrs. Dunlap, of Springfield. She studied art at Earlham, Ind., and makes a specialty of crayon portraits. Mary K., Justin Bates, Rilla J., Gertrude E. and lichen V. are at home with their parents. Mr. Smith for the past ten years has served as Township Trustee and he is also a Justice of the Peace. He is a member of the School Board of his district and socially belongs to Osborn Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. Among the Masons of West Carlisle he has attained to the Royal Arch degree. He has been for a number of years a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Fairfield and is now attempting to organize a lodge at Enon. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias in New Carlisle. In August, 1889, he or- 444 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. ganized a lodge at Mad River of which he is Post Chancellor. Politically, like his honored father, he is a straight Democrat and has served at various times on the County Central Committee. Mrs. Smith is a consistent member of the Christian Church. A lithographic portrait of Mr. Smith appears elsewhere in this volume. JOHN HOUGH, a retired farmer, formerly a resident of Silver Creek Township, removed in 1882, to Jamestown, where he has a pleasant home on Washington Street, and is surrounded by all the comforts of life. He built his present residence since the removal, and besides this is the owner of seventy-five acres of choice farming land, which is the source of a handsome income annually. The subject of this notice, a native of Greene County, was born in Silver Creek Township, April 22, 1822, and pursued his early studies in the log schoolhouse during the pioneer days, while at the same time he was taught to make himself useful about his father's homestead. He remained under the parental roof until reaching his majority, but after his marriage vent to Fayette County. There he engaged in the mercantile business, and also built a steam sawmill near Main Point, which he and his partner, Mr. Clemens, operated together for five years. He then took in a new partner, Mr. Sheeley, and under the name of Hough & Sheeley, they operated for another five years, when they sold out, and Mr. Hough returned to Silver Creek Township. Next, in company with his brother-in-law, Mr. Hough began operating the old Mercer farm, upon which he lived until the removal to Jamestown. He was married April 15, 1853, to Miss Eveline Mercer. This lady was a native of Ross Township, Greene County, and was born August 15, 1830. Her parents were John and Rebecca (Dalby) Mercer, natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia, respectively, and who were reared and married in Frederick County, the latter State. After the birth of seven children, they, in 1826, removed to Ohio with their family, making the journey overland with teams. After living two years in the vicinity of Jamestown, they settled on a new farm in Ross Township, and there the father died, June 28, 1880, when nearly ninety-one years old, having been born September 14, 1789. Mrs. Mercer was born October 27, 1795, and died at the old homestead in Ross Township, June 7, 1873. Both were active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which Mr. Mercer for many years officiated as a Class-Leader, and was in other ways prominent in church affairs. Mrs. Hough was reared and educated in Ross Township, remaining under the home roof until her marriage. She was one of fifteen children, eight of whom are living. She received careful home training and a fair education in the common school, and developed into an intelligent and attractive womanhood. To Mr. and Mrs. Hough were born no children. They are regular attendants of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in Jamestown, of which Mrs. Hough has been a member for many years. In foilner years Mr. Hough affiliated with the Republican party, but he is now a lively Prohibitionist, totally opposed to the manufacture and sale of intoxicating drinks. He has never sought office, but keeps himself well posted upon current events, and endeavors to give his support to the enterprises best calculated for the welfare and advancement of his fellowmen. OWEN BROCK is pre-eminently a self-made man, having accumulated a very comfortable fortune entirely by his own efforts, the only financial assistance he had from his father having been one horse. He owns and occupies a fine farm of ninety-three acres in Cedarville Township, to which he removed in 1887, and which is now one of the best improved estates in the county, having upon it a fine and commodious brick residence and excellent barns to which he has added since he became the possessor. He also owns a tract of valuable land, of one hundred and twenty-three acres, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 445 near Xenia. He was born in ROss Township, December 7, 1846, being the eldest child of his parents, and was reared on his father's farm, receiving a good common-school education. He was married when thirty-three years of age, and having been working for himself for a number of years, during which time he had made considerable money, he was able to begin his wedded life as the owner of two hundred and seventy-eight acres of land which he purchased frOm his father. The marriage of Mr. Brock was celebrated in 1879, his bride being Miss Margaret A., daughter of John and Sarah Gano, of Cedarville Township and formerly of Virginia.. The newly