PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 825 which was sent to President Harrison, asking his appointment as Postmaster, bearing the signatures of the best citizens of both city and county. His appointment was received on September 6, 1889. The office is a free delivery one, employing twelve clerks. Mr. Fulton has been Chairman of the Republican Executive Committee two years. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and to the Grand Army of the Republic. He is a member in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In Highland County, Ohio, in September 1863, Mr. Fulton was united in marriage with Miss Hannah Graham, whose womanly graces and virtues had won his regard, as they do the respect of tier acquaintances. She is a daughter of Robinson and Elizabeth (Strain) Graham, who owned and operated a farm upon which Ws. Fulton lived until her marriage. The only child of Mr. and Mrs. Fulton died in infancy. ABDAEL G. KILER. It is said of the subject of this notice that he has been one of the most useful men in his community. He has certainly been very active and industrious, and maintained a uniform interest in the welfare and advancement of his township, being concerned in the building of most of its churches, and having hand in the erection of some of its finest residences. He is a skilled architect, and in the early—days made a business of furnishing plans and specifications for the erection of buildings, also superintending the work, and giving employment frequently to a score of men. He forms one of the old landmarks of Miami Township, Greene County, and his name will be held in kindly remembrance long after he has departed hence. The native State of Mr. Kiler was Maryland, and the date of his birth, February 18, 1810. Living at a day and age when the advantages enjoyed by the young were far inferior to those of the present, his early education was necessarily limited, and at the age of fifteen years be began his apprenticeship to the trade of a carpenter, entering the employ of Robert Mitchell, in Washington, D. C. Later he worked at his trade for a short time in Hagerstown, Md., then went successively to Pittsburg, Pa., Cincinnati, Dayton, and finally Greene County, Ohio. There was, however, but very little demand at that time for his services at that trade, and so his father rented Patterson's sawmill and Abdael G. had the oversight of this for six months. At the expiration of this time our subject repaired to Dayton, where he was occupied at his trade for two years. We next find him in Xenia, where he sojourned eighteen months, and in the meantime assisted in the erection of the structure well known as Galloway's Building. Thence he removed to Clifton, where he put up fourteen houses the first season. Later he frequently visited the West and speculated considerably in lands. Nearly all the chapels in Miami Township and vicinity were erected under his supervision and much of the work was done by his own hands. On the 5th of March, 1835, Mr. Kiler took unto himself a wife and helpmate, Miss Maria, daughter of Jacob and Pox Ann (Furnace) Paulin. The parents of Mrs. Kiler were natives of Kentucky, whence they emigrated to Ohio with their respective parents prior to their marriage, which took place in Greene County. They were among the earliest pioneers of Southern Ohio. Of the seven children born to them only two are living. Mrs. Kiler was born February 14, 1815, and departed this life at her home in Miami Township, February 17, 1861, at the age of forty-six years and three days. To Mr. and Mrs. Kiler there was born a family of eight children, six of whom are living. Henry was born July 8, 1838, and is a resident of this township; Mary Matilda was born March 7, 1841; Jacob P., July 12, 1843: William H., May 12, 1846; George W., August 27, 1848; Charles M., September 10, 1852. For the past twenty-five years Mr. Kiler has been a consistent member of the Christian Church. Mr. Kiler contracted a second marriage July 23, 1885, with Mrs. Leah kLittleton) Booth. This lady was born in Warren, Ohio, March 29, 1832, to Joel and Hannah (Woolard) Littleton who were na- 826 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. lives of Virginia. She remained with her parents until her first marriage, with Thomas Smith. After his death she married Mr. Booth. Mr. Kiler cast his first Presidential vote for Henry Clay, being a member of the old Whig party. Later he identified himself with the Republicans, and during his younger years was quite active in politics. For twenty-two years he has served as a member of the School Board, and has served as Road Supervisor several terms. For a period of six yeas he was a Lieutenant in the State Militia. He is a member, in good standing, of the Christian Church, in which he has officiated as a Trustee, and contributed thereto a liberal Support. The father of our subject was George Kiler, a native of Pennsylvania, and who for a number of years was engaged in the mercantile business at Woodsbury, Md. Later he returned to Pennsylvania, where he owned a arm and also opened a lumber yard and conducted a hotel, on the banks of the Susquehanna River. In 1825, he removed to Washington, D. C., where he engaged in the hotel business for four- years, on the corner of G and Fifteenth Streets. He then removed to Seventh Street and operated a grocery and billiard room, remaining there one year. Thence he removed to Hagerstown, Md., *here he sojourned three years, and in 1828 came to Ohio. In this latter journey he traveled alone, having left his family in Maryland-. Eighteen months later he returned after them, and they all took up their abode in a cabin on the new farm in Madison County, where the father spent the remainder, of his days. He served as a soldier in the Revolutionary- War, and was a Captain under Gen. Washington, later was concerned in the whiskey insurrection, and also participated in the War of 1812. Elsewhere in this volume appears a lithographic portrait of Mr. Kiler. JAMES HARVEY HUGHES, for many years identified with the interests of Clark County as one of its leading agriculturists, and as the proprietor and manager of a valuable stone quarry, now lives in retirement from active business, having rented his farm and leased his quarry, both of which are within the incorporated limits of Springfield, where he makes his home in the fine residence that he has erected on his homestead. He is the son of a former well-known early settler of the county, and comes of fine old pioneer stock in other directions. Mr. Hughes is a native of this State, born in Clinton County, May 15, 1819. His father, Capt. David Hughes, was a Kentuckian by birth, and his father, Jesse Hughes, a Virginian, while the great-grandfather of our subject was a native of Ireland, who came to this country in Colonial times and settled in Virginia, where he passed the remainder of his life. The grandfather of our subject was reared in his native State. He was a man of marked decision of character, a deep thinker, and possessed a sound, well-balanced intellect. He was an Abolitionist, and as men of his sentiment were not regarded with a very kindly spirit in the Old Dominion, he left that State for Kentucky, where he made his appearance in the early days of its settlement. About 1803 he crossed the Oliio into this State, and was one of the first pioneers to locate in Clinton County, settling there some years before the county was organized. A man of his presence and talent could not fail to make an impression on the public life of his adopted State, and he soon took a prominent place among his fellow-pioneers, and from the "History of Ohio," published by Henry Howe, we learn that he was one of the first associate judges of Clinton County ; and that the first court ever held in that section was convened in his barn. He was on the bench twenty-six years, presiding with noted dignity and ability, and was finally succeeded by his son, Jesse. He made his home at Wilmington, the county seat, where he died full of age and honor. The maiden name of —his wife was Elizabeth Drake, and she is supposed to have been a native of Virginia, and of English antecedents, numbering among her ancestors the illustrious Sir Francis Drake. v The father of our subject was very young when he came to Ohio with his parents. That was the first year of Ohio's Statehood, and it was not far advanced in civilization. The pioneers had not made much headway in its primeval forests, and PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 827 deer, bears, wolves, and other wild animals still roamed across the country at will. He grew to manhood in the wilds of Clinton County, remaining there until 1828. In that year he came to Clark County and cast his lot with its early pioneers, locating east of the city of Springfield, not far away. He resided there many years and then bought the farm where our subject resides, purchasing one hundred and twenty-three and three-fourth acres at $6.621 per acre. The land was well-timbered and the family occupied the two log cabins that then stood on the place. There were no railroads or canals here,and consequently, no markets for farm products, except at the distilleries. At the time of his death, July 19, 1870, he had cleared and improved a valuable farm, and was numbered among the substantial citizens of the place. He was a man of sterling worth, possessing in a large degree those characteristics that had marked his father as a man of more than ordinary ability. He was a good citizen, and at the time of the War of 1812 raised an independent company, of which he was chosen Captain, and he tendered the services of the company to the Government, which were gratefully received, and he and his brave men acting independently, fought throughout the war, winning an honorable record for efficiency, daring in battle, and gallantry at all times and places. The maiden name of the mother of onr subject was Emily Whitsett. She was a native of Kentucky and a daughter of one of its pioneers, Joseph Whitsett, a native of England. During the last years f her life she was a welcome inmate of the home of her son, our subject, dying here August 18, 1886, aged eighty-five years and three months. James H. Hughes, of whom we write, was but nine years old when he came with his parents to this county, and twelve years old when they settled where he now lives. At that time Springfield was but a village and a mile distant from his home, and he has witnessed its steady growth until it has become a flourishing city with upwards of forty thousand inhabitants, and his farm is now included within its limits. He was bred to agricultural pursuits and followed farming many years, and in connection with it operated a quarry, which was opened on his farm as early as 1812, and from which he has sold a large quantity of fine building stone. He has erected four frame houses and a brick house on his land, in one of which he dwells. He has his farm rented and his quarry leased, as before mentioned, and simply looks after his investments. Mr. Hughes was married January 20, 1870, to Miss Kate