PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 725 twenty-two stands. Mrs. Keplinger was one of the original members of the Lutheran Church at Osborn, and is active in all good works, especially in connection with the Missionary Society. The family is held in high respect in the community. REV. REUBEN F. DELO is closely connected with the business interests of Springfield, representing the Equitable Insurance Company of New York and other first class, companies. He is a man of high personal character, with a practical, well-trained mind and excellent financial ability, and stands among the first citizens in the community. He was for many years a leading minister in the Lutheran denomination, held successful pastorates in several different places, was instrumental in organizing many churches, and did much to disseminate the Gospel. In the first year of the late war he enlisted as Chaplain, and did faithful service throughout the Rebellion. The subject of this sketch is a native of Pennsylvania, born in the town of Edenburg, Clarion County, October 13, 1827. George M. Delo, his father, was born in Westmoreland County, that State, in March, 1774. His father, bearing the same name, came from France to this country in Colonial times and settled in the Keystone State. He had a grant of a tract of land at Beaver City, and of another in Wheeling, Va., where he subsequently located, being one of the first settlers of that city. At that time the Indians in that region were hostile, and made an attack upon the settlement, and he was killed. That was in the month of December, 1773, a few months before the father of our subject was born. His mother had not accompanied her husband to the new home, but was still living in Westmoreland County, Pa., when she was widowed, she having waited until her husband had prepared the way for her. She married a second time, and continued to reside in Westmoreland County, and there passed the remainder of her life. The father of our subject was reared to man, hood in his native State, and became a contractor and builder. In 1802 he settled in Clarion County on a tract of timber laud, and building a log cabin in the forest for the shelter of his family, devoted himself to clearing and cultivating a farm, on which he made his home until he was called to a better world. There were no railways or canals for many years after he located there, and Pittsburg, sixty-five miles distant in an air line, was the nearest market and depot for supplies. He used to take pine tar and other products in a dug-out to Pittsburg to sell, and sometimes in the winter seasons would go on a sled to Ft. Erie, about seventy miles distant. He died in 1850, and his community was deprived of one of its most worthy and respected citizens. He was a man of large views, of industrious and frugal habits, and of exemplary character. He fought in the War of 1812, and was an officer of his company. The maiden name of the mother of our subject was Elizabeth Hummel, and she was born in Pennsylvania, a daughter of Christopher and Anna (King) Hummel. She died in Clarion County, Pa., in 1859, leaving the record of a well-spent life. Her father was a native of Pennsylvania, and was a descendant of early German settlers of that State. He served as a teamster during the Revolution for a term of five years, furnishing his own team, but never received any remuneration for his work, although his widow drew a pension the last few years of her life. Our subject was the youngest child of a large family, and passed the early years of his life in his native county, laying the foundation of his education in the common schools, and subsequently advanced it by attendance at the academy at Clarion, and afterward at Greensburg, and for two years studied under a private tutor at Shippenville. He commenced teaching at nineteen, and was thus engaged for several terms in Clarion County. In October, 1852, he went to Indiana, and taught school during the winter, and in March went to Millville, Butler County, where he was licensed to preach by the Miami Synod he having commenced the study of theology in Pennsylvania. His first pastorate was near Greenville, and so successful was he in his work that he organized sev- 726 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. eral churches in that vicinity. In January, 1854, he was called to Albion, Ind., and much to the sorrow of his old parishioners accepted the call. He was stationed there when the war broke out, and September 24, 1861, he offered his services as Chaplain, and became a member of the Thirtieth Indiana Infantry, and went to the front with the regiment, which was dispatched to Kentucky and stationed at Camp Nevin from October until the following December, and was then sent to Camp Wood. He was with the regiment in the following battles: those of Shiloh, Stone River, Chickamauga; was with Sherman on his famous march to Atlanta, in all the engagements that took place on the way, and everywhere did brave service. During the latter part of the time that our subject was in the army he was on detached service at Nashville and Chattanooga. He was very popular in his capacity of Chaplain, cheering the soldiers in the hours of despondency and weariness, rousing their flagging patriotism and caring for them tenderly when they were wounded and sick, and many a poor soldier had cause to remember him gratefully for his kindly sympathy and never-failing helpfulness in the hour of his greatest need. At the close of the war he was mustered out with his regiment and returned to Indiana. Soon he was called to Elkhart to organize a society there, and he also started two others in the vicinity. An earnest and effective speaker, our subject was in his element in the pulpit, his natural gifts bore rich fruits, and in his pastoral relations with his people he was all that a spiritual guide should be. He ministered to the congregation in Elkhart until 1870, and was then urged to accept the charge of the religious wants of the inhabitants of Three Rivers, St. Joseph County, Mich., where he organized a church, and also organized others in Kalamazoo County, preaching there very acceptably until 1875. From there he went to Brookville, and was at the head of the church there two years, and at the expiration of that time resigned to accept the position of Financial Secretary of the Board of Directors of Wittenberg College. In July, 1877, he took up his abode in Springfield, and has ever since been a resident of this city, retaining his office as financial secretary of the college until 1887, discharging the important duties thus devolving upon him in such a manner as to gain the high commendation of all concerned, and in that capacity was of great benefit to the college, in whose interests he labored with great zeal. During this time the college building was erected, in which he took great interest, and labored hard in raising funds for the same. Since giving up that position he has been engaged in the insurance business, as previously mentioned, and is conducting it with marked success. May 1, 1890, he was appointed Stamp Clerk in the post-office in Springfield, which place he is still filling. Mr. Delo was united in marriage with Miss Maggie C. Munn, a native of Wooster, Ohio, and a daughter of James and Elizabeth Munn, December 26, 1853. Their pleasant wedded life has been blessed to them by the birth of five children—James N., a resident of Salt Lake City; George W. and Eva, who live in Springfield; and Albert Grant, a resident of Cimarron, Colo. Mr. Delo has become well and favorably known since taking up his abode in Springfield, through his connections with its business, social and religious interests. He is a gentleman of culture, whose liberal education and pleasant manner make him an important social factor in this community. He is a prominent member of the Grand Army of the Republic, belonging to Mitchell Post, No. 45, in which he has held the highest offices; was Commander in 1889, was Senior-Vice one year, and Chaplain three years. JOSEPH F. CRABILL. A plesantly located and valuable pieces of property, enterprising two hundred and thirteen acres in Clark County, forms the home farm of the above-named gentleman. The estate is located on section 15, Springfield Township, and is the old homestead of the late Thomas V. Crabill, the father of our subject. The natal day of the subject of this sketch was February 1, 1859, and his birthplace the farm that is still his home. He is the youngest member of PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 729 his father's family. He received a common-school education, which in the latter half of the nineteenth century, and in the Buckeye State, includes a thorough understanding of all necessary branches. Having determined to adopt an agricultural career, he has taken advantage of every opportunity to perfect himself in his chosen calling, the result being that although young, he ranks among the best farmers and stock-raisers of the county. At the home of the bride, in Springfield, December 2, 1884, the rites of wedlock were celebrated between our subject and Miss Mary J. Smith. The intelligent and estimable bride was born in .Yellow Springs, Greene County, and is a daughter of A. J. and Rachel Smith. Her graces of mind and manners, and her womanly habits make home attractive, and prove the wisdom of Mr. Cm-bill's choice. The union las been blessed by the birth of one child—Glenna L. Mr. Crabill takes considerable interest. in educational affairs, as he does in other objects that will tend to improve or elevate the people and their material interests. In politics he is a Republican. this