300 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. he was taken prisoner, was carried out on the ocean, and for fourteen months did not see land. He was nearly starved, a half pint of rice serving for his daily rations. Once, while in battle, he was pinned to the ground with a sword thrust through his side, and at the battle of Brandywine he had five 'bullet holes in his hunting-shirt when the fight was over. The river was red with blood, and he could have walked over it on the dead bodies of the slain. He was taken prisoner a' number of times, but was generally promptly exchanged. His regiment was once surrounded by the Indians, but he and his comrades took the horses and equipments from their savage foes, and courageously drove them back. While living in Madison County, he was a conspicuous figure in its public life, acting in various official capacities. He was a Democrat, and the first man he ever voted for was Gen. Washington, his old leader, as the first President of the United States. He and his wife helped organize the first Baptist Church in the neighborhood, and were among its most zealous members. They had a family of eleven children, of whom three are living: Jacob, Lawrence W. and Michael. By a former wife the father had a family of nine children, all of whom are dead. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Michael Sifrit, a native of Germany, who emigrated to America during the last century and settled in Virginia. The maternal grandparents of our subject were Jacob and Hannah (Reader) Marrel, who were natives of Virginia. They came to Ohio in the early days of its settlement, and lived in Paint Township until death removed them. The grandfather was a shoemaker by trade, and was the father of three children, all of whom are dead. He was of German descent, a Democrat in 'politics, and a Free-will Baptist in religion. Our subject passed his younger days on a farm, and in his boyhood went to school, a mile and a half distant, to a log schoolhouse, that was rudely constructed and furnished, and had greased paper instead of glass for windows. He remained at home with his parents until he was twenty-five years of age, affording his father material assistance in his farm labors, and at the age of twenty taking the farm to work on shares. At the end of five years, he purchased a farm in Franklin County, which was all timber, and he devoted his energies to its development, building a log house, covered with clapboards, for shelter, and in five years time he had his land cleared and fairly well cultivated. But his incessant toil told on his health, which failed, and so he rented his farm, and, going to Harrisburgh, was engaged in the mercantile business there eight and one-half years. Selling out his property at that point, he returned to Madison County and invested in a farm in Paint Township, where he lived eight years. Coming then to London, be resumed business as a grocer and provision dealer, but at the expiration of two years he was again. obliged to abandon work 'on account of ill-health, and he spent the ensuing four years in retirement. After that he again went into business, and for ten years was engaged in the sale of groceries and queensware, in connection with a bakery. Ten years later his health failed him once more, and he sold out, and for some four years interested himself in dealing in stock, but since then he has lived retired, buying a home in a pleasant residence quarter of London. Notwithstanding the' fact that he has had much to contend with in the way of physical disability, he has accumulated a valuable property, including some five hundred acres of land in the county, and is one of our solid monied men. He has held various township offices, and has always encouraged public improvements. During the war, he took a deep interest in its course, and with true patriotism offered his services to help fight his country's battles, enlisting for a term of one hundred days but he was dismissed on account of his age. Politic. ally, he is a Republican, who has stood by his, party when disaster overtook it as well as when victory perched on its banners. In his religious relations, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which his amiable wife also belongs, and he has been ,Steward and Trustee of the church. Socially, he is connected with the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Sifrit and his wife have passed a true Wedded life of more than half a century's duration, having been united in marriage March 29, 1838. Mrs. Sifrit, whose maiden name was Emily PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 301 Hall, is a daughter of William and Rachel (Emery) Hall, who were natives of Virginia, but were married in Chillicothe in 1802. They first settled among the pioneers of Ross County, and remained there until 1809, when they came to Madison County, and settled in Ring Township, where the father engaged in his business as a farmer and a stock merchant, living there many years. In 1845, he went in his old age to Iowa, but subsequently returned eastward as far as New Boston, Ill., where he died. Of his nine children, but one is living besides Mrs. Sifrit, Felicity, widow of William Johnston, who was a farmer, native of this county, and died in 1888, leaving these six children: Albert A., Isaac M., Arthur T., Myron B., Willis B. and Clarence E. Our subject and his wife have five children: Alpheus C., who married Marion Jones; Hannah, who is the wife of William H. Tyler; William A., who-married Miss Clara Cappel for his first wife, who died in 1883, leaving five children: Edward E., Franklin, William H., Alpheus C. and Bessie, and for his second wife married Miss Alice Stingley; Rachel M., who married Ezra Beathard, and has four children: Mary E., Jacob S., Lawrence W. and Howard H.; and Mary E., who married Walter Grafton, and has two children: Jacob L. and Wellington. yrs. Tyler has four children: Minnie G., Daniel O., William H. and Mary E. Minnie G. married a Mr. Shouh, and has three children: Homer, William T. and Herbert. R. HARRISON ANDREW. We are pleased to present among the prominence residents of Plain City the gentleman whose name appears at the head of this paragraph, a prosperous grain dealer, who has charge of an elevator in this city. He was born in Washington County, Pa., on the 8th of April, 1837. His father, Cyrus Andrew, was born in 1802, eight miles with of the county seat, in Washington County, Pa., where he carried on the occupation of a farmer and resided through life, dying at the age of sixty-six years. In his political views, he was a Democrat, and as a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, he took an active part in religious work and was highly esteemed for both character and intelligence. His father, Charles Andrew, was, it is supposed, of New York birth, and he took an active part in the Revolutionary War. The mother of our subject, who bore the maiden name of Sarah Dille, was a native of Pennsylvania, her father, Stephen Dille, being also a native of the Keystone State. She was born in 1806, in Washington County, and died near her native place at the age of eighty-three. She was united in marriage to the father of our subject in Pennsylvania in 1836, and there they made their home through life. They were the parents of six children, four sons and two daughters, all of whom grew to years of maturity. The eldest son, Stephen D., died in Madison County, Ohio, at the age of fifty-six; Colin R., who is a farmer, resides in Washington County, Pa.; Rachel, who is the wife of A. J. Dickerson, lives in Plain City. Our subject is the next in order of age, and following him is Lucetta L., who resides in Washington County, Pa., while Holmes is married and resides on the old homestead in Pennsylvania. The youth of Mr. Andrew was passed in his native place and he remained with his father, assisting him upon the farm until 1860, when he came to Ohio and located in Canaan Township, Madison County. There he was married in 1862 to Miss Mary J., daughter of Elihu and Polly Knapp. Mr. Knapp lived to be nearly ninety years old, lacking only nineteen days of that period at the time of his decease. Mrs. Andrew was born in Canaan Township, December 22, 1837. Immediately after marriage, this young couple located on a farm which remained the family home for fourteen years, and there the wife died July 4, 1876. Mr. Andrew then removed to Plain City and engaged in the grain business, handling also salt, wood and coal, and carrying on a general warehouse business, as well as becoming proprietor of the elevator. The first marriage of Mr. Andrew was blessed by the birth of three children, two of whom died in infancy and one, the daughter Lillie, is now residing in Washington County, Pa. 302 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Mr. Andrew has been prosperous in his business and has accumulated real estate in the city, which he rents. Upon the 6th of October, 1880, he was united in marriage with Miss Wary Ann, daughter of A. H. and Irene Sherwood. Mr. Andrew is a, prominent member of the Universalist Church, of which he is an honored Trustee. His political views bring him into union with the Democratic party, but he devotes only scant time and attention to public matters, as he is largely devoted to his business interests. He is an active member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics, and has an excellent standing in the community. JACOB HEDGES. The results of industry and unflagging perseverance are shown in the life of the above-named gentleman, who owns and occupies one of the most beautiful homes in Walnut Township, Pickaway County. He is one of the honored pioneers of this county, and is thus held in high esteem and respect by all his wide circle of friends and acquaintances. Mr. Hedges was born in Fairfield County, this .State, June 29, 1828, and is the son of Absalom and Margaret (Heren) Hedges, natives of Pennsylvania. The father of our subject was a soldier in the War of 1812, and his grandfather was a patriot in the Revolutionary War. Absalom Hedges emigrated to Fairfield County in an early day, when this now wealthy and prosperous State was in its primitive condition and infested with Indians. In . 