200 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. reached the prime of life, he has gained the full confidence of his fellow-citizens and in future years will undoubtedly be called upon to perform many responsible and honorable duties in the public interest QUINN BRADLEY. Among those who have been so successful financially that they are enabled to lay aside the cares of life and spend their declining years in the enjoyment of suitable comforts, is Mr. Bradley, a retired merchant of West Jefferson. He is the owner of the old homestead located in Monroe Township which was the scene of his labors for many years. He is residing in a very comfortable home surrounded by his family and enjoying the esteem of numerous friends and acquaintances. The parents of our subject were David and Nancy (Morrow) Bradley, the former of whom was born in Monroe Township, Madison County, and the latter in Tioga County, N. Y. The father passed away in his native place, July 6, 1850, while the mother, who survived him a great many years, died in Jefferson Township, the same county, January 26, 1892. They were the parents of three sons and two daughters, of whom our subject was the youngest, he being born March 10, 1844, in Monroe Township, where he grew to manhood. The education which he received was of a practical kind, as his advantages in the educational line were very limited. He aided his mother in carrying on the farm until the outbreak of the Civil War, when, in May, 1862, he enlisted in Company D, Eighty-fourth Ohio Infantry and served with his regiment until the following September. Early in the winter of 1864, however, he re-enlisted, this time becoming a member of Company C, Second Ohio Cavalry, and remained in the army until the close of the war. Returning home to Madison County, Mr. Bradley again resumed farming. October 28, 1869, the original of this sketch was married to Miss Kate, daughter of Adam Zinn, one of the old settlers of Franklin County. The lady was born in Columbus, in October, 1843, and continued to reside with her husband on the old homestead in Monroe Township, which he had purchased, until 1875, at which time they came to West Jefferson. Here Mr. Bradley engaged in the grocery business for eighteen months, when he sold out, and in 1878 established a drugstore, carrying on a very paying business until August 1, 1890, when he disposed of his stock and has since lived retired from active work of any kind. Mr. Bradley has taken an active part in local affairs and has been chosen by the citizens of the township to hold many offices of trust, among which was Township Clerk and School Director. Being a Grand Army man, Mr. Bradley is a member of Wilson Burrows Post No. 389, and as an Odd Fellow is connected with West Jefferson Lodge No. 412. He is always interested in measures which tend toward the upbuilding of his community, and during elections invariably casts a Republican vote. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley have one daughter, Elta, who with her parents is a member of the Baptist Church. URBAN G. CREAMER. A conspicuous position among the attorneys of Fayette County is held by this gentleman, who actively engaged in professional duties, and who. through well-directed efforts, has gained success in his calling. Although he has resided in Washington C. H. for a brief period only, having located here in 1889, he has already secured a permanent place in the regard of the people, and his wide knowledge of the law renders his opinion valuable and often sought. The early years of the life of our subject were passed amid rural scenes on his father's farm near Jeffersonville, Ohio, where he was born July 25, 1851. For further facts in his paternal history, the reader is referred to the sketch of A. R. Creamer, presented elsewhere in this volume. He passed the summer seasons in farm work, and in the winter diligently applied himself to his studies in the district school. At the age of eighteen, he commenced to teach and was thus engaged during PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 201 winters for five years, his summers being devoted to agricultural labors. For a few years he worked exclusively on a farm, having charge of the old homestead where he was born. At the age of twenty-eight, Mr. Creamer was elected Justice of the Peace and served with efficiency in that capacity for six years. Meanwhile he read law whenever opportunity offered, and at the expiration of his term of service as Justice, he left Jeffersonville and proceeded to Williamsburgh, Clermont County, where he studied law for one year entirely under his own direction. March 1, 1888, he was admitted to practice at the Bar of the State of Ohio, and located for the practice of his profession at Williamsburgh, where he remained until he came to Washington C. H., in February, 1889. Since that time, he has gained a good practice and devotes his attention closely to the demands of his professional duties. In the spring of 1892, he was elected Justice of the Peace at Washington C. H. The marriage of Mr. Creamer to Miss Laura McLean. of Williamsburgh, was celebrated January 21, 1889, and their pleasant home in Washington C. H. is brightened by the presence of one child, a son, J. Byron. Religiously, Mr. Creamer is identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and socially, is a member of the Cerneau Scottish Kite, F. & A. M., which includes the Blue Lodge. JAMES B. SPRAGUE, M. D., of London, who first won distinction as assistant surgeon in the army during the war, is a man of rare personal worth, of wide experience as a physician, and stands high in professional and social circles in _Madison County, where he is well known and honored. Dr. Sprague was born in Clarke County, June 15, 1821, and his parents were James and Polly (Bailey) Sprague, who were natives respectively of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and were fine representatives of the old New England stock that has borne such an important part in the upbuilding of the great Commonwealth of Ohio. Hither the father came in 1812, and resumed his occupation as a farmer on the rich virgin soil of Clarke County, where he purchased three hundred and twenty acres of land. his first work was to build a log house for the shelter of his family, which he replaced later in life by a handsome brick residence. He was a man of fine physique, standing six feet and two inches in his stockings, and he was gifted with great strength. He possessed good mental ability, was a clear-headed business man, and was one of the wealthy citizens of his county. He was a Democrat, with an intelligent comprehension of the political situation in his day. He lived to dance with his grandchildren, and was of a ripe old age when he died. His children were eight in number, and six of them are yet living: Leonard B., Mrs. Orisa Rice, James B., Mrs. Percy Wallingsford, Mrs. Maria McMahon, and Mrs. Mary E. Cameron. The subject of this life record spent the first twenty years of his life on his father's farm. His early education was obtained in the district school of his native county, and he subsequently became a student at the Springfield High School, attending there three years in all, teaching at intervals to get money to pay his expenses. His father dying, he was appointed one of the administrators of the estate, and left school to attend to his duties, living on the farm until the estate was settled. He sold his share of the property to his brother Leonard, as he had determined to prepare himself for the medical profession, toward which his tastes inclined him. He entered upon his studies with Dr. Robert Rodgers, of Springfield, and was with him three years. By that time he was so well up in his studies that Ire at once took high rank in his classes when he entered the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, from which he was graduated in March, 1851. He established himself at Vienna Cross Roads in his native county, and remained there until June, 1862. He was then offered the position of assistant surgeon of the Twenty-seventh Ohio Infantry, and for three years he labored incessantly among the sick and dying soldiers on Southern battlefields, doing all in his power to allay suffering and to stay the ]land of death. and 202 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. many a poor boy had cause to thank him for a life saved or a death-bed robbed of its pain. But such devotion to his duties told severely on his own health, and he utterly broke down, so that he was discharged and sent home on a bed. He subsequently returned to the South in the same capacity, under a contract with Col. Lathrop, of Cincinnati, and was absent two months. Although obtained at such a terrible cost, our subject's experience as an army surgeon has been nvaluable to him in his subsequent practice, and he has risen native county until 1871, when he sold out there and to greater prominence in his profession by reason of it. He continued his practice in his and came to London to make his future home. His residence is on South Oak Street, an his office in the same lot. He is the oldest practitioner in the village, whither his fame had preceded him, and he has all the patients that he can attend to, both in the village and in the country. He is as devoted to his profession as when he first entered it with all the vigor, high hopes and ambitions of early manhood, and has kept pace with the times in regard to the progress made in the medical world by means of new discoveries and inventions. He has been singularly successful in dealing with difficult and dangerous cases. It is said of him that in forty years' practice he has had more cases of obstetrics, in all probability, than any other physician in the county, and yet he has never lost but one patient, whom the Doctor thinks was poisoned by an attendant. Dr. Sprague was married, in 1843, to Miss Sarah Chamberlain, of Clarke County, and a daughter of Isaac and Polly (Harriman) Chamberlain. They were natives of New Hampshire, and came to Ohio in the early years of its settlement. They kept a hotel for some years, and later lived on a farm until death, always making their home in Clarke County after coming to this State. They had six children, two of whom are living: Mattie and Mrs Sprague. The marriage of our subject and his wife, which has been a union of true felicity, has been hallowed to them by the birth of two children: Mrs. C. F. Wragg, of Clarke County, who is the mother of four children: Frank, Elmer, Leona and Charles; and Milton C., a physician and surgeon of Madison County, who married Miss Alice Hurd and has two children: Clarence and Annie. Our subject and his wife are regarded as variable acquisitions to the community, and in them the Universalist Church has two devoted members. The Doctor is prominent in medical circles as one of the Examining Board of Physicians for Pensions, appointed thereto by President Harrison and as a leading member of the State Medical Society, in which he has held all the offices. He belongs to Lyon Post No. 121, G. A. R., of which he is surgeon; and he is also an Odd Fellow and a Mason, being the oldest Mason in London, a Scottish Rite member, having taken the thirty-second he has degree in Masonry. Politically, he is a Democrat. CHANNING VLEREBOME is one of the most successful and most extensive grain. dealers in Perry Township, Pickaway County. He was born on the 9th of August, 1865, in New Holland, this township, and is a son of George and Marinda (Chaffin) Vlerebome. The father was a native of New York, and came to Cincinnati, Ohio, when fourteen years of age, where he remained and worked four or five years as a clerk in a clothing store. He then went on the road as a traveling salesman for a firm, which position he held a number of years, and was one of the most successful, receiving a salary of $2,500 per year, which was at that time the highest paid. The father of our subject was married at New Holland, in 1859, and engaged in the grocery business at New Holland until the spring of 1886, when, his health failing somewhat, he retired from business. In 1876, he started in the elevator business, and in the year 1883 his elevator and grocery store were entirely destroyed by fire, which resulted in a net loss of over $20,000. He was a stanch member of the Republican party, and belonged to the Masonic order. Of the five children born to the worthy parents of our subject, he is the youngest, and received PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 205 his early education in the common schools, which was supplemented by a course in the business college at Delaware, Ohio. In July, 1888, Mr. Vlerebome engaged in the elevator business at New Holland, and soon afterward associated with him Mr. George McCrea, the firm now being known as McCrea & Vierehome. They handle annually over two hundred thousand bushels of wheat, and about the same amount of corn, and receive most all the custom of the township. Our subject is a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge, and is one of the most highly respected young men in the community, admired by all for his sagacious judgment and square dealings, SAMUEL M. OWENS. Amid the numerous changes which fall to the lot of mankind, it is the happy fortune of but few to pass nearly three-quarters of a century upon the same homestead, endeared to them through its associations with the events of their youth, manhood and old age. Such, however, is the history of Mr. Owens, who resided upon his farm in Wayne Township, Pickaway County, for a period of almost seventy years. As may be imagined, he was known alike to old and young for miles around his hone, and wherever known was highly esteemed. He died at his home, May 13, 1892. At one time the owner of about one thousand acres, Mr. Owens was still a large land-owner at the time of his demise, having in his possession between eight hundred and nine hundred acres, all of which are located in Wayne Township, with the exception of a farm in Jackson Township, this county. In connection with general farming, he was always greatly interested in stock-raising and had a large number of cattle, hogs and horses on his place. He was always a great lover of fine horses and for nearly twenty years engaged as a breeder of draft horses, making a specialty of Normans. He also raised cattle for thirty years, and was a successful and judicious stock-raiser. About the year 1815, William Owens brought his family from Montgomery County, Md., to Ohio the journey being made in an old-fashioned two-wheel cart drawn by two horses. locating in Jackson Township, he rented a tract of land and built a log cabin which remained his home for sometime. Subsequently, he removed to Wayne Township, where he purchased land when the surrounding country was new and wild game was plentiful, especially deer and turkeys. His family consisted of his wife and two children: Samuel M., who was born in Montgomery County, Md.. August 21, 1808, and Mary, widow of Samuel Campbell, who died about 1884 in Circleville, this State. The removal from Maryland to Ohio was made when our subject was a lad of seven years, and his education was gained in the schools of Jackson Township, which were of a primitive character, both as to mode of instruction and furnishings. When about twenty-two years old, he was united in marriage with Miss Eliza, daughter of Aaron Sullivan, who settled in Ross County, Ohio, at an early day. The worthy couple lived together in happiness, sharing the trials and hardships of pioneer life and industriously working their way to independence and prosperity, until April 6, 1875, when Mrs. Owens was called from time to eternity. She was a faithful Christian, and for many years identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Eleven children were born of the union of our subject and his wife: Massie Ann is the wife of Frank Brown, a farmer of Jackson Township; William (deceased) married Martha Rector, and they became the parents of seven children; Sallie became the wife of henry Caldwell and died at Ashville some years ago; Ellen married Daniel R. Knowles, a farmer of Wayne Township; Mary was united with Samuel Reigle and is now deceased; Ann M. is the wife of Daniel L. Knowles, a resident of Washington; Nancy is single and lives at home; Samuel married Mary Stevens and makes his hone in Wayne Township; Marcus B. married Nina ,Jones and resides in Burlington Junction, Mo. Two died in infancy. Reared an old-line Whig, Mr. Owens cast his first Presidential ballot for Henry Clay in 1832, and was a firm Republican after the organization of that party, although he did not take an active part in political affairs. As the years passed by, he 206 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. placed additional improvements on his place and in 1852 replaced the old log cabin which had been his home with an attractive and commodious residence in which his closing years were passed. Hardworking and persevering, he gained success and was numbered among the most prominent citizens of the county. His friends will therefore be pleased to read this sketch of his life, and will also notice with interest the accompanying portrait. WILLIAM BAUDER, who died in Circleville, May 10, 1892, was one of the early settlers of Pickaway County, and was born three miles east of Schenectady, N. Y., in the year 1813. His grandfather was a farmer, descended from a high German family. His father, Peter Bauder, was a native of Herkimer County. and was a self-made man. Ile served as a teamster in the War of 1812. He engaged in farming until 1818, and then removed to Albany, where he remained until 1826, when he removed to. West Troy. He afterward kept hotel in Albany and died in Jefferson County, N. Y., at about the age of seventy-four. For some time he was a member of the Methodist Church but afterward joined the Evangelical Association. He married Eliza Grace, who was born on the Isle of Man, and was a daughter of William Grace, a native of Ireland. On coming to America, he located in Albany, N. Y., where he spent the remainder of his life. After husband’s death, Mrs. Bauder went to Illinois and made her home with some of her children. She died in Naperville, that State, but was buried in Montgomery. In the parental family were fourteen children, twelve of whom grew to mature years. Those still living are Peter, a retired merchant of Clinton, Iowa; Hon. Cyrenus, who served his district in the State Legislature and resides in Lee County, Iowa, near Ft. Madison; James, a farmer of Madison County, N.Y.; Gerald of Nashua, Iowa; and Jane and Allen, both of whom also reside in Nashua. The subject of this sketch began his education in Albany, where the Lancasterian system of education was taught, there being four hundred scholars in one room. He there remained until thirteen years of age. He then began earning his own livelihood. When seventeen years of age, he was apprenticed to a carriage manufacturer under Amos Kendall, serving a term of three years. His employer was a skilled mechanic, and, under his instruction, Mr. Bauder advanced rapidly in the line of his work. He afterward bought out his employer and carried on a successful business for some time. In connection with his brother, he afterward engaged in the manufacture of wheel. barrows and again prospered in this line of work. In 1838, he came to Ohio, and built a shop in Dresden, but business did not pay in that place. and he removed to Circleville. He afterward engaged in business as a manufacturer of carriage and wagons and built up an excellent trade. The first buggy he made was for ex-Sheriff Wolfley. He had many hardships and difficulties to overcome, but by his enterprise and skill worked his way upward, acquiring an excellent patronage. In 1839, in Zanesville, Ohio, Mr. Bauder was united in marriage with Miss Ann Fleming, who was born in New Jersey, and is a daughter of Abner Fleming, a farmer of Zanesville. Nine children were born of their union: Alex died at of the Methodist Church but afterward joined the the age of seventeen years; the four next younger Evangelical Association. He married Eliza Grace, died in early life; Edson B. graduated from the High School and from Ann Arbor University of Michigan, has received the degrees of A. B., A. M. And LL.D, and is now a practicing attorney of Cleveland; George W. is engaged in business in Circleville; Mary is the wife of Dr. C. Foster, a prominent physician of Washington Court House; and William H. Is Superintendent of the Edison Electric business in the Rocky Mountain district, and makes his home in Denver, Col. Mr. Bender returned to the East in 1843 and with a capital of $3,000, embarked in the hotel business in Pine Wood, Madison County, N. Y. A year later , he established a carriage factory, which he carried on until 1846, when he returned to Circleville with only $2,000. He again worked at his trade in Circleville, and afterward bought a lot and built a carriage factory at the corner of Watt and Court Streets. For a number of years PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 