manners are cordial and genial, favorably impressing those whom he meets, and a further acquaintance proves him to be honorable, energetic and reliable. JAMES ANDERSON,. ESQ. Few men in Clark County have made for themselves a finer record or are held in higher esteem by the people, than he with whose name we introduce this sketch, and whose portrait is shown on the opposite page. He was for many years Justice of the Peace, and has long been familiarly known as Squire Anderson. As an illustration of the self-made man who worked his way upward from a modest position in life to one of affluence, he forms an example well worthy of emulation. Until the spring of 1889, he occupied his father's old homestead and then removed to his present farm on section 36, Green Township. His residence was put up in the fall of 1888 at the cost of $2,500. It is built of brick in modern style of architecture and with its surroundings, including a fine octagon-shaped barn and shade and fruit trees, makes a very pleasant and attractive home. Mr. Anderson is the owner of eight hundred and twenty-five acres of valuable land, mostly under a good state of cultivation and with one hundred and sixty-five acres in timber. Besides that which he occupies, he has three other good farm dwellings, with the necessary outbuildings and these are occupied by tenants. He is considerably interested in stock-raising, making a specialty of Polled-Angus cattle. A leading man in his community and giving his support to all worthy enterprises, Mr. Anderson has been no unimportant factor in bringing it to its present position. For many years he has been an Elder in the Presbyterian Church and for a period of twenty years officiated as Superintendent of the Sunday-school. For the same length of time he was also a member of the Board of Education of Green Township and was Township Clerk and Justice of the Peace twelve years each. He has kept himself posted upon the leading questions of the day, always casting his influence on the side of right and justice. The Grange movement at an early date enlisted his sympathies and he served as Master, Secretary, Lecturer, etc., for a number of years. Since becoming a naturalized citizen, he haS given his unqualified support to the Republican party. The subject of this sketch was born July 2, 1815, in the town of Milnacraig, Forfarshire, Scotland, and was the fourth child of James and Elizabeth (O'Gilvie) Anderson, who were also born in the Land of theThistle and came from a long line of substantial ancestry. James Anderson, Sr., first opened his eyes to the light in 1780, and his good wife was born in 1775. They were married in their native shire in 1806. They emigrated to America in 1820 and making their way directly to Ohio, settled first on Clark's Run, Greene County. Subsequently they removed to a farm south of Yellow Springs where they lived five years. In 1825 they changed their residence to Green Township, Clark County, 'where they made their permanent home and spent the remainder of their lives. The father of our subject was both a miller and a weaver by trade and usually followed the latter. In his native Scotland he was a member of the local 730 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. militia which had its /headquarters in the city of Perth. His brother George was an Orderly Sergeant in the British Army and died in India in 1817. To the parents of our subject there was born a family of six children and James, Jr.. is the only surviving child. He is indeed the only living representative of this branch of the Anderson family. He was a lad of five years when he crossed the Atlantic with his parents and was reared to manhood amid the wild scenes of pioneer life. He grew up strong and healthful in mind and body, imbued with the principles which are peculiar to the Scotch people and which have made them one of the most famous nationalities on the face of the globe. He attended the district schools of Miami Township, the temple of learning being a log cabin with greased paper for window panes, slab benches for seats, puncheon floor, with no door in summer and in winter simply a quilt hung before the doorway for partial protection from the biting blasts. Later he pursued his studies in a more modern log house and attended school for a while at Patterson's Mill, in Clifton. Always a faithful and devoted son, Mr. Anderson signalized the depth of his filial affection by remaining with his parents until, passing from earth, they no more needed his affectionate care. Ile was married August 22, 1889, to Miss Anna, daughter of James Nevins, who came from New Jersey to Ohio during the. pioneer days, settling in Yellow Springs, and is now living in this township with his daughter, Mrs. Anderson. Mrs. Anderson was born in Greene County, April 2, 1872, and remained With her parents until her marriage. Mr. Anderson numbers his friends by the score in the community where he has lived so long and made for himself the record of an honest man and good citizen. WILLIAM H. ILIFF, a native of Cedarville, Greene County, and one of its oldest residents was born in the then embryo village, July 18, 1840, His parents were natives of this county, while his grandparents on both sides of the house came from Pennsylvania when young people, in 1804, two years after Ohio was admitted into the Union as a State. His father, Wesley Iliff, was married in early manhood to Miss Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Ballard. Joseph Ballard was the son of an old Revolutionary hero, Lyman Ballard, while Grandfather Wesley EA was the son of James and Betsey (Hill) Iliff of Pennsylvania and of substantial old stock. Both families trace their ancestry to Germany. Wesley Iliff was for forty years engaged in the lime business, to which his son, William H. has succeeded. The subject of this notice remained under the parental roof until the outbreak of the Civil War and was the first man in his township to proffer his services in behalf of the Union, enlisting April 16, 1861, two days after the attack upon Ft. Sumter. That night and the day following twenty-six more had been added. They joined a squad at Xenia and were put into the field as Company D, Twelfth Ohio Infantry, in the three months service. Going to Columbus they assisted in laying out Camp Jackson, which became a noted rendezvous during the war. While the barracks was being prepared they slept in the Senate Chamber. Subsequently they organized Camp Dennison and at the expiration of the three months the regiment and company were re-organized, enlisting for the three years service or during the war. Mr. Iliff and his comrades were sent to Virginia in June, being assigned to the Army of the Potomac, and served three years and three months, participating in the battle of Bull Run, Antietam, South Mountain, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gains Mills, Gettysburg and Winchester, besides numerous other engagements and skirmishes and serving under nearly every general of that army. Being young and full of life and vigor, Mr. Duff enjoyed the vicissitudes of a soldier's life, being blest with good health,never being confined a day in the hospital or absent from his post and was never in an ambulance. He was the life of a squad, being always ready for mischief or duty as the case presented. Two of his brothers, Thomas V. and John W., were also in the service, being respectively in the Fourty-fourth Infantry and PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 731 Eighth Cavalry. All three of the boys entered the army before reaching their majority and celebrated their twenty-first birthday in the service. His term of service having expired, Mr Iliff in 1864, received his honorable discharges returned to his native haunts. He is an active Republican and has held many offices of trust and responsibility, being a member of the Town Council, serving as City Marshal and as a member of the School Board, and being one of the census ennumerators of 1880. For the last four years he has been a guard at the State Prison in Columbus. He was married September 15, 1870, to Miss M. L. Small. She was born August 29, 1841, in Cedarville Township and is the daughter of David and Mary (Wright) Small; the mother is now living in Cedarville, the father is deceased. Mrs. Iliff paternal grandfather was James Small, who came to Ohio from South Carolina in 1804, and who spent his last days in this township. Mr. and Mrs. Iliff are the parents of six children, three sons and three daughters, viz: Mary, Harry, Walter, Wallace Sarah and Fanny. Mary is the wife of John Mc. Corkell, a leading merchant of Cedarville. The other children are at home. Mr. Iliff is a member in good standing of the Grand .Army of the Republic and the Patriotic Sons of America. He attends the Methodist Church while his wife finds religious consolation with. the Reformed Presbyterians.H HARMAN KRAUSS. Prominent among the leading men of Springfield, may be properly mentioned Mr. Krauss, a public-spirited and liberal-minded citizen, who is at present serving on the Board of Education, and who maintains a warm interest in the public schools. He is a native of this city, and was born June 8, 1848. His education was mainly conducted in its public schools, and he has grown to manhood with a lifelong interest in the enterprises calculated for her growth and prosperity. The father of our subject was the well-known Henry Krauss, a native of the Kingdom of Saxony, and born September 22,1800. The paternal grandparents were likewise natives of Saxony, and there spent their entire lives. The father of our subject had three brothers—Godfried, William, and