1840, he removed to Ross County, where he passed his last days, dying in 1850. The elder Mr. Hedges was twice married, and the brothers and sisters of our subject who survive are Catherine, Mrs. Sturgeon, residing in Logan County, Ill.; Thomas, who makes his home in Nebraska; and Caroline, also Mrs. Sturgeon. The gentleman whose name heads this sketch was reared to man's estate amid the pioneer scenes of this section, assisting his father in developing the land, and attending the district school during the winter months. The temple of learning bore little resemblance to the commodious and convenient structures in which the youth of to-day educated, for it was built of logs and, instead of being heated by steam, had built in one end a la fireplace, six feet wide. The seats were made slabs with pin legs, and boards placed around room and supported in a similar manner served writing desks for the scholars. The school carried on under the subscription plan, the teach boarding around. July 14, 1853, Miss Sarah E. Brink became wife of our subject. She was born March 7,1835 in Ross County, Ohio, and was the daughter Thomas R. and Margaret (Smock) Brink. father, who is now deceased, was a native of Keystone State, and came with his parents to County in 1800, being at that time only four y of age. Mrs. Brink was a native of this State her father being a soldier in the War Of 1812. the eight children born to the parents of Hedges we make mention of the following survive: Mrs. Hedges. Mary, Mrs. David Lay residing in Illinois, and Albert, who makes his home in Circleville. To our subject and his estimable wife have born a large family of eleven children, eight whom are living at the present time. Jacob Alice, Mrs. Otis Lutz; Lizzie, Mrs. W. E. Mat Thomas B., Effie, Sciota, Josiah and Edgar. After his marriage, Mr. Hedges made his home for several years in Ross County, when he removed to Wayne Township, Pickaway County, locating on his present farm in 1881. His estate comprises three hundred and thirty-five acres, which his industry and good management have placed under excellent cultivation. Mr. Hedges has been more than ordinarily successful in his life calling, and now tanks among the prosperous' and well-to-do agriculturists of the county. He is self-made in all that that word implies, as he has made his own way in the world. In his political affiliations, our subject votes the Republican ticket. In early life, he was a strong Abolitionist, and while residing in the south. western portion of Ross County, which was do the line of the underground railroad during the war, assisted many slaves in effecting their escape PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 303 While not a member of any religious body, Mr. Hedges contributes liberally to the support of various denominations, and is active in all good works. He and his wife are now enjoying the fruits of a life well spent, and their friends are as numerous as their acquaintances. Socially, our subject is a member of the Masonic fraternity, being identified with Pickaway Lodge No. 23, at Circleville. JOHN Mc CARTNEY, Justice of the Peace of London, is an old resident of Madison County, and though his life is approaching the eightieth milestone of the long journey, he is still actively identified with its interests, and administers the duties of his office with a vigor and despatch that would do credit to his juniors in the legal profession. He was born in one of the pioneer homes of Ross County, near Chillicothe, July 7, 1813. His father, who bore the same name as himself, was a well-to-do farmer of that region, owning three hundred acres of land, on which he carried on general farming for many years, until death closed his life. He was a native of Ohio, and was married in this State to Margaret Wells, who was born in Kentucky. Of their twelve children, four are living besides our subject, namely: Francis, Elizabeth, Harriet and Jesse. He of whom this biographical sketch is principally written spent his younger days on his father's farm and in attendance at the district school. He remained at home with his parents until he was eighteen years old, and he was then engaged by John Bush to work on his farm when required, but chiefly to handle stock, for which purpose he sent him to Pennsylvania, where he remained some time. His next employment was with John Eckerman, of Greenfield, who sent him traveling throughout the State to sell common mantel clocks. That was his business for two years, and after that he worked on farms for different farmers until his marriage. He then rented land for some years and devoted himself to agricultural pursuits. On receiving his appointment to the office of Deputy Sheriff of Madison County, he abandoned farming and took up his residence in London, where he has since lived. He was Deputy Sheriff eight years, such a long term of office denoting faithful and efficient service, and during that time he was elected to his present position as Justice of the Peace. While he is one of the stanched of Democrats, although the village and township are strongly Republican, he has held this office continuously since. There has never been a more popular justice here, or one with a better record. He has never had but one of his decisions reversed by a higher court, and in the many cases tried before him has shown a clear and comprehensive knowledge of the law as applicable to each one. His whole course in whatever position he has been shows him to be fair-minded, scrupulously honest and a Christian gentleman, whom his friends and associates of many years' standing hold in high regard. Mr. Mc Cartney was greatly blessed in his wife, Elda Stingley, a native of Greene County, and a daughter of Jacob and Mary (Bush) Stingley, and her death was a sad blow to him. She left four children to mourn with him her loss, three sons and one daughter, namely: Austin E., who married Miss Roberts, and has three children: Edna, Mary and Beulah; Mrs. Mary Oglesby; Jacob H., who married Miss Bedenbach, and has one child, Myrtle M.; and William A., who married Miss Eubank, and has two daughters: Ethel and Ida. GEORGE SEALL is one of the clever, genial and open-hearted men of this section, and is a descendant of one of the very earliest families of Pickaway County, Ohio. He is a native-born resident of this county, born in Pumpkin Run, Pickaway Township, October 31, 1833, and is a son of George Samuel Seall, who was born at Red Bank, Ohio, in 1799, about forty-five miles above Cincinnati. The grandfather, Samuel Seall, was born at Waynesburg, Pa., and was there married. He served in the Revolutionary War 'for about seven years, and afterwards re- 304 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD moved to Kentucky, where he followed his trade of blacksmith, gunsmith, etc. From there he removed to Red Bank, Ohio, following his trade there until 1799, when he came to Pickaway Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, and settled on Pumpkin Run. In 1805, he entered land in Walnut Township, and in connection with his trade he carried on agricultural pursuits. There his death occurred, in 1812. Two of his sons served in the War of 1812, and one was first made Cap-thin and then Major. The father of our subject, Samuel Seall, was early taught the trade of blacksmith, and followed this for about thirty years, after which he engaged in farming on the farm near Pumpkin Run. In April, 1815, he located in Washington Township, Pickaway County, on a farm of three, hundred and twenty acres, and there died in 1870. He was a wan well .respected in the community, and was among the representative citizens, having served as Justice of the Peace in Washington and Pickaway Townships for many years. he married Miss Mary Ganger, a native of Berks County, Pa., and the daughter of Nicholas Gangar, also of the Keystone State. Nicholas Ganger came to Ohio about 1806, with a team and wagon, 'and located in Pickaway Township, Pickaway County, where he engaged in farming. He married Miss Christina Ludwig, a half-sister of Jacob Ludwig (see sketch of Daniel Ludwig). Mr. Ganger died in Pickaway County, Ohio, but his wife passed away in Indiana. Mrs. Seall, the mother of our subject, died in 1868. She was a member of the' Lutheran Church. On of the three children born to Mr. and Mrs.' Seall, two reached mature years, and one John, died in this county in 1885. The original of this notice remained on the farm in Pickaway Township, this county, until eleven years of age, and then went on a farm in Washington Township. He received a fair education in the district schools, first in Pickaway Township, where he received instruction in the log schoolhouse with slab seats, etc. He worked with his father on the farm until 1862, when he went to West Covington, Ind., and was engaged with man who was buying horses for the army. Three years later, he returned to the farm, and in 1870 he and a brother took charge of the farm 1874, when our subject was married. In 181 his brother was elected County Treasurer, held this position in an able and efficient manner for two terms, and then returned to the farm, which he carried on his death. Our subject continued to till the soil until the spring of 1882, when he located here and engaged in the retail boot and shoe business, under the firm title of Seall & Judy. In 1886, he sold out to his partner, and is now retired from the active duties of life. He owns a comfortable home on Pickaway Street, near Union Street, and owns a farm of one hundred and sixty acres on section 28, Washington Township, this county, this being well improved with fine buildings, etc. He rents this farm. Mr. Seall was 'married on the 21st of January, 1874, to Miss Mary Pontius, a native of Pickaway County, and the daughter of Amos (see sketch of George H,) Pontius. This union resulted in the birth of two children: Mary C. and Lucy E. Our subject was Clerk of Washington Township for two years, and his brother held the same position for twenty-two years. Socially, Mr. Seall is a member of the Knights of Honor. In politics, he has always advocated the principles of the Democratic party. Mrs. Seall is a member of the United Brethren Church, and a refined and cultured lady, J. N. CLARK, M. D., a physician of marked talent and ability, has been brought into close and kindly relations with residents in' and about Madison Mills, Fayette County, in which place he resides. His warm heart and generous sympathies add to the good feeling inspired by his professional culture and practical skill, and he has a large following and many sincere friends. he was born in Mt. Sterling, Madison County, October 6, 1843, and is a son of Alex and Lydia (Adkins) Clark, who are both still living. He of whom we write lived in Mt. Sterling until sixteen years of age, where he attended common schools, and then with his parents cam PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 307 Madison Mills, where he attended the temple of learning for three years more. When twenty years of age, he was engaged at work in his father's blacksmith shop. Three years previous to the' time above mentioned, however, Mr. Clark enlisted, December 9, 1861, in the Union ranks, as a member of Company C, Sixtieth Ohio Infantry; but not being able to stand the hardships imposed upon soldiers, he was honorably discharged July 19, 1862. The original of this sketch, under the influence of Dr. W. T. Willeman, of Palestine, this State, determined to follow the profession of a physician and began studying medical books at night and working in a shop of his own during the day. He followed this plan for four years, when he felt