wedded couple at once began housekeeping on the tract of land which the husband had purchased and which he brought from a state of nature into a fine condition of productiveness and improvement, placing it all under the plow. He finally traded the estate for the land he now owns near Xenia, and in March, 1887, bought his present home place, to which he removed the following fall. In his efforts to secure a competence and to improve his home, he has' been ably seconded by his estimable wife, whose thrifty management of household affairs has added much to the comfort of his home. Four interesting children cluster about the fireside, named respectively, Wilbur, Homer, Clarence G., and Edith, the baby. The oldest is manifesting his active intelligence in school work, while the younger boys are gleaning much information from their parents and home surroundings and will ere long be following their brother's footsteps in the school room. Mr. Brock was reared as a Democrat and voted that ticket until 1881, when he threw his influence into the Prohibition party, for which he now works and votes. He has been nominated on that ticket for Sheriff of the county; thus offering himself as a sacrifice for the good of the party. The energy which he has manifested in his personal career and his sturdy qualities of character have been considered in his choice as a candidate, and are duly recognized by all those with whom he associates or with whom he comes in contact. Francis Brock, the grandfather of our subject, came from North Carolina to Ohio in 1808, settling on the line between Greene and Madison Counties, later removing to Ross Township, Greene County, where he became the owner of a large landed estate, having at one time as high as fifteen hundred acres, more than nine hundred and fifty-five being in Ross Township, this county. There his son, William Brock, was born, January 8, 1817, on the line of Madison and Greene Counties, and after his marriage to Miss Sydney Hidy, of Fayette County, settled on the place where he now lives, about three miles from that of his son, our subject. The land was received by him from his father, and was opened up and developed under his supervision and personal efforts. Their family, in which no death has ever occurred, includes three children besides our subject. M. Louisa, the second child and eldest daughter, became the wife of L. S. Carper, of Grape Grove, and the mother of four children; the family is now living with her father. Joseph H., the second son and third child, is a farmer at Jeffersonville, Fayette County, is married and has six children; Francis W. is now in California. The Brock family belonged to the Methodist Church in former generations, but William Brock is not a member of any religious organization. His wife belongs the Universalist Church, of which our subject is also a member. WILLIAM POTTLE bears the distinction of being the oldest resident of Enon, Clark County, and is nearly seventy-one years old, having been born August 10, 1819. His native place was New Carlisle, and his father was James Pottle, a native of Stockbridge, England, who sailed on a British man-of-war in the English navy for twelve years, going all over the globe. Finally touching at Maldon, Canada, James Pottle and one of his comrades bethought themselves of the opportunity for making their escape from the cruelty of the English officers, and finally put their plan into execution. crossing the river on the ice in the night. In the morning there was no ice in the river and so their taskmasters could not pursue them. The above-mentioned events occurred about 446 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 1814. The fugitives slept neither day or night until putting many miles between them and their persecutors, and then halting at Urbana, this State, the father of our subject started a barber-shop. Later he abandoned this and removed to Dayton, where he was variously employed until the spring of 1819. He then took up his residence in New Carlisle, where he lived until 1850. Afterward he made one more removal, this time to Enon, where he resided until his death, March 22, 1852, when he was sixty-nine years old. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Catherine Oiler. She was a native of Germany and emigrated with her father, Daniel Oiler, to America when a girl of eleven years. The family settled in Maryland, whence they removed later to Dayton, this State, where the father died in 1878. The mother subsequently made her home with her son in Xenia, where she died, at the advanced age of eighty-three years, in the faith of the Christian Church. Four sons were born to the parents, the eldest of whom, John, died in Cincinnati; William, our subject, was the second born; David died at Dayton, in 1878; George W. enlisted in the Union Army, in 1863, and served until obliged to receive his discharge on account of disability. He is now in the Soldier's Home at Dayton. The subject of this notice remained a resident of his native town of New Carlisle until a youth of eighteen years. In the meantime, when a boy of eleven, he began "paddling his own canoe," working for the neighboring farmers, and later he was for three years employed in the tanyard of Shellabarger Bros., at $5 per month, where he did a man's work. When eighteen years old he commenced an apprenticeship under Thomas Barton, a blacksmith, with whom he served three years, and for two years afterward worked as a