John. The first mentioned spent his entire life in his native Saxony. John and William came to America, and located in Crawford County, this State. After a few year John removed to Salem, Ind., and died there. William settled on a farm in Allen County, this State, near Lima, where he died. Both were married, but neither became parents. Henry Krauss was reared and educated in his native country, and learned the butcher's trade. There also he was married, but in 1832, after the birth of one child, set out with his little family for America, and located in Franklin County, this State, at Columbus, which was then a small inland town without either railroad or canal, only enjoying outside intercourse with the world by the stage route. Mr. Krauss worked at his trade for a time, and then removed to Xenia, which he left about 1840, coming to Springfield, where he was for a time in the employ of William Grant & Co. He was frugal and industrious, and finally managed to save enough to go into business for himself, which he continued until his death, in 1878. Mrs. Rosa (King) Krauss, the mother of our subject, was likewise a native of Saxony.. and came with her husband and child to America. She died at Springfield in 1865. The parental family consisted of ten children, all of whom lived to mature years. They were named respectively: Henrietta, Louisa, Philipoena, Minnie, Mary, Harman, Andrew, William, Amelia, and John. Henrietta, the only one born in Germany, died when about five years old, and Minnie died at the age of twenty-four years. The others are living. Mr. Krauss of whom we write, attended school during his boyhood days and assisted his father, remaining under the home roof until a man of twenty-five years. He then embarked in business for himself in the old market house, continuing there until it was torn down, and then established his present market at No. 76 Taylor Street, near where he now resides. He was married in 1875, to Miss Martha Ellen Young. Mrs. Krauss was born in Clark County, in 1857, and is a daughter of Jacob and Melissa (Hullinger) Young, a sketch of whom 732 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. appears elsewhere in this work. Mr. Krauss is a Democrat in politics, and is serving his second term as a member of the School Board. Both he and his estimable wife belong to the Second Lutheran Church. Socially, Mr. Krauss belongs to Springfield Lodge, No. 33, I. O. O. F., Red Star Lodge, No. `205, K. of P., and the Butcher's Benevolent Association. DANIEL HUBEN. The first German to make a permanent settlement in Springfield, is still a resident of this city, and highly respected, particularly by those of his own nationality. The best information that can be obtained regarding his progenitors, states that his father was a native of Bavaria, and of pure German ancestry. After having learned the trade of a miller, he removed to the Province of Loraine, where he resided until his death in 1819. To him and his wife nine children were born, five of them being reared to manhood and womanhood. Two sons. Daniel and Jacob, are the only members of the family who have come to America. The subject of this notice was born August 21, 1810, in the department of Moselle, Loraine, which then belonged to France. His native place was the village of Walschbrunn, in the Canton of Wollmuenster. His father dying when he was nine years old, he went to live with strangers, and at the age of sixteen years began to learn the trade of a miller. After serving an apprenticeship of two years, he began journey work, following his trade in different cities of France until 1831. In May of that year, he set sail from Havre, and after thirty-two days spent on the briny deep, landed at New York City. He proceeded at once to Cincinnati, where he arrived with empty pockets, and hampered by his inability to speak English. Unable to find work at his trade, Mr. Huben accepted other employment for a time, and then learned the trade of a baker. He served an apprenticeship of a year, and then worked for others until the fall of 1833, when he came to Springfield, which was a small but flourishing city. He had been very industrious and economical, and had succeeded in saving a sufficient amount to enable him to go into business for himself, and renting a building, he opened a bakery. He was successful from the start, and was soon able to purchase a lot and erect the block which he still owns. He afterward added groceries to his stock in trade, and continued in the business until the death of his wife, when he sold out. For a time he occupied himself with the insurance business, but for several years past he has been living retired from active financial occupations. In Cincinnati in 1833, Mr. Huben was united in marriage with Sybilla Otley, who was born in Unter Urbach, Oberant Schendorf, Wurtemberg. She possessed the housewifely skill and thrifty ways which belong to her race, and proved a devoted wife and mother, and kind neighbor until called hence in 1869. She was the mother of six children —Mary, Louisa, Henry, Daniel J., Jacob and Anna. The oldest daughter married Phillip J. Kriegbaum, and lives in Huntington, Ind.; Louisa married M. Volbroth, and is deceased ; Daniel J. resides in Bellefontaine, Ohio; while Henry, Jacob, and Anna reside in Springfield. Mr. Huben was reared in the faith of the Menonnite Church. He has ever been reputed honorable in his dealings with his fellow-men, kindly in domestic life, and is numbered among the better class of citizens. The entire members of the family of Mr. Huben were brought up in the faith of the Lutheran church, to which church the mother belonged.J JOHN B. HELWIG, D.D. Among the noted preachers who have made for themselves a fine reputation in Southern Ohio and occupied many positions of trust and responsibility, may be mentioned the subject of this notice, who at present is located in the city of Springfield, and gives his time and attention principally to the ministry. He is a native of this State and born March 6, 1833, near Canal Dover. On the paternal side his ancestors were of German descent, and on the maternal side English in nativity and PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 733 Wesleyan in religion. His paternal grandparents, although Lutherans in religious belief, were Puritans in the correctness of their home life and in all their relations with each other. The subject of this notice spent his early life with his paternal grandparents, with whom temperance and a scrupulous observance of the Sabbath were customs and principles inviolable. He received a practical education in the old-fashioned log schoolhouse, and being fond of books, made ready progress, manifesting that self-reliance and independence of character which have so prominently marked his subsequent life. Until a youth of eighteen years young Helwig occupied himself inthe work of the farm, and then served an apprenticeship at blacksmithing. In the meantime the Rev. Dr. Sprechen, President of Wittenberg College, remarked to him: "Brother Aughe, your pastor, thinks you. might become a useful man in our cause," to which the modest youth replied, "I had thought that I was engaged in that to which I was best adapted." The words, however, spoken by Dr. Sprechen, awakened a new train of thought in his mind and he began to give his serious attention to the question as to whether he might properly enter the ministry. The result of these meditations was, that two years later, under the pastorate of the Rev. J. W. Goodlin, then of Bellefontaine, Ohio, Dr. Helwig entered upon his studies at Wittenberg College and was graduated in the class of '61. He proved a diligent student and by patient perseverance mastered the various branches which he had taken up, while his college life was of that exemplary Christian character which exerted a salutary influence among his associates. The Literary Society had a special charm for him. He was strong in debate and seldom lost a question. Three times upon public occasions he worthily represented the Excelsior Society, of which he was a member. Finally, greatly to his satisfaction, Dr. Helwig was regularly ordained a minister of the Lutheran Church by the Wittenberg Synod. His first pastorate comprised three congregations at and in the vicinity of Sulphur Springs, this State. Subsequently he was pastor of churches at Lancaster, Springfield, Cincinnati, Dayton and Akron. Under his earnest and efficient labors each church which he served rapidly gained strength and prominence, while personally, Dr. Helwig greatly endeared himself to the hearts of his people. From the pastorate of the church in Dayton he, in 1874, was called to the Presidency of Wittenberg College. He filled this position creditably for a period of eight years, and in the meantime also supplied the pulpits of the First and Second Presbyterian and the First Baptist Church, of Springfield. The ardour labors involved finally undermined his health, and be was obliged to resign. In order to regain his health and also to employ his time profitably, Mr. Heiwig made an extended tour through the principal countries of the Old World. Upon his return, he assumed charge of the English Lutheran Church, at Akron, Ohio. Four years later he resigned to accept a call from the First Lutheran Church, of Springfield, of which he had previously been pastor, and in which his services as pastor are still continued. Wittenberg College under the administration of Dr. Helwig progressed in usefulness and influence. As its President, he was beloved by all, and was especially the encourager and helper of those who were struggling against difficulties. As an instructor, he