himself competent to take a course of lectures, and entered the Starling Medical College at Columbus, from which institution he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in the spring of 1872. Dr. Clark located for the practice of medicine at Harrisburgh, where he remained for one year, and then moved to Buena Vista, Fayette County, where he made his home for a like period. At the expiration of that time, he came to Madison Mills, making his headquarters at his father's home until he could look up a suitable location. Finding a good opening in this place, be determined to make it his future home, and before he was well aware of the fact had built up a large and lucrative practice. Miss Ella A., the daughter of George and Amelia (Bush) Parrett, became the wife of our subject, January 31, 1860. To them have been granted a family of seven children, viz: Mabel, who was born May 19, 1878; Lewis A., February 13, 1880; Lydia, January 16, 1882; Pauline, February 27, 1884; Zelma Lee, May 7, 1886; Ralph S., December 22, 1888, and Minnie .Belle, March 13, 1891. Dr. Clark became a Mason in 1877 and has taken the Royal Arch degree, holding membership at Bloomingburgh in the Blue Lodge, and at Washington C. H. in the Royal Arch. He has been very successful in his chosen profession and has been enabled to lay by a handsome competency, in addition to aiding his brothers in getting a start in the world. He has only reached the top of the hill of life and has therefore before him, as far as human eyes can see, many years in which to continue the good work in which he is engaged and make further investigations in the interest of humanity. JOSHUA T. RANKIN. Among the men who are successful in tilling the soil in Madison County, Mr. Rankin has a prominent place His estate comprises fifty-two broad and fertile acres in Union Township, where a full line of substantial farm buildings stand, stock grazes, and skill and enterprise are shown in agricultural work. In connection with farming, Mr. Rankin loans considerable money, having disposed of most of his land. In all his dealings with his fellow-men, he has been honorable, and in his associations with those about him manifests a kindly spirit and public enterprise. James and Margaret (Truitt) Rankin, the parents of our subject, were born in Maryland, the former May 20, 1786, and the latter January 1, 1788. They were married in their native State, February 10, 1808, and in the spring of 1817 left Maryland for Ohio, arriving in Madison County in the fall of that year. The following spring the parents located on the land which is now the site of the County Infirmary Farm. Mr. Rankin, who combined the trade of a carpenter with the occupation of farmer, was quite successful in life, and died at his home August 21, 1857; his good wife departed this life in South Charleston, this State, December 12, 1871. Our subject, who was the seventh in order of birth of the parental family of ten children, was born in Union Township, this county, April 29, 1824.. He was reared to farm pursuits and has always resided upon the home place, with the exception of ten months which he spent in the West. Mr. Rankin and Miss Sarah Evans were united in marriage in London, this State. The lady, who was a native of Indiana, died at her home in Union Township. Our subject chose for his second wife Miss Olie C. Bell, the date of their marriage being 308 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. March 26, 1885. She was born in this township, and became the mother of one child, a daughter, India, whose birth occurred May 23, 1886. He of whom we write has always been actively interested in local affairs, and during elections casts a straight Republican vote. By industry and economy, he has accumulated a competence, and is one of the well-to-do citizens of Union Township and as such deserves a place in this biographical work. In connection with this sketch of his life, his portrait is presented to our readers. PERRY G. BOSTWICK, attorney-at-law at Circleville, was born in Hart's Grove, Ashtabula County, Ohio, April 25, 1839. For complete account of his ancestry, the reader is referred to the sketch of his brother, Capt. B. H. He was reared in his native village and received a good common-school education in the schools there, which was supplemented by attendance at the academy at Austinburg. After graduating, he came to Pickaway County and taught a. six-months' term of school two miles from the city. He was a successful teacher, and under his tuition the pupils made rapid and commendable progress. Another term of attendance at school, and a second term of teaching, were followed by work for the Government in buying horses: During the war, Mr. Bostwick was in the employ of the Government as Post Sutler, at Chattanooga, Tenn., after which he returned North, and took a Course, in Eastman's Commercial College at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He embarked in business for himself afterward as agent for a life insurance company, representing the Mutual for eighteen months. For about the same length of time he resided. on a farm, and then in the spring of 1869, located in Circleville, and began reading law, while at the same time he was hook-keeper for one of the established firms of the city. After prosecuting his legal studies wider Jeremiah Hall & Brother, Mr. Bostwick was admitted to practice at the Bar of Ohio, in the spring of 1874, and at once located in Circleville, where has since followed his profession, his office in Peck's Block. He is a criminal lawyer of n and his legal erudition and professional ability are everywhere conceded. He is a member of Bar Association, and in his political affiliations always adhered to the platform of the ,Republican party. He has served as delegate to State conventions, and; socially, is identified with Knights of Pythias. The marriage of Mr. Bostwick, in 1867, united him with Miss Mary A. Wheeler, who was born Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and is the daughter prominent merchant of that city. Mr. and Bostwick are the parents of three children, namely George E., who is at home; Harry W., who is the clothing business at Newark, Ohio; and Char A., who is also at Newark. The family residence in a pleasant house on Pickaway Street, and often visited by the many friends of the family. Mrs. Bostwick is a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a lady of great worth and kindliness of heart, enjoying the esteem of who meet her. PETER TEEGARDIN. We are pleased to represent here another member of one of the prominent families of Madison Township, Pickaway County, and a well-known pioneer farmer, who resides on section 28 of the township in which he was born, September 28, 1817. His parents were William and Elizabeth (Shook) Teegardin, the 'father being a native of Westmoreland County, Pa., and the mother a native of Lehigh County, the same State. His great, grandfather was German by birth, the wife of that ancestor having been born in -the Green Isle of Erin. William Teegardin, the father of our subject, migrated to Pickaway County, this State, in 1811, coming through with a team, and making his settlement in Madison Township, upon section 23. This-part of the country was then a complete will- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 309 dearness, through which roamed wolves and deer. He struggled hard with the practical problem of reducing this wild country to civilization, and did his full share of pioneer work. He took part in the War of 1812, but aside from that he spent the remainder of his life in Madison Township. He was the father of twelve children, and six of that number are still living: Margaret is now the widow of Jackson Miller, of Allen County, this State; Aaron and Daniel reside in Indiana; Catherine married Harrison. Darst, hut is now a widow, and is making her home in Kansas, while Abraham and our subject live near the old home in Pickaway. County. The father served his township as Justice of the Peace, and in his death this part of the county lost one of its most efficient and highly respected pioneers. Peter Teegardin grew to man's estate in Madison Township, amid scenes of pioneer life, and has done much hard work in clearing the forest and subduing the land. He received his education in the log cabin schoolhouse of the early days, and gained much practical preparation for the duties of life in that primitive school. That the edifice was rudely constructed, and the furnishings scant and unshapely, did not prevent this boy from acquiring those elements of an education which are needed for attaining a worthy citizenship. The marriage of our subject took place August 2, 1846, and he was united to Iva A. Crum, daughter of Thomas and Christina Crum. By this union was. born a large family of children, and eleven of them are living, namely; William II., who resides in Missouri; Hannah, the wife of Samuel Murphy, whose home is in Franklin County, Ohio; John F., who lives in Allen County, Ohio; Thomas H.; George E. and Edwin 0., who live in Madison Township, this county; Annie, who is at home; Clara, who married 0. C. Peters, and resides in Walnut Township, this county; Peter lives in Canal Winchester, Ohio; Clinton B., who is still beneath the parental roof, and Cora A. also at home. The devoted wife and helpmate of this prominent citizen was called from the activities of earth September 18, 1883, leaving behind her the memory of her worthy life, the affection of her family, and the esteem of all who knew her. Her many friends felt that her loss was a great one to the community. She was a consistent and earnest member of the Lutheran Church, and her life rounded out well the ideal of a Christian wife and mother. The farm of Mr. Teegardin now comprises two hundred and ninety-two acres, and at one time he owned fully one thousand acres, the greater portion of which he has now divided among his children. He began by receiving one hundred and sixty acres of land from his father, in the woods of Allen County, Ohio, and all that he has since gained has been by his own efforts, aided by the wise counsel and co-operation of his wife. JOHN P. TODHUNTER is perhaps as well known as any man in Fayette County, as he has made his home in Perry Township for nearly three-quarters of a century, being born here, March 21, 1817. He is at present residing on the old homestead, where he has carried on the operations of a farm for fifty-four years. He has always been highly respected as a thorough-going farmer and business man, his- wife too sharing in the esteem which is accorded to him. Isaac Todhunter, the ancestor of the Todhunters of Fayette and Highland Counties, Ohio, and grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was, from the best accounts available, born in Pennsylvania, about the year 1754. He married Elenor Jury, of Chester County, Pa. They were the parents of six sons, namely: Richard, Isaac, Jr., John, Abner, Jury and Jacob, and one daughter, Margaret. They lived for several years in Frederick County, Va., and removed thence to Lost Creek, Tenn. In 1804, they moved to Highland County, Ohio, stopping at, or near, the site of Leesburgh, with their sons, Richard and Isaac, Jr., who preceded them the year previous. In the following year (1805), he purchased the Massie Survey, containing twelve hundred acres situated on the banks of Walnut Creek, in the southern limits of Perry Township, Fayette County, Ohio, but at that time, and for several years subsequent, was a part of 310 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Highland County. In the year 1806, he was elected one of the Trustees at the first election held in Fairfield Township. He was a member of the Society of Friends, donated a lot on which to build a meeting-house, and was the principal one in organizing a church, which continues to be known as Walnut Creek Friends' Church. He was a useful and influential man 'in his community, and in the church. He died in the year 1821, aged about sixty-seven years. His wife, Elenor, survived him eighteen years, and died in 1839, aged upward of eighty years. Richard Todhunter, the eldest son of Isaac Todhunter, and the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Virginia about the year 1779 or 1780. He married Rebecca Llewellyn; they had three sons and four daughters, namely: Whalen, Mary, Jane, Elenor, John P., Alfred and Emily. Elenor, John P. and Alfred are still living. Mr. Tod hunter lived almost continuously within the limits of Perry Township for more than sixty years. He was a man of excellent judgment, and was very firm in the support of what he believed to be right and proper. He was much used as a juryman, having served on the jury very soon after the organization of Fayette County. He lived to the age of ninety years, and died in the year 1867, much honored and respected, leaving behind the untarnished reputation of an honest man. John P. Todhunter, the subject of this sketch, is the second, son of Richard Todhunter, above mentioned. He was born in Fayette County, Ohio, in the year 1817; in the year 1837, he married Martha J. Binegar,, the daughter of George and Mary Binegar. His wife, Martha J., was born in- 1820; she died in the year 1874, at the age of fifty-four years. She was an exemplary woman, faithfully sharing with her husband in the toils and vicissitudes incident to starting in life on a wooded farm of eighty acres, with but fifteen acres cleared, and commencing in a log cabin with the following outfit: one horse, one cow, two beds, one skillet and lid, one oven and pot, two or three tin cups and a reflector for baking bread. With the above outfit, Mr. Todhunter went to clearing. land and improving his farm, and by industry and economy he was enabled to make occasional additions to his farm, until he became the owner of four hundred and fifty acres of well-improved land, with the modern conveniences as to dwelling houses, barns, etc. Mr. Todhunter and his wife were blessed with seven children: James E., who was a soldier in the late war, having enlisted in the Seventy-fourth Regiment of Infantry, was in the service for two years, and was discharged on account of ill-health, having fought bravely in defense of his country; Margaret A., Alfred R., Mary E., Alonzo N., Alwilda C. (deceased), and Charles C. Mrs.. Todhunter was a member of Cochran's Methodist Episcopal Church, and a faithful, earnest Christian. In the year 1879, Mr. Todhunter was married to Mrs. Mary Zimmerman, the widow of Eli Zimmerman. They are worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has been a church member .for twenty-five years, and a member of . Wilstach Lodge No. 368, I. 0. 0. F., for thirty years, and has occupied all the important offices 'in the lodge. He served twelve consecutive years as Township Trustee, and has discharged every duty conferred on him, official or otherwise, with promptness and fidelity. In his declining years, Mr. Todhunter enjoys the satisfaction of seeing his children all comfortably situated in life, and commanding the respect of the community as honest, enterprising citizens. JOHN JONES, retired merchant and capitalist, was for many years one of the leading business men of this, his native county, and is still closely identified with its interest as the proprietor of a fine farm, and as Bank Director, etc. The village of London, which is his birthplace, is still his home, and he has a fine brick residence on North Main Street, with extensive and beautiful grounds, adorned by shade and fruit trees. Our subject was born October 31, 1818, and is a son of William and Elizabeth (Droke) Jones, who were natives of Tennessee, descendants from the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 311 early settlers of the old Volunteer State, and they were there reared and married. His father was a blacksmith, and he was a pioneer in that trade in this village, whither he came in the fall of 1819. He rose to prominence in the business and public life of this section of Madison County, was known far and near, was a general favorite, and was familiarly known as "Dad Jones." He sold goods often as an auctioneer, and he owned three hundred acres of farm lands near the village. In politics, he was a sturdy Jackson man. He had a family of eleven children, of whom four are living: Mrs. Sarah Lotspeich, .John, Mrs. Margaret Sidney, and Mrs. Lydia Sidner. The first that died was Mary E., and the others deceased are Job, Isaac, Mrs. Evans, William, Martha J., Mrs. Rachel Clark, and James. The paternal grandparents of our subject were Solomon and Lydia (Sill) Jones, who were natives respectively of Wales and Tennessee. They came here with the father of our subject, and remained here until death. The maternal grandparents of our subject were Peter and Margaret (Foust) Droke, who were lifelong residents of Tennessee, where Mr. Droke was engaged as a farmer. They were married in 1786. John Jones, who forms the principal subject of this biography, was educated in the village schools of London, and early gained an insight into the mercantile business, as a clerk in a store. He remained at home with his parents until his marriage, February 27, 1842, and then he and his bride went to keeping house half a mile from London, and he devoted himself to cultivating a tract of land. The same fall, the newly-elected County Sheriff, William Warner, for whom he had formerly clerked three years, came to him, and said: "Tomorrow I want you to move into the county jail." He did so, and for four years he was Deputy Sheriff. So well did he fill that office, that he was then elected Sheriff of the county, and served in that capacity one term of two years. After that, he assisted in the Deputy Sheriff's office. He was elected Justice, and held that position twelve, years, with great credit to himself and satisfaction to all concerned. He has been variously engaged in the commercial world as a dry-goods dealer, a grocer, and a dealer in furniture; he has also handled harness and saddles, and has conducted the livery business, having had different partners in each new venture, and for two years he dealt in stock. In 1873, he retired from business, selling his interest to his sons, who are now conducting a fine wholesale and retail grocery in London, and have the reputation of being one of the best firms in the county. When in active business, our subject displayed marked enterprise, and his management of his interests was characterized by superior business methods, by unerring judgment, and a sound policy in money matters. He accumulated wealth, and besides a fine farm in the country, has a valuable estate in the city, upon which he resides, the grounds around his dwelling comprising ten acres of land, planted with fine fruit and shade trees. Mr. Jones is connected with the finances of the county as one of the organizers of the Central Bank of London, and as one of its Directors. In politics, he is a loyal Republican. He cast his first Presidential vote for Gen. William H. Harrison. In his social relations, he has long been an Odd Fellow, be being the only surviving charter member of the lodge that was organized in this city in 1846. Mr. Jones' wife's maiden name was Jane Melvin, and she was .born in Madison County, four miles east of London, in what is called the Lower Glade, February 2, 1819, a daughter of John and Sarah (Inger) Melvin. Her parents were natives respectively of Virginia and Tennessee, and were married in the latter State. Her father, who was a farmer, came to Ohio with his father's family, and they were among the early settlers of Union Township, this county, where they lived and died. The parents of Mr. Melvin were Joseph and Phebe (Van Vacter) Melvin. They had a family of eight children. Mrs. Jones's father and mother had ten children, of whom she, her brother Benjamin, and her sister Phebe (Mrs. Isaac Jones), are the only survivors. Mrs. Jones is a lady whose many womanly attributes place her high in the estimation of all who know her. She has been a Methodist since childhood, has taken an active part in church matters, and belongs to the Woman's Christian Aid Society. Her pleasant wedded life with our subject has brought to them six children, of whom 312 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. these two are deceased: Mary E., who married Alverd Stutson, and died, leaving one child, Harry, who married Jesse Allen, and they have one child, Donald. Lucien, who was a merchant in London at the time of his death, married Alice Kennie, and left three children: Kennie, Nora, and Lucien. The living children of Mr. and Mrs. Jones are Frank, a merchant in London, who married Lizzie H. Koogler, and has one daughter, Nina K. ; Dollie R., who married V. H. Wilson, a stock-dealer, and has two children, Mabel and Helen; Horace G., a merchant in London, who married Elizabeth Houston; and Emma, who married H. F. Chandler, a clerk in a book-store in London. WARNER TAYLOR. We have here one of the most progressive farmers in Darby Township, Pickaway County, and a good, shrewd business man, whose popularity is unquestioned in the community. He is a member of a family which settled here in a very early day, and he was born here April 17, 1841. His father, Warner T. Taylor, was born in West Virginia in 1809, and was a farmer and stock-dealer. His marriage in West Virginia was soon followed by his migration to Ohio in 1830, and the journey was taken with horse and wagon. He located in the northern part of this township, on the Possum Run, on the farm which is now owned by Kinzie Gill. He rented this property for a while, but later purchased a portion of it. The father of our subject had but scanty means when he came to this county, and he located here in a wilderness, living in a log house with clapboard roof, which was held on by "weight poles." After developing his farm, he