Howard, in whom he finds a true wife, and to them have come four children, namely: Ada, Mabel, Howard and Irene. Mrs. Hughes is a native of King's County, Ireland, born January 7, 1843. Her father, Thomas Howard, was from Queen's County, but died in King's County, his death occurring in 1849. The maiden name of his wife was Julia Quinlan. She was of Irish birth and died in King's County in 1848. About a year after her father's death Mrs. Hughes came to this country with a neighboring family, and resided in Toronto until 1858, when she came to Springfield, and has lived here ever since. Nearly a life-long resident of Clark County, Mr. Hughes is well known, and in his career as a practical agriculturist, as a thrifty business man, and as a citizen who has thus materially benefited the home of his adoption, he stands well in the estimation of his fellow-citizens. JOHN P. MARTIN. Passers-by seldom fail I to notice the pleasant home of this gentleman, which is a commodious and convenient farm structure located in the west part of Xenia. The exterior arrangements display the taste of the proprietor, while within the neat and cosy rooms prove that the wife is alive to the interests of her department. Mr. Martin stands high both in social and political circles, and is a leader in both, rather than a follower. Success has met him almost uniformly in his undertakings, and he is awake not only to his own interests, but to whatever tends to elevate and improve his community. In politics, Mr. Martin is a strong and uncom- 828 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. promising Democrat, and in religion, is a devoted member of the Catholic Church, the faith of his progenitors. He has served in many positions of trust, and has faithfully discharged all duties accompanying the same; In 1883 he was nominated on the Board of Public Works, and was elected in October, the same year. After serving out that term, he declined re-election. John and Bridget (Toohey) Martin, the parents /of our subject, were natives of the Emerald Isle, where they were born in County Galway. In 1849, they resolved to seek a home in the United States, coming to Ohio via New Orleans and Mississippi River. The father was -a laborer and died August 17, 1866, in Ohio. The mother still lives in Xenia, making her home with her daughter. They had a family of seven children, of whom our subject was the fifth in the order of birth. He was born at Loveland, Clermont County, Ohio, May 5, 1852, and was there reared, receiving the larger part of his education in the public schools of that town. Later he. became a student in the parochial school of Dayton, Ohio. At an early period of his life our subject started out for himself, and his first engagement was as a newsboy on the old Marietta and Cincinnati Rail. road, which is now a branch of the Baltimore & Ohio system.. When fourteen years old he apprenticed himself to Brooks, Light & Co., Plumbers, Steam and Gas Fitters. After serving a three years apprenticeship, he went to Indianapolis, where at the early age of seventeen years, he took charge of a plumbing and gas fitting establishment. At the urgent solicitation of his former employers he returned to their employ, and was soon sent to the County Infirmary (Greene County) to do a job of work. With the consent of his employers he remained there for two and one-half years superintending the steam and gas fitting of that establishment. In 1873, Mr. Martin embarked in the same line of business in Xenia, and was thus engaged. for six years. Upon retiring from this occupation he devoted his attention to the manufacture of some inventions in hydraulics which he had devised and constructed in Cincinnati. He was interested principally in the Red Jacket Force Pump, a line of ten or twelve patterns. After successfully operating the same for about thirty months, he sold out and went to Mexico as a prospector, to examine a gold mine in Durango. After a few months residence there he returned to the Buckeye State, where he has since made his home. May 5, 1873, was the date of Mr. Martin's marriage, his bride being Miss Kate Brodie, a daughter of Michael and Kate Brodie, natives of County Clare, Ireland. Thence they emigrated to the United States and settled in Massachusetts, where their daughter, Mrs. Martin, was born. Mr. and Mrs. Martin were the parents of five children, four of whom are living and one deceased. The children are named respectively : John, William, Margaret and Nellie. They are intelligent and bright and are receiving thorough educations, which will prepare them for whatever positions in life await them. JOHN W. McLEAN, There are few men more widely or favorably known throughout the county than Mr. McLean who, for many years has occupied himself as a builder and contractor and who has thus formed a wide acquaintance in this section of the State, making many warm personal friends while in the transaction of his legitimate business. He is a native of this State, having been born in Warren County, March 23, 1836, and thence was brought by his parents to Greene County in 1845. His father that year had taken a contract on the first road in the county running through Yellow Springs, where the family sojourned until 1849. That year they removed to Cedarville and young McLean, now a man grown. pursued the same business as that in which his father was engaged, being concerned in the opening of the road through Cedarville. Mr. McLean pursued his early studies in a little old frame church at Yellow Springs which is still standing, and now a part of the hotel of that place. When approaching manhood he began learning the and carpenter's trade, but the outbreak of the Civil War broke in upon his plans, as it did upon those of thousands of others, and he laid aside his personal PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 829 interests to proffer his services toward the preservation of the Union. A few weeks after the attack upon Ft. Sumter he enlisted in Company D, Forty-fourth Ohio Infantry, which was assigned to the Army of the Potomac and fought at the battles of Lewisburg, Va., Knoxville, Cumberland Gap, Dutton's Hill, (Ky.) and others. He had left at home his young wife and child and he served until after the close of the war, receiving his final discharge in September, 1865. In the meantime he had enjoyed a two months' furlough and had veteranized after the expiration of the first term of his enlistment. Upon leaving the army Mr. McLean returned to Cedarville and shortly afterward made a trip west, visiting Illinois and Iowa, but finally came back to Ohio and worked as a carpenter until 1867. He then purchased the business of a firm of contractors and builders which he has since conducted with remarkable success. Nearly all the fine buildings in this section have been put up under his supervision including the town building and opera house at Cedarville, the large school-house, the Methodist Church and the residences of D. S. Erwin, S. K. Mitchell, George W. Harpen and Thomas Crawford, besides many others equally as fine. He also put up among many others, the residence Occupied by the mother of Whitelaw Reid, the famous editor of the New York Tribune, whose native place and whose real home is near Cedarville. Politically, Mr. McLean since his voting days commenced, has been a straight Republican and he has held many of the local offices. He served as Postmaster of Cedarville when the office was located in the town building. He is a member in good standing of the Grand Army of the Republic and of the Encampment and Subordinate Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He finds his religious home in the Methodist Church. When twenty-three years old he was joined in wedlock with Miss Margaret Jane, daughter of Jacob Ford, the wedding taking place at the bride's home in Cedarville, in 1859. This union resulted in the birth of eleven children, three of whom—John, Olive and Clara, died in infancy ; Schuyler Colfax at the age of fifteen years was thrown from a horse receiving fatal injuries; Lucy died when an interesting maiden of sixteen years of typhoid fever. The survivors are Jennetta, the widow of J. J. Barber, and the mother of three children; Rollin P., a lad f sixteen years; Esty, fourteen years old ; Laving, a little miss of twelve years and Asa W., the baby. The parents of our subject were Franklin and Amy Ann (Durfey) McLean, natives respectively of Ohio and Rhode Island. The McLean family originated in Scotland and was first represented in the United States probably during the Colonial days. ALBERT O. FEIRSTINE. Among the younger members of the farming community of Mad River Township, Clark County, Mr. Feirstine occupies no unimportant position. He owns and operates one hundred and twenty-five acres of choice land on section 28, where he has good buildings and is supplied with the modern machinery required by the enterprising and progressive agriculturist. He is an Ohio man by birth, first opening his eyes' to the light in Mad River Township, Montgomery County, September 7, 1853. He there spent his boyhood days and removed with his father to Mad River Township, Clarke County, in 1863, where he pursued his studies in the district schools. He remained at home, working for his father until 1874, then in partnership with his brother, began operating the home farm where the latter now resides. They continued in partnership until the spring of 1883, when Albert O. located on his present farm which was purchased by his father some years previously. In addition to general agriculture he raises grain and stock to a large extent, keeping good grades of cattle and swine. He uses two teams in the farm operations and his surroundings indicate that he has a good understanding of his business. When ready to establish a fireside of his own, our subject was married at the bride's home in Yellow Springs, January 10, 1882, to Miss Delia, daughter of Dennis and Mary (Mitchell) DeWine. Mr. DeWine was born in County Galway, Ireland, 830 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. where he was reared and married. aeon afterward he emigrated to America and coming to this county located at Yellow Springs and has now a valuable little farm within the corporation. His wife bore the maiden name of Mary Mitchell, and she is a native of the same county in Ireland as her husband. They belong to the Catholic Church and are the parents of three children. The eldest son, Thomas, is farming near Fairfield, this county; Delia, Mrs. Feirstine, was the second born; Dennis Jr., is farming near Yellow Springs. Mrs. Feirstine was born at the homestead in Yellow Springs, January 16, 1860, and was reared under the parental roof attending in childhood the district school. Later she attended the Union school where she made good use of her time and completed her studies in Antioch College. Of her union with our subject there have been born four children, viz: Anna, George, Charles and William. They are all at home with their parents. Mrs. Feirstine belongs to the Catholic Church at Yellow Springs. Our subject cast his first Presidential vote for Samuel J. Tilden and remains a stanch adherent of the Democratic party. He has a pleasant home, a nice family, and the outlook for the future seems unusually fair. ROBERT T. SNELL is an old settler of Xenia and one of its highly-respected citizens, well known as the proprietor of Snell's Hotel. He dime here in 1845 and engaged at his trade as a plasterer, but in 1851 embarked as an hotel keeper at the stand he now occupies. He carried on this enterprise until 1885, when he took his son Edward in with him, the style of the business now being R. T. Snell & Son. The place of nativity of Robert Snell is Philadelphia, Pa., where his birth occurred October 20, 1812. When sixteen years old he went to New Jersey, where he remained until 1836, when he changed his residence to Franklin, Warren County, Ohio. There our subject learned the trade of a plasterer and first began work for himself, re moving from that place to Xenia at the time before noted. The first wife of Mr. Such was Miss Hannah Cafferty, who died leaving two children, Tamsen and James, both now deceased. Subsequently the widower married Miss Jane Sherrit, who was born in Bath County, Va., April 15, 1823, and is the daughter of John and Anna G. (Berry) Sherrit, natives of Virginia. The maternal grandfather was a member of the Virginia Legislature and Senate for thirty years. She bore four children, namely : Benjamin, an engineer on the Pennsylvania Railroad; Robert, now deceased; Priscilla, now the wife of Benjamin Knecht, of Dayton; and Edward, in Xenia. Mr. Snell is a member of the Republican party, with no political aspirations of a personal nature. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Episcopal Church. Edward Snell, now interested with his father in the hotel business, and also connected with the Adams Express Company at the depot, was born in the same house in which he now lives, May 14, 1861. After having pursued a course of study in the common schools of the city until he had entered the High School department, he entered the employ of N. & G. Ohmer, who were carrying on a restaurant at the depot., remaining with them until he took charge of the railroad restaurant at Morrowtown, which he ran for two years. He then returned to his native place and became interested in the Snell House, and for the last three years has been night clerk for the Adams Express Com pany. Although a young man, Edward Snell has been Assessor for his Ward (the 5th), and also served in the Council during 1889. Ile casts his vote with the Democratic party. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, of the Knights of Pythias, the Knights of Honor, and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He belongs to the Episcopal Church, and possesses the manly and upright character which wins for him the respect of all who know him. While in business at Morrow, Mr. Snell met, wooed and married Miss Carrie Abell, of Zanesville, Ohio, the wedding ceremony taking place in 1883. The charming and intelligent bride is a PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 831 daughter of Marcus F. Abell, and lived in her native city until the time of her marriage. Their happy union has been blessed by the birth of three daughters—Lillian, Florence and Ethel. Benjamin Snell, father of the gentleman with whose name we introduce this sketch, was born in England, and when thirteen years old went to sea, following a sailor's life until seventy three years old. He married Miss Ann Guy, of Philadelphia, where he made his home after retiring from a seafaring life. While pursuing his calling he once took sixteen Swedish noblemen off a wreck and carried them safely to Philadelphia; for this exploit the King of Sweden bestowed upon him a gold medal, which he left to his granddaughter, Mrs. Knecht. of Dayton, Ohio. DAVID S. SMITH. One of the most valuable farms in Silver Creek Township, Greene County, and one of the most attractive in appearance, is that owned and occupied by David S. Smith. It comprises one hundred and fifty-two acres of very fine land bordering on the Bowersville -Pike, is well-stocked and furnished with improvements above the average. The residence is of brick of a pleasing architectural design, and evidences the prosperity and good taste of the owner. Substantial barns and other outbuildings are conveniently disposed upon the land, while fences and trees divide and adorn the fields, and add to their value. Going back two generations in the ancestral line we find Jacob Smith, a Virginian by birth, and a farmer by occupation. He married a Virginia lady, Miss Betsey Kimball, who was of German lineage. After their marriage they settled on a farm in Hardin County, where several children were born to them, among the number being a son Daniel. He was but a few months old when, in 1814, the family left their old Virginia home, and crossing the country with teams, landed in Greene County, Ohio. In the forests of New Jasper Township, they made a good farm which was their home from that time until they were called hence. They worked hard to obtain a start in life in the new country to which they had come, manifesting great activity and thrift in their worldly affairs. Jacob Smith lived to be more than seventy years of age, and his widow passed the age of four-score years. Daniel Smith grew to manhood amid pioneer surroundings, beginning life for himself as a farmer boy and following his father's footsteps as a hard-working man. After his marriage to Miss Lucinda Spahr, he began his wedded life with but a small amount of this world's goods, in New Jasper Township, but lived to secure a fine home with more than four hundred acres of landed estate. He died at his home in 1884, being then seventy years of age. Politically, he was a Republican, and religiously, of the Methodist Episcopal faith. His widow is yet living on the old homestead, and although she has reached the allotted age of man, she is yet smart and active. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and numbered among the good old ladies of the township. The birth of Mrs. Daniel Smith took place in New Jasper Township, in a settlement which was new, and like her husband she was reared amid pioneer scenes. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mathias Spahr had come hither from Virginia in an early day, and were well known among the early settlers of the township as people of excellent character, good habits, and those who became prosperous through industry. The gentleman with whose name this sketch is introduced, is the fourth in a family of nine chil- dren born to Daniel and Lucinda (Spahr) Smith, his natal day having been June 14, 1844. The seven sons and two daughters are yet living, all with homes of their own and families; a remarkable incident—a mother reaching the age of seventy-one years without a death among her progeny. The early life of our subject was spent at his birthplace in New Jasper Township, where he learned the details of agricultural life, and obtained a good common-school education. He remained under the parental roof until after he had become of age, and in the same township until 1878, when he took possession of the fine farm which he now occupies, and which he has considerably improved since that date. The fact of his ownership of so fine an estate, is a 832 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. proof of his ability in agricultural affairs, while its appearance indicates his possession of progressive ideas and good taste. The home of our subject is presided over by a woman of intelligence, housewifely skill, and fine character; with whom he was united in marriage in Silver Creek Township, this county, November 29, 1871. Her maiden name was Sarah E. Sutton, her birthplace New Jasper, and her natal day December 2, 1850. She is a daughter f William G. and Martha E. ('Hagler) Sutton, natives of New Jasper Township, whose parents were early settlers in the county. After spending some years of their married life in that township, Mr. and Mrs. Sutton came to Silver Creek Township in 1854, purchasing a farm of more than two hundred acres, which they made their home until 1882. At that time they retired to Jamestown, where they are yet living, retired from an active participation in their former duties, and devoting their time to social and religious matters. Both are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Their family included eight sons and daughters, one of whom is now deceased, Mrs. Smith being the eldest. The family of our subject and his estimable wife includes five living children, and two &cased: Frank Adelbert died at the age of ten years and six months, and William Daniel when seven months old. The survivors are Stella, Viola, Cyrus B., Nora, and Eva, whose presence around the family fireside gladdens the parental hearts. Mr. Smith gives his allegiance to the Republican party., Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In, addition to the fine estate on which they live, they own another improved farm near Jamestown, which is seventy acres in extent. ENOCH G. ARBOGAST, a native-born citizen of Clark County, now residing in Springfield, has for many years been closely connected with its industrial interests, and is at present doing a prosperous business as a blacksmith, having opened a wagon and blacksmith shop in this city in 1876. He is well known as a man of honorable reputation, and during his long residence here he has won the high esteem and confidence of all. He was born in Moorefield Township, December 23, 1825, the eldest son of John and Elizabeth Arbogast. For parental history see sketch of Eli Arbogast on another page of this volume. His early education was acquired in the pioneer schools of this region, which were conducted on the subscription plan in a rude log house, provided with rough, home-made furniture, slabs with wooden pins for legs serving for seats. In the winter season the boys used these benches for sleds, when there was snow on the ground sliding down hill on them, thus utilizing them for two purposes'. There were no desks in the schoolhouse, but holes were bored in the logs, into which wooden pegs were inserted, and the board laid on the top of these was used by the larger scholars to write on. Our subject assisted his father in the farm work until he was seventeen years old, when he commenced to learn the trade of a wheelwright, at which he served about two years, and then was employed as a journeyman in that capacity a few years. After that he engaged in the lumber business, buying the timber standing and manufacturing it into lumber. He built up quite an extensive and paying business in that line, which he carried on successfully until 1873. In 1876, as before mentioned, he turned his attention to his present business. He has considerable mechanical skill and ingenuity, re-enforced by a thorough knowledge of his calling in all its details, so that he has attracted a great deal of custom and controls quite a large trade. Mr. Arbogast was united in marriage to Miss Lavina J. Harmon, in 1851. She is also a native of Ohio, born in