possessed more than ordinary capabilities, and the strong Christian influence which he exercised over all with whom he came in contact, was as noticeable in his maturer years as it was in his early life as a student. As a writer, he is clear and forcible, possessed of large information and a keel.), discriminating judgment. His inaugural address as President of Wittenberg College was a production from which liberal quotations have been made and from which we select the following: " Our colleges in relation to lower education should rise like lofty towers out of our towns and cities; they should lift themselves like hills and mountains from out of the plains. As it is said of Athens and of Alexandria of ancient times, so still should the college be a moral and intellectual metropolis whence elevating influences go down to all the provinces. I would inscribe over the entrance to the college 'Character before culture, and culture before knowledge;' and also that other memorable declaration, 'It is not important that this should 734 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. be a school of three hundred students or of one hundred or of fifty students, but it is important that it should be a school of Christian gentlemen and ladies who are students in spirit and application." Dr. Helwig has attained a considerable degree of popularity as a lecturer. His addresses are characterized by a richness of thought, beauty of expression and delivered with a peculiarly distinct enunciation and with a rich, Sonorous voice. Among his themes have been: "The Bible," "Temperance," "Romanism and Our American Institutions," "The Rulership of Christ as the King f Nations," and "The King's English." In July, 1889, Mr. Helwig received the nomination for Governor of Ohio on the Prohibition ticket, at the convention which met at Zanesville. He made a strong race and delivered during the campaign sixty-five speeches in thirty-two counties. He has for years maintained the warmest interest in the temperance movement, and proposes to let no opportunity in the future pass by when he may maintain the standard under which he proposes to fight as long as he has breath and the power of speech. ROBERT CHAMBERS. The Chambers family is among the oldest and most highly respected of any in Greene Count. The father of our subject was one of its pioneers settlers, and made for himself a good record. The son, of whom we propose to give a brief notice, is more than ordinarily liberal and public-spirited as a citizen, and has had no small share in the advancement of the material and social interests of his township. He is a stockholder and Director of the Osborn Bank, and the Assessor of Osborn Precinct. Financially, he is practically independent, and has accumulated a competence by the exercise of his own industry and perseverance. The father of our subject was William Chambers, who was born in Ireland near the coast, and was the son of David Chambers, also a native of that country. Grandfather Chambers emigrated to America with his family at an early date, and located in Virginia, where he spent the remaining years of his life. His wife, Eliza, a native of Scotland, removed, after the death of her husband, to Ohio, and died there in the faith of the Presbyterian Church. Their son, William, the father of our subject, was about twelve years old when his parents came to the United States. He accompanied his mother to this State,and they settled on a rented farm in Montgomery County. When reaching man's estate he purchased one hundred acres of land from which he opened up a good farm, that which is now occupied by his son, Robert. He was a teamster in the army during the War of 1812. Later he resumed farming, and died in 1848, at the age of sixty years. Politically, he was a sound Democrat. Mrs. Elizabeth (Kirkwood) Chambers, the mother of our subject, was a native of Virginia, born and reared near the famous Aural bridge. Her father, Robert Kirkwood, was also a native of the Old Dominion, whence he emigrated to Ohio, and located near the present site of the court house in the city of Dayton, where he spent the closing years of his life. He was a man of decided ideas, and prided himself upon his Scotch-Irish ancestry. The mother of our subject died at the old homestead in 1850. There were born to her and her husband a family of seven children, the eldest of whom, a daughter, Jane, married John D. C. Campbell, and is living in Huntington County, Ind.; David died when about sixty years old; Eliza is living in Montgomery County; Mary, Mrs. Talley, is a resident of Wayne Township; Margaret died when about forty-six years old ; Robert, our subject, was the sixth child ; Sarah died in Huntington County, Ind. The subject of this notice was born at the farm where he now lives, October 11, 1827. His early studies were conducted in a log schoolhouse, on the subscription plan, and he attended school about three months in the year, the balance of the tim being devoted to farm work. He remained a mem ber of the parental household until his father's death, and then operated the farm on shares until 1850, when he purchased the interest of the other heirs and set himself about making the needed improvements. Here he has one hundred acres, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 735 in one body and the most of it in a productive condition. He also owns what is familiarly known as the old Kirkwood farm, southwest on section 9, which comprises one hundred and twenty acres, and which is embellished with a fine set of farm buildings. He raises quantities of grain which he feeds chiefly to his stock, the latter being mostly cattle and graded Norman horses. He operates the home farm himself, but the Kirkwood farm is leased to other parties. In June, 1865, Mr. Chambers took unto himself a wife and helpmate, Miss Malinda, daughter of David and Rachel Snyder. Mrs. Chambers was born in Lancaster County, Pa., and departed this life at her home in Bath Township, in 1870, leaving no children. David Snyder was a millwright by trade, and spent his last years in Medway, Ohio. Mr. Chambers, in 1878, contracted a second marriage with Mrs. Susan Farrer, at St. Mary 's, Auglaize County. This lady was born near St. Mary's and is the daughter of a Mr. Bodkin, who was a native of Ohio. Of this union there are no children. Mr. Chambers, politically, affiliates with with the Democratic party. He has been quite prominent in local affairs, served as Road Supervisor and School Director for a number of years, and in 1888 was elected Assessor of Osborn Precinct, which office he still holds. Socially he belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Osborn, and likewise the Encampment. MORGAN FUDGE, editor and proprietor of the Bellbrook Moon. This gentleman was born five miles east of Xenia, Greene County, December 5, 1845, and his early life was devoid of special incident, his attention being given to his studies until 1863. He then enlisted in Company A, Seventy-fourth Ohio Infantry, and served until the close of the war with all the enthusiasm and loyalty possible to a son of the Buckeye State. His regiment was attached to the Army of the Cumberland, under the leadership of Gen. W. T. Sherman, and he took part in the battles at Buzzard's Roost, Tunnel Hill, and Resaca, and all the heavy engagements from Chattanooga until the capture of Atlanta. He then made one of the sixty thousand gallant men who marched from Atlanta to the sea, and returning toward the North was present at the surrender f Gen. Joe Johnston, in North Carolina, and took part in the Grand Review at Washington. He was mustered out of the service at Louisville, Ky., and received his final discharge at Camp Dennison, Ohio. When his services were no longer needed in behalf of the Union, young Fudge entered a commercial school at Owensboro, Ky., but subsequently became a student in Purdy's Commercial College, Indianapolis, Ind., and was graduated from that institution. He received an appointment as clerk in the Insane Asylum in the Hoosier capital, and remained a year, after which he traveled until 1870. He then located in Bellbrook, this county, where he worked at the printing business for several years. Finally removing to Dayton, he remained two years, and then returning to Bellbrook, bought the Bellbrook Moon, a newspaper published by the Magnetic Springs Company. The purchase was made July 18, "1885, and since that day Mr. Fudge was continued to edit the sheet, which is independent in politics, newsy and spicy, and altogether creditable in appearance and contents. In 1871, not long after he had located in Bell-brook, Mr. Fudge was united in marriage with Miss Anna, daughter of Samuel and Catherine (Hopkins) Willoughby, with whom he lived happily until August 3, 1881. On that day Mrs. Fudge and her son Johnnie were returning home from Dayton, after dark, when, during a thunder storm, their horse became frightened at a load of straw, and ran-away. Mrs. Fudge was thrown out of the buggy, and her neck was broken. The suddenness of her death added to the sorrow felt by her many friends, to whom her sterling qualities had endeared her. Her funeral was the largest ever witnessed in Bellbrook. She was the mother of two children, Herbert and John. Her father was a native of New Brunswick, and during the Civil War spent nineteen months in Libby Prison; her mother was a daughter of Samuel H. Hopkins. Mr. Fudge remained a widower until October 30, 1889, when he married Mrs. Lavenia G. Ord- 736 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. way, nee Good, widow of Charles Ordway. By her first marriage she bad two children: Franklin, born