pushed ahead and bought more property, and at one time owned two thousand acres, being very successful until he learned by experience the folly of going security for neighbors, in consequence of which he lost considerable of his property. At that time, he was dealing largely in fat stock, buying, feeding and shipping, and used to drive stock through to the Eastern markets. For fifteen years he herded cattle in Illinois and Indiana, and drove them to the -Eastern markets, and made much money in this way. He was a very energetic man, and was pushing and persevering in his business methods, being also an excellent manager. Warner T. Taylor, the father of our subject, died in January, 1882, leaving behind him a fair reputation as a business man and a neighbor. He was a Republican, in politics, after the formation of that party, and had previously been a Whig, but he never cared to hold office. His wife, whose maiden name was Jane Blackburn, was born in Virginia, June 5,1815, and to her were born twelve children, all of whom are living except the eldest, who died at the age of thirty-five. Their names are Louis, Mary, William, Alfred, Warner, Anna V., Seymour G., Elmira, Eliza, Amanda, Laura and Charley, respectively. The mother is still living, and makes her home among the children, and she is an earnest and devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Warner Taylor was born and reared on the farm where he now resides, and his education was gained in the district school, which was then run on the subscription plan. The first schoolhouse was a log building with large open fireplace, and the slab benches had pin legs, while the writing desk rested upon pegs which were inserted in the wall. At the age of twenty-four years, he was married, on the 22d of February, 1865, to Elizabeth Tanner, who was born near Derby, June 19, 1848. Their five children are Edward, Charley, Jennie, Frankie and Laura. Mr. Taylor has four hundred and eighty-three acres of land here, most of which is improved, and it is all in one body, although some of it is in the hands of tenants. He carries on mixed farming, raising wheat and corn, and keeps from thirty to sixty head of cattle, and has large droves of hogs and sheep. During the winter season, he buys hogs, which he fattens and ships to the market. Our subject and his wife began housekeeping in a log cabin, and later built an addition to it, but this old home was destroyed by fire in March, 1889. Upon it he had $1,000 insurance, but lost PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 313 considerable. The present home, which is a large frame house, was erected in 1889. He . has done considerable tile draining and improving since he tame here, and his farm and home are in a most creditable condition. His politics are in harmony with the doctrines of the Republican party, but he does not aspire to office. His family is most highly esteemed in the neighborhood. JOSIAH HOPKINS, who resides in the eastern part of Union Township, Fayette County, is the son of Jeremiah Hopkins, removed from Pennsylvania to Ross County, this State, about the year 1810, and was probably born in Pennsylvania. He was the son of a Revolutionary hero, who fought all through that period of contest. Moses Hopkins was twice married. Of his first marriage ten children were born, while two children blessed his second union, Jeremiah being the eldest child of the first marriage. The father purchased land when he first came to this State, and became one of the earliest pioneers of Ross County, remaining in that section throughout the remainder of his life, and spending his last days in the village of Frankfort. The family traditions seem to say that he was a soldier in the War of 1812. In his early days he was without means, but by his enterprise and perseverance he acquired a handsome property. Jeremiah Hopkins, the, father of our subjects married Nancy, daughter of William Claypool, who was well known in Delaware County, Ohio, being one of the most prominent and prosperous farmers of that part of the State. The young man settled with his wife in Wayne Township, Fayette County, about the year 1827, and buying land there, began the cultivation of his land, and finally had over four hundred acres in his farm. Eleven of his thirteen children became men and women, and ten of these are still in life. They are Mary Jane, who is the wife of Cyrus Heylar, a farmer in Ross County; Sarah, who married Julius Bicknell, a farmer of Moultrie County, Ill. ; Washington H., who lives in Vernon County. Mo., where he carries on a farm; our subject; David H., a farmer, who lives at Washington C. H.; Elijah, a retired farmer, who makes his home at the same place; Nancy, wife of Joseph Beatty, who has retired from active farming and makes his home at the county seat; Phoebe, who married A. C. Peterson, and lives in Ross County; Harriet, who is the wife of George Hamilton, a fruit-raiser in Florida; J. Frank, a business man at Washington C. H.; and Scott, who was a soldier in the Union army; and whose death resulted from disease contracted while in service. Jeremiah Hopkins died May 3, 1875, and left behind him the memory of a useful and pious life. In his early days he had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in his later years was connected with the Wesleyan Methodist denomination. His home was ever an open house for the itinerant preacher and circuit rider of pioneer days, and many public meetings were held beneath his roof. He was first a Whig, and later a Republican, and he was ever outspoken in regard to his political convictions. His neighbors made him for a number of years one of the Trustees of the township. The birth of our subject occurred in Wayne Township, Fayette County, October 7, 1832, and the district schools of that and Ross County furnished his education up to the time that he left home and went to Greenfield, where he had further advantages. He remained with his father until he was twenty-five years old, and in the year 1857, on the 24th of December, he took as his wife the daughter of one of the most prominent farmers of the county. This lady, Miss Sarah E. Rogers, wag the daughter of David Rogers, an early settler. After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins lived for two years on the father's farm, after which they went to Madison County and bought a small tract of land there, on which they lived for five years, at the expiration of which time they removed to the place which is now their home. Upon first coming here, Mr. Hopkins bought four hundred and thirty acres, and has added to his estate from 314 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. time to time, until he now has a splendid tract of eight hundred and fifty acres, which is as fine land as is to be seen in Fayette County. The beautiful home of this family is a handsome edifice which was put up by our subject in 1868, and which is an ornament to the township. Four children have blessed this home, two sons and two daughters. Their eldest, Eva J., has married Jerome Penn, who makes his home at Washington C. H. and fills the office of Superintendent of the Gas Works, besides being Superintendent of the Electric Light. The son, Austin F., has engaged in the fruit business in California, making a specialty of orange culture. Scott, who lives at home with his father, is the next son, and the youngest child is Stella R., who is also under the parental roof. He of whom we write is an intelligent and active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is prominent in Sunday-school work, being Superintendent of the Oak Chapel Sunday-school. He is a stanch worker in the temperance cause, and a strong advocate of Prohibition principles As a farmer, he is largely devoted to stock-raising, and has large herds. and flocks of cattle, sheep, and horses. Throughout his life he has been a hard winker, and his success is commensurate with his efforts. JOHN T. BURKE, the efficient. Postmaster of Mt. Sterling, claims Virginia as the State of his nativity. He was born in Loudoun County, January 6, 1838, and is a son of James and Mary (Van Horn) Burke, both of whom were natives of Virginia. The mother died when our subject was about three weeks old. He remained in his native State with a half-sister, Mrs. Ann Ott, until eleven years of age, when the family emigrated to Fayette County, Ohio, settling near Bloomingburgh. Two years later, they removed to White Oak, in the same county, where Mr. Ott bought a farm, upon which our subject grew to manhood. In the common schools, our subject acquired a good education and worked upon the farm until he had attained his majority. In his twenty-second year, he engaged in teaching, and was thus employed until the late war broke out. He immediately responded to the call for troops, but before he could be mustered in, the quota was filled. He then taught through the winter of 1861-62, and in June following joined Company K, Ninetieth Ohio Infantry, for three years' service. At the organization of the regiment, he was made Sergeant. The troops joined the Army of the Cumberland and participated in the battles of Perryville and Stone River. Mr. Burke was taken sick and was confined in the hospital for, eight months. Being unfit for active service, he then did duty in the hospital as clerk and steward, receiving his discharge at the close of the war, in June, 1865. On his return North, Mr. Burke attended the Holbrook Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio, for two terms, after which he again resumed teaching, which profession he followed continuously for some years. At Madison Mills, he married Miss Margaret Bush, of Nobleville, Ind., who was born in Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio, but had removed to Indiana with her parents. After his marriage, Mr. Burke made his home in White Oak, being employed as a teacher in one district for five years, after which he had charge of the grammar department in the schools of Mt. Sterling for four years. He' next embarked in the grocery business, which he continued for three years, but it proved a losing investment and he sold out. He then engaged in clerking for about eighteen months, after which he was appointed Postmaster. Mr. Burke has been a, stanch Republican since he cast his first Presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1860. While at Madison Mills, he served as Township Clerk, first by appointment, and then was three times elected. For seven years he has served as a member of the School Board, and during all that period has been Clerk. In April, 1889, he was appointed Postmaster by President Harrison, and in his administration of the affairs of the office has given universal satisfaction. Mr. Burke was called upon to mourn the loss of PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 317 his wife in 1889, her death occurring on the 7th of December. She left five children: Willard J., born