Bellbrook, Greene County, and a daughter of Henry and Mary Harmon. Mr. and Mrs. Arbogast have eight children living—J. Oscar, Schuyler C., Emma J., William E., Nettie C., Charles H., Walter H. and Mary C. Annie, the fourth child, died at the age of twenty-two years. Mr. and Mrs. Arbogast are valued members of this community, where so many years of their lives have been passed. They are quietly and unostentatiously liberal, never withholding their PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 835 hands in cases of need, and showing in their everyday lives that their religion is not a mere form, but is deeply seated within their hearts. They are faithful and zealous members of the St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church. In his political views, Mr. Arbogast is a stanch Republican. JOHN JAMESON. A pleasantly located and valuable farm of one hundred and forty-seven acres in Cedarville Township, Greene County, is the home of the above-named gentleman, who is one of the oldest native citizens of the county. He has placed his land under a high state of cultivation and has himself built upon it an adequate number of barns and other farm buildings, all of which are well constructed and sufficiently commodious for their purposes. The dwelling is an attractive frame house of pleasing architectural design and excellent workmanship, so situated as to overlook a wide expanse of surrounding country, with Cedarville lying two 'miles away. It was erected in 1873, and it is a monument to the mechanical skill of the owner and builder. George Jameson and his wife, Rebecca (Rankin) Jameson came with their family to this county early in the nineteenth century, their former home having been in Washington County, Pa. Among the members f this family was .a son, John,who was a young man at the time of their removal: and who afterward married Miss Elizabeth McCoy and located on a farm known as the old Turnbull farm on the Xenia Pike. Miss McCoy was a daughter of Alexander McCoy, who when a young man had crossed the ocean from Ireland, locating in Pennsylvania, whence he had removed to Kentucky and in 1800 came to this county. The parents of our subject belonged to that branch of the Presbyterian Church popularly known as Seceders, and are buried in the cemetery of that church on Massie's Creek, both having died near Cedarville, where they lived for years. The father died when our subject was about six years old, he being the third child of the six who were left to the widow's care. The natal day of the subject of this sketch was August 8, 1815, and while still a small boy he was put to work at such labors as his strength would admit of, the little schooling that he had, being obtained in an old log cabin. The family were clothed by the product of his mother's hands, their winter garments being made from wool taken from the backs of their own sheep and spun and woven by her. They raised flax from which their summer garments were made, the entire work being accomplished by the family from the sowing of the seed until the garment was completed. The plants were pulled from the ground and thrown out loosely to dry, after which they were broken over a machine which was merely a board driven into the ground, leaving the edge about eight inches wide; on this edge a handful of the dried plants would be held and beaten on the other side of the board with a scutching knife—a dull wooden blade—which would break the outer coating of the plant and free the lint, making it ready for the further processes of spinning, weaving, etc. Indians were quite numerous in the neighborhood and our subject has heard his mother tell many stories f their habits, of the willow baskets which they made, and the manner in which the pappooses were carried in them. When the gentleman of whom we write grew to manhood he was employed as a carpenter, having learned that trade and carried it on for some years, before devoting himself to a farm life. On April 5, 1854, he was united in marriage with Miss Hadassah Townsley. Her parents were Inis and Sarah (McCoy) Townsley, her mother being a daughter of Capt. James McCoy, of Cedarville, who belonged to the Eam e family as did our subject's mother. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Jameson was John Townsley, one f the first pioneers in this county. Indians used to camp on Inis Townsley's land and when they came to the house the squaw would set the baby; which was fastened to a board, up against a tree. Mr. and Mrs. Jameson belong to the United Presbyterian Church of Cedarville. In politics Mr. Jameson is a Republican, the principles of that party having been the belief of his family in former 836 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. generations. His first Presidential ballot was given to Gen. W. H. Harrison, and the first vote of his oldest son went to Gen. Benjamin Harrison, our present President. To Mr. and Mrs. Jameson eight children have been born, one dying in infancy. Elizabeth is the wife of Addison Nash, of Monmouth, Ill., and is a ladfof culture and more than ordinary worth ocharacter.th Addle is the wife of David McCullough, carpenter and who formerly resided at Cedarville lille but now lives in Denison, Tex.; they have two children, Katie and Andrew. Etta is the wife of William McMillen, who is engaged in the grocery business in Cedarville. Ella, a young lady, is yet at home. Anna Belle married G. U. Lloyd, who is now the operator on the Mackinaw Railroad at Farmersville, Ohio. John Rankin, a young man, is now farming near Monmouth, Ill. Inis Earl, a lad at home, is yet attending school and is being qualified fop future usefulness in whatever position awaits him. The many friends of Mr. Jameson, by whoheie is held in high esteem, will be pleased to notice in connection with his biographical sketch, hilithographicic portrait. The family moves in the best circles of society, and are universally respected for worthy traits of character and refinement. LEVI M. JONES, M. D. Although but fourteen years a residenfof Jamestown, Greene County, Dr. Jones is regarded by the people of that vicinity as a member of the community almost indispensable, and who by a strict attention to the duties of his profession, has fully established himself in their confidence and esteem. He established his office at Jamestown in the sum-liner of 1876, coming to this place from Mechanicsburg, where he commenced his practice immediately after being graduated from the Miami Medical College at Cincinnati, in the spring of 1871. Dr. Jones commenced reading medicine under the well-known Dr. J. H. Clark, of Mechanicsburg, one of the favorite practioners of Champaign County. Our subject was torn in Union Township, that county, September 20, 1844, and lived there with his parents on a farm until a young man of twenty-two years. He acquired his early education in the district school, and in 1866 having decided upon the profession of medicine, entered Miami University, at Delaware, Ohio, in which he spent the junior year, after which he entered upon the study of his chosen profession. He has for some time been one of the pension examiners of .Greene County, and is a member of its Medical Association. He is regarded as a public-spirited and liberal-minded citizen, and has always maintained a warm interest in the enterprises calculated for the upbuilding of the town. He has been for some years a member of the School Board and has filled other positions of trust and responsibility. The Doctor was married January 8, 1873, in Mechanicsburg, to Miss Mary S. Williams, a native of that town, who was born in 1845. Mrs. Jones was carefully reared and educated, completing his studies in the Female College at Springfield. She is a very intelligent and estimable lady, and the mother of one child, a son, Clement L., who was born April 29; 1876. Politically Dr. Jones affiliates with the Republican party. He and his wife are members, in good standing, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and move in the best social circles of Jamestown. The Doctor comes of a good family; being the son of John Jones, who was born in Champaign County, and was the second white child born in the vicinity of Buck Creek, that county, this event occurring November 16, 1804. The paternal-grandfather was Abraham Jones, a native of Virginia and of Welsh extraction. He was reared to manhood in the Old Dominion, and was there married to a lady who sprang from the F. F. V's. Immediately after the wedding they emigrated to Ohio, and Grandfather Jones secured land from the Government, comprising a part of what was then known as the Military Tract, and which is not included in Union Township, Champaign County. There he and his wife built up a home from the wilderness, became well-to-do and there spent their last days. They lived to be very aged, and Grand- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 837 father Jones passed away in 1816. It is believed that both were connected with the Primitive Methodist Church. There were born to them only two children: John, the father of our subject: and Hannah. The latter, like her brother, lived to a ripe old age. The father of our subject was only twelve years old at the time of his father's death, and he remained with his mother, assisting her in the management of the farm until his marriage. His wife bore the maiden name of Mary Lafferty. She was born in Union Township, Champaign County, in 1808, of parents who were natives of Virginia, and who emigrated to Ohio early in the present century. After their marriage, John Jones and his wife settled down on the old homestead, which was taken up by Abraham Jones from the Government, and there, like Grandfather Jones and his wife they spent the remainder of their lives. John Jones departed this life July 17, 1876. His wife, Mary, survived him ten years, passing away in 1886. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. There had been born to them a family of seven children, six ;sons and one daughter, all of. whom are living, married and have families of their own. The maternal grandparents of our subject were William and Anna (Cleggett) Williams, natives of Maryland, who were reared and married in that State. Thence they emigrated to Ohio, settling in the embryo town of Mechanicsburg, where Grandfather Williams engaged in general merchandising until his death, which occurred in February, 1887, when he was quite aged. His wife had preceded hinf many years to the silent eland, dying in middle life; both were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr. Jones, politically, votes the straight Republican ticket. In 1864, during the progress of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Uuion service, from Urbana, Ohio, under the last call for troops, becoming a member of Company G, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Ohio Infantry, under command of Capt. James Robinson and Col. Armstrong. They operated mostly in Virginia in the vicinity of Appomattox. but saw very little active service, simply skirmishing and holding themselves in readiness to go wherever called. The Doctor was in the army one year, at the close of which he received his honorable discharge, and returned home without a scratch. RICHARD J. NELSON, Principal of the Nelson Business College at Springfield, has met with marked success as an instructor and enjoys a standing and reputation second to none in this State. His school is one of the most worthy enterprises in this section of the country and is well patronized by the younger portion of the community who may desire to fit themselves for an active, intelligent, business life. The subject of this notice was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 29, 1858, and is the son of Richard and Ellen (Higginson) Nelson, who were both natives of Ireland, the father born July 9, 1822, at Castle Ward, County Down, and the mother near the city of Belfast. This branch of the family is related to that of Lord Nelson, who was so prominent in the naval history of England. One of the Wards attained distinction on the sea and the title of Lord Viscount Bangor. He possessed large landed estates and was one of a family of high repute. The Nelsons, Wards and Moores were connected by marriage and included many personages of note. The father of our subject was a man of liberal education, possessing superior intelligence and business tact. At an early age he exhibited that self-reliance and independence of character which proved his mainstay in after life. When a lad of eight years he attended the village school at Castle Ward, two miles distant from his home. When eleven years old he began the study of navigation with an elder brother whose acquirements in this important and useful profession became quite notable. At twelve he sailed on a vessel with his father, and when fifteen years old engaged as a cabin boy with his brother, Horatio, whose first vessel, "The Britannia," bore the same name as that on which Lord Nelson sailed. When a youth of seventeen years the father of 838 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. our subject began an apprenticeship at sail-making, at which he served seven years and became master of the business. At the expiration of this time, however, his plans and inclinations underwent a thorough change and he resolved to study for the ministry: For this purpose he placed himself under the instruction of the Rev. Dr. Campbell, of Trinity Church, but after two years abandoned this project also and commenced teaching school. This profession he followed successfully up to 1849. He now resolved upon emigrating to America and landed at Philadelphia, Pa., in August of that same year. While engaged as a teacher the elder Nelson made the acquaintance of a Miss Higginson, a very estimable young lady, also a teacher and a graduate of the Columbia Institute. They were married in due time and the young wife proved of great assistance and encouragement to her husband in his subsequent career as an educator, of which he made a specialty. A year after his arrival in America, Mr. Nelson was appointed Principal of the public schools of Wheeling, W. Va., which position he held until 1853. Then going to Cincinnati he engaged as a book-keeper for J. C. Smith. In 1856 he opened the Nelson Business College in that city and inaugurated the actual business method of which he was the author. This was a new and valuable step in instruction, the old method having been simply theoretical, or a copy from older works. The Nelson system has proved of great value and has been extensively adopted by schools throughout the country. Richard Nelson and his estimable wife became the parents of nine children, seven of whom are living. The parents make their home in Cincinnati. The subject of this notice attended the public schools of Cincinnati and was also a student of Chickering Institute in that city. It may be said with truth that he was a born teacher, although his general intelligence, good judgment and correct habits would probably have won him success in any calling he might have chosen. Not only is he a first-class tutor, but personally and in the social circle, is agreeable and courteous in demeanor and bearing, making, friends wherever he goes. He came to Springfield a stranger without influential friends and through his own perseverance and industry, together with his high character as a man, has built up a useful, honorable and profitable business. He is peculiarly well fitted as the companion and instructor of the young, obtaining a strong hold on the affection of his pupils. He has hosts of friends who bespeak for him all the success for the future which he so richly deserves. In religion, Mr. Nelson is a Methodist and in politics a sound Republican. Socially, he belongs to the Society of the Elks, with which he became identified in 1886. He was married June 1, 1881, to Miss Carrie M. Mitchell. Of this union there have been born two children, sons, Charles H., August 28, 1882; Richard C., October 29, 1889. Mrs. Nelson was born in January 1859, in Marion, Ohio, and is the daughter of James L. and Louise Mitchell. wife and seven children, for the purpose of JOHN BECKER. In the spring of 1848 there started out from Lancaster County, Pa., a courageous emigrant accompanied by his seeking a home in the farther West. Their outfit consisted of two teams, a covered wagon, and a covered carriage. The journey began May 16, and the travelers arrived at their destination in Clark County on the 3rd of June following. The country was thinly settled, and they stopped wherever night overtook them, camping and cooking by the wayside. They spent the following summer on the Humphrey farm, and in November of that year Mr. Becker purchased from the Government the land now owned and occupied by his widow. At that time the country was very thinly settled, and the wagon track which was dignified by the name of a road, was at times almost impassable, the mud being very deep. Mr. Becker, however, possessed all the elements of a hardy pioneer, and set about the improvement of his property, with his characteristic energy and perseverance. he was, however, cut down in the midst of his plans, dying six years later, September 13, 1854, and leaving his family to struggle on as PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 839 best they could without his counsel and assistance. Although his residence in the county was comparatively a brief one, he became widely known for his honesty and uprightness, and the qualities by which he was recognized as an honest man and a good citizen. During the years which have passed since then; Mrs. Becker has maintained her residence on the farm, which, under her careful management, and the assistance of her children, has been the means of a competence. Fifty acres of the land is under good cultivation, while the buildings and other appurtenances are creditable as evincing industry and good management. Although now quite aged, Mrs. Becker still attends to her household duties assisted by her daughter, Lydia, who remains with her. She is a member of the Lutheran Church, and a lady highly respected by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Mrs. Elizabeth Becker was born September 14, 1814, in Dauphin County, Pa., and is a daughter of Henry and Barbara (Greiner)Zimmerman, who were likewise natives of the Keystone State, and who spent their last years in Pennsylvania. She was reared in her native county, receiving an ordinary education in its country schools. When a young woman of twenty-one years, she was joined in wedlock, with John Becker, the wedding taking place at her home in Pennsylvania, October 21, 1835. Mr. Becker was born in Lancaster County, Pa., May, 19, 1805, and was the son of Henry Becker, a farmer by occupation, and who lived and died in Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Becker commenced their wedded life together in their native State, remaining there until after the birth of seven children. After their removal to this State, three more children were added to the household circle. Of this large family eight are living: Solomon is a resident of Cowley County, Kan.; John is farming in German Township, Clark County, this State; Susan is the wife of John Beard, and with her brother Amos, the next younger, is also a resident of Cowley County, Kan.; Lydia has already been mentioned as the main stay of her mother; Joseph is a resident of Springfield Township, this State; William lives near his brothers in Cowley County, Kan.; Emma is the wife of Lewis Miller, of Tremont City, Ohio; Louisa and Mary died at the ages of twenty-one and three. Louisa was married to William Irwin, of Clark County, and died about three years her marriage, leaving one child named Allace. JOSEPH D. ST. JOHN. This young gentleman is the owner and occupant of a pleasant estate four miles south of Xenia, which was purchased by him iv 1886. It adjoins his father's former home, and though not so large as many in the township, containing but sixty-two acres, furnishes a comfortable maintenance, and forms an attractive place of abode. Mr. St. John is a dealer in horses, and is becoming well known to the lovers f equines in this locality. He was born in the eastern part of Caesar's Creek Township, March 19, 1856, was reared on a farm, and received an excellent education in the common schools of the town. On March 20, 1876, the rites of wedlock were celebrated between Mr. St. John and Miss Luvinia Ruth Anderson, a young woman whose intelligent mind and estimable character had won his regard, as they had the respect of many more. She is a daughter of John and Charity (Stanfield) Anderson, of Spring Valley Township. The happy union has been blessed by the birth of one child, Dellorise C. Both Mr. St. John and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he enjoys the esteem of his fellow-men, by whom he is considered honorable, energetic and capable. Going back to the third generation prior to our subject, we find Joseph St. John, of New York, who was one of the first settlers in Warren County, Ohio. One of the members of his family was Daniel Wood St. John, who was born near Lebanon, where he married Elizabeth Bone. Immediately after their marriage, they came to this county, settling on one hundred and fifty acres of land in Caesar's Creek Township. During the war they removed to a location south of the Orphans Home near Xenia, where Mr. St. John operated two hundred acres of land. There he breathed his last in 1873, his widow dying two years later. His fam- 840 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. ily consisted of nine sons and two daughters: Joseph M., the father of our subject having been born in Caesar's Creek Township, in December, 1829. Joseph St. John adopted farming as his life-work, about 1870 locating on one hundred and fifty acres adjoining the property of our subject. In 1886, he removed to\ Coffeeville, Montgomery County, Kan., where he breathed his last in January, 1888. His widow still survives. She was also born in Caesar's Creek Township, the date of her birth being in July, 1831: Her maiden name was Juicy Ann McNair„ and she is a daughter of Ward and Catherine (Haines) McNair, whose family included four sons and six daughters. Mr. McNair came to this county from Virginia in an early day. The mother of our subject is the fourth in the family circle, which includes also William, Martha, James, Edward J., Jane, Mary C., Eveline, David, and Estaline. She is the mother of four children, namely: William Ward, of Dayton; Eliza Catherine, the wife of Zero Anderson, of Pittsburg, Kan.; our subject; and Mary Pearl. JOHN K. BRADFUTE. The substantial Scotch nationality finds an admirable representative in the subject of this notice, who by his energy and perseverance has built up one of the finest farms in Miami Township, Greene County. Not only has he a good home and a plentiful supply of this world's goods, but is more than fortunate in his domestic relations, having a very pleasant family and enjoys in a marked degree the esteem and confidence of his neighbors. He has never considered labor a hardship—in fact, seems to enjoy himself at his work. In noting the antecedents of our subject we find that his father, also named John Bradfute, was a native of Scotland, and born November 3, 1796. He came to America with his father in 1800, settling near Lexington, Ky. Thence they came to this State in 1806, and located near the embryo town of Clifton, Greene County, -upon a tract of heavily timbered land from which they cut away the forest trees, brought the soil to a good state of cultivation and instituted a comfortable home. The mother bore the maiden name of Eliza Lang-head. She was born in Kentucky in 1802, and was married to John Bradfute in 1828, the wedding taking place in Greene County, this State. The parents of our subject after their marriage settled in Xenia, now Cedarville Township, where they lived one year then purchased the land now owned and occupied by John K. There they spent the remainder of their lives. Of the six children born to them four are living, namely, Elizabeth, the wife of James J. Johnston of Franklin County, Iowa, and the mother f seven children ; John K., our subject; Jane, the widow of James C. Stormont and the mother of two children, and Ellen Mary, the widow of J. B. Knox, who also has two children. The deceased are an infant, who died unnamed, and Sally, who died when thirty-two years old. The mother departed this life in 1866 and the father in 1870. The subject of this notice was born May 21, 1833, at the farm where he now lives and acquired his early education in the district school. Later he attended an academy for two years, being under the instruction of Rev. J. B. Smart. He assisted his father in the labors of the farm until the latter's death. In the meantime he married, May 24, 1854, Miss Cornelia Ann, daughter of James and Margaret (Mitchell) Boal. Mr. Boal was born in Pennsylvania and was of Scotch descent. His wife was a native of Union County, Ohio. They were the parents of ten children only three of whom are. living. Mrs. Bradfute was born January 11, 1832, in Union County, Ohio, and was carefully reared, receiving a good education. Mr, and Mrs. Bradfute after their marriage lived on the home farm one year and then our subject purchased a farm one and one-half miles south, which they occupied for a period of sixteen years. After the death of his father he purchased the homestead where he has since lived. To him and his estimable wife there have been born nine children, seven of whom are living, namely: Ora E., Lilly M., Martha J., the wife of Robert P. Benham, of Miami County, this State, and the mother of two children; John A.. who married Miss May Marshall, occupies the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 841 old Knox farm and is the father of one child; Anna and Mary are at home; William is living in New Mexico. Mr. Bradfute has always .taken an active interest in politics. In former years he voted the straight Republican ticket, but is now a Free Trader. For the past twenty years he has been a member of the School Board of his district and has officiated in other minor offices. Both he and his estimable wife are members in good standing of the United Presbyterian Church, in which Mr. Bradfute has been Trustee. From early manhood he has been interested in Sunday-school work and for many years has been a teacher in the Sunday-school. He keeps himself posted upon current events and formerly belonged to the Miami Grange. His farm is ninety acres in extent, all under a good state of cultivation and very productive. ABRAHAM COY. The subject of this notice may be properly numbered among the most prominent and successful farmers of Beaver Creek Township, Greene County. He was born within its limits November 7, 1820, and is the son of Adam and Catherine (Martin) Coy, who were natives of Frederick County, Md. Adam Coy was born in 1783, and seventeen years later emigrated to this county with his parents, they settling in Beaver Creek Township, where both they and himself spent the remainder of their days, the latter dying at the advanced age of eighty-one years. The father of our subject did good service as a soldier in the War of 1812, and subsequently settled down to farming, being successful and becoming the owner of four hundred and fifty acres of land; he was twice married. His first wife was Catherine Costler, and there was born to them one child only, a daughter, Catherine, who became the wife of William John. The mother of our subject was the second wife of Adam Coy, and to them there was born a family of eleven children, of whom only five are living, viz.: David, Abraham, Henry, Adam and Nicholas. The deceased are: Jacob, Andrew, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Susan and Peter. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Leonard Coy, who upon settling in Beaver Creek Township secured thirty-two hundred acres of land. His father was Jacob Coy. The family originated in Germany, from which Jacob Coy, Jr.,the great-grandfather of our subject,started with his parents for America. Both parents died on shipboard and were consigned to an ocean burial. Their effects were confiscated by the ship's crew, and thus Jacob, with a young brother and sister, was cast upon the shores of the New World penniless. They were consequently sold to pay their passage, and Jacob, then a youth of eighteen, labored six years for a Pennsylvania planter to free himself and his brother and sister. He was subsequently married and settled in Maryland, where he became well-to-do and the owner of three hundred and fifty acres of land. Even at the time of his marriage he was so poor that he was obliged to borrow the money to meet the necessary expenses. He finally started for Ohio, going down the river to Cincinnati, where he stopped two months, and when this now flourishing city was simply a collection of sixteen log cabins. After his arrival in this county he purchased thirty-two hundred acres of land in Beaver Creek Township, and thereafter surrounded himself with all the comforts of life. Mr. Coy from the time of his boyhood until a man of twenty-five years, after leaving school, occupied himself in farming, then purchased a store at Zimmerman, and engaged in mercantile pursuits for the following ten years. In 1847 he succeeded in having a post-office established there, and was appointed its first Postmaster. In 1855 he sold his store and invested the proceeds in a farm. Two years later he located upon that which he now owns and occupies. This comprises one hundred and sixty-two acres of choice land, which is highly productive, and which is supplied with good buildings, machinery and live-stock. Mr. Coy is numbered among the solid men of his township, and both as a farmer and a member of the community, has made for himself a good record. One of the most interesting and important events 842 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM   in the life of our subject occurred January 25, 1841, when he was united in marriage with Miss Catherine Zimmerman. This lady was born February 23, 1831, in this township, and is the daughter of Jacob and Mary (Shoup) Zimmerman, both of whom were born in Beaver Creek Township, and were children of its earliest pioneers, the former a son of Dr. G. Zimmerman. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Coy, seven in number, were named respectively: Cassius L.; Lewis E., of Dayton ; Lodema, the wife of William Stewart; Emma J., Permelia J., Burley J. and Marcellus E. Mrs. Coy belongs to the Dunkard Church. THOMAS C. WALKER. This name will he remembered by many of the earlier residents of Jefferson Township, Greene County, as that of one of its most worthy citizens—one who built up for himself a good home in their midst and identified himself with the various interests of the people around him. He was born May 30, 1817, in Highland County, this State, and departed this life at his homestead in Jefferson Township, May 11, 1883. Mr. Walker was the youngest child of his parents whose family consisted of ten children. The father, John Walker, was a native of old Virginia and of substantial Scotch ancestry. He was reared in his native county where later he was married and settled until after the birth of all his children, with the exception of Thomas C. He then determined upon a change of residence and accordingly emigrated to this State, locating in Highland County, where he died full of years and honors at an advanced age. The mother, who bore the maiden name of Sarah Crawford, spent her last years in Ohio. The subject of this notice remained a member f his father's household during his childhood and youth, becoming familiar with farming pursuits. Upon approaching manhood, with the natural desire of youth for change, he left home and repairing to Hillsboro, he commenced an apprenticeship at the tailor's trade. He followed this a number of years and then on account of failing health found that he must change his occupation and accordingly resumed the farming pursuits to which he Ind been reared. He resided a few years in his native county and then removed to Ross County. He sojourned in the latter a few years, then selling his farm property, removed to Greene County and commenced the improvement of the farm where he spent the balance of his life and where his widow still resides. Soon after reaching his majority, Thomas C. Walker was joined in wedlock with Miss Mary Carothers, in November, 1842, the wedding taking place at the bride's home in Highland, Ohio. Mrs. Walker was born November 3, 1815, in Washington County, Pa., and is the daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Bothwell) Carothers. The latter were natives of Virginia, belonging to the F. F. V's and like the Walker family traced their ancestry to Scotland. After the birth of two children Thomas Carothers and his wife removed from Virginia to Washington County, Pa., where they resided a number f years and where the mother died about 1820. She was cut down in her prime at the early age of thirty years and when her daughter Mary was a child of five. Her father, Thomas Carothers served in the war of 1812, and subsequently became a prominent man in his community; he spent his last years in Ross County. Thomas Carothers after the death of his wife removed with his family to Hillsboro, this State, where he established a tannery which he conducted for a number of years. Then removing .to Ross county he engaged in farming, purchasing land in the vicinity of Greenfield. There his death took place in 1855, when he was about seventy-five years old. He also served as a soldier in the War of 1812. He was a man of decided ideas and one who was looked up to in his community. In religion he was a stanch Presbyterian. He was proud of his antecedents as he had reason to be and was able to trace his ancestors to the French Huguenots who fled to America on account of religious persecution. To him and his estimable wife there was born a family of seven children, three sons and four daughters, one of whom died young but the others lived to mature years and two are yet living, these being PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 845 Mrs. Walker and her sister, Catherine, Mrs. Dyer, of Monticello, Ill.; the latter is now eighty-one years old. Mrs. Walker preserves with religious care various family relics, among them an old family Bible, belonging to her husband's father, and part of a sun dial which was the property of her maternal grandfather. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Walker remained residents of Highland County for a number of years where Mr. Walker improved a farm. In Jefferson County they settled upon a tract of one hundred and fifty acres and where Mr. Walker labored faithfully, tilling the soil and effecting one improvement after another and at his death left his family in comfortable circumstances. To Mr. and Mrs. Walker there was born a family of five children, one of whom, Thomas, Jr., died when three years old. The survivors are recorded as follows: James L. married Miss Mary Hyslett and they are residents of Jamestown; Sally J., Martha Ann and John D. remain with their mother, assisting in the farm work and the management of the homestead. Mr. Walker in politics was a stanch adherent of the Democratic party and his religious views coincide with the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was careful and conscientious in the transaction of business and gave substantial aid to the various enterprises calculated for the advancement of the people around him. He was one of the pillars of the church in which he had officiated as Class-Leader for some years. The family holds a good position in the community and is looked upon as forming a portion of its reliable element. COL. JOSEPH LEFFEL, a life-long resident of Clark County, is carrying on a large and extensive business in Springfield as a breeder of fancy poultry, and of pets of various kinds, his trade extending all over the United States; he is also engaged in training and selling Shetland ponies. He was born near Medway, September 21, 1833, and is a son of James P. Leffel, one of the early' settlers of this county, and a native of Botetourt County, Va. James Leffel, after passing the first eighteen years of his life in the above named county, left the parental roof to seek his fortunes in the Far West, as this part of the Nation was called, and making his way to this county, he cast in his lot with its pioneers. He found employment in a mill and distillery, receiving $10 a month for his services. He was very industrious and of good habits, and after working at that low salary for four years was enabled to buy a mill. At that time there were no railways or canals here, and James Leffel used to take his flour to Cincinnati with an ox-team. Money was scarce, and he traded flour oftentimes for merchandise, which he would dispose of at home for cash or wheat. he operated his mill and distillery until about 1834, when he sold out, and purchased a farm in Springfield Township, south of the city, and gave himself up to agriculture until his death April 7, 1887. He was a man of consideration in the township, in whose agricultural development he bore an active part, and was all-worthy of the respect accorded to his character. When he first came here the county was but thinly populated, Indians were plentiful, and in the forest wilds deer, bear and other game abounded. He lived to see the district well settled and wealthy, and during his residence here Springfield grew from a hamlet into a city of upward of forty thousand inhabitants. The maiden name of his wife was Elizabeth Miller; she was a native of Virginia, and departed this life some years before her husband. She was the mother of ten children, six of whom survive. Col. Leffel attended the pioneer schools of this, his native county, the first one being taught in a log house, and furnished with home-made furniture, slabs for seats with the bark side down, and common wooden pins for legs. After attaining his majority he engaged in bee culture, and making a thorough study of it, he patented a hive, which has since been used very extensively. He finally turned his attention to breeding fancy poultry, in which he is extensively engaged at the present time, having upward of forty distinct varieties of fowls. He has all the appliances in neat buildings, etc., to carry on the business to the best advantage. He also raises pets of various kinds, includ- 846 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. in rabbits, ferrets, guinea pigs, etc., besides training Shetland ponies. In the month of March, 1876, Col. Leffel was united in marriage with Miss Sadie Mead, a native of this city, and a daughter of Alfred and Nancy (Hatcher) Mead. Four children complete their pleasant home circle, as follows: Joseph Frank, Gilbert, Blanche and Philip L. Our subject is a man of exceptionally fine character, and of irreproachable habits. In his business career he has carried on his extensive dealings with unfailing honesty, and has won and retains the entire confidence of the many with whom he has business relations. He is a man of thought as well as of action, and his liberal mind and varied information make him an interesting companion. A son of one of the early pioneers of the county, he has proved himself a worthy scion of the stock that laid the basis of the present prosperity of this region, where his life has been passed. In connection with his personal sketch a portrait of Col. Leffel is shown on another page. CHURCHILL M. HAUGHEY. The little city of Bowersville, Greene County, is surrounded with some of the finest farming land in the Buckeye State, indicating in a marked manner the class of people which settled here in the early days. He of whom we write, and who is now a veteran of seventy-two years, owns and occupies one of the finest of these farms, this being two hundred acres in extent, and comprising a tract of fertile land, and improved with substantial modern buildings. This was his father's old homestead, and the fact that the son has kept it up in a praiseworthy manner reflects no small credit upon his industry and energy. It possesses for him a far more than moneyed value, it having been his home since he was an infant of six months. The subject of this notice was born near Wilmington, Clinton County, this State, February 8, 1818. His father, John Haughey, was a native of Virginia, and the son of Thomas Haughey, who was also born in the Old Dominion. The parents of Grandfather Haughey were of Irish birth and ancestry, and crossed the Atlantic prior to the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. They settled in Virginia, locating, it is believed, in Grayson County, where it is probable they spent the remainder of their lives. In religion they were of stanch Presbyterian stock, honest and worthy people, whose motto was to follow the Golden Rule, and do good as they had opportunity. Thomas Haughey after reaching manhood adopted farming as his vocation, and was married in Grayson County, Va., to Miss Violet Clanch. This lady was likewise born and reared in the Old Dominion, and came of Welsh parentage. The young people commenced the journey of life together on a farm, where all their children were born. John, the father of our subject, was the eldest child. The paternal grandfather for a time carried a musket during the Revolutionary War, and upon various occasions used it. He possessed in a marked manner the hardy and substantial traits of his ancestors, and was well calculated to battle with the difficulties of life on the frontier. Upon reaching manhood John Haughey learned wagon-making, and followed this trade a short time while a resident of his native State. He was married in Grayson County, Va., to Miss Patience Studivant, who was also born in Virginia, and they lived in Grayson County until after the birth of one child. Then deciding upon a removal, they started overland with teams to Ohio, settling in Hamilton County as early as 1812. A short time later, however, they removed to Clinton County, locating in Union Township, where the father farmed for a time on rented land. He then purchased a few acres, of which he was the owner, however, but a short time. In the meantime the parents of Mr. Haughey with their family, excepting one sister, emigrated, about 1817, to Ohio, and the .following year located in Greene County, the father purchasing a partially improved farm, embracing part of the land now occupied by his son, Churchill M. There the parents settled, and were successful in building up a comfortable home. The grandparents there spent their last days, Grandfather Haughey dying when nearly eighty-eight years old. His wife had passed PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 847 away some years previously at the age of eighty. They were most excellent and worthy people, greatly respected in their community, and although not belonging to any religious organization, were favorably inclined to the doctrines of the Christian Church. John Haughey, the father of our subject, was very successful in his fanning operations, and in due time became the owner of six hundred and eighty-four acres of choice land. In 1837 he put up a fine brick residence which, although it has now been standing for the long period of fifty-three years, is still a substantial dwelling, and a fitting monument to the industry and perseverance of its builder. He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lurana Baker, in Silver Creek Township, in December, 1876, and like his father before him, was nearly eighty-eight years old. In early manhood he was an old-line Whig, but later identified himself with the Republican party. In religious matters he was a follower of Thomas Payne. The wife and mother preceded her husband to the silent land, dying at Bowersville at the age of eighty-Iwo years. She differed widely from her husband in his religious belief, being a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The subject of this notice was one of a family of twelve children, eleven of whom grew to mature years. He spent his boyhood and youth at the parental homestead, that which he now owns and occupies. He remained a bachelor until thirty-three years old, and was then married, July 24, 1851, in