October 24, 1873; and Carrie, June 3, 1876. She was born at Zanesville, Ohio, July 15, 1852, being a daughter of George B. and Ann (Todd) Good. Her father is a native of Woodstock, W. Va., and is of German descent, being a great-grandson of Capt. Mathew Markum, of Germany, who lived to be one hundred and three years old. The mother f Mrs. Fudge was born in Worchester, W. Va., and is a daughter of Benjamin Todd, of Zanesville, who served in the War of 1812, and who is of French descent. She is a second cousin to the late Mrs. Abraham Lincoln. In 1854 Mr. and Mrs. Good with a family of seven children, joined the Shakers at Union village, Warren County, remaining there until 1864, when they removed to Xenia. Mr. Fudge belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic, and is a Republican in politics. He possesses more than ordinary intelligence, is a terse and vigorous writer, and an honorable man, whose influence is felt throughout the community, and who is held in good repute by his fellow-men. The father of him of whom we write, was the Honorable John Fudge, whose birthplace was in Botetourt County, Va., April 13, 1796, and who died of a paralytic stroke September 15, 1868, at the age of seventy-three years, five months and twelve days. Many years ago he located five miles east of Xenia, purchasing a large estate on Caesar's Creek, where he carried on the farm and a tannery. He was a very prominent man in this section, being a Justice of the Peace for many years, a County Commissioner for a lengthy period, and having been appointed Associate Judge by Gov. Bebb, in 1852, the year that Ramsbottom was hung for murder. He acted as administrator of about three hundred estates, and was an officer in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He served several years in the Legislative halls of the State, both in the Lower Mouse and the Senate. From "Pencilings from the Senate" in 1852, we take the following: "John Fudge represents the counties of Fayette, Clinton, and Greene in the Senate of Ohio. He is a Whig, and physically the largest man in the Senate, weighing two hnndred and fifty pounds. He is a hale man, looking young, and not yet gray, although fifty-five years old. He has filled a seat in the Legislature several times, and as a Senator is something A of a model." John Fudge was married three times. His first wife was Catherine Sellers, of Warren County, who bore him six children, five yet surviving. The eldest son, Joseph, was run over by a wagon, and killed in June, 1888. The subject of this sketch is the only child of the second marriage, his mother having been Temperance Spahr, who died two years after her marriage. The infant was then taken by an aunt, Mrs, Elizabeth Sutton, but upon the third marriage of his father, was again taken home. His stepmother bore the maiden name of Susan Barnett. and her wedding day was February 25, 1846; she still survives. C. M. DICKEY, Secretary of the Miami Powder Company, of which a full history will be found elsewhere in this ALBUM, is just considered one of the representative men of the county. This is due to his fine business abilities, to his upright personal character and to his honorable intercourse with his fellow-men, by all of whom he is spoken of in high terms. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and has excellent standing in the society. His vote is cast with the Republican party, but he has no aspiration for public office or party honors. The natal day of this gentleman was February 6, 1835, and his eyes opened to the light of day in Washington County, N. Y. His parents, Joseph and Lavina (Taggart) Dickey, removed to Franklin County, Ohio, when he was but six years old, and there he grew to maturity, completing his education and becoming well informed in the usual branches of an English education and in the topics needed to insure success in life. Mr. Dickey first engaged in farming, but abandoned that occupation to embark in the powder business in the Miami Company in 1855, when the company was established in Xenia with its manufactory at Goes Station. Since that time he has PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 739 been interested and connected with it and when, in 1871, the association was reorganized, he became the Secretary, and has held that position from that day. He has succeeded in his efforts, not only securing a reputation that is an honor to his manhood, but acquiring real estate in the county and a standing among men of means. SUSAN SINTZ. The subject of this notice owns and occupies the homestead where she was born and which is considered one of the finest bodies of land in Springfield Township, Clark County, being located on section 23. She is a lady of more than ordinary capacities and for many years has managed the farm, erecting a fine brick residence and making other improvements. She is the daughter of Peter Sintz, who was born in York County, Pa., in 1776. Her paternal grandfather, Nicholas Sintz, was a native of Germany where he was reared to manhood and learned the miller's trade. He emigrated to America during the Colonial times and located in Pennsylvania where he followed his trade a number of years. Thence he removed to Virginia where he lived several years and finally about 1810, removed to Ohio and located in Clark County, where his death took place. He married a lady by the name of Margaret Metzer. She died at the homes farm in Clark County, this State. Peter Sintz when quite young was taken by his parents to Virginia, where he was reared to man's estate and learned the trade f a miller. He followed this some years after reaching manhood, then coming to Ohio entered upon a new life in the pioneer style and endured all the hardships and privations incident to that time and place. He made the jourdey overland with a team and located in what is now Clark County, prior to its organization and when the greater part of Ohio was a dense wilderness inhabited principally by wild animals and Indians. Selecting a tract of Government land on section 23, of what is now Springfield Township, Mr. Sintz erected a log cabin and commenced the opening up of a farm in the 'wilderness. Within that lowly dwelling his elder children were born, including his daughter Susan. The cabin is still standing and in a good state of preservation. Stoves were comparatively unknown in those days and for many years Mrs. Sintz cooked by the fireplace. Like all the pioneer housewives she also spun and wove wool and flax and thus clad her children in homespun. The family was in limited circumstances but by the practice of great industry and economy they in due time found themselves upon the road to prosperity. Mr. Sintz brought his land to a good state of cultivation, effecting many improvements and providing himself with the implements neces• sary to successful agriculture. In addition to carrying on the farm he finally built a saw and flour mill, locating them on Rock Run and snperintended the operations of these until his death. This event took place in the fall of 1858. Peter Sintz in early manhood was wedded to Miss Elizabeth Critz. This lady was born in Virginia and was the daughter of John Critz. She survived her husband many years and died at the homestead at the advanced age of ninety-two. The parental household consisted of seven children, viz: Margaret, Nicholas, Mary, George, Susan, Peter and Elizabeth. Three of these are living and making their homes in this county. Miss Susan has has always resided at the home farm. In 1861, she erected a fine brick residence and she is constantly making improvements so that the property has become very valuable. She had been fortunate in her selection of help, while her rare good judgment in the investment of capital has caused her to realize handsome returns. A portrait of Miss Susan Sintz is shown elsewhere in this volume. IRWIN L. SMITH, better known as "Ed," is a gentleman of varied experience, having led a very eventful life. He was graduated at the Wilberham, Mass., Wesleyan Academy when seventeen years of age, which was in 1857. His father, Stephen Smith, who was one of the largest cotton manufacturers in the Granite 740 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. State, and who had held the position of Councilman, which was an office similar to that of Lieutenant Governor, had intended that his son should take a full course at Yale. Owing to his sudden death the fall after the son's graduation from the academy, the youth was allowed to have his own way, and he chose to accept a position which was offerred him, as assistant book-keeper in a large mercantile house in New York. There he was rapidly working his way to the front when the fatal shot was fired on Ft. Sumter. Dropping his pen, young Smith took up the sword in defense of his country, being one of the first men to enlist. He was placed hi the Seventy-first New York Regiment, three month's men, and sent at once to the defense of Washington, whence he took part in the first' battle of Bull Run. At the expiration of his term of enlistment he returned to his native village, Mason, N. H., where his mother still lived, and recruited a company for a New Hampshire regiment. His mother objected to his again entering the service, and Sent him on a trip to California. For the next few years therefore, his life was spent in mines and among miners, his headquarters being at Virginia City and Austin, Nev., during the wildest days of those places. The desire of young Smith to serve his country was still strong, and, in 1864, he again enlisted, becoming a member of the Eighth California Infantry and Light Artillery, and going to San