at White Oak, January 13, 1874, who will graduate from the High School at Mt. Sterling in 1893; Nellis May, born May 18, 1876; J. Earl, February 21, 1880; Bright E., in June, 1883; and Harry, January 23, 1887. Mr. Burke in early life joined the Christian Church and has since been one of its faithful members. His wife held membership with the same church. He served as Sunday-school Superintendent for several years, and has always taken an active part in its work. Socially, he is a member of the Odd Fellows' Society, and is also a charter member of J. C. Bostwick Post No. 406, G. A. R. GEORGE GREENFIELD, one of Pickaway County's most worthy citizens, and formerly Trustee of Harrison Township, was born in Adversane, England, on the 7th of June, 1829, and died on the 7th of January, 1891, aged sixty-three years, seven months and two days. Thomas and Ann Greenfield, the parents of our subject, were natives of England, and there George was reared and educated. He was early taught the duties of farm life and in subsequent years, when starting out for himself, it was but natural perhaps that he should turn to agricultural pursuits as his chosen occupation. Early in the '50s, led by the promises of the Western prairies of this country, he decided to settle in the "land of the free," and after crossing the ocean came immediately to Pick-away County, Ohio. He resided in Ashville for some time, but in the spring of 1879 settled on the farm where he remained until his death and where is widow still resides. On the 11th of April, 1868, Mr. Greenfield married Miss Elizabeth K. Cline, a native of Harrison Township, Pickaway County, born May 21, 1842, and the daughter of Philip and Maria (Crum) Cline. The fruits of this union were eight children, two of whom are now living: Sarah and Virginia. While a resident of Pickaway County, our subject enjoyed the reputation of being a substantial and 15 progressive farmer, and was also considered an intelligent and thoroughly posted man on all the current topics of the day. Although his educational advantages had been limited in youth, he was a great reader and was mainly self-educated. He served as School Director for nineteen years and was always interested in educational matters. He was also Trustee of Harrison Township for some time. In politics, he was a Jacksonian Democrat, and a stanch advocate of the principles of that party. In his official capacity he faithfully conducted the public affairs to the best interests of those he represented, and to all enterprises of a worthy nature gave his hearty support. The true value of such individuals is not realized fully until they are gone. -Personally, Mr. Greenfield was the most popular of men. His amiable disposition and courteous manner endeared him to all who were so fortunate as to enter the wide circle of his friendship. His last testimony was that all was well with him. He was baptized in infancy and was a member of the old State Church of England at his death. He left an estate of two hundred acres, which he had accumulated by industry, economy, and superior management. His widow and two surviving daughters reside on this fine farm, where they have a comfortable home. They are members of the United Brethren Church, and are esteemed members of society, their refinement and culture endearing them to their associates and acquaintances. A portrait of the late Mr. Greenfield appears in this connection. A. SCOTT ALKIRE. The visitor to the village of Mt. Sterling is accustomed to notice with especial interest and admiration the beautiful residence owned and occupied by Mr. Alkire. Erected in 1890, it is of a modern style of architecture, commodious and tastefully furnished, and conceded to be one of the most elegant homes in the village. Born in Pleasant Township, Madison County, 318 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Ohio, October 7, 1861, our subject is the son of A. R. and Mary J. (Tanner) Alkire, natives respectively of Madison and Pickaway Counties. A complete account of the family history will be found in the biography of A. R. Alkire, in another portion of this volume. The boyhood days of our subject were passed on the old homestead, which is pleasantly situated in the suburbs of Mt. Sterling, and there, under the careful training of his estimable parents, he grew to a vigorous manhood. The early education of our subjects was gained in the schools of Mt. Sterling, and at the age of twenty he entered the college at Merom, Ind., where he commenced a thorough course of study, but, on account of ill health, was compelled to cease his work and return home. He has continued to live on the farm, a part of which lies within the village limits, while the remainder adjoins the village. Upon the division of the estate, one hundred and nineteen acres became the property of A. Scott, beside three hundred acres in other places, mostly in Pickaway County. As the possessor of a large amount of land and the manager of important real-estate interests, he finds his time Closely occupied. December 17, 1884, Mr. Alkire was married to Miss Flora A. Beale, who was born in Pleasant Township, Madison County, Ohio, November 3, 1864, hut at the time of her marriage resided in Madison Township, Fayette County. She is a lady of great refinement and superior education, having been a student in the college at Delaware, Ohio, and availing herself of her advantages to the utmost. Their pleasant home is brightened by the presence of three children: Coral, who was born September 22, 1885; A. Ross, November 20, 1889; and Mary, September 14, 1891. The Republican party finds a stanch supporter in Mr. Alkire, who cast his first Presidential vote for James G. Blaine in 1884, and since that time has continued to work for the interests of the party. However, he is by no means a politician, and has never sought office or the emoluments of public position. His efficient service as a member of the Village Council and the School Board has won the commendation of his fellow-citizens, and prove the possession of excellent judgment and an unusual degree of tact. He is a member of the Mystic Circle, socially, and the Knights of Pythias, in which he is serving as Master of Exchequer. JOHN E. ARNOLD is an exceedingly shrewd financier, and is prominent in business circles in Madison County as a dealer in real estate and as a fire insurance and loan agent, with his residence and office in London, the former, one of the most attractive in the city, being situated on East First Street. Miami is the native county of our subject, and he was born in 1839. James and Melinda (Mullen) Arnold were his parents, and they were both born in early pioneer homes of Ohio, the former in 1798, and the latter in 1803. The father commenced farming in Montgomery County, and later removed to Miami County, where he passed the remainder of his life. He was a good farmer, and was known far and near as one of the prominent men of his township, whose honesty and rectitude in all things were unquestioned. He was the champion hunter of his county ; always carried an Indian hatchet in his belt, and with that, or with his unerring rifle, he brought down many a deer and bear, to say nothing of lesser game. In politics, he, like his father, was a Democrat to the end. The latter, Jacob Arnold, came from Germany, and first settled in the Eastern States, but in the latter part of the seventeenth century he came to Ohio, and was one of the earliest pioneers of Montgomery County, where he de. voted himself to farming, living there until his earthly pilgrimage ceased. He was the father of nine children. Our subject and his brother Philip are the sole survivors of a family of six children. He of whom we write attended school in Bethel Township during his boyhood, and on his father's farm in his native county grew to a vigorous, self-reliant manhood. He remained in the old home until 1861, and was busily engaged in agricultural pursuits when the war broke out. In a few months he laid aside his work to join the brave boys in PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 319 blue at the front, anxious to strike a blow in defense of the Stars and Stripes, enlisting December 5,1861, in Company C, Seventy-first Ohio Infantry. He did valiant service some eight months, but the hardships and exposure to which, he was subjected in the long and weary marches, in camp and on the battlefield, told on his constitution, and he became so sick that he was ordered to the hospital at Clarksville, where he was subsequently discharged on account of his physical condition, which would not admit of further service as a soldier. He had done his share of fighting whenever the regiment had met the enemy, and at the Battle of Shiloh he was on duty from the start to the finish, displaying true bravery and genuine fortitude in the face of the greatest dangers, when his life was in imminent peril. Our subject returned home from his experience of military life with his health much impaired, and he has never been as strong and well since. As soon as he was able, he tried farming, with which his early life had familiarized him, and he worked at it three years in his native county. He was then obliged to abandon it, as it was too laborious, and he spent the ensuing year in Nebraska. Returning to Ohio, he took a position in Dayton, in the nursery business and to sell trees. He followed that two years, and still continues to sell trees, but has-not done so as extensively for the past eight years, as he has had other business to attend to. He accepted a situation as commercial traveler for the London Manufacturing Company, and was with that firm two years. After that he was in the employ of the Wildman Mince Meat and Baking Powder Manufacturing Company, of London, for a like term of years. At the end of that time, he established himself in his present business, and is one of our most enterprising and trustworthy real-estate men, who has done much to enliven business and promote the growth of the village. He is well thought of by the entire community, as he is known to be a man of good principles and correct habits, and is social and friendly in his relations with all about him. He has been entrusted with various township offices, and his public spirit has been evinced on many occasions. He seems to have inherited at least part of his political creed from his father and grandfather, and is a member of the Democratic party of to-day. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and takes a great interest in the organization. Our subject has been twice married. His first wife, who died in 1873, was Sarah J. Kellogg, of Fort Wayne, Ind. By that marriage two children were born : Emma and Charles H. The present wife of our subject was formerly Miss Mary E. Watrous, and she is a native of this county. WILLIAM FORESMAN & BRO., manufacturers of flour, meal, feed and dealers in grain and coal, at Circleville, Ohio. When a new settlement is started, about one of the most important things to do is to establish a flour mill; people must have bread, and wheat is easily raised. Among those who early became engaged in the milling business was the firm of William Foresman & Bro., the individual members of the firm being William and G. P. Foresman, gentlemen who bring into requisition the amplest financial and business faculties and ability for the highest efficiency in the departments engaging their attention. These flouring mills were established about forty years ago by R. A. Foresman, who was succeeded in 1869 by the present owners, who have since that time entirely refitted and refurnished the building with the new roller-process machinery and best-known purifiers and other machinery for the prompt and efficient execution of the best class of work. The mill is located about one and a quarter miles from this city and is connected with the C. M. & V. R. R. by special line or switch, known as the Willow Bend Railroad, thus securing the amplest shipping facilities to all sections of the Union. The mill is propelled by water power derived from Darby Creek, and by the celebrated Victor Turbine water wheel, and employment is usually given to a force of seven workmen and experienced millers, while the mill has a capacity of one hundred and fifty barrels of choicest family and bakers' flour per day. The principal brands 320 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. for which this mill is noted find a ready sale and hold the highest standard value in all markets into which they have been introduced. This firm also controls a large warehouse and elevator in this city, with a storage capacity of fifteen thousand bushels of wheat. Their handling and shipping facilities justify their claim to pay the highest market price for grain at all times. In addition to the grain consumed at the mill, they ship large quantities each season to our chief grain markets. They also deal in the best grades of hard and soft coal and can supply this article in lump or nut, or for steam or domestic uses, by the car load or ton at lowest standard rates. Both members of this firm are natives of LaFayette, Ind., but have for many years been residents of Circleville and promoters of its general interests. Mr. William Foresman was for four years Postmaster of this city, during Gen. Grant's administration. Their father, Hon. Phillip Foresman, was born in Circleville, on the present site of Foresman's Mill, as it is called. The grandfather, William Foresman, was a Virginian, and was but a boy when he came with his parents to Wayne Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, and settled on Government land in this new country. He followed in the footsteps of his father and became a large and well-to-do farmer, owning five hundred and twenty acres where the mill is now located. He was interested in securing the Ohio and Erie Canal and gave the right of way through his farm In early days, he built a mill and operated, it, and was a successful man in every sense of the word. His son, R. A. Foresman, took charge of the mill in 1849., and operated it until 1869, when the subjects of this sketch purchased it. The grandfather was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and died when about ninety years of age. The Foresman family are of Scotch-Irish descent, William Foresman's parents coming from the North of Ireland. William was the father of five children, the Hon. Phillip Foresman being the second eldest. The latter was reared near Circleville, and learned the miller's trade. In fact, all the Foresmans learned the milling business. He was married here and soon after removed to La Fayette, Ind., where be purchased quite a large tract of land. He also built two mills in La Fayette, the first and largest mill built there, and carried on the grain and milling business for many years. In connection he also carried on farming, and was the owner of over two sections of land. He was a very prominent Whig in politics, and served two terms in the Indiana State Legislature. He died about' 1847, when forty-five years of age. He was one of the most thrifty and enterprising citizens, and, although he commenced with scarcely any means, at the time of his death he was one of the wealthiest men of the county. He was a Presbyterian in his religious views. He married Miss Elizabeth Bennett, a native of Deer Creek Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, and. the daughter of George and Margaret Bennett, of Virginia, early settlers of Deer Creek Townships where they engaged in farming and stock-raising, becoming quite wealthy. Mrs. Foresman, after her husband's death, came back to Circleville and reared her family. She now lives with our subject on Scioto Street. The three children are as follows: Bennett resides at La Fayette, Ind., and is a farmer and stock-raiser; William, and George P. William Foresman was born in La Fayette, Ind., in October, 1847, and came to Circleville with his mother after his father's death. Here he passed his boyhood and youth, and here he received his education, graduating at Cincinnati Commercial College. Afterward, he returned to La Fayette, Ind.:and followed farming there until 1869, when he returned to Circleville, and, with his brother George P., purchased their present property, since which time they have continued business together. Their mills have a location at the junction of three thoroughfares west of the river. They manufacture three brands, two of which are "Little Addie" and "Edison Light." In connection, they own and operate the farm of two hundred and twenty-five acres of valuable land adjoining the mill, and are extensive cattle feeders. Their ho residence is on the corner of Scioto and Mound Streets, at Circleville. William is Treasurer of the Pickaway County Agricultural Association, an both are stockholders in the Fair Grounds. He is a Director of the Second National Bank, and was Postmaster for four years during Gen. Grant's ad. ministration. He was married to Miss Mary Millar, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 321 daughter of Adam. Millar, who was a large farmer and stockman, and a great breeder of thoroughbred horses, at Bloomfield, Ohio. She was born there and died in Circleville, leaving a son, Addie Foresman, who is the owner of six hundred and forty acres of land, the old Adam Millar farm near South Bloomfield, one of the finest farms in the county. William Foresman was formerly a Republican, but now affiliates with the Democratic party. George P. Foresman was born in La Fayette, Ind., on the 11th of June, 1845, and remained there until two years of age, when he came with his mother to Circleville. He attended the High School here until 1863, when he entered the Wesleyan University at Delaware and continued his studies there for about two years. He then returned home and engaged in buying and shipping grain from Circleville for a few months, after which he entered the employ of his uncle, R. A. Foresman, and continued with him, off and on, until he and his brother, bought the mill. Since then, they have conducted the business successfully, and are the largest grain dealers in the city. George P. was an organizer of the Pickaway County Agricultural Association, and is a stockholder in the Fair Grounds. Socially, he is a Knight of Pythias, and, in politics, a Democrat. Both the brothers are very liberal and public-spirited. They gave $500 to the building of the Scioto Valley Railroad, and are liberal contributors to all worthy enterprises. HON. J. WHEELER LOWE, the present Mayor of Circleville, is, in addition to the duties connected with that responsible position, engaged in the practice of law. He is a gentleman of great literary talent, and responds with various papers and magazines throughout the country. Mr. Lowe was born in Ulster County, N. Y., September 24, 1836, and is the son of Jacob J. Lowe, also a native of that place, as was the grandfather, Jeremy Lowe. The latter-named gentleman was a tailor by trade, and during the War of 1812 joined its ranks as a soldier. He lived to the age of eighty years, and. was greatly respected by all who knew him. The great-grandfather of our subject, Johannes Laugh, was born in Holland. The father of our subject spelled his name Low. He was a man of education, and for forty years taught school in the vicinity of his birthplace. In 1840, he came West to Williamsport, Pickaway County, and engaged in his. chosen vocation until his decease, which occurred in 1865. The maiden name of our subject's mother was Susanna De Groodt; she was born in New York, and was the daughter of John DeGroodt, a native of the Empire State and of French descent; she departed this life in Syracuse, Neb., in 1876. The original of this sketch was the fourth youngest in a family of five sons and five daughters, three of whom are deceased. His oldest brother, Joseph W., fought in the Sixty-first Ohio Infantry from the beginning until the close of the late war, and died in Williamsport after returning home. Mr. Lowe, of this sketch, was four years of age when he was brought by his parents to this State, they making the journey up the Hudson to Albany, thence to Buffalo, to Cleveland and by canal to Circleville. He was reared to man's estate in Williamsport, attending the common schools until reaching his nineteenth year. He then returned to New York State and became a student at Fowler's Law School at Poughkeepsie until 1859, when he came again to the Buckeye State and continued reading law under Col. B. Mason. Mr. Lowe was admitted to the Bar in 1866 by the Supreme Court of Ohio, at which time he began practicing the profession which he is so successfully engaged in at the present time. Soon after launching out in business for himself, he formed a partnership with a Mr. Sage, which connection lasted for two years. He then conducted his practice alone until 1870, when he took in as partner a Mr. Welton, of New York, the firm name being Lowe & Welton. They carried on a successful and growing practice for two years, since which time our subject has managed his own affairs. He stands at the head of his profession. 