207 he engaged in the manufacture of fine carriages and other vehicles and built up a most excellent trade, meeting with signal success. He invented two patents. In 1874, he took his son, George W., into partnership and ten years later sold out to him, since which time he has lived a retired life, devoting his attention to the care of his property. his carriages were sent all over the country. he employed from ten to twenty hands and did an extensive business. He built a great many residences, a number of which he still owns, including two dwellings on Pinkney Street. He also was interested in real estate in Iowa. He started out in life empty-handed, but by his own industrious efforts and perseverance he had acquired a handsome competence. In politics, Mr. Bander was a Democrat until the election of Lincoln, after which time he was a stanch Republican. He served as Township Treasurer, School Director and School Treasurer. Socially, he was an Odd Fellow and for years had been Treasurer of his lode. He belonged to the Methodist Church, of which he was Trustee. Mr. Bauder was one of the oldest settlers in the city, and was a genial, jovial man and one who was held in high regard by his many friends throughout the community. RICHARD M. JOHNSON. Among the varied and numerous occupations by means of which men seek faille and fortune, there is certainly none more free from worry and vexation of spirit than agriculture. In the country, surrounded on every side by waving fields of grain and all the beauties of nature, man's soul is possessed in calmness and he does not wear himself out as do the busy people who reside in the city. The subject of this sketch is numbered among those who enjoy the freedom and peace of farm life and makes his home in Fairfield Township Madison County, where he is ranked among the wealthy farmers. The parents of our subject, Thomas B. and Aletha (Reed) Johnson, were natives of Montgomery County, Md. In 1835, they emigrated to Ohio and located in what is now Oak Run Township, this county, soon after which they removed to Range Township. After a residence there of a short time, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson returned to Oak Run Township, where time former died in 1842; the mother departed this life September 9, 1863, in Fairfield Township. The parental family included nine children, of whom our subject was the fifth child and fourth son. He was also born in Montgomery County, Md., his natal day being July 1, 1821. he was a lad of eleven years at the time of his parents' removal to this county and here grew to man's estate, remaining under the parental roof in Oak Run Township until 1857, when he took up his abode on the place where he is at present residing. Mr. Johnson of this sketch was married in Summerford Township, this comity, November 1, 1860, the lady of his choice being Miss Sarah Jane, daughter of Nathaniel and Many (Patrick) Griffin, natives respectively of Ohio and Virginia. The parents of Mrs. Johnson were married in this State, after which they located on the line between Champaign and Madison Counties, where the mother died, August 31, 1864. The father, who survived her many years, departed this life in Macon County, Ill., August 10, 1880. Mrs. Johnson, who was born in Van Wert County, this State, January 12, 1834, was the fifth in order of girth of the parental family of nine children. Of the two children born to our subject and his wife, one died in infancy and Imo passed away when two years old. Farming has been the life work of our subject and he is thoroughly informed regarding the peculiar qualities of soils, the best methods of fertilizing, and the rotation of crops which will produce the most desirable results. Having prospered, he is surrounded with alt the comforts of life, and upon his estate will he found a complete line of buildings and the various improvements which might be expected of a mane of progressive ideas. He is the proprietor of about twelve hundred acres of land and is one of the most prominent farmers and stock-raisers in Madison County. Mr. Johnson takes an active interest in local 208 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. affairs and belongs to the Republican party, taking sufficient part in politics to keep well informed regarding the issues of the day. He has been Township Trustee, in which position he gave entire satisfaction to his fellow-citizens. With his wife, he is a member in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church, giving liberally and cheerfully of his means for its support. C. A. CLARK, a druggist of Mt. Sterling, has been engaged in this business for several years. He is considered one of the enterprising and progressive business men of the place and a valued citizen. He was born in Mt. Sterling, January 6, 1858, and is a son of Alex and Lydia (Adkins) Clark, both of whom were natives of, Virginia. Their marriage, however, was celebrated in this State. The father is a blacksmith and resides in Madison Mills, Fayette County. The family numbered thirteen children, eleven of whom grew to mature years, but Mrs. J. S. Smith died at the age of thirty-seven years, leaving four children. William is an attorney of Mt. Sterling; J. M. is engaged in the grocery trade in Mt. Sterling; J. N. is, a physician of Madison Mills; J. S. is a blacksmith of Buena Vista, Fayette County; Mrs. Emma Crawford makes her home in Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. John Adams is living in Greenfield, Ohio, where her husband is engaged as a grain dealer; Mrs. W. M. Fulton is living on a farm in Range Township, Madison County; Mrs. Charles Snyder makes her hone on a farm in highland County, and Mildred is still with her parents. When our subject was about two years old, his parents removed to Madison Mills, where he grew to manhood. In his boyhood, he aided his father in the blacksmith shop and attended school. Between the ages of thirteen and twenty years, he worked by the month upon a farm, and on attaining his majority found himself with a couple of horses, which he sold. Ile then began the study of medicine with his brother, in whose office he remained for two years, when he came to Mt. Sterling and was employed as a salesman for Dr. W. Clintock, with whom he remained for five years. On the 1st of June, 1887, Mr. Clark was united in marriage with Miss Willie E. Larey, of Mt. Sterling, daughter of John and Julia Larey, and a native of Pickaway County, Ohio. Their union has been blessed with one child, a daughter, Cleo Belle, born May 18, 1888. Having passed the examination for a pharmacist's certificate about a year after his marriage, Mr. Clark bought a half interest in the drug store of Dr. McClintock. Two years later, he bought out the drug store of P. H. Mandabach, and still continued to hold the half interest in the other store. A year later, he bought out Dr. McClintock and combined the two stocks in 1890. Mr. Clark has a full and complete stock of drugs and has a well-appointed store. He is doing a good business and well deserves his liberal patronage. In politics, he is a Democrat and cast his first Presidential vote for W. S. Hancock. Socially, ire is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Masonic fraternity and the Odd Fellows' society. Himself and wife hold membership with the Methodist Church and are prominent people of Mt. Sterling. DAVID C. THROCKMORTON, proprietor of the American Furniture Store, and one of the leading citizens of Circleville, was born in Pickaway Township, Pickaway County, on the 18th of October, 1846, and is of Welsh descent. His grandfather, Ezekiel Throckmorton was a native of Wales. After his marriage, he emigrated to America and made a location in Ross County, Ohio, where he was engaged in broom making. He afterward removed to Missouri, settling near St. Louis, where he followed the occupation of farming until his death. The father of our subject, Thomas Throckmorton, was born in Ross County, Ohio, and learned tine trade of broom making with his father. He afterward carried on that business at Jeffersonville, and established the first broom factory at tint place. While on his way West in 1847, his death PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 209 occurred in Waterloo, Fayette County, Ohio. His wife bore the maiden name of Jale Jones, and s a daughter of John D. Jones, a native of Scotland, Her father was a school teacher, and followed that profession first in Virginia, and after ward at Pickaway, Ohio. In 1837, he became a teacher in Jefferson, after which he became a stock dealer, buying and shipping stock. His last days were spent in Washington C. H. where he died in 1860, at the age of sixty-eight years he was a soldier in the Mexican War and served as a Sergeant under Gen. Taylor. The mother of our subject has, since her husband's death, become Mrs. Hickman, and resides in Circleville. D. C. was the only child born unto Thomas Throckmorton and his wife. He was reared in his native county until ten years of age, when he removed with his mother to Lexington, Ky., and in 1859, went to Richmond, Ky., where he attended school. The year 1862 witnessed his return to Ohio. He was apprenticed to the shoemaker's trade under John Lisinger, and worked in that line until February, 1864, when he responded to the country's call for troops. He was then only seventeen years of age, but he became one of the boys in blue of Company K, Ninetieth Ohio Infantry. He was mustered in at Camp Douglas, became a musician and was sent South, joining Sherman's Army. He participated in the battles of Resaca, Dallas, Buzzard's Roost, Snake Gap, Dalton, Kenesaw Mountain, and all the engagements in which his regiment bore a part in the Atlanta campaign. He also fought in the battles of Springhill, Franklin, Columbia and Nashville. His regiment then returned home, but Mr. Throckmorton and a few recruits were sent to Texas with Gen. D. Stanley.Our subject served as his Orderly until discharged at Victoria on the 3d of October, 1865, being mustered out at Columbus in November following,He was one of the youngest soldiers in the service, but was none the less true and loyal, and may well be proud of his army record. On his return to Circleville, Mr. Throckmorton was apprenticed to J. M. Duffy, a carriage maker, with whom he, remained nine years. He became foreman of the factory, and during the last three years had almost control of the entire business. In 1883, began his connection with the furniture business. He worked with B. Kath for three years, during which time he did some fine cabinet-work, and for eighteen months was with Mr. Kath's successors, Maddy & Probst. In May, 1887, he began business for himself, establishing the American Furniture Store in the American house Block. His sale-room is 22x78 feet. and is well filled with a good stock of furniture of excellent designs. In connection with this he also does an extensive business in the manufacture of picture frames. In Circleville, in 1877, Mr. Throckmorton married Miss Martha Forquer, a native of Perry County, Ohio, and a daughter of John Forquer of this place. Six children have been born of their union, five of whom are yet living: John, Martha, James, Thomas and Florence. Arthur, the first child, died at the age of two and a half years. In April, 1891, Mr. Throckmorton was elected a member of the City Council on the Democratic ticket, and is still filling that office. He has proved himself a capable officer and well merits the honor conferred upon him. Socially, he is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and is the youngest member of Grace Post, G. A. R. He also belongs to St. Joseph's Catholic Church, and is a member of the Knights of St. John, and a stanch advocate of Democracy. He is recognized as one of the leading business men of Circleville and is now enjoying a liberal patronage, of which he is well deserving, and his courteous treatment and upright dealings have won the high regard of all with whom he has come in contact. SCOTT CHENOWETH. Among the prominent and leading agriculturists of Madison County who are selected for representation in this biographical work, we take pleasure in presenting the worthy subject of this sketch. Mr. Chenoweth, who is a resident of Range Township, is a native of this place, having been born here December 11, 1855. He is a son of Jeremiah PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 210 R. and Elizabeth (Bostwick) Chenoweth, for a further history of whom the reader is referred to their sketch on another page in this volume. He of whom we write was given a fair education in tire common schools and began to do for himself after attaining his eighteenth year. He remained under the parental roof until his marriage, December 28, 1876, to Miss Anna Rowlen, of Range Township, Madison County. She was born in Monroe Township, Pickaway County, August 10, 1855, and is the daughter of Josiah and Harriet Hill Rowlen, who are residing at the present time in London, this State. Mrs. Chenoweth received an excellent education, and by her union with our subject became the mother of four children, viz: Edgar, who was horn December 1, 1878; Ersel and Mabel (twins), born March 21, 1884, and Homer R., August 19, 1888. Mrs. Chenoweth was accidentally killed by being struck by the morning train from Cincinnati, on April 1, 1890. She had just left her home and was driving along in a buggy, when the 9:15 train rushed along much faster than usual, sounding neither whistle nor bell. Mrs. Chenoweth was thirty-four years of age at the time of her death, and was the daughter of Josiah Rowlen, of London, to whose home her remains were removed. She was a woman of remarkable character, and was dearly beloved by all with whom she came in contact, her friends being as numerous as her acquaintances. Her pleasant home, which was located six miles from Mt. Sterling, was characterized by all the comforts of rural life, and was one of the most hospitable in this locality. Mr. Chenoweth was tendered the sympathy of the entire community in this most sad bereavement, and the immense concourse of people which was present at the funeral testified to the high esteem in which the deceased was held. In his political relations, our subject is a true-blue Republican, and was a candidate before the convention for the nomination of Sheriff, but was defeated by a small majority. He has served his party as a delegate to various conventions and is active in all measures which tend to the development and upbuilding of this community. In the division of his father's property, he fell heir to two hundred and fifty acres of the estate, which he has placed under excellent cultivation, and erected thereon two substantial dwellings and a barn, he has laid five thousand rods of tile on the place, and by his industry and good judgment has caused it to be ranked among the very best in the township. EDWIN N. GUNSAULUS, editor and proprietor of the London Times, a Republican organ and the oldest paper published in Madison County, is a young man whose strong individuality, cultured mind and executive ability of a high order, place him among the leaders of his profession in this part of the State. He is a native of Mt. Liberty, Knox County, Ohio, his birthplace, and December 13, 1859, the date of his advent into the family of Dr. C. and Eliza Gunsaulus, who are now residents of Centreburgh, that county, he being the second of their three children. During his Boyhood, his parents removed to Mt. Vernon, whence, a short time after, they went, in 1875, to Mt. Gilead, Morrow County, where his education was continued, and in 1878 he graduated from school with the highest honors. Soon after, he began his journalistic career by entering the office of the Morrow County Sentinel, the Republican organ of that county, and mastering all the details of the printer's art he did local and editorial work on the paper, thereby acquiring invaluable experience. This well equipped for the profession, he purchased the Centreburgh Gazette, in 1882, an became a full-fledged editor, with promises of a successful career that have been amply fulfilled. He conducted that paper until December, 1887, when he had disposed of his interests in it to become half owner of the London Times, and at the same time he resigned the office of Mayor of Centreburgh, to which he had been elected in the spring of that year as a Republican. In September, 1890. Mr. Gunsaulus purchased his partner's interest in the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 211 Times, and is at present sole editor and proprietor of the same. This paper, as before mentioned, is the oldest published in Madison County, and is recognized as the mouthpiece of the local Republican party, whose every utterance anent politics carries with it weight and influence. Before the paper came into the hands of Mr. Gunsaulus, it had passed through many vicissitudes, and had suffered of late years by reason of frequent changes of proprietors and loose management. When our subject gained control of it, with characteristic energy and resolution, he set about bringing it back to its old-time vigor, and in this he has been more than successful. In July, 1891, a complete new outfit of type was purchased as well as a gas engine and all tire accessories necessary to the equipment of a first-class, modern paper and job office. The Times was enlarged from an one-column folio to an eight-page, seven-column paper, and now ranks as one of the leading newspapers of the State, with an appearance second to none, and with a large and constantly increasing circulation. Our subject is very happily situated in regard to his domestic relations. He was married March 28, 1889, to Miss Harriet N. Mitchell, who is also a native of Knox County, and is a daughter of Spencer and Harriet Mitchell. To Mr. and Mrs. Gunsaulus a son was born February 28, 1890, whom they have named Paul Mitchell. ROTH BROS., the individual members of the firm being George E. and William Roth, are live, energetic business men, and have been engaged in the tannery business since September, 1872. They are wealthy citizens of Circleville and are truly self-made men, for they had very little to start with. They have all the thrift and energy of their German ancestors and are possessed of all those qualities that make useful and influential citizens. The father, George Roth, was born in Prussia, Germany, near Mecklenburg, and, like the majority of his native countrymen, learned a trade. He became a tanner and operated a tannery at Wismar, that country, for many years. He was in tho Home Guards while in his native country. In 1855, he took passage for America with his son and after residing at Harmony, Ohio, for a short time, in 1856 removed to Jeffersonville, Fayette County, and there remained for a number of years. In 1872, he came to Circleville. Ohio, and bought a tannery owned by a Mr. Jackson. This he remodeled and improved in every way, and carried on until his death, in 1876. Afterward, the two sons, George E. and William, took charge of the business. Aside from the tannery, the father owned four hundred acres of improved land near Jeffersonville, and was a wide-awake, industrious citizen. He was a Republican in politics, and in religion was of the Baptist persuasion. To his marriage were horn seven children, as follows: George E.; Fredrick, who resides in New Mexico, and is a big ranchman; Albert, is a farmer of Madison County, Ohio; Joannah, is Mrs. Henry Clausing, and resides in Fayette County, Ohio; William; Adolph died at the age of nineteen; and Lewis who died when fifteen years of age. George E. Roth, the eldest of this family, was born in Wismar, Germany, on the 15th of September, 1839, and remained there until fourteen years of age. His greatest desire at that time was to become a sailor, and he became a cabin-boy on a merchantman, with which he remained three years. He was on the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea during this time, and weathered many severe storms and gales. When he returned home, he was a boy of seventeen, and he came with his parents and brothers and sister to America. They were twenty-six days on the ocean, arid after reaching American soil they came immediately to Jeffersonville, Fayette County, Ohio, where the father followed his trade as mentioned before. After the death of the father, George E. and William bought the tannery in Circleville from the other heirs and immediately commenced making improvements, This is the largest enterprise of the kind in the county and reflects much credit upon its owners. They built a brick addition, and the building is now one hundred and twenty feet square and is two stories in height. It is on one and three- 212 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. quarter acres, situated at the foot of Main Street, on the canal, and they work one hundred and fifty hides per week. This enterprise is operated with steam power, there are one hundred vats, and one thousand cords of oak bark are used yearly. Eighteen hands are employed and