Francisco on duty, where he stayed until the close of the war. He then returned to his home by way of the Isthmus and New York, but three months after his arrival in his native State he went to St. Louis, and took passage for Ft. Benton, Mont. The trip to that place consumed seventy-two days, and thence he went Helena, where with others he fitted out for a trip to the Salmon River country, in Idaho. The entire winter was spent by him and two partners in the solitudes of the mighty forest. In the spring they went to the Sweetwater mines in Wyoming, where Mr. Smith built the first house in the town, the structure bringing in a rental of $100 per month. There the prospectors "struck it rich," which was very fortunate for them as they were without means. Taking what rock they could crush with a common hammer, crushing and washing it, they would collect gold enough for all their needs. During his sojourn in the West, Mr. Smith was present at the ceremony of driving the gold spike on the Union & Central Pacific Railroad. At the beginning of the Leadville excitement, Mr. Smith was early on the ground, where for five years he operated in mining stock and became very wealthy. "Fortune is a fickle jade," and so she proved with him, for soon her smiles gave place to frowns, and he left there about as poor as he went. Seeking new fields to work, with a miner's outfit, he made an extended tour through Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. Taking the train at El Paso, Tex., for Shreveport, La., he there embarked on a steamer for New Orleans, whence he came by boat to Cincinnati. Having spent the best years of his life chasing the wisp, Dame Fortune, through the mountain gorges of the Rockies, he made up his mind to quit mining .forever, and seek some occupation which, although slow, would be sure. Making his way to Cedarville, Greene County, he engaged as a laborer in a sawmill, and in this place has resided since 1885. In 1886, the mother of our subject, who up to that time had resided in Mason, N. H., Norwich, Conn., Brooklyn, N. Y., and Pawtucket, R. I., and who was quite wealthy, came to live with her only child, rejoicing that he had settled down, and that she could be with him in her last days. Under his supervision she had a fine modern residence built, but lived only a short time to enjoy it, dying April 5, 1889. The house is heated by steam, and has fine bath rooms, laundry and pantry supplied with hot and cold water, and is lit by gas which is generated on the place by Mr. Smith. He now busies himself at market gardening, and also raises chickens, using the most approved incubators, from which the young chicks come in long files. Mr. Smith is a Democrat, and is now a member of the County Central Committee, from Cedarville Towship. His father was a Whig and an Abolitionist. He belongs to the social orders of Odd Fellows and Free Masons, and is also a member o Post No. 94, G. A. R., of which he is Past Coin mander. He was married in 1886, to Miss Lillie PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 741 M. Phillips, daughter of John and Mary Phillips, of Cedarville, and is the father of two interesting little ones: Stephen, named for his grandfather Smith ; and Maria, the baby, named for her grandmother Smith. Stephen Smith, the father of our subject, was a son of Darius and Ruth Smith, the former being a sea captain, all of whose sons followed the sea except Stephen, who became a cotton manufacturer. The mother of our subject was in girlhood Miss Maria Ellis, of Attleboro, Mass., a daughter of George and Patty Ellis, and a granddaughter of Richard and Mehitable (Draper) Ellis. JOHN PERRIN, deceased, was a life-long resident of Springfield Township, Clark County, and born on the farm now occupied by his family, April 15, 1.812. The most reliable information regarding the ancestry is, that the grandfather of our subject was one of two brothers who came to America in Colonial times and spent his last years in Maryland engaged in farming. His son John, the father of our subject, was born on the farm seven miles from Hagerstown, Md., reared in his native county and upon reaching manhood married Miss Jane Ingrain. Early in the spring of 1806, accompanied by his wife and infant child, he started for Ohio with a pair of horses and wagon and a saddle horse. He and his wife took turns in driving the team and riding horseback, being obliged to ford the streams, their route lying through a very sparsely settled country with no pikes or bridges. After some weeks travel they arrived in what was then a part of Champaign County, but is now Clark, of which they were therefore among the earliest settlers. The greater part of the land in the State was owned by the Government, and there were neither railroads nor canals and no convenient markets. For many years the surplus products raised by the scattering families were taken to Cincinnati, and thence on flat-boats to New Orleans. Mr. Perrin soon purchased a tract of six hundred and forty acres in a body, a part of which is now included in the city of Springfield. His first abode was a cabin built of unhewn logs but he soon erected a better structure of hewed logs, which in those days was considered quite a pretentious dwelling. Subsequently a brick house was built and in it he was living when called from time to eternity in December, 1848. His wife had breathed her last the previous year and the bodies of both were interred on the home farm. The following notice written by one who knew him well, was printed in the Springfield Republic a short time after Mr. Perrin's death. "An Old Pioneer is gone. I have always loved to meet an old settler, who "walked in the wilderness" when there were no neighbors, and when one of them is taken from among us by Death, I feel like cherishing his memory. John Perrin, who died on the 16th day of December last, a little upwards of seventy years old, was a native f Washington County, Md., from which place he emigrated in June, 1806, and located here. Forty-two years of industry was rewarded . with affluence; and forty-two years of a just and upright life in all his dealings and transactions, secured to him the confidence of the whole community. Solomon says "Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom, but a man of understanding walketh uprightly". Mr. Perrin was in this a man of understanding that he gave an example of integrity as well as of industry. These qualities produce a sort of independence and force of character in a man, which make his loss more sensibly felt in his circle and indeed in the whole community. "But few are left—long may they he spared—who remember the state of the country, when Mr. Perrin pitched his tent here in the "back-woods" when a man might travel in a bee line for ten or more miles and not be obstructed by a farm fence. Springfield was a town only on paper for the hazel brush covered the site. There were no mills, nor churches nor schools; and no one then thought about turnpikes, and there were but few roads or paths of any kind. As for railroads or telegraphs, they were not then even in the distant future. Men of enterprising, discriminating minds like Mr. Perrin, saw that the county possessed the elements of future prosperity and greatness. The hardships and privations incident to the first settlement of such a country were great, and required industry, patient endurence, rigid economy and integrity. All these he had in an eminent degree, which enabled him to wrestle with the difficulties of the enterprise, and now in a good old age, surrounded by those who 742 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. love him, he has been gathered to his fathers. He has left four sons and one daughter." The subject of this biographical notice could scarcely fail to do credit to a parent so highly regarded as was John Perrin Sr., and to secure for himself a similar regard from those who knew him. He was reared on the home farm, attending the pioneer schools, which were taught in the log schoolhouse, and at his home learning much useful knowledge which-was not a part of the school curriculum. During his early years, his mother did all her cooking by a fireplace, cook stoves being unknown upon the frontier; she used also to spin and weave wool and flax, clothing the family with the fruits of her own labor. Mr. Perrin remained with his parents until their death and inherited time old homestead, continuing to reside upon it until he also was gathered to his father's June 27, 1888. He had in the meantime erected a fine brick house, enlarged the barn, and otherwise improved the place which forms one of the most pleasant homes of the county. The farm contains two hundred and eighty-three and a half acres, twenty-three of which are within the corporation limits of Springfield, the remainder adjoining the same. The dwelling is furnished in a manner which reflects credit upon the taste of the occupants while making no pretentions to undue elegance. On March 9, 1853, Mr. Perrin led to the hymeneal altar Miss Mary Dunn Roush, who was born in Berkley County, Va.. February 2, 1825. Her paternal grandparents were born in Germany, and upon coming to America located in Virginia, spending the remainder of their lives there. Her grandfather was a slave-owner and became well-to-do. Martin Roush, her father, is believed to have been born in the Old Dominion. He was a planter, working his lands with slave labor until 1847, when he sold his possessions there and came to Ohio. After residing in Madison County a year he came to Springfield, in which town he abode a twelvemonth after which he removed to a farm which he had purchased in Springfield