Caesar's Creek Township, to Miss Susannah Ketteman. This lady was born in Hardy County, Va., November 24, 1822, and was the daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Peterson) Ketteman, who emigrated from the dominion to Ohio about 1832, settling in Caesar's Creek Township. They lived on a farm a number of years, and then removed to the city of Xenia, where the mother died in 1872, after having attained her fourscore years. Mr. Ketteman was born in 1795, and is still living in Xenia, at the advanced age of ninety-five. Both he and his good wife were members of the German Reformed Church. Mrs. Haughey was one of a family of two sons and six daughters born to her parents, four of whom are yet living. She was eight years old when the family came to Ohio, and was reared to womanhood in Caesar's Creek Township, remaining under the parental roof until her marriage. The five children born of this union are recorded as follows: Albert L. married Miss Mary Hussey, who died, and he was then married to Anna Blocher, and they live in Xenia; Charles C. took to wife Miss Ida Crawford, he lives at the homestead, and is the father of one child, a daughter, May ; William J. and Russell W. likewise remain at the homestead and assist in the farm work; Flora is the wife of Edward Compton, and ' they live on a farm in White County, Ind. Mr. Haughey cast his first Presidential vote for Gen. William Henry Harrison, and likewise voted for the grandson of "old Tippecanoe," in 1888. Mrs. Haughey belongs to the German Reformed Church. It is characteristic of the Haughey family that they are natural mechanics, skillful in the handling of tools, and very ingenious. DAVID ENOCH. An attractive rural home in Clark County is owned by David Enoch, who is one of the Trustees of German Township, now serving his second year in that capacity. He resides on section 4, where he owns sixty acres of well-tilled land. He was born in this county, January 31, 1825, and has lived in this State the greater part of his life. Twenty years were spent in Illinois, but he returned here determined to make this his abiding place during the remainder f his life. He was reared to manhood amid the pioneer scenes of the first half of the century, bearing such a part as was possible to one of his years in the improvement of the country, and in the meantime taking advantage of the opportunities afforded by the public schools to acquire an education. The schools of that early day did not embrace the curriculum taught at this period of time, but in them a solid foundation could generally be laid, upon which a lover of knowledge could build a more extensive structure. This was done by our 848 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. subject, who has endeavored to keep abreast of the times in his knowledge of current events and general topics. He has ever been interested in the growth of his native county in material prosperity and the higher civilization, and willing to aid the enterprises which promise to effect those ends. He is a Democrat and a member of the Reformed Church. Mr. Enoch has been twice married, the first alliance being consummated in 1850. His bride was Miss Elizabeth Morris, who shared his fortunes until November 28, 1876, when she passed through the valley of the shadow of death. She left two sons, John and William. The second wife of our subject was Mrs. Susan Staley, widow of the late Hugh Staley, f this county. She departed this life December 1, 1889. The parents of our subject were Henry and Mary (Jones) Enoch, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Virginia. Henry Enoch came to this county with his parents about 1812, and was here reared to manhood amid pioneer scenes. The family settled on Chapman's Creek, in the woods of German Township, where they endured some of the hardships to which the early settlers were subjected. Henry Enoch, who became well known throughout this part of the county by the familiar title of "Colonel," was a public-spirited, energetic and reliable citizen, whose death was mourned by many friends. He was a member of the Democratic party. To him and his good wife nine children were born, of whom the following survive: David, Mary, John, Esther and Henry, mostly residents of this State. CHARLES HARNER. There are few permanent residents of Xenia Township,Greene County, who are not familiar with the name of this old and honored citizen. He for many years was one of the leading agriculturists of Xenia Township, but some time since wisely retired from active labor, and amid the comforts of a pleasant home in Oldtown is enjoying the fruits of his early toil. He is a large property-holder, owning nearly one thousand acres of land in this county, and he has watched its growth and development with the interest only felt by those came hither in the pioneer days, and who labored and. waited for results. Its present condition is due to the efforts of those early pioneers whose names it is designed to perpetuate in this volume. The Harner family is of German origin, and in the Fatherland, Jacob Harner, the immediate progenitor of our subject, was born. There also he was reared, and later emigrated to America. He was married in Pennsylvania, the maiden name of his wife being Anna Maria Hefly, a native of Hagerstown, Pa. The parents of our subject soon after their marriage emigrated to this county and settled in Beaver Creek Township whcn the country around them was mostly inhabited by wild animals. There the father secured a tract of land, built up a good homestead by the labor of his hands, and died about 1846. The mother departed this life in 1868, after the decease of her husband. Their family consisted of ten children, three of whom are living. Charles, our subject, was the seventh child. He was born at the old homestead in Beaver Creek Township, July 19, 1817, and there grew to man's estate, living with his father until he was married. He then purchased the farm in the northeast part of Xenia Township, where he continued to live until his removal to Oldtown early in the '60s. Mr. Harner was married in his native township, March 19, 1840, to Miss Mary Ann, daughter of the late Morgan Morgan, a native of Washington County, Md. Her mother bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Reel, and was a native of the same county as her husband. They were married in Maryland, whence they emigrated to this county at an early day, settling in Beaver Creek Township, where they lived until called hence. There were born to them five sons and one daughter, and Mrs. Hamer was the next to the eldest. She was born at the old homestead in Beaver Creek Township, March 14, 1823, and spent her early life in a manner common to the daughters of pioneer farmers. She attended the district school and was trained by her excellent mother in all useful household duties, so that she was fully fitted to take her place as the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 849 mistress of a good man's home. To Mr. and Mrs. Hamer there have been born eleven children, seven sons and four daughters, these being named respectively: Martin, Mary E., David J., Isabella, Morgan J., Rose Ann, Martha C., Charles A., Franklin J., James H. and Samuel B. This large family presents a spectacle of a circle still unbroken by the hand of the Destroyer. The most of them are married and comfortably settled in life. Mr. Hamer, politically, is a pronounced Prohibitionist, while both he and his estimable wife are members in good standing of the Reformed Church. EDWARD HARRISON, of the Lagonda View Farm, in Clark County, was born in Frederick City, Md., April 18, 1832. His father, Zephaniah Harrison, of Scotch-Irish descent, was born in Frederick County, in November, 1795. He was a volunteer in the War of 1812, and his company, under Capt. Brengle, lay on their arms on Federal Hill during the night of the bombardment of Ft. McHenry, ready for action. He was a skilled mechanic, a wise man and a born naturalist. The mother of our subject, Mary Ann (Haller) Harrison, was two or three years younger than her husband. She was born in Frederick City, of German parents, and was a Christian woman, possessing a large heart and generous impulses. During the late Civil War she and her husband were thoroughly loyal and were, with other members of the family, active in their efforts in behalf of the sick and wounded soldiers after the several severe battles which were fought in their vicinity. Our subject attended school, public and private, from early childhood until thirteen years old, and then spent eighteen months in the printing office of the Mirror of the Times, a weekly religious and temperance paper, published in Frederick City, by the Rev. S. W. Harkey (now D. D.) and the subject's brother, Josiah. In the summer of 1847 he entered a retail' dry goods house in Frederick, where he remained four years, then engaged in the grocery business in the same city on his own account, until the latter part of the summer of 1853, when he set out for the West, for the purpose of acquiring a practical education. In the fall of this year he entered the Commercial and Teachers' Department of Wittenberg College and so rapid was his progress that during the following winter he was appointed by the faculty of the institution an assistant teacher, but from almost the day of the appointment was at the head of the department, and, at the age of twenty-two was appointed Principal, which position he held until the summer of 1857. Mr. Harrison then resigned his place and opened a commercial school in Springfield, which he conducted with gratifying success until the spring of 1865, when he went with his family to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, where for eighteen months he was at the head of a business college, and successfully taught the several branches pertaining to a commercial education. In the fall of 1866 he was solicited to return to Springfield. He was one of the incorporators, and the first Treasurer, of the Republic Printing Company, which position he resigned in the spring of 1868, and went to his native city, where he conducted a commercial school one year. He then returned to Springfield and engaged in teaching and expert work pertaining to his profession until the latter part of January, 1871, when he entered into an engagement with James Leffel & Co., water-wheel manufacturers, as head book-keeper and collector, and is with them at the time of this writing, 1890, being now on his twentieth year. Mr. Harrison was a successful teacher, and as an expert accountant has few equals and perhaps no superior. Since he first engaged in the profession of book-keeper, expert work has been a large part of his duties. He has been an acceptable contributor to the agricultural press, but has written sparingly and to the point, preferring to write too little rather than too much. He was first married in Hagerstown, Md., August 21, 1855, to Miss Virginia Francis Gelwicks, a most estimable young lady, a native of Frederick City, and the daughter of George C. and Mary M. Gelwicks. The living children by this mar-