everything is superintended by these thorough-going business men themselves. George E. Roth owns live hundred and two acres in Fayette County, Ohio, near Holland, and is engaged quite extensively in stock-raising. These brothers own two stores in the old Welding Block on Main Street, and George E. owns a fine residence on the corner of Sciota and Watt Streets. This was built by himself and is two stories in height, made of the finest pressed brick, and is valued at $10,000. He and his brother built another house in 1882, but he sold his interest to his brother in 1891. Mr. Roth is a stockholder in the First National Bank, and is one of the substantial men of the county. He was married in Jeffersonville, Fayette County, to Miss Lizzie Millenpaulen, a native of Prussia, who came to this country with an uncle when sixteen years of age. Two children have been born to this union: Adolphus F., now book-keeper at the Straw Board Works, which position he has held for the past seven years, since the age of sixteen years, and George E., who is attending the High School of Circleville. Mr. Roth is a member of the Baptist Church, and was Trustee of the same for some time. In polities, he is an advocate of Republican principles. William Roth was born in Wismar, Germany, on the 18th of July, 1819, and was but six years of age when he came to America with his parents. He was early trained to the tanner's trade, but in connection is also engaged in farming, and has been very successful in both occupations. tie received a very limited education, and was hired out when but a lad for the modest sum of $5 per month. Later, he received $10 per month, and subsequently assisted his father in the tannery and on the farm, being on the farm principally. In 1872, he came to Circleville, where he worked in the tannery, and in 1876 he and his brother George E. purchased it. In 1882, he and his brother built the American house, one of the popular hotels in the city. William Roth subsequently bought his brother's interest and is sole proprietor of the building and grounds, and is also the owner of two hundred and two acres in Fayette County, Ohio. He also owns two business buildings, with Ins brother, in the city, three stories and basement in height, and he also owns one-half interest in a large three-story building on Main Street, and has a line residence on Sciota Street, which cost $6,000. He selected his wife in the person of Miss Carrie Mills, a native of Muskingum, County, Ohio, who was educated in Zanesville, Ohio. They have two daughters, Anna and Lulu, both taking music lessons, the former on the piano and the latter on the violin, and both showing considerable talent like his brother, our subject is a stanch Republican in his political views. STERLING W. PRICE. This well-known merchant of Range Township, Madison County, is everywhere respected for his sterling worth and excellent business qualifications. his store is well stocked with a full line of general merchandise and attracts attention because of the nicety in which it is kept. Our subject was born in El Paso. Ill., June 14, 1862, and is a son of William, and Hannah (Dull) Price. The parents of our subject came to Range Township, Madison County, when Sterling W. was three years of age. The father, who is still living, is a retired farmer, and our subject was also reared to agricultural pursuits and received a good education in the common schools. He was an apt pupil, made the best of his opportunities, and when nineteen years of age was enabled to teach school, which occupation he followed for four years. During vacations he clerked for Hewitt Bros., at Sedalia, and March 1, 1867, opened up his present business, being enabled to put in only a small stock of goods. He is a ma with a clear, sound judgment, and as the years passed by enlarged his store, until now he floes a thriving and prosperous business. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 215 Mr. Price has never married and is the fifth to a family of seven children born to his parents, all of whom are living. Politically, he is a Democrat, casting his first Presidential vote in 1884 for Cleveland. He joined the ranks of the Masons in 1891, and is classed among the public-spirited, progressive and enterprising citizens of Range Township and enjoys to the fullest the confidence of the best in the community. LEMUEL BOGGS. No name is more worthy of honor and distinction in the annals of Pickaway County than that of Boggs. which is inseparably linked with its rise and growth from the very first days of its settlement to the present, time. It is one of the members of this family whose portrait and life sketch are here presented, Lemuel Boggs being one of the fourth generation of its representatives that have had their hooves in this beautiful and highly favored region. He is a native of the county, horn in Pickaway Township January 16, 1845; is a leader in its business and financial circles, is one of its most successful farmers, and is a conspicuous figure in its public and political life. Our subject is descended from an old Virginia family his grandfather, Maj. John Bogs, was a son of John and Jane (Irwin) Boggs, who lived on a small stream in Virgin in that empties into the Ohio, and is called Boggs' Run. During the time of the Indian troubles, the family took refuge in the fort at Wheeling. Prior to that, the Indians had surprised and captured the eldest son, William, within sight of the other members of the terror-stricken funnily, whom the red-skins intended to capture too, or to massacre; but upon questioning the boy, whom they had conveyed to a place of security, he told them that there were seven or eight men at the house, and so saved his friends, as the Indians considered that too great a number for then to attack. They believed the lad's story, as they lead seen several men about the farm engaged in harvesting, and supposed that they slept at the house at night, which was by no means the case, the father being the only man there. The capture of the Major's brother occurred in 1781 or 1782, when the Major was but six vents old. The brave boy was taken to West Liberty, near the present site of Urbana, Ohio, where he was detained about nineteen months, and then exchanged and sent home. his father did not recognize him in his Indian habiliments, even after an extended conversation with him. Another son of John and Jane Boggs was killed on Ohio soil, opposite Wheeling, by the Indians. he was returning from a bunting expedition, with half a dozen comrades, and they were encamped for the night, when the savages stole upon them and fired into their midst as they slept. Voting Boggs was wounded, by, sitting crippled on the ground, trade a desperate fight before he was finally dispatched with a tomahawk, his companions escaping in the meantime. Maj. John Boggs was born May 10, 1775, and came to Pickaway County in 1798. his party floated down the Ohio River on a keel-boat to the mouth of the Scioto, and from there went by large up the latter stream to the station below Chillicothe. At that place, they left their boat, anti proceeded towards the source of the stream on foot, to a point within the present limits of Greene Township, Ross County, from which they could look far up the valley upon a scene of the tidiest and most peaceful loveliness. Little did they dream of the teeming life that that lovely and fertile valley would one day hold, or of the signs of industry, wealth culture and happiness it was destined to display. The Boggs family found that some pioneer had been before their in selecting land in that legion. and as in the ethics of the early settlers it was considered highly dishonorable to locate where another had made a beginning, however small, they continued their course up the stream to the Pickaway Plains, where John Boggs, Sr., selected a site, and subsequently entered six hundred and forty, acres of land. His son, the Major, went up the Congo to the place where stands the Logan Elm, beneath whose boughs Logan Chief of the Mingos, made his famous speech, when Lord Dunmore, 216 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Royal Governor of Virginia, in 1774, concluded the treaty of peace with the Indians, whereby the Northwest Territory was thrown open for settlement.  After selecting a suitable location for his future home, and preparing a rude dwelling, Maj. Boggs returned to Boggs' Run, Ohio County, Va., and was there married in the year 1800 to Sarah McMecken. He brought her back with him to the spot he had chosen for their habitation, and here they dwelt in peace and plenty for many years, and reared a large family of children, nine in number, namely: William, Jane, Lemuel, John, Nancy, Lydia, Moses, James, and Sydney, all of whom are deceased. The Major was a mate of very industrious habits, who did, with a will whatever he undertook, and toiled early and late in the work of clearing a farm, working patiently against many disadvantages to make improvements, but with ultimate success. In time, he became one of the wealthiest men of the county, accumulating a valuable property, including eighteen hundred acres of land in Pickaway Township, and two thousand acres in Indiana, beside his personal effects. The humble log cabin in which he and his wife first began their wedded life he replaced by a more commodious residence, built probably in 1816, and still standing in a good state of preservation. Soon after settling here, he erected a flouring-mill near the mouth of Scipio Creek, which was the first gristmill in the Scioto Valley north of Chillicothe, and was known for many years as Boggs' Mill. In 1810, Maj. Boggs commenced boating, and took the first load of flour to New Orleans that was ever sent out of the Scioto Valley. He made three trips to the Crescent City, and returned on foot or on horseback, having to pass through the country of the Indians, and to keep a sharp lookout for robbers in all parts of the journey. He met with no mishap or bodily harm, and with but one loss of money. That was when a tavern-keeper, with whom he and his friend, Daniel Crouse, stopped, picked the lock of his saddle bags and took from them $300 in silver, with which he paid a debt to Crouse. The Major did not discover his loss until he arrived at home; but, though the tavern- keeper, to whom he applied for information, acknowledged his guilt, he never recovered the money. Maj. Boggs received his title for active service in the War of 1812. He was a man who was universally respected; and, though not a member of any church, was a warm friend to religion, and contributed liberally to aid its progress. He was a Democrat, and a great admirer of "Old Hickory." he died February 6, 1862, at the home of his son Moses, that date being the anniversary of his father's death, February 6, 1827, and it is a curious fact that they had attained nearly the same age at the time of death, for had they lived until their next birthday they would have been eighty-seven years old. Maj. Boggs had been twice married. His first wife died December 31, 1851, and he subsequently married her sister, Mrs. Jane Taylor, in Zanesville. He had been living in that place a number of years, when he was taken sick, and he then returned to Pickaway County to die," as he said. Moses Boggs, the father of our subject, was the third son, and seventh child, of Maj. John Boggs, and was the last of the family born in the old log cabin which his father built on Congo Creek, near the Logan Elm, the date of his birth being August 27, 1814. Ile became a farmer and large landholder, having about twelve hundred acres, and he also dealt in stock to a considerable extent. August 3, 1841, he was married to Miss Margaret S.. daughter of Judge Cook, of Ross County. His death occurred December 7, 1865, when he was not much past the meridian of life. His wife died in 1887, aged seventy years. The following of their seven children are living: John M., a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University, a prominent farmer, residing near La Fayette, Ind., and President of the Indiana State Board of Agriculture; Scott, a farmer of Pickaway Township, who is mentioned elsewhere in this volume; William, a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University, and now a farmer, residing near La Fayette, Ind., and Sarah T. Sarah T. Boggs is an intelligent and highly cultured lady, who has been liberally educated. She attended a select school at Chillicothe some time during her girlhood. In 1872, she entered Cornell College, at Mt. Vernon, Iowa, where she was closely PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 217 engaged in scientific studies for two years. After she left college her mind was further broadened by travel, as she journeyed with her mother, who had poor health, for several years. She has resided at Kingston since 1885, where she has a pleasant home. She is wealthy, and an extensive landowner, having one thousand and forty-five acres of land in Pickaway Township, of which five hundred and eighty are located on the Scioto Bottoms. The boyhood days of Lemuel I3oggs were passed on his father's farm. He was given every advantage to obtain a fine education, laying its foundation in the local district school, afterwards pursuing his studies at Mt. Pleasant Academy, at Kingston, and finally graduating with honor from the scientific course at the Wesleyan University, in 1866. When his college days, were over, he returned home, and immediately took up farming and stock-raising. Ile has four hundred and fifty acres of very fine land in his home farm in Pickaway Township, known as Elmwood, which is a beautiful and sightly place. His large brick residence stands on a high elevation in the midst of a fine grove of forest trees, and other commodious buildings adorn the place. he also has three hundred and thirty acres in Perry Township, and handles a good deal of stock, besides dealing extensively in grain. In 1876, he built an elevator at Elmwood, a station on the Norfolk & 'Western Railway a few rods from his residence, and has bought and shipped large quantities of grain ever since, as he is surrounded by one of the most productive corn and wheat regions in the State. Mr. Boggs, has, on several occasions, served as executor of estates some of them very large. He was executor for that of his uncle, the late John Boggs, which was one of the largest ever settled in this county. It comprised large personal interests and about nine thousand acres of land, nearly three thousand of which were located in Pickaway County. Our subject settled up his father's estate, too, and has been actively engaged in business affairs ever since. In 1883, he assisted in organizing the Scioto Valley Bank, at Kingston, and has served as its President ever since 1885, his vigorous and Healthy administrations of its affairs making it a powerful factor in local financial circles. He is a thorough business man, is possessed of fine social qualities, and stands high in the estimation of all who know him, and his friends and acquaintances are many. In 1870, Mr. Boggs was married to Miss Jennie, daughter of the Hon. John Groce, who is mentioned elsewhere in this work, and their domestic relations are of the pleasantest. Three children have been born unto them: Nellie G., Margie C., and John. Our subject is a stanch and influential Republican, and his counsels are often sought by his party. In 1877,he was a candidate for State Senator, showing himself a strong man in the race, but his party was too hopelessly in the minority to elect him. The following year he was honored with the nomination for Representative, and ran ahead of his ticket. His popularity is best shown by the fact that he has held the responsible office of Treasurer of the Township for the past six years, al-though the township is overwhelmingly Democratic. He is well known in social circles as a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of the Knights of Pythias, and of other orders of like character. LYMAN JONES, who represents one of the old pioneer families of Ohio, is one of the practical, well-to-do farmers of Pickaway Township, his farm, the old homestead formerly belonging to his father, being among the best managed and most productive in this section of the county of Pickaway. Mr. Jones is a native of this county, born in Salt Creek Township, near the Ross County line, January 28, 1811. His father, the late Abel Jones, who was widely known and honored as one of our best citizens during his residence here, was born in Ross County, October 31, 1810, a son of Aaron Jones, a Virginian, who cane to Ohio about tire beginning of the century, and was one of the first settlers of Ross County, where he carried on his occupation as a farmer until his demise. He had three sons, one of whom is living and six daughters, all of whom are dead. 218 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. The father of our subject was reared under pioneer influences to stalwart, sturdy, self-reliant manhood, and in clue time began his independent career as a farmer, in which he met with more than ordinary success, as he was a cool calculator, was shrewd and sagacious in money matters, and was thrifty and energetic in carrying on his work. He purchased a farm in Salt Creek Township shortly after his marriage, having earned his first, money by teaching school for some terms, he being very well educated in early life he dealt extensively in stock, feeding a bunch of cattle every winter, for which he always found a good market. In the course of years, he became one of the wealthy men of the county, accumulating a valuable property, including some sixteen hundred acres of land in Salt Creek and Pickaway Townships, and in Ross County, six hundred acres lying in that county. Mr. Jones continued to live on his farm in Salt Creek Township until 1864, when he removed to Pickaway Township, where he had purchased land, and here his long and well-spent life was brought to a close by his death January 5, 1892. He left behind him a golden record of one who had lived uprightly, had been straightforward and conscientious in his dealings, was exemplary in all his acts, and was well worthy of the trust and respect in which he was held by the entire community who knew him so well. He was eminently a self-made man, beginning life with no other capital than a sound, well-trained mind, and good physical powers, and his course might well be followed by the young men to-day, who are just entering upon their careers. Mr. Jones was much indebted for his success to the faithful and efficient help that he received from his good wife, who was his counselor and companion for many years, until her death in 1887. Her maiden name was Catherine Dresbach and she was a daughter of Martin Dresbach. Her parents came from Pennsylvania to Ohio in an early day and were among the first settlers of Ross County, where she was born October 3, 1815. Lyman Jones is the eldest of nine children, of whom eight are living. He was educated in the district school, and he early became familiar with all kinds of farm work. He always remained with his father, affording him valuable assistance in the management of his extensive interests, and at the same time gaining that clear insight into business matters that has been the keynote of his own success. He is the executor of his father's estate, a position for which he is well qualified on account of his accurate knowledge of his father's affairs. his excellent administrative ability, and because he will settle everything with perfect fairness and with good judgment. Our subject has a fine farm of two hundred acres that he inherited from his father, who bequeathed it to him in his will. He and his sister are living together on the old homestead, and have here a very pleasant home, comfortable and cozy in the extreme. Mt. Jones is a sound Republican in polities, and is in every way a good citizen of his native county, with whose interests his own are so closely connected. SAMUEL E. ADAMS. One of the most notable examples of success furnished by the mercantile establishments of Washington C. H. is that of the dry-goods and notion store owned and conducted by Mr. Adams. Although of recent inception, it has enjoyed a steady increase in facilities and trade, until at he present time it is one of the leading establishments of the kind in Fayette County. The proprietor of the store, to whom is clue ha large measure of success enjoyed, is a native if Fayette County, and Was born in Perry Township, August 19, 1850. His father, Trustin Adams. Removed from Delaware to Ohio in 1832, and began merchandising in Monroe, Highland County, where he remained for some time. The latter part of his active life was spent in farming pursuits, in which he met with success until the infirmities of age compelled him to cease from his labors. He passed away from this life February 9, 1892. At the age of fourteen, our subject began clerking for his father and, while quite young, gained a practical idea of business. His father selling out to his brother and brother-in-law, he