Township, dying there in 1877 at the age of eighty-six years. His wife, who had borne the maiden name of Margaret Patton, was born in Greencastle, Franklin County, Pa., spent her last years i n Springfield, and was buried beside her husband in Ferncliff Cemetery. To our subject and the widow who now mourns his loss, seven children were born, six of whom survive to comfort their mother in her grievous affliction and to share the burden of grief that follows the removal of a beloved parent. These bear the names of Margaret Amelia, Ellen Nora, wife of James E. Studebaker; John Martin, Mary Belle, Ida Lavenia, and Minerva Cooper. The deceased child who was called Katie McKee died at the age of seven years and five months. Mrs. Perrin is a consistent member of the First Lutheran Church, which her husband attended and liberally supported, although not identified with the organization. Throughout the entire community Mrs. Perrin is regarded with the respect due to a woman of her fine character, intelligent mind, and habits of usefulness, and the other members of the family share in the esteem of their neighbors. Mr. Perrin lies buried within two hundred yards from the spot where he was born and where he had always lived. JOHN B. ABELL. This young gentleman is now Superintendent of the Democrat Company of Springfield, having been chose for that position when the company was in for that position when the company was incorporated, the business having become too large for one man to manage in all its departments. Although it has been but a few years since he began his residence here, his scholarly attainments, mental capacity, and business acumen are already well known and give him an excellent standing in social and business circles. He comes of excellent families in both lines of descent and so far his life has done credit to the name it bears, while the promise for the future is a bright one. The father of our subject, Commodore Lawrence Abell, distinguished himself in the naval service during the late war and died from hardships and exposure in 1866, at Salem, Mass. His wife, whose maiden name was Ann Hathaway, was a native of the Old Bay State, where she died, when PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 745 her son of whom we write was but an infant. John B. was born in Marblehead, May 1, 1860, and after his mother's death was reared by his uncle Charles D. Abell, his youth being spent upon a farm. Upon reaching his seventeenth year he entered Williston Seminary, afterward attending Phillip's Academy from which he was graduated in 1881. Coming West, he then entered Oberlin College, from which institution he was graduated in 1885. Immediately after his graduation Mr. Abell came to Springfield and entered the law office of Gen. J. Warren Keifer, with whom he read law three years. During the same time he carried on quite an extensive ice business on his own account. Closing out the business at the expiration of a few years, he became an advertising solicitor and editor of the Daily Democrat, continuing thus engaged for a year when the company was incorporated and his present position assumed. Among the members of the class of '85 in Oberlin College was Miss Mary E. Upp, of Sandusky, Ohio, whom he married June 30, 1886. The popularity of the young couple, their estimable char_ acters, and mental culture, open before them an extended path of usefulness, and win for them the friendly regard of all with whom they come in contact. Mr. Abell and wife are both members of the First Congregational Church, and politically, he is a stanch Democrat.G GEORGE STEINMANN, a lithographic portrait of whom appears on the opposite page, was for many years engaged in business in Springfield, and was widely known and greatly re spected. He was a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, and a son f Adam Steinmann, who was born in the same locality. The father emigrated to this country with his family, and located among the pioneers of Hancock County, where he bought a tract of land, and actively entered upon its development, making his home there until his demise. The subject of this sketch was quite young when he accompanied his parents across the water from the Fatherland to their new home in Ohio, In early manhood he learned the trade of a baker, and afterward established himself at that, and carried on the business in Springfield very profitably many years, being one of the best in his line in the city and having a large patronage. By his death, March 19, 1875, in the comfortable home that his toil had built up here, Springfield lost a good citizen, one whose business activity had promoted its industrial interests. By his devotion to his business, and by the sound integrity with which he conducted it, he won not only worldly gain, but the consideration and kindly regard of all with whom he dealt. The following words of the poet written of another apply to him: "His youth was innocent; his riper age Marked with some acts of goodness every day; And watched by eyes that loved him, calm and sage, Faded his late declining years away, Cheerful he gave his being up and went To share the holy rest that waits a life well spent." Sharing his countrymen's love of a domestic life, our subject was peculiarly happy in his private relations. The maiden name of his wife, who survives him, was Margaret Biddle, and like himself, she was a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, where she was born December 15, 1820. Her father, John Biddle was also a native of that country, his birth taking place May 4, 1793. He lived in Germany until 1830, when he came to America with his wife and three children, landing in Baltimore, and making his way to Pennsylvania. He lived in that State a few years before coming to Ohio, where he settled near Mayville. A few years later he came from there to Springfield, which he found to be a small place, and much of the land near the city covered with dense forests. He was employed at various kinds of work until he retired from active life, and is still residing here at an advanced age, having nearly rounded out a century of life. His wife has long been dead, her death occurring in 1843. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Price, and she was a native of Hesse-Darmstadt. They were the parents of eight children, seven of whom were reared, four of whom survive, and there are sixteen grandchildren, twenty-eight great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild, 746 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. Mrs. Steinmann was ten years old when she came to this country, and she remained with her parents until her marriage with our subject in 1843 gave her a home of her own, over which she presided with characteristic energy, managing its affairs with prudence and discretion, and making it a pleasant abiding place for her household. Her pleasant wedded life brought to her two children, Elizabeth and Catherine. Elizabeth married Frederick Ummelmann, a native of Germany, who came to America when a young man and settled in Springfield. He is a pumpmaker by trade, and has carried on his calling in this city some years. Mr. and Mrs. Ummelmann have two children, Cora E. and Charles Elmer. Cora married Frank Schaefer, and they have one child; Edna C. Mrs. Steinmann's daughter Catherine married William Steinmann, and lives in Springfield, they have one child Theodore W. The family are all held in high estimation, and are valued members of the St. John Lutheran Church. PETER BUFFENBARGER bears the name which has been well known in Clark County since the early part of the present century. The family is of German ancestry and the early home in America was in the Old Dominion. From the vicinity of Petersburg,George and Hannah (Hawes) Buffenbarger came to Ohio in 1804, locating within a mile of where our subject now lives, near what is known as the Buffenbarger bridge. His homestead contained eleven hundred acres of land lying along the Little Miami River. Upon it are still standing trees raised from seed brought by Grandmother Buffenbarger from Virginia. It was very difficult to start an orchard as rabbits and other animals were great enemies to young fruit trees. The first wheat sold by Grandfather Buffenbarger brought twelve and a half cents per bushel. The first brick made in Clark County, was the work of the old pioneer and as there were no brick-masons in the county he built his ,own brick house, although he had never even seen a brick laid. He went thirty miles to get a mason's trowel seventy-five years ago. He was in the War of 1812 and while absent from home Indians visited the house where his wife was alone and stole everything they could carry away with them, including the provisions, his gun. axes, etc. He lived to the extreme age of ninety-four years and his hair was as black on the day of his death as it had ever been. Grandmother Buffenbarger reached the age of eighty-one years. The next in the direct line of descent was Washington Buffenbarger, who was one of the first Buckeye boys born in Clark County, and took delight in telling that fact. The year of his birth was 1809, and the place the old homestead, of which he inherited a share. His own homestead comprised three hundred acres in Clark and Auglaize Counties. He lived to the age of sixty-six years, rearing a family of five children. His wife was Mary, daughter of John Gowdy, of Greene County. She was born in Addison, Champaign County, and died June 16, 1890, at the age of eighty-two years. Washington Buffenbarger was a Captain in the militia and was Justice of the Peace for twenty-seven years, holding the office from his