journeyman. In 1839, Mr. Pottle came to Enon, and was in the employ of others as a journeyman blacksmith until 1849. He then started a shop of his own. During the late war he prosecuted his business in partnerup with John Feeser, until May 2, 1864. That day they closed the shop and enlisted as Union soldiers in Company F, One Hundred and Fifty-third Ohio Infantry. Mr. Pottle was mustered into service at Camp Denison, whence he accompanied his regiment to Virginia and participated in the battles of Oldtown and Green Springs. At the latter place, October 2, 1864, he was captured by Johnston's men, but was soon parole,d and afterward remained in camp at Cumberland until the 21st of the month. Then returning to Camp Denison, he was mustered out on the 9th of September following. Resuming now the business which had been. thus interrupted, Mr. Pottle built a blacksmith shop in Enon, in which he still labors to a certain extent, although his son attends to most of the business. Mr. Pottle retains possession of the anvil on which the first steel plow in America was made, at Brandt, Miami County, this State. It was manufactured in England for old Benjamin King, and cost him $50 in New York City. Mr. King subsequently had it in his blacksmith shop at Enon, and at his sale, which occurred later, Mr. Pottle purchased it for $30, It is a relic which he naturally values very highly. Besides his shop, Mr. Pottle owns his residence and a number of town lots. He has been an honest, hard-working man and enjoys the respect of his neighbors. Mr. Pottle was married in New Carlisle, December 15th, 1845, to Miss Harriet Brandenburg, a native of Frederick County, Md. There were born to them five children, of whom the elclept, Mary E., is the wife of August Brookey, a cooper of Dayton; Fanny is the wife of Aaron Dunkel, a butcher, and they reside in Covington; Susan and William E. are at home with their parents. Isaac N. W. Pottle, the partner of his father, was born in Enon, May 19, 1855, and at an early age gave evidence of having inherited the faculty of handling blacksmith's tools, and took naturally to the shop. He conducted the business while his father went to the Centennial Exhibition, in 1876, and has had the principal management of the business since then. In 1885 He began setting up binders, and is now employed by the Whitley Company, of Springfield, as a traveling salesman three or four months in the year. He was married in 1883 to Miss Jennie Ford, a native of Mad River, and they have one child, Ada M. 'Isaac N. has been Constable for seven years and City Mar- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 447 shall four years. He is also Captain of the Sons of Veterans, Camp No. 189. Mr. Pottle, for the long period of thirty years, has been a member of the City Council of Enon. He belongs to James 13. Cross Post, No. 367, G. A. R., at Enon, and politically, votes the Democratic ticket. Mrs. Pottle is a member, in good standing, of the Christian ChurCh. THOMAS C. ACKERSON. The business interests of Springfield, find a worthy representative in the subject of this notice, who is a dealer in slate roofing material, understanding it in all its details, and is senior member of the well-known firm of T. C. & E. H. Ackerson. He is located many leagues from the place of his birth in Monmouth County, N. J., where he first opened his eyes to the light June 5, 1829. He is the offspring of a good family, being the son of John and Eliza (Hayward) Ackerson, also natives of that State. The Ackerson family is of German descent, and the paternal grandfather of our subject was Thomas Ackerson, a native of the Fatherland, who emigrated to America in time to have a hand in the Revolutionary War. On the maternal side of the house he is of English extraction, his grandfather, Abraham Hayward, having emigrated directly from England. His father, John Ackerson, was a stonemason, brick-layer and plasterer by trade, and emigrated to Ohio about 1847, at that time changing his occupation, and locating on a farm in Springfield Township. He only lived six years thereafter, his death taking place ih 1853. The mother of our subject survived her husband a number of years. The household circle included live sons and three daughters, and only three of the family are living. Thomas was the fourth child and remained with his parents until a boy of eleven years, going then to live with his uncle, Dr. J. S. English, of his native county. He attended school and assisted the Doctor on the farm until a youth of seventeen years. He was then apprenticed to one Amos Helvean, to learn the trade of a black-smith, and this accomplished, came to Ohio, and locating in Harmony, Clark Township, set up a shop and did business on his own account for seven years. Then removing to Springfield, he entered into partnership with James Neily, and they conducted a successful blacksmithing business until the outbreak of the Civil War. Mr. Ackerson then enlisted as a Union soldier in an independent company of light artillery which was assigned to the Sixteenth Ohio Regiment, which he accompanied to St. Louis, Mo. There they joined the command of Gen. Fremont, and three months later our subject was made wagonmaster of a train. Subsequently he was appointed Quartermaster of the Battery, a position which he held until being mustered out in 1864, at Columbus, Ohio. Returning now to Springfield with his health much improved, Mr. Ackerson went from there to his native State, where