remained with them for a time, but being desirous to in- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 219 crease his education, he took a commercial course in the business college at Portsmouth, Ohio. Afterward, he clerked for G. W. Anderson & Co., of that city, then visited Kansas and spent a short time at Wamego. Returning to the old homestead, he assisted his father in his farming operations until 1871, when he entered the store of his brother, W. B. Adams, at Greenfield, Highland County. After remaining twenty months with his brother, our subject came to Washington C. H. and in January, 1882, embarked in business as a grocer. His store building was a small building on Court between Fayette and North Streets, but after getting fairly started, he removed to a larger building in the same block. He continued in the grocery business, which he constantly enlarged, until September 9, 1887, when he sold out. November 10 following, he embarked in the notion trade, and in the spring of 1888 added a full line of dry-goods. In September, 1891 he removed to the block which he at present occupies, on the corner of Court and Fayette streets. He gives constant employment to three clerks, and is often compelled to add extra help during the busy seasons. When freed from business cares, Mr. Adams finds leisure and enjoyment of all the comforts of home at his residence on the corner of Washington Avenue and Hopkins Street. The other members of his family are his wife, formerly Miss Alice Gustin, of Wilmington, Ohio, to whom he was married July 5, 1883, and their three sons: Lee Offa, Gilbert Gustin and William Eben. Mr. Adams is Steward in the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which has wife is also a devoted member. WILLIAM H. JONES, M. D. This highly esteemed gentleman, who is making his home in Jeffersonville, Fayette County, was born in North Wales on the 1 2th of February, 1816. His parents were William and Jane Jones, both natives of Wales. The father was by trade a miller and carried on that business in his native country until his death, which occurred in 1815. He ran a watermill, and when a farther sent his grain to his mill he would weigh it and put the amount down in a book, and when ground and bolted he would again weigh it and then make out a ticket stating the weight of the grain and its products, thus showing whether or not the customer received his own product or not. At his death, he left a wife and six children: Thomas, William H.; Davis, who is a resident of Cincinnati and has a very prominent family of sons engaged in the electric business; and Abel. The rest of the number are deceased. The subject of this life history was educated in his native country until fourteen years of age, having studied Latin and the histories of all foreign countries. He was taken from school and bound out in a printing office for period of seven years, but after a short time his eyesight became very poor, and he was released from his apprenticeship. Mr. Jones then went to work at the trade of a cabinet-maker and carpenter, and followed this for some years. When about twenty-three years of age, he went to Manchester, England, and in 1812 set sail for America, taking passage at Liverpool on a sailing-vessel and landing at New York City after an uneventful voyage of seven or eight weeks. He remained a short time in this great city, when he went to Washington, D. C., and there met a Senator from Ohio, of whom he asked something in regard to Ohio. He was only answered in a short and rude manner which hie did not at, all like. Not believing, all the people of the Buckeye State to be like this one whom he had met, he went to Cincinnati and began working at stair-building. Subsequently, he began the study of medicine and was graduated from the Eclectic Medical College in 1849, having built the stairs in the college for part of his tuition. After his graduation, Dr. Jones began to practice in Oak Hill, Jackson County, Ohio, remaining at that place about two years. At the expiration of this time, he came to Jeffersonville, Fayette County, and has since then been engaged in his practice in this place and is highly honored and esteemed by every one with whom he comes in contact. The Doctor is now in his seventy-sixth, 220 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. year and has a fine experience as a physician, and has performed some very difficult and noted operations in surgery. By his perseverance and thrift, he has laid up for himself and' family a comfortable competency for a rainy day and makes his home in a handsome dwelling one mile from town. Dr. Jones was married, February 7, 1852, to Olivia Hidy, by whom he has six children living: Humphrey, William, Mary J., Carey, Emma and Minnie. The two sons are prominent attorneys in Washington C. H. Emma O., the second daughter, is a graduate of the Chicago Medical College and has held some important positions in hospitals, etc. She is now practicing medicine at Jeffersonville with good success. She has had several severe cases of diphtheria, but has never lost a case. Dr. Jones and his estimable wife are members of the Universalist Church. J. M. BAER is Chief of the Fire Department at Circleville. There is nothing which adds so much to the safety and security of the people of a town or city as an active, well-trained, vigilant and excellently equipped fire department. The History of the measures for fire prevention in Circleville is an interesting one, for the handy "blue bucket," and the nimble feet of such as would help, composed the equipments of the early residents. Now there is a fire department that is a credit to the city. Mr. Baer, who is Chief of the Fire Department, is a practical and first-class engineer, and is one who thoroughly understands his business. He was born in Jackson Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, as was also his father, John Baer. The grandfather, John Baer, Sr., was originally from the Keystone State, but an early settler of Pickaway County, Ohio, where he purchased a wild piece of land in Jackson Township, on Darby Creek. On this he erected a rude log hut, and there passed the remainder of his days. He was of German descent. John Baer, Jr., father of our subject, was reared amid pioneer scenes, and received his, scholastic training in the log schoolhouse of early days. At an early age he commenced farming and stock-raising for himself, purchased a farm, and on this died, September 20, 1852, when about thirty-five years of age. He was married in Pickaway Count' to Miss Catherine Starritt, a native of Pennsylvania, who came with her father, Solomon, to Ohio, when but a child. Here she grew to womanhood, and married Mr. Baer. After the death of her husband, she kept the family on the farm instil 1867, when she sold out and moved to Marion, Ohio. There she resides at the present time, and is now Mrs. Wilson, having married again. By, her marriage to Mr. Baer she became the mother of six children, as follows: An infant (deceased), J. M. (our subject), Elizabeth (Mrs. Rector), who resides in South Bloomfield; John, with our subject in the fire department; Sarah (Mrs. Morn of Columbus), and Franklin, who died at the a e of twelve years. Our subject's birth occurred on the 6th of January, 1845, and his time was divided in youth between working on the farm and attending school taught in the primitive log schoolhouse of pioneer days. He attended principally during the winter months until seventeen years of age, and at the age of twenty he began farming on a part of the old place, the same, consisting of five hundred and six acres, being left by the grandfather. This I continued for two years, and then rented a farm four miles from Circleville, and carried on seven hundred acres, when only twenty-three years of age. In 1879, he located in Circleville, and for two and one-half years was engineer in the Heffner warehouse. Previous to this, when about sixteen years of age, he was engaged with a threshing-machine and continued with it all one fall. He had always delighted in machinery of all kinds, and when he was seventeen years of age he came to Circleville and began learning the machinist's trade. Eight months after, he returned to the farm, but his love of machinery lingered with him, and when twenty years of age he was the owner of a threshing-machine, used steam, and threshed all over the western part of the county. He became one of the best-known threshers, and continued in this business PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 221 for twenty-two years. He then came to Circleville, as above mentioned, and in 1881 became Engineer of the Fire Department, holding that position for two years. Ile then resigned, and one year later was placed on the police force, which position he held for thirteen months, and again resigned. hor four years after this he was in the employ of what was then the Portage Straw Board Company, but what is now the American Straw Board Company; and after this, in May, 1889, he was appointed Chief of the hire Department, by Mayor Bolin (now deceased), and re-appointed by Mayor Lowe. Mr. Baer was married in Jackson Township, Pickaway County, to Miss Virginia Buckles, a native of Darby Township, the same county. The fruits of this union have been three children : Cynthia, a graduate of the high School of Circleville; Franklin, at home; and Cora. Mr. Baer's second marriage was to a sister of his first wife, Mrs Rosaltha Buckles, who was also a native of Darby Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. her father, Rev. Abraham Buckles. was a minister in the Methodist Church. Mr. Baer had the misfortune to lose his second wife. She left two children, Walter and Henry. Mr. Baer is a Democrat in his political views, and is a member of the Democratic Club. He has been a delegate to county and State. conventions, and is at present Chairman of the Democratic County Central Committee. In 1891, he was Chairman of the Executive Committee of the county. Socially, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. ALBERT HANER, M.D. This esteemed resident of Plain City is a New Yorker by birth, having been born in Chautauqua County, N. Y., October 16, 1832. His father, Henry H. Haner. was also a native of the Empire State, and was born in Rensselaer County, seven miles from Albany. He was a farmer by occupation and as early as 1838 removed to what is now Wyandot. Ohio, where he continued his work as a farmer. Later, he made his hone in Franklin County, Kan.. seven miles from Ottawa, where. in 1863, he bought a farm and there resided until his death, which took place when he was eighty-seven years old. His father, Philip Haner, a native of Germany, lived to attain the very venerable age of one hundred and ten years. The mother of our subject was known in maidenhood as Sarah Strope, daughter of John Strope, a German by birth. She was born in the State of New York, and lived to be sixty-nine years old. There were nine children in the family into which our subject was born, seven being daughters and two sons. All grew to years of maturity and five are now living. Dr. Haner, who was the sixth child in order of age, was only six years old when he came to this State with his parents. His first school advantages were given him at Wyandot, and he began his medical studies at the Eclectic College of Cincinnati, where he attended lectures during the years 1856, 1857 and 1858. 1laviug taken his diploma in that institution, he located in Cincinnati, and for seven years carried on an active practice in that city. It must have been lather startling to a young practitioner to be called. as he was, in the very first case that was put. into his hands, to a small-pox patient. It was in 1861 that the young Doctor removed to Urbana, where he remained for two years, and in 1863 came to Main City. which has since been his home. His marriage took place in Wyandot, Ohio, in 1852, his bride being Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob Leonard, a native of Ohio. Dr. and Mrs. Haner are the parents of two sons. Their eldest, Jacob Leonard, is a graduate of the law department of the Michigan University at Ann Arbor taking his degree there in 1891. He is married to Lydia, the daughter of Harrison Miller, of Union County, Ohio, and makes his home in Columbus. The second son, William Henry, is in the grain business at Plain City, and is Carrying on an extensive trade in buying, selling and shipping. He is united in marriage with Rosa. the daughter of Jeremiah Douglas, of Putnam County, Ohio. Dr. Haner has an extensive practice and at one time carried on a drug trade of a considerable extent but closed out this line of business oil account of his large practice. Ile is n Mason, and a mem- 222 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. BER of the Urania Lodge of Plain City, besides being a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men, of Plain City. Mrs. Haner is in business and carries on one of the best dry-goods houses in the city, and the family, one and all, have the esteem and respect of those with whom they are brought into business and social relations. ROBERT MILLIKIN, residing on his well-developed farm, which is very pleasantly situated on the East Turnpike, six miles w south of Plain City, on the fertile lands of Canaan Township, is one of Madison County's sturdy, thrifty, forehanded farmers, who understands well how to conduct agriculture with good profit. Mr. Millikin was born in Washington County. Pa., April 15, 1832, and is a son of John Millikin, who was also a native of that county, born on the banks of Ten Mile Creek, August 15, 1807. He was reared on a farm, and became a stock-dealer and a drover of hogs, cattle, and sheep, which he often shipped to Baltimore and other cities. His family history is given in the sketch of his brother James. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Rachel Bane, and she was born in the same Pennsylvania county as himself, her birth occurring December 25, 1811. Her father, James Bane, was likewise a native of the Keystone State, and was of German descent. The parents of our subject were married in their native county in 1828, and located on a farm in that part of Pennsylvania. The mother died in July, 1854, and the father was afterward married to Cornelia Dodd, widow of Lemuel Lewallen. In 1856, he came to Ohio with his second wife, and settled in Canaan Township, where he was actively engaged in farming until within five years of his death, when he retired from business, and spent his remaining days in Plain City, dying February 23, 1881. While a resident of his native county, he had been prominent as a local Democrat, and as an incumbent of various township offices, and he was an able man. He was closely identified with the interests of th Presbyterian Church as one of its most usefull members. This is the record of his children, the sons and one daughter, who were all born of his first marriage: James B., born October 3, 1831 died in Union County, Ohio, March 28, 1886; Robert is our subject, and is the second child and second son in order of birth; Annie E. was born October 9, 1835, married S. D. Andrew, and died in Franklin County, February 9, 1889; John L., born August 18, 1842, resides in Canaan Township. Our subject was reared in his native place, an obtained his education in the common schools. He remained with his father as long as he lived in Pennsylvania, and accompanied him to his new home in this State, driving the team for him on the way. He still continued with him until his marriage, affording him valuable assistance in the care of his farm. After his marriage, he located on a rented farm in Canaan Township, which he gave up two years later, and bought one of his own two and one-half miles south of Plain City. The farm was his dwelling place until he sold it, 1882, and bought his father's old homestead, which he still occupies. It comprises one hundred at fifty acres, and is in a fine condition, his father having placed upon it many valuable improvements, including the present commodious residence inhabited by our subject, who is doing general farming. For some nine years, he dealt extensively in stock, buying and shipping cattle to various points during and after the war. He has driven cattle from Madison County to Baltimore for another man, and also to York and Lancaster Counties, Pa. Mr. Millikin was married December 10, 1867, to Miss Rosa M. Vanschoyck, a native of Franklin County. She was born April 30, 1836, and was daughter of David and Esther (Bailey) Vanschoyck. Her father was also a native of Franklin County, and was a son of one of its earliest pioneer families, while her mother was a Pennsylvanian by birth. Mrs. Millikin died January 28, 1884, and was laid to rest in the cemetery Plain City. She was a woman of rare merit, who many pleasant attributes won her high regard, and her memory is tenderly cherished by many besides PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 225 those of her own household, Mr. Millikin has two daughters has his stay and comfort, Cora A., born December 17, 1868, and Della J., September 17, 1870. . Our subject is well known as a Democrat, tried and true. A man of high reputation mid excellent business qualifications, important local offices have been entrusted to his care, and he has discharged their duties with exactitude and fidelity. It was Assessor three years, Trustee one year, and has been school Director. ISAAC MOORE. On the opposite page is shown the portrait of a former well-known and prominent citizen of Mt. Sterling, now deceased. He was born near Williamsport, Pickaway County, February 11, 1806. His parents, Ephraim and Priscilla (Riggin) Moore, were born, reared and married in Delaware, and, with the exception of our subject, their children were all natives of that State. The father followed the profession of teaching in his earlier years but also worked at the wheelwright's trade, and was one of the honored heroes of the Revolutionary War. He was born August 22, 1713, and died March 12, 1845, at the age of one hundred and two years. His wife, Priscilla Moore, died December 18, 1848 at the age of ninety-three years and eight months. The boyhood days of out subject were spent on a farm near Williamsport. In April, 1830, he was united in marriage with Mrs. Sarah McCafferty, nee Nutt, who was born in Virginia, but was residing in Fayette County, Ohio, at the time of her marriage. Mr. Moore continued to engage in farming for a number of years, but at length abandoned that occupation and removed to Mt. Sterling, where he engaged in merchandising for eighteen years. He was a self-made man, who began life empty-handed, but by his own efforts worked his way upward and amassed quite a fortune. He looked after his own landed interests up to the time of his death, collecting; his own rents, etc. In politics, Mr. Moore was first a Whig but afterward became a Republican. He was always a strong advocate of temperance principles and later in life joined the ranks of the Prohibition party. He was always a great reader and especially fond of studying the Bible, from which he could quote freely. In 1832, he and his wife united with the Methodist Church of Mt. Sterling, and were ever afterwards faithful members. He served as Steward for almost half a century, was Class-leader for about the same length of time and was an earnest Sunday-school worker. At the time of his death he had a class of young men, who acted as his pall bearers. He passed away December 25, 1891. His estimable wife was called to her final rest February 13, 1879. This worthy couple had three children: Battael H., a hardware merchant of Circleville, Ohio, who is married and has one child; Mrs. Madeline McCafferty, who has five children an resides in White Oak, Fayette County; and Mrs. Clara Schoch. The latter was born in Madison Township, Fayette County, November 12, 1848, and after attending the common schools became a student in the Xenia Seminary. On the 11th of August, 1877, she gave her hand in marriage to Marquis De La Fayette Schoch, who was born in Rock Mills, Fairfield County, Ohio, November 7, 1843. He was a man of good education, had been a teacher of penmanship and was a book-keeper before his marriage. His death occurred June 20, 1888. He was a member of the Methodist Church to which Mrs. Schoch also belongs. She is an estimable lady, whose excellencies of character have endeared her to many friends. SCOTT C. BOGGS, son of Moses Boggs. of the famous Boggs family, so long and so intimately associated with the rise laid progress of Pickaway County, is an able farmer, who brings a well-trained mind to his work, and is managing his extensive farming interests on sections 28 and 33, Pickaway Township, with consummate skill. Mr. Boggs is a native of this township, and was 226 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. born November 14, 1848. An account of his father is given elsewhere in this book. Our subject was given fine educational advantages, and after attending Mt. Pleasant Academy, at Kingston, he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware in the fall of 1867, and spent two years in that institution, completing the sophomore year. After leaving college, he turned his attention to farming, and passed the ensuing two years on a farm near La Fayette, Ind. In 1870, he returned to his native township, and two years later bought his present farm, on section 33, where he has since made his home. He has four hundred and eighty acres of land, all in a body, a part of it lying on section 28. It is well supplied with buildings of a good class, and every convenience for carrying on agriculture to the best advantage; the soil is under admirable tillage, is well drained, and is very productive. Our subject is a manly, frank, generous-hearted man, and with his amiable wife occupies a high social position in his native county, to whose citizenship lie is an honor. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, and to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is popular with his fellow-members. Politically, he is a straightforward Republican. He was Trustee of his township one year, and he is always ready to do all in his power to forward its interests. Mr. Boggs was married in 1872 to Miss Ada Shannon, and they have been very happy in their domestic life, as he has been to her a devoted husband and she to him a true wife in every sense of the term. They have two children living: Lucy C., burn June 4, 1876, and Howard S., April 19, 1879. Mrs. Boggs is a native of Kingston, Ross County, and a daughter of the late Dr. Robert W. Shannon, who was for many years one of the leading physicians and citizens of Ross County. Ile settled at Kingston in 1850, and was in active practice there until his lamented death, in 1882, at the age of sixty-five years. he was a native of Virginia. A man of lofty principles and high moral character, he was an influence for much good in his community, and for many years was an Elder in the Presbyterian Church. He married Margaret Mowry. a native of Virginia, who survives him. the is the mother of four children, three daughters and one son, all of whom are living. Mrs. Boggs was carefully reared by her parents, and was given excellent educational advantages in the public schools at Kingston and in the Mt. Pleasant Academy. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and is active in its every good work. HENRY SMITH is a man of upright, honest character, whose long and useful life has won him the esteem and confidence of all honest men and the respect of all good citizens. He began in life a poor boy, but by energy and perseverance, united with economy and good business qualifications, he has secured a competency and is now living in the enjoyment of the fruits of his early toil. His present home is situated on section 29, Walnut Township, Pickaway County, where, in addition to cultivating the soil, he is the proprietor of a machine shop. The original of this sketch is a native of Fairfield County, this State, his birth occurring October 25, 1824. He is the son of John M. and Magdalena Smith, natives of Pennsylvania. The paternal great-grandfather was a native of Germany. John M. Smith came to this section in an early day, and here our subject was reared amid the pioneer scenes, whose hardships and privations have made a lasting impression upon his mind. Their pioneer home was located in the woods, and deer and wild animals were very plentiful, making it easy to provide the family larder with all kinds of choice meats. Henry Smith began learning the trade of a blacksmith when in his sixteenth year, serving to apprenticeship of three years. He has since followed that occupation, which business he has found to be very profitable. He was married in 1844 to Miss Rebecca Crites, by whom he became the father of a family of ten children, seven of whom are living and are Sophia, Mrs. Francis Ward: Jacob; Paulina, the wife of John H. Ward; Jabez, Jerome, Samuel and John. On the death of his wife, Mr. Smith was a second time married, the lady of his PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 227 Choice being Mary Abbott. Our subject removed to his present location in 1844, where he opened up a blacksmith shop. He is considered an expert in that line, and rendered much useful service in " setting up " the first mowers and reapers introduced into the county. People living within six miles of Columbus brought their farm machinery to Mr. Smith to be repaired, knowing that the work would he alone in a satisfactory manner. His blacksmith shop and outfit cost him $5,000, which he considers a judicious investment. The education of our subject was limited to the district school, but being an apt pupil and eager to learn, he made the best of his opportunities, and is to-day thoroughly informed upon all topics of general interest. In politics, he is a sound Republican, always casting his vote in favor of the candidates of that party. He has taken an active interest in educational matters, and for twenty years has rendered effective service on the School Board. He is widely known in this section, and we are pleased to be able to place his sketch before our numerous readers as one of the representative citizen of the county who is self-made in the truest sense of that term. JAMES HARTNELL HOLWAY. Many of our readers will recognize this name as that of a prominent and popular resident of Oak Run Township, Madison County, where, in addition to farming and stock-raising, he is the owner of a creamery. His estate comprises one hundred and sixteen acres, which his industry has placed under excellent cultivation. He of whom we write was born in Hemyock, Devonshire, England, December 31, I846, to Robert and Elizabeth Hartnell Holway. He was twenty years of age when his parents emigrated to America, and located one mile west of Oberlin, Lorain County, this State. James H. was the tenth in order of birth of a family of eleven children, nine of whom are still living. Three of the children accompanied their parents to the New World, four preceded the family hither, and two are still living in England. The eldest son, John, is a graduate of Oberlin College, and also of, Westerville, and makes his home in Chicago, where he is a minister in the Congregational Church; Thomas still resides in his native land, and is Police Inspector on the Southwestern Railway in London; Elizabeth married Charles Harris, and makes her home in Taunton, Somerset, England; Sarah married John Farrar, of London, and makes her home in London, Ohio; William enlisted from Marysville, this State, in the War of the Rebellion, and served through the entire struggle; he has recently lost his eyesight, and makes his home in Mansfield, this State. Mary became the wife of Col. Butterfield, of Indianapolis, Ind., and after his death married Richard Treneman, and lives in Collinwood, this State; Ann, Mrs. T. J. Farrar, resides at Frankfort, Marshall County, Kan.; our subject is the next in order of birth; Charles is a graduate of Oberlin College, and is engaged in business at Philadelphia, Pa.; Richard died in England, in 1835, when nine months old; Robert visited America on two different occasions, and departed this life at Taunton, England. The original of this sketch took the preparatory course in Oberlin College, and, after abandoning his studies, was engaged by his brother, who was a member of a large hardware firm, as traveling salesman. He was thus employed for a period of three years, with a salary of $40 per month and expenses. At the expiration of that time, he purchased a stock on his own account which he retailed. and in addition to that sold the baskets which his father made. He later engaged in farming and went on the road during the dull season on his estate, and was engaged in the hay business for two years at London, Ohio. The lady to whom our subject was married November 19, 1884, was Miss Agnes M., daughter of Frederick and Betty (Lutley) Bennett. She was native of Devonshire, England, having been born at Hemyock, July 19, 1848. She accompanied her parents to America when eighteen years of age, and having acquired an excellent education in her native land, about one year after locating here began teaching school, which occupation she followed for ten years. 228 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Mr. and Mrs. Holway were intimate friends in their native land, and after our subject came to America, carried on a correspondence for twelve years. They were married in Wisconsin, on the same day on which Mr. Holway purchased his present farm. The father of our subject disposed of his property at Oberlin, and coming to Madison County, here resided until his decease, February 15, 1891. He was followed to the better land by his wife, who died January 3, 1892 Mr. Holway cast his first Presidential vote for Garfield, but of recent years has been in sympathy with the Prohibition party. He is a believer in the principles of the Congregational Church, while his wife leans towards the doctrines advocated by the Methodist Episcopal denomination. Mr. and Mrs. Holway have two children: James Gladstone, who was born December 6, 1885; and Paul Bennett, March 9, 1888 ISAAC SCOTT COOK. Among the native-born citizens of Fayette County who are gaining a good maintenance by tilling a portion of its soil, is Mr. Cook, who is located in Madison Township. He looks back over years of growth in this section, and ejoices in having had a hand in bringing about the present condition of affairs. He of whom we write was born in this township, April 4, 1826, and is the son of Isaac Thompson and Elizabeth (Lewis) Cook, the former of whom was born March 6, 1797, at Shippcnsburgh, Pa., and the mother in February, 1804, in Chillicothe, this State. The father was brought hither by his father, Isaac Cook, when a year old, and grew to manhood on a farm near Chillicothe, where also he was married. The young couple located on three hundred acres of land which had been given them by their respective parents, and began housekeeping on the tract which is the present home of our subject. The elder Mr. Cook accumulated a handsome property, and at his death owned fourteen hundred acres of land. The original of this sketch is the second in order of birth of the nine children born to his parents, five of whom are living. Of the family, William Lewis, the eldest son, was married and left a family of four children at his death; Mathew Scott died in infancy; John Joseph passed away when twenty-two years of age; Margaret L. married Milo Rockwell, and makes her home in Washington C.H. James F., who is also residing in that city, served as Sheriff of the county two terms, and was Treasurer for a like period; in 1862, he enlisted in the War of the Rebellion, and served until the close of that struggle, being captured at the battle of Stone River, and confined at Atlanta and in Libby Prison. He received a slight wound on the cheek by the fragment of a shell, and at the time of his honorable discharge was promoted to the rank of Brevet-Major. Benjamin F., who was the next in order of birth, is now living on the old home place; Sarah C., who married H. D. Marcy, whose sketch will be found on another page in this book, is deceased; and Mary A., who is the present wife of the above-named gentleman> Isaac Cook, the great-grandfather of our subject, was a Colonel in the Revolutionary War, in which conflict he served under Washington. His seven sons were also engaged in that memorable conflict, one of whom, Capt. Joel Cook, continued in the regular service, commanding a company of the Fourth Regiment at the battle of Tippecanoe. The first representative of the Cook family in America was Henry Cook, who emigrated hither with Capt. John Endicott, in 1628. Our subject's grandfather was elected County Judge in Ross County, this State, and also in member of the State Senate. Mr. Cook has in his possession a cane, which was presented to his grandfather by members of the Bar in Ross County Isaac Scott Cook grew up on the home farm, and after receiving a fair education in the common schools, was engaged as a clerk in the store for his uncle at Chillicothe for two years. He then took a course of study at Delaware, and in April, 1861, enlisted as a Union soldier in the three-months' service., but his company was not mustered into service. He participated in the Morgan raid, but was prevented from going further than Chillicothe, on account of arms.  In his political relations, Mr. Cook comes of a  PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 229 long line of Wilis, and himself votes with the Republican party. His father served as County Commissioner for fifteen years. and was an active member of the Methodist Protestant Church. Benjamin F., a brother of our subject, was attending school at Antioch, on the outbreak of the Rebellion, and, coining home, enlisted when twenty-three years of age in the three-months' service, but, like our subject, was not called upon to go to the front. In November of that year, however, he became a member of Company C, Sixtieth Ohio Infantry, and after three months was transferred to Company H, and served his country for one year as Second Sergeant. He was present at the battle of Cross Keys and Harper's Ferry, in which latter battle he was taken prisoner, and after three days was paroled and sent to the camp at Chicago. From that city he returned home, his time of service having expired, and took part in the Morgan raid. Our subject has never been married. The lady to whom Benjamin F. was married in February, 1879, was Miss Fannie J., daughter of Levin and Susan (Sollars) Bennett, who was born in Fayette County, January 18, 1856. They have become the parents of five children, namely: Benjamin F., who was born March 22, 1880; Elizabeth Lewis, November 4, 1882; Fannie Margaret, January 7, 1885; Thompson Scott, September 2, 1887; and Mary Lorette, March 8, 1890. Benjamin Cook has been Township Trustee for eight years, and in social circles is a Mason, having taken the Commandery Degree. Isaac Scott is also connected with that fraternity, being identified with the Blue Lodge. FRANCIS REICHELDERFER. There are few citizens of Pickaway County who are not personally acquainted with the popular young farmer who resides on section 26, Salt Creek Township. Not only is he familiar with the best methods of agriculture, but he is an intelligent reader upon all subjects of national or world-wide interest, and is particularly well posted upon political events. In his political affiliations, he is proud to enlist his influence and vote in behalf of the principles of Democracy and is an indefatigable worker in party ranks, where his thorough knowledge of the party platform and the issue at stake renders him invaluable in promoting the interests of local politics. During the early settlement of this county, Jacob Reichclderfer, grandfather of our subject, emigrated from Berks County, Pa., to Olno and became one of the first settlers of Salt Creek Township, which was at that time covered with dense forest, where wild animals roamed at will. Deer were plentiful and were often seen by the pioneer hunter as they came to the banks of the stream and stooped to drink the clear flowing water. Amid such primitive surroundings, Samuel Reich-elderfer, father of our subject, who was born in Salt Creek Township in 1813, grew to a vigorous manhood and became fitted for the hardships incident to a farmer's life. He witnessed the wonderful growth of the community and bore no important part in its progress. When he died in 1875, it was felt that one of the most enterprising citizens was gone from among those with whom his whole life had been passed. His wife, who was known in maidenhood as Sarah Reichelderfer and who was likewise a native of Berks County, Pa., survived him a number of years, dying in July, 1890. The worthy couple held membership in the German Lutheran Church and were highly esteemed as faithful Christians. Among the family of thirteen children, our subject was the next to the youngest, and five of the number are living at present. He was born in Salt Creek Township, July 20, 1859, and in his boyhood received the advantages of a common-school education. Early in life, he became familiar with farming pursuits and when he arrived at manhood's years decided to follow agriculture for his life pursuit. November 2, 1882, he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Dresbach, a native of Ross County. Mrs. Reichelderfer is the daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Ranck) Dresbach, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Ross County, Ohio. Her father, who was a farmer, died in 1875; her mother is still living and makes her home in Ross County. She is a lady of great nobility of 230 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. character and purity of life, and is an active member of the United Brethren Church. She became the mother of thirteen children, and Mrs. Reichelderfer is one of ten now surviving, seven of whom are married. Our subject and his wife are the parents of three children, as follows: Samuel I)., born November 11, 1884; Lyman D., December 18, 1886, now deceased, and Vest D., born November 29, 1890. The family are highly esteemed in the community and are attendants at the United Brethren Church, of which Mrs. Reichelderfer is a member. Their home farm comprises one hundred and five acres of land, which is watered by Salt Creek and thus rendered very fertile, while the buildings are conveniently situated and substantial. Every measure which has in view the promoting of the welfare of the citizens and the interests of the county, finds in Mr. Reichelderfer a hearty and enthusiastic support. He is admirably adapted for public positions of trust and has served his fellow-citizens in various capacities, among them filling the office of Township Clerk to the satisfaction of all concerned. Ile has also been delegate to several conventions and his name is now prominently mentioned for an important and responsible position. As he is still young, undoubtedly the future years will bring to him public honors and successes. JOHN KNIGHT is a good type of our self made men, who have also afforded valuable assistance in the making of their native county, Pickaway, while industriously accumulating the property that places them among its substantial, well-to-do citizens. Our subject has one of the best-managed and improved farms in all Washington Township, where he carries on a profitable business as a tiller of the soil and stock-raiser. Mr. Knight was born in Washington Township, Pickaway County, September 4, 1835. His fattier, Thomas Knight, who carne of the old pioneer stock of Ohio, and was a native of the State, died in 1838, when our subject was a small boy, and he was only a little child when his mother died. He is the sixth of seven children, live of whom are still living. Being thus early sadly bereft of his parents when he most needed their care, he was bound out to Samuel Fedderoff, a farmer in Salt Creek Township, with whom he lived until he was eighteen years old. He was naturally a bright, intelligent lad, of good parts, but an education was denied him, as he was forced to work when his time should have been given to learning, and his schooling was confined to a brief attendance at a pioneer log schoolhouse. However, his time was not wholly lost, as he learned to work well and to make good use of his faculties, and he has in a measure made up for his early deficiencies in learning by acquiring a goodly fund of information by observation, experience and reading. At the age of eighteen, Mr. Knight began to work out by the month, receiving $13 a month during the first part of the six years that he was so engaged, his wages gradually increasing until he obtained $22 a month. He wisely saved his money and in due time became independent and was able to establish a home for the wife of his choice. After his marriage, he located on a farm that he bought in Washington Township, and farmed that some years. In 1867, he purchased the farm upon which he has since lived on section 15, of the same township, which, under his careful system of cultivation, is very fruitful, yielding abundant harvests and a comfortable income. Its one hundred and sixty-six acres are well drained and fenced, and our subject has made extensive improvements since the farm came into his possession, repairing and remodeling the building.. which are commodious and well fitted up, and everything about the place shows the guidance of a master hand and the presence of one who thoroughly understands his calling. Mr. Knight has a well-balanced mind, is sensible and shrewd, carry in on his affairs in a business-like manner, fairness and justice characterizing all his dealings, and he bears a high reputation among his fellow-citizens who know him well and esteem him accordingly. In his political views, he is a decided Democrat and is unswerving in his allegiance to his party. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 231 Our subject was. married in 1859 to Miss Rebecca Leist, who was an important factor in his prosperity. Mrs. Knight was also a native of Pickaway County, her birthplace in Washington Township, and she was a daughter of one of its early pioneer families. Her parents, Jacob and Julia Leist, were natives of this State, and have, long since passed away. Mrs. Knight was a valued member of the Evangelical Association and was a true Christian in every sense of the word. Her otherwise happy wedded life with our subject was overshadowed by the death of four of their nine children, Charles, Georgia, Emma and Ida. These are spared: Lizzie, Rose, Laura, John and Minnie. Our subject's wife departed this life at her home April 20, 1892. HON. MANFRED WILLARD. The Fayette County Bar has a number of able representatives at Washington C. H., prominent among whom is the gentleman whose nacre introduces this sketch, and who, for a quarter of a century or more, has been actively identified with the legal fraternity of the city. His office is located in the Yeoman Block, where he occupies a pleasant suite of rooms. Eminent for his close and careful study of every technicality of the law, his knowledge alike of State and general laws and his ability as a pleader, he is worthy of special mention in a volume dedicated to the leading citizens of the county. With the exception of the period during which he was in the service of the Union, Mr. Willard has passed his life principally in Washington C. H., where he was born September 18, 1839. His parents, Lochart D. and Mary J. (Doren) Willard, were natives, respectively, of Franklin County, Mass., and Pennsylvania. The father came to the Buckeye State in 1830, and afterward commenced the study of law with Wade Loofborrow, one of the first practitioners of the county. He was admitted to practice at the Bar of the State of Ohio, and carried on an extensive practice until 1853, when he was elected Probate Judge, being the second to fill that position in the county. When he resigned from that office in February, 1864, he removed with his family to Illinois, and later to Alexander, Thayer County, Neb., where he still resides. Prior to 1856, he was a Democrat, but since that year has been a firm upholder of Republican principles. After completing his schooling in the common schools of Washington C. H., our subject was engaged in farming, being for a time on his father's farm in Fayette County, and also engaging in the same way in Illinois. August 1, 1861, he enlisted in Illinois, and the first quota being complete, the Governor refused to allow others to leave the State. The company met August 1, at Moline, and, forming a cavalry company, proceeded to Ft. Leavenworth, where they were attached to the regiment. They were ordered to Lexington, Mo., where they remained until the Union forces surrendered to Gen. Price. On the day of the surrender, they were paroled and sent to Hannibal, Mo., where they re-organized as another regiment. Mr. Willard returned to Illinois to recruit another company, and afterward went to his old home in Ohio, where he raised a company. Not desiring to go back to Missouri, and being a paroled prisoner, he recruited Company H, Sixtieth Ohio Infantry, of which he was commissioned Captain. In 1862, he participated in Fremont's campaign against Jackson, and engaged in skirmishes all the way from Franklin, Va., through Strawsburg, to Port Royal and Cross Keys, thence to Winchester, where he remained until the latter part of August, 1862. Ike then proceeded to Harper's Ferry, where, for the second time, he was captured. Being wounded, he remained in a private residence for thirty days, when his father succeeded in getting him home. His sufferings and exposures had undermined his robust constitution, until he was reduced from his average weight of one hundred and eighty pounds to ninety-eight. Soon after his return home, Mr. Willard was elected Probate Judge, and served in that capacity for one term. Meanwhile, he studied law in the office of Briggs & Palmer, and was admitted to the Bar in 1867. He at once commenced a general practice, which be has since continued. In connection with his legal work, he was Cashier of the 232 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Fayette County National Bank from 1872 until 1875. He is interested in all public measures that tend to promote the interest of the people, and politically, is a Republican. His marriage, April 14, 1865, united him to Mrs. Worley, who, by a former marriage, was the mother of one child, Charles B., now a jeweler in St. Joseph, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Willard are time parents of three children: Jane B., Laura A. and Herbert M.  MACK ARTHUR LANUM County Coroner, Circleville, Ohio. Nowhere in Pickaway County can we find a man more popular or more highly esteemed than the subject of this sketch, who has won a host of friends by his many estimable qualities of mind and heart. At present, under the firm title of Albaugh & Lanum, he is engaged in the undertaking business, and, as all know, there are few branches of business, if any, that require more consideration or sympathetic feeling than that of undertaker. Mr. Lanum seems well adapted for this business, being well grounded by nature and experience, and his quiet tact, coupled with decision and perfect, unostentatious knowledge of the business required, has increased his patronage very materially. Mr. Lanum comes of an old Virginia family and is of English descent. His father, Vincent Lanum, was a Virginian, as was also the grandfather Lanum. Vincent Lanum followed agricultural pursuits in his native State until about 1832, when the fertile soil of the Buckeye State tempted him to make a settlement within its borders. He first went on horseback, selected a suitable location near what subsequently became the home place in Union Township, and was afterward married there. His farm was six miles south of Washington C. H., in Fayette County, and he began making improvements. he had accumulated a handsome property, but by going security for his friends lost it all. His wife died and he was the second time married, after which he located on the farm where he died, in 1867. At the time of Morgan's raid, he went to Washington C. H. and offered his services but was refused on account of his age. This did not please him at all, and after coming home, he molded bullets and the next morning, rifle in hand, saw him en route for Chillicothe. However, on the way he was induced to turn back. He was a Republican in politics, and a Methodist in religion. his wife. the mother of our subject, bore the maiden name of Lucinda McArthur, a native of Washington C. H., Ohio, and of Scotch descent. Her father, Arthur McArthur,. was a large land-owner and owned the site of the present city of Washington C. H. He was a cousin of ex-Gov. McArthur and was related to the McDougalls and McIves mentioned in Scott's works. Grandfather McArthur was one of the first Marshalls of Washington C. H., and was also Sheriff of the county. The stepmother of our subject, after the death of her husband, kept the family together and reared them to mature years. She died at the home of our subject on the 26th of July, 1891, when sixty-six years of age. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mack Arthur Lanum was born in Union Township, Fayette County, Ohio, on the 23d of January, 1860, and was the only child born of the father's second marriage. He assisted his father in farm work and thus continued until thirteen years of age. his parents then removed to Washington C. H. and he attended the high School there until just before graduating, when he was obliged to quit on account of ill health. He was subsequently apprenticed to learn the undertaker's trade and continued in this for five years, being most of the time head man. After this, with Thomas Cleveland, he went to Frankfort, Ohio, and bought a drug-store but after one year's experience in his business he concluded that some other enterprise would suit him just as well. For one year after this, he was engaged in business in South and West Ohio and in 1883 he located in Circleville, where he formed a partnership in the undertaking business with Mr. Albaugh. Mr. Lanum has the largest business of the kind in Circleville, occupies two floors, and is wide-awake and enterprising. In the fall of 1888, he was elected County Coroner and has had several interesting casas, the King murder case being one of them. Mr. Lanum PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 235 was married in October,1890,to Miss Kate A. Lynch, daughter of James H. Lynch, who was born in this State. Socially, Mr. Lanum is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Elks. He holds membership in the Presbyterian Church, and in politics is a Democrat. He has been a delegate to different conventions and is Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Democratic Club of Pickaway County. THOMAS ALKIRE, a retired farmer of Mt. Sterling, is a native of Madison County. He was born March 31, 1825, and is a son of John H. and Sarah (Schyles) Alkire. The father, who was born in Kentucky, came to Ohio with Grandfather Alkire when quite young, and was a farmer by occupation. He served in the War of 1812 under Gen. Harrison. In the usual manner of farmer lads, the boyhood days of our subject were passed and he received very limited educational advantages. When he was fourteen years of age, his father went to Vigo County, Ind., but he remained in Ohio and began working by the day or month as a farm hand. Since that time, he has made his own way in the world, and his success in life is due entirely to his own efforts. Working in this way, he managed to lay by a little money, and on the 18th of January, 1846, he was united in marriage with Miss Damia Strain, of Pleasant Township, Madison County, where the lady was born in October, 1828. Mr. Alkire had a span of horses but sold one in order to purchase furniture for his house. He continued to work one season at $11 per month and boarded himself. The next spring, he managed to get another horse and, renting some land, began farming on his own account. Some years afterward, hoping to better his financial condition, he removed to Vigo County, Ind., but was not pleased with the place, and the following spring returned to Ohio. He again rented for some time and as soon as his financial resources had increased sufficiently, purchased fifty acres in Pleasant Town- 11 ship. The land was heavily covered with timber, but he cleared the entire track. He afterward bought and sold several farms in this part of the State. He now owns one hundred and thirty-six acres of land in Madison County, and fifty acres in Vigo County, Ind., which his father left him. Mr. and Mrs. Alkire have never had any children of their own but have given homes to three. The poor and needy have found in our subject a friend, and as far as possible he has aided in all enterprises for the advancement of the public good. In politics, he was first a Whig and on the organization of the Republican party, joined its ranks, voting for Fremont in 1856. He is a member of the Christian Church and belongs to the Patriotic Order of Sons of America. For twenty-five years, he has also been a Third Degree Mason. In 1887, be erected his pleasant home in Mt. Sterling and has since lived a retired life, the income derived from his farms being sufficient to keep him throughout his remaining years without any manual labor on his part. Mr. Alkire may truly be called a self-made man, for he began life, as a poor boy, empty-handed, and has worked his way upward to a place among the substantial citizens of the community. His life has been well and worthily spent, and he has the high regard of many friends. A portrait of Mr. Alkire accompanies this sketch of his life. PALMER CONE SMITH, of Circleville, is one of the most prominent lawyers of the Buckeye State, and by his skill and ability has risen to the high position which he now occupies at the Ohio Bar. As he is widely and favorably known, his sketch will prove of interest to many of our readers. Mr. Smith was born in Whitestown, Oneida County, N. Y., July 31, 1823. The great grandfather of our subject, Ignatius Smith, was a native of Wales, and in the early part of the eighteenth century settled in Massachusetts. The grandfather, Polycarpus Smith, was born at Cape Cod, and in an early day became a New York farmer. His death 236 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. occurred in Whitestown in 1807. He had married Dorothy Otis, a native of the Bay State. Her father, Joseph Otis, was a brother of the celebrated James Otis, of Boston, a Revolutionary orator, and was descended from John Otis, who came from Norfolk County, England. Joseph Otis Smith, fattier of our subject, was born in Whitestown, N. Y., and married Harriet Cone, it native of Westmoreland, Oneida County. her father, Walter Cone, was a large land-owner of New York, who served in the Revolutionary War and died in the Empire State. He married Dorothy Palmer, who came of an old Connecticut family of Scotch origin. Mrs. Smith died at the age of seventy-five years. In her family were three children: Mark, who followed farming, and died on the old homestead; Palmer, of this sketch; and Mrs. Janet Smith, who died in London, Ohio. Our subject acquired his education in the common schools and at Hampton Academy, and at the age of twenty began teaching. On attaining his majority, he emigrated to London, Ohio, where he engaged in teaching for four winters, and during that time began fitting himself for the legal profession, studying under his brother-in-law, Hon. H. W. Smith. He was admitted to the Bar at Columbus in the old Supreme Court of Ohio, in December, 1846, and the following spring located in Circleville, where he has since engaged in practice. In the fall of 1849, he formed a partnership with Judge Jones, now at Delaware, and the connection continued until 1856. Mr. Smith was elected City Solicitor for two terms, and has served as Prosecuting Attorney, being elected on the Republican ticket. He has never been an office-seeker, preferring to give his attention to private practice. He is the oldest attorney of Circleville, and has the largest library in the county. His office is situated in the Masonic Temple block and, since 1877, he has been the senior member of the prominent law firm of Smith & Morris. He practices in all the courts of the State and the United States, from the Supreme Court down. In December, 1858, Mr. Smith was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Osborn, a native of Columbus, Ohio, and a daughter of Ralph Osborn, a native of Connecticut, and one of the early settlers of Circleville. He served as Auditor for the state for nearly seventeen years, from 1815 until 1832, when his death occurred. Three children have been born of their union: Janet, wife of Dr. Greve, a druggist of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Mary Osborn, who was graduated from the Wesleyan College of Cincinnati; and Harriet Otis, a graduate of Bartholomew College, of Cincinnati. The younger daughters have both been highly educated and have considerable musical talent. Mar is organist in the Methodist Church and is court stenographer of Pickaway County. Mr. Smith is also an active member of the Methodist Church and serves as Trustee. In polities, he is a stalwart Republican, was Chairman of the County Central Committee and has served as a delegate to the State conventions, he gives liberally to all public enterprises and has done much for the upbuilding of the community. He speaks fluently and with ease, has an excellent memory and great skill as a lawyer, his arguments being logical and convincing. He is a genial, whole-souled man, who is liked by every one. His face will never grow old, for it is so often lighted up with a smile of rare sweetness and contagious gayety, while his eyes twinkle with good humor. LYMAN HAMMEL. Some of the most energetic and enterprising merchants of the go-ahead town of Circleville, Ohio are identified with the grocery trade and prominent among those engaged in it is the firm of Hall & Hammel, which not only handles a full and complete stock of the choicest groceries, but agricultural implements as well. The members of this firm are  enterprising and ambitious gentlemen, full of that push and perseverance that secure success in whatever is undertaken. Mr. Hammel was born in the Buckeye State, Clear Creek Township, Fairfield County, on the of March, 1846, and his father, Eli Hammel, was also a native of Clear Creek Township. The grandfather, George Hammel, was a native of Virginia, but an early settler of PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 237 Clear Creek Township, Fairfield County, where he was engaged in tilling the soil for many years. The father of our subject continued the same occupation on the old homestead of eighty acres in that township for a number of years, after which, he sold out, and bought a farm of one hundred and seventeen acres in Amanda Township, that county. He was an industrious, thorough going man, and by his industry and steady attention to business, acquired a handsome competency. He operated the farm until his death in 1888. He was a firm believer in the advantages of the platform held by the Democratic party, and was a public-spirited citizen. His wife was formerly Miss Matilda Barr, whose father, Thomas Barr, was a native of the Old Dominion, and one of the pioneer settlers of the Buckeye State. She was reared on the old farm, and received her education in the primitive log schoolhouse of those days, and was a good and true woman, who had many friends. Of the six children born to this worthy couple, our subject was second in order of birth. Until eighteen years of age, he remained in Clear Creek Township, and, like the majority of farmer lads, divided his time in youth in attending the district school and in assisting his father in the arduous duties on the farm. At the above-mentioned age, he removed with his parents to Amanda Township, Fairfield County, and remained under the parental roof until he had attained his majority. After this, he worked on different farms until twenty-six years of age, and then cane to the thriving city of Circleville, Pickaway County, where he remained for a short time. Later, he went on a farm in Washington Township, Pickaway County, remained on the same for four years, and then came to Circleville again. Two years later, he engaged in the coal, lime and cement business on Canal Street, and continued this until March, 1882, when be embarked in the grocery business by himself. One year later, Mr. hall became a partner with Mr. Hammel under the firm name of Hall & Hammel, and since then the firm has carried on a large and extensive trade. Both gentlemen are capable, enterprising and wide-awake business men, and merit the large trade they have secured. In 1883, these pushing, energetic business men erected their fine, large store, 30x85 feet, and they have this tastily and nicely fitted up with a large stock of the best goods. This thriving business is situated on the corner of Court and High Streets. Miss Samantha Heffner, whom our subject married in Clear Creek Township, Fairfield County, in 1873, is the daughter of Henry Heffner, who is a resident of this city. She was born in Circleville, and is a lady whose estimable qualities are well known. Mr. Hammel was a member of the City Council for two years, from 1884 until 1886, and was on different committees. Both hold membership in the Lutheran Church, and Mr. Hammel is a strong supporter of the principles of the Democratic party. He has been a delegate to the county conventions several. times, and is active in all worthy enterprises: GEORGE W. HOFFMAN. Many years have passed away since this gentleman closed his eyes upon earthly scenes, but he is still remembered with affection by the citizens of Circleville. It was in that city that he died, in 1864. By his upright and conscientious life, he built for himself a monument that will outlast shafts of granite or statues of bronze, and carved his name higher and in a more enduring manner than though written in brass. The son of John and Susan Hoffman, natives of Kentucky, Mr. Hoffman was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, February 7,1823, and received his education in the common schools of that place. In early manhood he spent several years in the mercantile business and also had charge of extensive farming interests. He served with valor through the Mexican War and then returned to his Ohio home. In 1855, he located in Wayne Township, Pickaway County, and for three years was occupied in farming pursuits, removing thence to Circleville on account of failing health. In 1854, Mr. Hoffman was united in marriage with Miss Sallie J. Crouse, who was born near Chillicothe, Ross County, this State. Her grandfather, .John Crouse, was a soldier during the War of 1812 and was a native of Pennsylvania, whither 238 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. his ancestors had