first election until his death. His family was made up of the subject of this sketch; Hannah, now the wife of Seth S. Briggs; Priscilla, wife of Milton Ryan; Mahala Ann, who lives on the old homestead, and Francis M., who is married and has one child. The gentleman whose name heads this biographcal sketch was reared at Dolavarden, on the old homestead and received his education in the schools of the county. He became well versed in practical knowledge, early in life acquiring an understanding of agricultural pursuits, in which he engaged when he had reached a suitable age. He began his life-work on the Buffenbarger estate after his marriage in 1853, to Miss Mary Elizabeth Kiser, who has proved an efficient helpmate and devoted mother. Their family comprises twelve children whose record is as follows: Napoleon B. resides in Charleston and holds the office of Constable; Jane is the wife of Madison Pepple and the mother of two children—Ralph and Lawrence; Alice is the wife of Charles Merritt, a farmer near his father-in-law, their family comprising three children - Buelah Ellen, Thomas Edward and Esther Alice; PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 747   Jennettie lives with her parents on the old place; Stacy married Miss Jessie Dick, of Springfield, and has two children—Jessie and James Frederick; Ella, a young lady, is living with her parents; Jones married Miss Cora B. Arnett; Simington, Anna, Mamie, Sally and Harley are at home and complete the family circle. Mrs. Buffenbarger is the oldest child of John and Sarah (Taylor) Kiser who were natives of Winchester County, Va., and who had accompanied their respective parents to Ohio early in the present century. John Kiser was a son of Jacob Kiser who settled west of Selma about 1809 and lived to be eighty-four years of age. The son was a great hunter in the clays of flint-lock muskets and his eldest son has a gun which was brought by the family from Virginia and used by him. Mrs. John Kiser was a daughter of John Taylor who, with his two sons—Samuel and George—entered twelve hundred acres of land in this vicinity and who died fifty-two years ago at the age of one hundred and ten years. The brothers and sisters of Mrs. Buffenbarger are John Kiser now living near Selina ; Sarah E., Jane, George, Anna Eliza and Laura. Mr. Buffenbarger possesses great faith in the principles f Democracy and never fails to cast his vote in behalf of the candidates who are pledged to support them. He has the respect of his fellow-citizens as an energetic and successful farmer, reliable citizen and a man of excellent character. The Kiser and Taylor families, which his estimable wife so worthily represents, have long been identified with the Methodist Church. JOSEPH E. EAVEY. This well-known resident of Greene County, as been no unimportant factor in advancing its dairy interests, and is at present successfully operating a creamery just outside the city limits, where he has one hundred and eighty-four acres of choice land and all the requisite buildings. His farm is acknowledged to be one of the finest in Greene County. He built a fine brick residence in 1878, and he has a good barn and all the other outbuildings required by the country resident, together with fruit and shade trees, and the improved machinery, both for tilling the soil and for carrying on his present business. He has spent his entire life in this vicinity, having been born and reared on the farm adjoining that which he now lives. He established his creamery in 1888, and is a leading stockholder in the Citizens Bank. The subject of this notice was born September 20, 1848, and is the son of John S. and Margaret C. (Kanode) Eavey, both of whom were natives of Washington County, Md., and who were born in 1814, and 1817, respectively. They were married in Maryland, and in that State were born their two eldest children. John Eavey was a miller by trade, which he prosecuted in Maryland until emigrating to the West. In 1842 he started out with a covered wagon, accompanied by his family,and coming to this county, secured two hundred and forty acres of land, that upon which his son, Joseph E., now resides. In 1845 he removed to the Bonner place, adjoining, which he likewise purchased, and where he lived until 1875. Soon afterward he erected a brick residence on the Wilmington pike, just outside the city limits of Xenia, where he spent his last clays, dying in 1879. The wife and mother resides in Xenia. They were the parents of five children, all of whom lived to mature years, viz.: Arthur W., Henry H., Susan A., Mrs. F. G. Bell, of Xenia; John K., of Tampa, Fla.; and Joseph E., our subject, who was the youngest born. The paternal grandfather spent his last years in Maryland. Mr. Eavey at an early period in his life became familiar with the arts of plowing, sowing, and reaping, in which he assisted his father until reaching man's estate. He attended the common schools, and by keeping his eyes open to what was going on around him in the world, acquired a fair knowledge of business methods while still a young man. When ready to establish a home of his own, he was married October 18, 1877, to Miss Etta S., daughter of John F. and Rebecca (Van Eton) Wright, who lived at that time near the city limits. The father is living in Xenia, and the mother is deceased. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Eavey, a 748 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. son and daughter, John H. and Helen M., who are now at home. Mr. and Mrs. Eavey have for many years been prominently connected with the First United Presbyterian Church.M MRS. ELIZA MacCRACKEN. Students of philosophy tell us that "rays of light are colorless when unbroken," and students of human nature learn that the deepest characters, the strongest minds, are formed Lot by unbroken happiness, but by the varied scenes of grief and joy, trials and disappointments. To only few is it allotted to attain to the great age of fourscore years, and among the list of octogenarians of Greene County, very considerable mention belongs to Mrs. MacCracken, who is a most intelligent, and in many respects remarkable character, and who entered upon her eightieth year November 22, 1889. She possesses an excellent memory, and is justly proud of her children, who occupy prominent positions in life. Many years ago she was a teacher, and numbers among her former pupils some who are now filling eminent stations in life. As a friend and neighbor she is helpful and kind. As a Christian she is faithful and devoted. Jefferson County, Ohio, was the birthplace of Mrs. MacCracken, and the date of her birth November 22, 1810. Her parents, James and Mary (Hawkins) Dougherty, were natives respectively of Maryland and Pennsylvania, and were both of Scotch-Irish extraction. They gave their daughter what was those days a very fine education, and which she afterward supplemented by a thorough course of reading. She attended the Steubenville Female Seminary, of which Dr. Beatty was President. That institution is the alma mater of hundreds of women who have blessed and elevated society with their presence. Early in life she commenced the vocation of teaching, and the results of her faithful work are apparent even now. The first marriage of our subject occurred September 16, 1833, when she became the wife of the Rev. Johnson Welch, who was a recognized power in the pulpit, and in many respects a remarkable man. He was a graduate of the Allegheny Seminary, a theological institution f high order among the United Presbyterians. Mr. and Mrs. Welch became the parents of two children—James and Eliza. James followed in his father's footsteps, and is now preaching in Troy, Davis County, Iowa. Eliza is the wife of Andrew M. Brooks, and is now Principal of the Bettie Stuart Institute, of Springfield, Ill. While yet in the prime of life, and after only four years of married life, the Rev. Johnson Welch passed away, April 17, 1837. A few years after the death of her husband Mrs. Welch was again married,the Rev. J. S. MacCracken becoming her husband, and the ceremony which united them being performed November 11, 1839. Mr. MacCracken was the son of John and Martha (Wilson) MacCracken, natives of Pennsylvania,and early settlers of Brown County, Ohio. Their son, John S., was. born in Butler County, Ohio, April 6, 1804, and died April 1, 1863. He and his wife had a family of five children, the record of whom is as follows: Henry is now Principal of New York City University ; John Joseph died in infancy; George is an attorney-at-law in Urbana, this State; Anna M. is at home, and is a teacher in a classical school in the old Xenia College Building; another child died in infancy, unnamed. Mr. and Mrs. MacCracken passed the eventful lives of a pioneer preacher and a pioneer teacher. He came of a hardy pioneer family. His grandfather was killed by the Indians while standing in the yard at his frontier Pennsylvania home. His father removed to Greene County, Ohio, when the son, John S., was a boy, and there bought land and evolved a home out, f the wilderness. John MacCracken received hjs early education in Xenia, being a pupil of the Rev. Hugh McMillen, the founder of Xenia College. He later became a student at Miami University, and having completed his studies entered the ministry. His first charge was at Kenton, Ohio, where he was successful in establishing the United Presbyterian Church. He donated one-half of his salary (not a large one) toward the erection of a church edifice. In the meantime his wife taught a select school, being led to organize it principally on account of lack of facilities for education in that locality, and largely