he carried on farming three years. At the expiration of this time he returned to Springfield and engaged in his present business. He was married in 1873 to Miss Jennie, daughter of Louis C. and Eliza J. Huffman. This lady was born in Clark County, this State, February 24, 1841, and by her union with our subject has become the mother of two children, Lycla and Bessie. Mr. Ackerson is a member of Mitchell Post, No. 45, G. A. R., and is a stanch supporter of the Republican party. His religious views coincide with the doctrines of the Methodist Church. EDWARD HARWOOD, publisher and proprietor of the daily and weekly Gazette, at Springfield, established this paper in 1872, and confined himself to the weekly issue until 1878. He then began running the daily, which has the largest circulation of any paper in the city of Springfield. It is independent in politics and is devoted to the local news of Clark County in addition to giving a resume of the important happenings all over the world. Mr. Harwood was born in the city of Cincinnati May 26, 1848, and is a son of. Francis Lee Harwood, who died in Newark, Ohio, in 1863, having 448 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. removed to that place from Cincinnati several years previously. The mother, Mrs. Mary (Coffman) Harwood, is now a resident of Champaign County. The parental family included six children. 'I'. Edward attended a district school near Newark, and at the age of thirteen years entered the office of the Newark Advocate, where he served a regular apprenticeship of four years and six months at the "art preservative, "acquiring a thorough knowledge of all branches of the business. Subsequently he traveled as a journeyman through several States, sojourning a brief time in the principal cities and in March, 1865, landed in Springfield. In due time Mr. Harwood purchased a small office and established the Weekly Gazette, which he soon placed upon a sound footing. He has been uniformly prosperous, having good business capacities, exercising good judgment in the conduct of his paper. In 1868 he was joined in wedlock with Miss Anna M. Hartstone, who was born in Lincolnshire, England, and came to America with her parents when a child. The latter were Frederick and Lettice (Manton) Hartstone, who were of English birth and ancestry. Of this union there have been born nine children, seven sons and two daughters, namely : Francis C., who is city editor of his father's paper; Jessie M., at home, Frederick H., Lee E., Charles A., Ralph C., Kenneth S. and Leonard A. In politics Mr. Harwood is a pronounced Republican. He is a member of ' the Ohio Associated Daihes, also of the National Editorial Association, of which he served as a delegate to the convention which met at Detroit, Mich., in 1889, and he is a member of Ephraim Lodge No. 146, I. O. O. F. He occupies a neat home in the southern part of the city and enjoys the friendship and companionship of its best people. FRANK B. DREES. Prominent among the leading and influential young men of Greene County, and an excellent representative of its worth and push in business directions, is this gentleman, who has passed all his life in Xenia, and is consequently well known, not alone in business, but also in social circles. Having received a fine education, and being gifted by nature with those particular characteristics essential to the most satisfactory results, he has, at the commence ment of his career, won a reputation for sagacity, honesty and fair dealing with all men. A native of Xenia, Mr. Drees was born August 17, 1860, and is the son of Tobias and Maria H. (Hypes) Drees, natives respectively of Germany and this county. After their marriage they settled in Xenia, and became the parents of six children, of whom our subject was the fourth in order of birth. He was reared in Xenia, receiving splendid educational advantages, first completing the studies in the ordinary public school system, then entering the Ohio Wesleyan University, located at Delaware, from which, after a thorough course of training, he was graduated in the class of 1882. Having learned the carpenter's trade when a boy, under the immediate supervision of his father, he for a time was engaged in the duties of his trade, but soon after completing his college course, in January, 1883, he formed a partnership with W. H. McWhirk, in the Xenia Twine and Cordage Company. In the spring of the same year the works were in. corporated, with a capital stock of $50,000. Of this company our subject has been Secretary constantly since its organization, and on January 1, 1890, was elected Treasurer of the same. The duties and responsibilities attached to these offices he has ably discharged, and the present flourishing condition of the company is largely due to his efforts. On the 28th of October, 1883, occurred the ceremony by which Miss Hannah J. Hartwell became the wife of Frank B. Drees. She is a daughter of J. W. and Virginia (Howell) Hartwell, the former a native of Massachusetts and the latter of the Old Dominion. They settled in Clark County after their marriage; the mother is now residing in Xenia, and the father is deceased. Three children bless the union of Mr. and Mrs. Drees, namely: Virginia, Bertha and Helen. They are bright and interesting and especial favorites with old and young. They will in time be given all the opportunities possible for mental and physical culture. Mr. Drees and his wife hold membership in the Mello-