removed from North Carolina. At an early period in the history of this State, he removed hither and settled on a farm near Chillicothe. There his son David was born and reared, his youth being passed in rural pursuits and, in assisting his father in the distillery. He built the first paper mill in the State of Ohio, which was located in loss County, about seven miles from Chillicothe, and operated it during the remainder of his life, transacting an extensive business. The death of Mr. Crouse, which took place in 1838, removed from the scenes of his usefulness one who had been actively connected with the growth of the county. He was a firm Democrat and a member of the Legislature at the time of his death, always taking an active interest in politics. So successful was he, that at the time he was called hence he was one of the wealthiest citizens of Ross County, owning large tracts of land in various localities and being interested in the banks of Chillicothe, as well as in other places. He was a man of note, wielded an extensive influence and possessed excellent judgment and splendid business qualifications. The mother of Mrs. Hoffman was known in maidenhood as Elizabeth Boggs and was the daughter of John, and a half-sister of Capt. John Boggs, who is mentioned elsewhere in this volume. Mr, and Mrs. Crouse became the parents of eight children who grew to maturity, but only two are now living: Mrs. Hoffman and D. J. Crouse, a very prominent retired citizen of Chillicothe, who has established a national reputation as a breeder of thoroughbred horses, in which he has been very successful. The early education of Mrs. Hoffman was received in the schools of Hillsborough, Ohio, and she subsequently attended Dr. Beaty's Seminary, at Steubenville, Ohio, graduating from there in 1849. She spent about four years in travel, visiting many places of interest in the East and South, and in 1854 was married to our subject. They became the parents of three children: Wood, Crouse and Georgia; the latter being the wife of Will C. Tompkins, a lithographer of New York City. Mrs. Hoffman is the owner of about five hundred Acres of choice land bordering on the Scioto River, where Westfall, one of the first villages of Pickaway County, was located. The house of Logan, Chief of the Mingoes, was situated on that farm, the fort being on an adjoining estate. Much of the time since the death of her husband, Mrs 1loffman has resided in Circleville, where she has an attractive residence. She is a member of the Episcopal Church and has helped the city along in the line of religion and education, philanthropy and general culture. CAPT. CHARLES WARREN GUY is a fine representative of Ohio's gallant sons who won distinction as officers during the Civil War, and he has since become no less prominent as one of the foremost farmers and stockmen of his native county (Madison), and one who has done much to elevate the standard of the cattle and horses bred within its bounds. His home is on the farm which is his birthplace, in Pike Township, a mile and a half west of Rosedale, where he carries on a large business as a stock dealer. Captain Guy was born in a typical pioneer home, a little log house built by his father in the early settlement of the county. November 8, 1843, was the date of his birth, and he was the sixth child and fifth son of William and Adelaide (Fullington) Guy, an account of whom appears in the biography of their son, William H. Guy. Our subject's first experience at school was in the local district schools, whence he went to the Mechanicsburg High School, where he was prepared for college, and he then entered the Ohio University at Delaware. He was a student in that institution when the war broke out, and in 1862 he laid aside his books for the sword, full of youthful ardor in his patriotic desire to help defend the honor of his country at the front. He enlisted in Company D, Sixty-sixth Ohio Infantry, as a private, but he gave such evidence of his courage, fortitude, and efficiency in battle, that he was raised from the ranks to the position of Sergeant, then to that of First Lieutenant, and he finally was promoted to be Captain of PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 239 Company K of the regiment in which he enlisted, which was one of the first that was veteranized. He was in the battles of Dumfries (Va.), Chancellorsville (Va.) and Gettysburg (Pa.) He was then dispatched with his regiment to New York City at the time of the big riot, and for a while was encamped on Governor's Island in the harbor of that city, being under command of Gen. Hooker. The Captain was subsequently transferred to the Army of the Cumberland, and his company was sent to Chattanooga with other forces, about twelve thousand strong. He helped win the day in the celebrated battle "above the clouds" on Lookout Mountain, November 24, 1863, and the day after, that of Mission Ridge, and subsequently he did good service at Ringgold, Ga. That same year he re-enlisted as a veteran for three years, or as long as the rebellion should last. He fought with his usual valor and coolness at Rockface Ridge, Ga., and in the hotly-contested engagement at Resaca. At Peach Tree Creek he saw Gen, Joseph W. Hitt shot from his horse and killed in the midst of the battle. The Captain accompanied Gen. Sherman in his famous march to the sea, and he was present and in vigorous action in the battles of Pine Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain, Marietta, and Peach Tree Creek, and helped to lay siege to Atlanta. Our subject followed the fortunes of war until after peace was declared, and he was mustered out of the army under General Order No. 24, June 28, 1865, having served with his regiment in twelve different States, traveled eleven thousand miles, and done his share of the fighting in eighteen hard-fought battles. During all that time he never received a scratch, although he was often in the hottest of the fray, and he was off duty only one week, and that on account of sickness. On his return home to Pike Township, Capt. Guy was taken sick with inflammatory rheumatism from the effects of exposure while in the South, and for five long and weary months he was helpless and confined to his bed. He was finally taken to a Cleveland institution and was cured of that terrible malady. Since his recovery he has devoted himself to the management of his extensive interests. The fine farm upon which he lives comprises six hundred acres of land belonging to himself and his wife, being the combined homesteads that once were the property of their fathers. Beside this estate, the Captain has seven hundred acres of land which he has leased for fifteen years. He is largely engaged in handling imported horses, and in 1870 went to England to purchase some very fine draft horses. As a member of the Darby Plains Importing Co., he is doing much to encourage the breeding of blooded horses. April 15, 1879, Capt. Guy was united in marriage to Miss Flora E., daughter of John and Abigail Kennedy. She too is a native of Pike Township. She was educated at the Western University at Delaware, and is a lady of much culture, of superior tact, and understands full well the art of making home a cheerful, pleasant and hospitable abode. Two children complete the household of our subject and his wife: Earl W., born September 26, 1880; and Erma Belle, born July 29, 1882. A man of great force of character, with a strong, evenly-balanced mind, the Captain is a leader in public and political affairs in his community. He is a firm Republican, and has never faltered in his allegiance to his party since the days that he fought so nobly for its principles on Southern battlefields. He is Trustee of Pike Township, and for twelve years has looked faithfully after the interests of the township in that capacity. For four years he was Justice of the Peace. He is a stockholder in the Central Bank of Mechanicsburg, and one of the Directors of that institution. He is prominently identified with the Grand Army of the Republic as Commander of the Stephen A. Baxter Post No. 88, of Mechanicsburg. JOHN T. WALTERS, owner of the Mt. Sterling Roller Mills, is a native of Jasper, Ohio. He was born on the 18th of February, 1841, and is a son of Levi and Sarah A. (Riley) Walters. The father was a native of Pennsylvania, and when a young man came to Ohio, locating in Ross County, where he met and married Miss Sarah A. Riley, and died when our subject was only four 240 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. years old. His mother was afterward married again and he remained at home until thirteen years of age, when he hired out by the month to Thomas R. Robinson, in Pickaway County. Being pleased with the place, he made a contract to remain with Mr. Robinson until he attained his majority and was to be allowed to attend school three months each year. Oh reaching the age of twenty-one, he was to have a new suit of clothes and $100. Mr. Walters then worked as a farm hand until the late war broke out, when, on the 26th of May, having obtained permission from his benefactor, he enlisted in Company B, Thirteenth Ohio Infantry, in the first call for three-years' men. He participated in the battles of Stone . River, Chickamauga, Shiloh, and in, many others. He was very fortunate, in that he was never wounded or taken prisoner, but was in the hospital at Camp Dennison, Ohio, with camp fever, and at Elizabethtown, Ky., for six weeks with the smallpox. When his term of service had expired, he received his discharge in Louisville, in June, 1864. Mr. Walters then returned to the North and began to work by the month as a farm hand, which occupation he followed for about two years. He then was united in marriage with Mary E. Robinson, daughter of his former employer, their union being celebrated October 7, 1866. They began their domestic life upon a rented farm and Mr. Walters continued to engage in agricultural pursuits for twenty-two years. With the capital he saved during that time, he purchased his present property in May,1889. He has since improved his mills by putting in steam machinery and has built an addition, thus enlarging his room and capacity. The daily output is about thirty-five barrels, and he has a large and constantly increasing business. Unto Mr. and Mrs, Walters have been born eight children: Effie Florence, who was born in Pickaway County, February 13, 1868, is the wife of B. B. Musselman, a farmer of Madison County, and to them have been born four children; Thomas Filmore, who was born in Pickaway County, February 15, 1871, is married and has two children; Carrie May, who was born in Madison County, August 3, 1874; Sarah A., who was born in Pickaway County in April, 1878; Daisy E. was born in Madison County, March 5, 1882; John S. was born in the same county, April 1 1884; May was born in Madison County, August 5, 1887; and Foster Clayton was born July 28, 1891. Mr. Walters cast his first Presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1864, and has since been a stanch Republican. Ile has served as Township Trustee and Town Treasurer, but has never been a politician in the commonly accepted meaning of the term, as he prefers to devote his time and attention to his business interests. MAJ. EMANUEL GEPHART, whose valor during the late war brought him official recognition, has resided in Circleville since February 28, 1836. He is descended from thrifty and worthy German ancestors and his grandfather was the first representative of the family in the United States, his home being in Pennsylvania for a time. Later, he removed to Martinsburgh, W. Va., where the closing years of his life were passed. Near. that city, his son Bernard, who was born in the Keystone State, operated a large farm of three hundred acres. He was a man of strong determination of character and generous disposition, and in his religious views was a member of the German Reformed Church. His death occurred in 1829, in the prime of manhood; his wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Folk, died in Circleville, in 1872, at an advanced age. The family to which Emanuel Gephart belongs comprised eleven children and he was the fifth in order of birth. He was born near Martinsburgh, Berkeley County, WVa., April 21, 1814 and was a lad of fourteen years when his father died. Before he was thus orphaned, he had attended the schools of Martinsburgh, but at the above mentioned age he was apprenticed to the trade of a carpenter under Mr. Hostler. In 1836, having decided to cast in his lot with the citizens bf Ohio, he came with his family to Circleville, the removal being made with a six-horse team. In this city, he found constant employment at his trade and formed a PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 241 partnership with his brother Abram, continuing in that connection for some years. It was the custom in those days for the contractors to take the job and the parties to furnish the material. While engaged in the trade of a carpenter, the Civil War broke out and in 1862 Mr. Gephart raised a company in sixteen days. The company, which was mustered in at Camp Circleville, was known as Company B, One hundred and Fourteenth Ohio Infantry, the date of their enlistment being August 22. With our subject as Captain, the marched South and participated in the severe engagement of Chickasaw Bluffs, in which they suffered defeat. They were present at Champion Hills and the siege of Vicksburg, marching thence to New Orleans and through the swamps of Louisiana to Texas, engaging in numerous skirmishes while en route to the last named State. Returning from Texas in April, 1864, the regiment marched along the banks of the Red River and every day engaged in skirmishes with the Rebels. At Mobile, they participated in the Farragut expedition, and when the war was brought to a close, they were ordered to Texas and there discharged in September, 1865. Our subject first commanded the company as Captain, remaining in that position until the spring of 1864, when he was promoted to Major of the One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio Infantry. Upon his return home, be once more engaged at the carpenter's trade and was occupied in that way until he was appointed by the Government store-keeper at the Morris Steely & Co. Distillery, and afterward transferred to the same post in Fairfield County. After occupying that position for some seven or eight years, Maj. Gephart resigned and came to Circleville, where he embarked in business as a wholesale liquor, oil and tobacco merchant, and is now proprietor of the principal wholesale house of the city. Maj. Gephart has been identified with the public affairs of Circleville for a long time and served as Alderman several terms before the late war. For thirteen years, he filled the position of Trustee of Circleville Township and has held other offices cf responsibility. He is a charter member of Grote Post, G. A. R. and is prominent with the veterans of the war. In his political sympathies he is a firm Republican, and socially is identified with the Masonic order as a Royal Arch Mason. In 1835, Maj. Gephart was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Shaffer, a native of Pennsylvania, who died in Circleville after ten years of wedded life. Of the six children born of the union, four died in childhood and only one now survives, Ellen, Mrs. Hoffman, of Circleville. Noah enlisted when eighteen years old as a member of Company A, One hundred and Fourteenth Ohio Infantry and served throughout the war, being mustered out as Quartermaster, with the rank of First Lieutenant. Eight years after the close of the war, he died of quick consumption. The second marriage of the Major united him with Maria Shultz, a native of Pennsylvania, and an intelligent and worthy lady. They became the parents of four children, namely: Emma, who married Edward Olds and died in 1886; Adell, Mrs. Foresman, of Indiana; Kate, who is at home, and Josie, wife of George Stough, Assistant Cashier of the First National Bank at Circleville. The various members of the family find a religious home in the Presbyterian Church and occupy a high place in the esteem of the community. ELMER JEFFERSON CHENOWETH. Among all the residents of Oak Run Township, Madison County, none show greater aptitude for business transactions, or better judgment in the conduct of affairs, than Mr. Jefferson Chenoweth, who was born on the place which he now occupies, October 3, 1861. He is a son of Elijah and Susan (Pringle) Chenoweth, also natives of this count, and who are residing at the present time in Fairfield Township. The father of our subject was born March 15, 1831, and is the son of John F. and Margaret Chenoweth. He received but little aid in a monied way from his father, and at one time had in his possession fourteen hundred acres of land, which was the direct result of his industry and good management. Our subject supplemented the knowledge gained in the schools of his lo- 242 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. cality by an attendance at Oberlin College, where he took a three-years' course in the literary department, and later was graduated from Bryant & Stratton's Business College. Returning home when twenty-three years of age, he gave his attention to handling stock, to which he was peculiarly adapted, and of which he has made a signal success. The lady to whom our subject was married, December 2, 1885, was Miss Abbie M. Alexander. She was born in Clarksburg, this State, September 28, 1867, and is the daughter of the Rev. A. M. and Matilda (Armstrong) Alexander. She has been given a good education, and is a graduate of the public schools of Westerville, this State, where her marriage occurred. To Mr. and Mrs. Chenoweth have been born three children: Mary, who was born March 16, 1887; Max, August 3, 1889; and Pringle, June 19, 1891. Our subject received four hundred acres of land from his father, which he has improved, and erected thereon all the buildings which are to be found on a first-class estate. A Republican in politics, Mr. Chenoweth cast his first Presidential vote for James G. Blaine, in 1884. He is very popular in his community, and in 1891 was elected Justice of the Peace, which With his wife, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and by his cordial and pleasing manners has gained the friendship of the best residents of the county. NELSON HITLER is a wealthy farmer of Pickaway Township, where he has a large and finely equipped farm, lying mostly on the famous Pickaway Plains. Our subject is a native of this section of Pickaway County, born on the old Hitler homestead June 24, 1833, and he represents some of its very earliest settlers, his grandparents on both sides of the house being among the very first to locate in this part of Ohio, and his father, Jacob Hitler, was one of the foremost farmers and most honored citizens during a residence here of more than eighty consecutive years. The paternal grandparents of our subject were George and Susanna Hitler. His grandfather was born in Maryland May 15, 1763, and when a boy went with his parents to Franklin County, Pa., where he subsequently found a wife in the person of Susanna, daughter of John Gay, of London. England. In after years he removed with his family, which then consisted of his wife and two small children, to Somerset County, in the same State, and located in what was called the "Glades." In April, 1799, he came to Ohio with his family, which had been increased by the birth of two more children. He sent his family down the Ohio River on a flatboat to the mouth of the Scioto River, while he traveled by land with a large number of horses, and met them at that point. From Portsmouth the journey was made with team to this county, the goods being sent up the Scioto in a keel-boat. Mr. Hitler first located on the Lower Plains in Pickaway Township, but in 1804 entered one hundred and sixty acres of land on the western part of section 33, Washington Township, erecting a house on the southwestern part, in which he dwelt until his demise April 2, 1818. His wife survived him thirty years, her death occurring September 16, 1848, at the age of nearly seventy-six years. Jacob Hitler was the third child born to his parents, his birth taking place during their residence in Somerset County, Pa., December 5, 1796. His boyhood was spent much as that of other pioneers' sons, in the hard work of improving a farm in a new country. Shortly after his father's death, he and his brother George bought a quarter-section of land, for which they paid $23 an acre, and he then entered upon his busy and successful life, which was an honor not only to himself, but to the community of which he was so long a member. Mr. Hitler and his brother having but a few hundred dollars apiece, found it impossible to pay for their farm at the current prices of grain, wheat being then worth only seventy-five cents bushel, afterward declining to twenty-five cents. They showed themselves to be men of expedience and large enterprise, as they conceived the plan of manufacturing their wheat into flour for the New PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 245 Orleans market. For eleven years they conveyed their flour in a flatboat down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to the Crescent City, where they sold it for more than double what the grain would have brought them at home. The first trip was made by Jacob Hitler in 1819. The boats in which the flour was conveyed were built at a cost of $120 or thereabouts, having a capacity for carrying from four to five hundred barrels of flour, and were disposed of at New Orleans for whatever they would bring, sometimes only a few dollars. Mr. Hitler made five trips to New Orleans, and after that alternated with his brother in going thither. At the earl of the first voyage, he returned from that city to this county on foot, and was only twenty-two days on the way, which was the same time that it took a boat to come from New Orleans to Louisville, Ky. The father of our subject acquired a fine property, owning at the time of his death nearly two thousand acres of land, all in Pickaway County. He possessed true nobility of character, was conspicuous for unswerving rectitude of thought and net, was generous-hearted and sympathizing; and untiring industry, a fixedness of purpose, and unusual soundness of judgment, made him successful in everything he undertook, these traits also contributing largely to his potency as one of the builders of Pickaway County, who helped to lay the foundation of the prosperity that it enjoys to-day, and with whose rise and growth his name will ever be connected. He was elected Commissioner of the county in October, 1858, and served three years, although he had but little inclination for public life. In 1825, Mr. Hitler was married to Miss Sarah Cougar, with whom he lived long and happily. She came to Pickaway County with her parents in 1806 when she was a child, and the rest of her life was passed here, her death occurring several years ago. The following is the record of the brothers and sisters of our subject: George (now dead) was born September 28, 1825; Daniel, November 7.1827; Susan, April, 1830; Caroline, June 19, 1836; Jacob died in infancy; and Ellen Was born February 4, 1843. Nelson Hitler received a district-school education, and on the old homestead a thorough drilling in agricultural pursuits that has been of great benefit to him in his life as a practical farmer. Ile inherited much of his father's ability in that line, and well understands how to conduct his extensive farming interests to the best advantage. He has a beautiful tract of nine hundred acres of land, lying mostly on the fertile plains of Pickaway County, which is highly improved. Mr. Hitler took up his residence on this farm in 1881, and in 1886 erected the fine, modern frame house, a view of which is shown on another page. It is commodious and substantially built, and his barns and other buildings are of the same order. His farm is well kept, everything about the place always as it should be, and nothing is allowed to be out of repair. It is devoted principally to raising corn and wheat, of which large harvests are gathered yearly, but in its rich pastures are found some cattle, horses, etc., of good grades. Mr. Hitler is of a retiring disposition, but frank and kindly withal, and his neighbors know him to be accommodating and friendly, always willing to do another a favor. He is a stanch Democrat, but has never had aspirations for office. JAMES M. EDWARDS, Coroner of Fayette County, occupies a beautiful residence at No. 415 South Fayette Street, Washington C. H., where he has surrounded his family with all the comforts and many of the luxuries of life. A representative pioneer of the county and a man whose piety and Donor entitle him to more than passing mention, he is probably as well known as any of the early settlers, and is respected wherever known. His life has been characterized by ceaseless industry, both as surveyor, stock-dealer, real-estate owner and public official. Ohio is the native State of Mr. Edwards, and he was born at Bellbrook, Greene County, December 21, 1821. His father, William Edwards, was born in South Carolina, but came North on account of the curse of slavery. He located first at Cincinnati, where he married Miss Charlotte, a 246 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. sister of S. J. Brown, a wealthy and noted citizen of that city. She was born in England, but came to America when quite young and grew to womanhood in Cincinnati. After their marriage, they removed to Lebanon and afterward to Greene County, later purchasing a farm in Fayette County, in 1832. Until his death, in 1845, the father resided on his farm, to the cultivation of which he devoted his attention. He was a man of great kindliness of heart and probity of life, and occupied a warm place in the confidence of his fellow-men. Among the family of ten children born to William and Charlotte Edwards was James M., who was a lad of ten years when he accompanied his parents to Fayette County. He studied the usual text-books of the country and village schools, and later engaged as a teacher for eight years, meeting with success as an instructor of the young. With the earnings thus accumulated, he purchased a tract of land in Paint Township, near the village of Bloomingburgh, and handled stock quite extensively, although he never made his home on the place, but resided in Bloomingburgh. He has sold one estate, but still retains in his possession a well-cultivated and highly-improved place of one hundred and forty acres, the rental of which proves remunerative. In 1884, he removed to Washington C. H., where he bought a neat and attractive residence and expects to spend his remaining years in that home. With the public life of the county, Mr. Edwards has probably been as closely identified as any citizen thereof, and is the stalwart adherent of all measures that tend to the general welfare of the. people. For eighteen years, he served as Justice of the Peace in Paint Township. He has been Infirmary Director for three years; is serving his third term as County Coroner; is now, and for the past three years has been, Health Officer, and was Assistant Revenue Assessor for three years. During the Civil War, he was one of the Ohio State Messengers to the, army, making one trip to New Orleans and two to Richmond. He was mustered into the United States service as Second Lieutenant, and resigned after recruiting a company. He went on. the Morgan raid with his horse and buggy, and was never idle in the defense of the Union. His interest in educational matters has been unflagging and deep, and for many years he worked effectively as a member of the School Board at Bloomingburgh and also as School Examiner for the county. His mathematical ability rendered his work for forty years as a surveyor peculiarly successful and accurate. The first marriage of Mr. Edwards united him with Miss Sarah Stewart, who at her death left a daughter, Mary, now a resident of Washington C. H. with her father. March 25, 1852, Mr. Edwards and Miss Jane Amerman were united in marriage. She was born in Goshen, Orange County, N. Y., and came to Frankfort, Ross County, Ohio, with her parents at an early day. Mrs. Edwards died April 9, 1892, leaving two surviving children: Erskine S., who is engaged in the mercantile business at Washington C. H.; and Frank E., who is an Episcopalian clergyman of New York City. For forty-five years or more, Mr. Edwards has been a member of the Presbyterian Church in which he is an Elder. As a Sunday-school worker, he is especially successful and popular. For thirty. six years, he taught the same class in the. Bloomingburgh Sunday-school, and in Washington C. H, he now has two classes of sixty members, ranging in age from eighteen to seventy years. He is also interested in mission work and attends a mission Sunday-school every Sunday afternoon. The only two organizations with which he has ever been identified are the Presbyterian Church and the Republican party, and both in religion and politics he has labored effectively for the advancement of others and the common good of all mankind. PERRY C. THOMAS is one of the native born sons of Pickaway County, born in Monroe Township, March 12, 1838, coming of one of the early families of this region, and he is numbered among its farmers and stockmen who form such an important part of the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 247 population and are so essential to the continued progress and prosperity of the county. Ile is a resident of Muhlenberg Township, where he has a large and finely improved farm. William Thomas, the father of our subject, was born at Harper's Ferry, Va., January 22, 1801. His father brought him and other members of his family to Ohio in 1810, making the journey with a team, and at first settled near Chillicothe. A year later he removed to this county and took up his abode near Clarkston. The following year he located in Monroe Township, and there his earthly pilgrimage was brought to a close by his death. Our subject's father was bred to the life of a farmer amid pioneer surroundings. He was married March 12, 1822, to Miss Elizabeth Norris, who was born near Harper's Ferry, May 22, 1802. She came here with her parents in 1810. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas began their wedded life in the most primitive manner, as was the custom in those days for young couples. All the furniture that he bought cost him but $3 in money. Poles were placed with one end in the wall of the log house and the other supported by posts so as to form a bedstead, and Mrs. Thomas cooked before an open fire in a rude fireplace. Notwithstanding this humble beginning, prosperity smiled upon them, as they were diligent, persevering and prudent, and at the time of his death, Mr. Thomas owned thirteen hundred acres of land, of which he developed a large tract into a good farm, he was snidely known and universally respected and liked, and when he died, at scarcely fifty years of age, his death was greatly lamented and considered a public loss. He nvas a leader among the Methodists, being a man of earnest Christian spirit, and he was one of the organizers of the old Hebron Church in Monroe Township. His good wife was also a zealous working member of that church, and at her death, April 21, 1873, a true Christian passed to her reward. Uncle Billy and Aunt Betsy, as they were affectionately called, held a warm place in the hearts of their many friends and their memory is still cherished by all who knew and loved them. The following is the record of their children: Elizabeth, born January 23, 1823, died in infancy; George W., born May 20, 1824, died at the age of twenty-two years; Milton M., born October 25, 1825, died in 1879; Benjamin, born May 26, 1827, died young; Thornton, born February 22, 1829, died young; Jane, born August 12, 1830, died young; Jackson, born December 8, 1831, lives on a farm in Monroe Township; Mary A., born December 19, 1833, married Mr. King, a farmer of Monroe Township; William H., born May 15, 1835, is a farmer in Monroe Township; Perry C., our subject, is the next in order of birth; Margaret, born September 18, 1839, married Mr. Henderson, and lives in Missouri; Sarah W., now Mrs. Maddox, of Waterloo, Fayette County, was born July 10, 1841; Elizabeth J. H. (second) now Mrs. Henderson, was born February 7, 1845. Our subject was reared on a farm in Monroe Township. He laid the foundation of a solid education in the district schools which was supplemented by a course of study at Dublin Hill, and by a year's study in school at Mt. Sterling. The first school that he attended was a typical pioneer institution of learning, the house being made of logs, heated by an open fireplace with a mud and stick chimney, and the seats were slab benches with pin legs. Tire school was conducted under the rate-bill system. At the age of twenty-one, Mr. Thomas began life on his own account. His father had died when he was nine years old, and he continued to live with his mother, managing the home farm until her death in 1873. He at one time owned three hundred acres of land in Monroe Township, but he sold it and corning to this township, farmed his brother's farm until 1879. In that year he bought his present farm of three hundred and thirty-eight acres, all highly cultivated, and carries on a good business as a general farmer, raising wheat, corn, clover and timothy grass, besides fattening cattle, and having his farm well stocked with a good grade of Durhams, and some draft horses of his own breeding. Our subject was united in marriage with Miss Lizzie Donesife, February 13, 1879. She was born in 1844, and came to this township with her parents, who settled in Darbyville in 1845. She understands well how to make a cheerful and comfortable home, and cordially unites with her 248 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. husband in making theirs one of the most hospitable abodes known to their hosts of friends. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church and a great helper in whatsoever of good it accomplishes. Mr. Thomas is a man of fine parts, has a clear, active, well-trained intellect, a firm character, and his reputation as a practical farmer is of the highest. He is a loyal Democrat in politics, and his popularity is attested by the fact that he was elected Justice of the Peace for a term of three years, carrying the township; which is largely Republican, by fourteen votes. He has also served as a member of the School Board. CLIFTON R. DRESBACH is a talented and enterprising young man, who is ably conducting extensive farming and stock interests in Pickaway, his native county. He is descended from an honored pioneer of this part of Ohio, and he still occupies the old homestead, which is a large and valuable farm on section 10, Pickaway Township, on which he was born, August 14, 1855. His father, John E. Dresbach, was born in Berks County, Pa., in 1830, and was a son of the Rev. John Dresbach, of whom further mention is made elsewhere in this volume. John E. Dresbach was a year old when his parents removed to Ohio and settled in the township of Pickaway, on the farm on which his son of whom we write now resides, and here his remaining years were spent, his death occurring in November, 1864, while yet in life's prime. Pioneer influences helped to mould his character, and he became a valued citizen of the township of his adoption. He was educated in a district school that was kept on one corner of his father's farm. He was trained to the life of a farmer, and carried on that occupation on the old homestead as long as he lived. Both he and his wife were members of the Evangelical Church, and were liberal supporters of that and of whatsoever else would in any way promote the highest interests of the community. They were married in 1852, and she survived him nearly five years, dying in May, 1869. Her maiden name was Mary Reedy, and she was a native of Greene Township, Ross County. Her father, John Reedy, was a pioneer of loss County, going there from Pennsylvania in l821, The parents of our subject had two other children beside himself: Clara, who died in infancy; and Mina, who died in March, 1864, at the age of one year. Our subject is the second child of the family and the sole survivor. After his mother's death, when he was fourteen years old, he went to live with his uncle, Martin Dresbach, with whom he remained until he was twenty years old. He was given fine educational advantages, and after attending the district schools, he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, in 1873. He was a close student at that institution of learning two years, and brought a well-trained mind to his work, when, in the spring of ,1875, he returned to the old Dresbach homestead to take charge of it, and enter upon his career as a farmer, in which he has met with marked success. This farm, which his grandfather purchased of a Mr. Bishop in 1830 in all its original wildness, comprises four hundred acres of choice land, all lying in a body, the soil being red sandy clay, or of limestone constituents, and very highly cultivated. It is finely situated, the land is beautifully rolling and diversified, and is well watered by Pumpkin Run, which is fed by springs and was never known to be dry. The drainage is also first-class, as Mr. Dresbach has paid great attention to that, sparing no money to per. feet the system, and he has as much as eight miles of tiling, which was put in at a cost of $3,000. The farm is a model of its kind, and many of the fine improvements which greatly enhance its attractiveness and value have been placed here by himself. The buildings are substantially built, conveniently arranged, and roomy; the residence is a large, square frame house, of a handsome and appropriate style of architecture. Mr. Dresbach has engaged largely in feeding cattle the last fifteen years, and also in raising cattle of high grades. He does a large general farming business, and in his methods shows himself to be an enlightened and progressive agriculturist, who already stands among the first men of his calling in PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 249 his native county. He is brainy and well-informed, has decided and clear opinions of his own on all subjects with which he is conversant, and is manly and honorable in character. In politics, he is unswerving in his allegiance to the Republican party Our subject and Miss Pauline Hitler were united in marriage February 7, 1878, and they have one of the most charming and hospitable twines in the community. Four children complete their household circle: Marvin, John, Harry and Shirley. Mrs. Dresbach is a native of Pickaway County, and a daughter of Abraham Hitler. Her father was born is Pennsylvania. and came to Ohio in an early day of its settlement. He became a prosperous farmer in Washington Township, and there his life was brought to a close in 1869. His wife survived him until 1887, when she too passed away. They had two children, of whom our subject's wife is one, and the other is Mary, who married Frank Dreisbach, and lives in Circleville Township. JAMES H. McCLIMANS, who is practically living a retired life in Mt. Sterling, has the honor of being a native of Madison County. He was born in Range Township, October 10, 1854, and is a worthy representative of one of the honored pioneer families. His father, Isaac McClimans, was born in the Scioto Valley, in 1805, and in 1812, when a lad of seven years, came to Range Township with his father. He was twice married, and had eight children. His second wife, who bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Claridge, and was a native of Fayette County, was the mother of our subject. Mr. McClimans became an extensive land-owner, his possessions aggregating seven hundred acres, and was one of the well-to-do farmers of the township. His death occurred in June, 1880, at the ripe old age of seventy-five years. The subject of this sketch grew to manhood upon his father's farm in Range Township and received a good-education in the common schools of the neighborhood. When a boy, he began buying calves, which he would raise upon his father's farm and then sell. In this way, he got a start in life. Subsequently, he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits and was engaged in farming in Range Township one year, and for two years in Pickaway County, on land belonging to his wife. In 1881, he purchased his present home and twenty acres of land on the London Road, which he laid out in town lots and named McClimansville. He has now sold over half of the lots and a number of them have been built upon. As his financial resources have increased, Mr. McClimans also bought more land, until the income derived from his farm is now sufficient to enable him to live retired without performing any manual labor for his support.  On the 26th of November, 1880, Thanksgiving Day, our subject was joined in wedlock with Miss Mary Bennett, of Mt. Sterling, who was born in Monroe Township, Pickaway County, February 26, 1861. Her girlhood days were there passed and she came to Mt. Sterling with her father after her mother's death. Into them have been born two children: Nellie, born in Range Township, Madison County, October 21, 1881, and Vona, born in McClimansville, June 3, 1884. Mr. McClimans supports the Democratic party by his ballot, his first vote having been cast for Samuel J. Tilden. He is an enterprising and sagacious business man, who by industry and good management has acquired a sufficient capital to enable him to spend his remaining days in retirement from labor. HON. HORACE L. HADLEY. To applaud human achievements is a trait of character common to all mankind, and seems especially appropriate when one has struggled against poverty and discouraging influences, and won a name and fame which is not limited by the arbitrary lines separating counties or States. Such has been the experience of Mr. Hadley, a prominent member of the Fayette County Bar, where he has practiced since April 8, 1870.