322 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. In 1884, he of whom we write was elected Mayor of Circleville for a term of two years, So well and faithfully did he perform all the ditties connected with that responsible office that he was re-elected in 1886 for the following term. In 1888, he was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Bolin, whose decease occurred nine months previous to the expiration of his term. Our subject was again, in 1890, made the incumbent of that office, to which he devotes considerable time and attention. He has shown himself capable of close application to the duties which lie before him, and his judicious decisions and wise course when bringing about any worthy object are well known to those who are acquainted with he history of this county. In 1865, Mayor Lowe took a Western trip, visiting Nebraska, Colorado, and many other States, and in 1888 spent a month in New York. He was married in Williamsport, in 1861, to Miss Jennie Sweetman, who was born in Perry County in 1836. To them have been granted a family of three children, namely: John W., May and Charles. In his political relations, Mayor Lowe is strongly Democratic, and bears the good-will of the entire community where he is so widely known. JOHN D. VAUSE. For many years this highly honored pioneer of Harrison Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, has been identified with the interests of this county, and ranks as a noticeable illustration of that indomitable push and energy which characterize men of will and determination. He was born in Clarke County, Ohio, on the 10th of March, 1818, and his parents, Thomas and Elizabeth (Decker) Vause, were natives of the Old Dominion, both born in Hampshire County, of that State. Grandfather William Vause was a native of England, and was either a Captain or a Colonel in the American army during the Revolutionary War. Thomas Vause, father of our subject, emigrated to Ohio early in the present century, about 1817, and settled in Clarke County, where he made his home until 1823. Then, with his family, he moved to Hamilton Township, Franklin County, where he was among the pioneers, and settled in a rude log cabin, later building a good frame house, where he passed his last days, his death occurring in 1852. His worthy wife also passed away that year. Thomas Vause had served as• Captain in the militia of Clarke County when Indians were making trouble, and he was always active in enterprises that had for their object the progress and development of the county. To his marriage were born a number of children, but only two besides our subject are now living: James and Thomas B. The original of this notice passed his early dais in Ohio, amid scenes of pioneer life, and it may truly be said of him: "He chopped, he logged, he cleared his lot, And into many a dismal-spot He let the light of day." He attended school in the primitive log cabin, plastered with clay, and with an enormous fireplace in one end. He swung his youthful legs from slab seats, and his writing desk was a board resting on pegs driven into the wall. The window lights were merely greased paper, and in this rude place he was taught the three It's. After leaving school he followed the occupation to which he had been reared, farming, and this he has continued to follow up to the present time. On the 14th of September, 1847, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary E Perrill, a native of Madison Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, born on the 1st of January, 1822, and the daughter of Nathan and Christina (Stump) Perrill, both natives of Virginia. In 1816, her parents emigrated to the Buckeye State and settled in Pickaway County, where they were among the pioneers. They experienced all the privations incident to the early settlers of a region, but they came to this state with the intention of staying, and here they remained, becoming prominent and successful in their chosen occupation. Of the five children to Mr. and Mrs. Perrill, only one besides Mrs Vause is now living, Mrs. Catherine A. Moore, a widow. The children who have blessed the union of Mr. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 323 and Mrs. Vause are named as follows: Mrs. Thomas Rathmell, Mrs. Seymour Van Metter, Mary, Nathan, Baldwin, Thomas W. (deceased), Mrs. Dr. Henry Blake and Annie L. For five years after his mare, our subject resided on rented land in Harrison Township, Pickaway County, and then purchased the fine farm on which he is now living. He resided in a rude log house from 1853 until 1869, when he built his fine brick residence, which at once a monument to and a reward of patient continuance in well-doing, hard toil and sober living. He owns three hundred and eleven acres of land, and is a self-made man in every sense of that much-abused term, for all of his property is the result of industry and economy on the part of himself and wife. While not a church member, he contributes liberally to the different denominations, and is prominently identified with all enterprises worthy of notice. He is a Republican in politics held the position of Trustee of Harrison Township, Pickaway County, for some time, discharging the duties of the same in a very creditable manner. He and his estimable wife are among the representative pioneers of the State, and are held in high esteem in the community in which they reside. They are hospitable and social and all find a warm welcome in their pleasant home. POPE GREGG, one of the prominent lawyers of Jeffersonville, Fayette, County, is a native-born citizen of this county, having had his birth on the 3d of July, 1862. is a son of John F. Gregg, who is also native of Ohio. Our subject was reared to farm pursuits and attended the public schools. He spent some at Buchtel College, at Akron, Ohio, taking a special course, and at the age of twenty-three years n the study of law with his brother, Judge Gregg, of Washington C. H. He of whom we write was admitted to the in the Bar in the fall of 1886, and began the practice of his profession in Jeffersonville, at which place he has since resided and has built for himself an extensive and profitable practice in Fayette, Madison and Greene Counties. He is a bright and thriving lawyer and understands his profession thoroughly. Socially, he is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Encampment. Mr. Gregg besides his legal business is also ,interested to some extent in agriculture, having charge of his father's estate, a nice tract of land consisting of one hundred and ninety-five acres in this county. DAVID MOCK. Jefferson Township, Fayette County, has its full quota of vigorous, enterprising, thorough-going business men, whose popularity is based upon their well-doing integrity and progressiveness. None among these is better liked by those who have dealings with them than is he of whom we now write. He is the proprietor of a fine estate, including one hundred and fifty-three acres, which bears all the improvements which stamp it as a first-class farm. Mr. Mock is practically retired from active life, and rents his farm to a tenant. He of whom we write was born in Fayette County, April 15, 1841, and is a son of Daniel Mock, a prominent resident of this section. Our subject was reared to man's estate in this county, receiving his education in the common schools of his district, where he acquired a sufficient knowledge to give him an impetus to go on by himself. He aided his father in the cultivation of a home farm until the outbreak of the late war, when, in 1862, he enlisted in Company C, Ninetieth Ohio Infantry, and served his country faithfully until the close of hostilities, being mustered out as Corporal. He participated in the battles of Perryville, Nashville, Franklin, Chickamauga, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Kenesaw Mountain, and numerous skirmishes. He passed through all the hardships and privations of a soldier's life during his three years of service, and after being discharged returned home and engaged in the peaceful pm: suits of farm life. 324 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Mr. Mock, purchased a farm in 1867, upon which he removed and made it his home ten years. He then became the proprietor of another tract on the Pike, and which is his present abiding-place. In 1883, he erected thereon a comfortable frame house which is presided over by his estimable wife. While superintending the cultivation of his farm, in addition to raising cereals he bred fine grades of cattle and swine which he shipped to the city markets, and for a number of years was extensively engaged in buying and selling stock. As before stated, Mr. Mock is now retired from active work on his estate, and rents his property. In 1867; Miss Asenath McKillip became the wife of our subject. Mrs. Mock is a very intelligent lady and noted housekeeper, and is the daughter of Talley McKillip. The original of this sketch is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and is recognized by all his fellow-townsmen as a most estimable gentleman. ISHAM A. JONES, who is known in political circles as one of the leaders of the Democracy in this section, is likewise prominent as a farmer, having valuable farming interests and a beautiful home in Jackson Township. He is a native of Logan County, Ill., and was born August 27, 18A1. Stephen A. Jones, his father, was a Pennsylvanian by birth, and was reared to the life of a farmer in his native State. He settled in Logan County at an early day, and soon became thoroughly identified with the most active and enterprising pioneers of that section Of Illinois. His life began in poverty, but by diligence, careful management and shrewd investment of his money after he had obtained a start, he accumulated wealth. He had served in the War of 1812 as Captain of a company, an subsequently engaged extensively in buying And selling land, purchasing many land warrants that had been given to soldiers of the War of 1812. His son now has several of these warrants for land in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. The father was of strong natural ability, and his death at the age of sixty-eight, November 3, 1855, was a serious blow to the county where he had lived and labored so long, and where he an estate of between six hundred and eight hundred acres. He was of the Methodist persuasion religion, and in politics was a Democrat. He married Airy Adna Wear, who was of Scotch descent, and had been previously married to a Mr Ham, by whom she had one child, Jason. She died at the age of forty-eight years. She was a faithful and conscientious Christian, and a Methodist her religious belief. Our subject is the only child of his mother’s second union. He was three years old when his father died, and four years of age when he was bereft of a mother's care by her untimely death. Thus sadly left an orphan, he was cared for by his half-brother until he was thirteen years old, passing his boyhood on a farm and in attendance at the local district school. His brother then died, and after that our subject lived with a nephew, James B. Dunham, until he was twenty-one years old when he began life for himself as a farmer. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits until he was twenty-eight years of age. His next venture was to open a hardware store at Waynesville, De Witt, County, Ill., which he conducted the ensuing seven years. At the expiration of that time, he resumed farming, and owned a farm of one hundred and twenty acres in Barnard Township, De Witt County. In the year mentioned, Mr. Jones came to Ohio to take up his residence in Jackson Township, his wife having fallen heir to four hundred acres of ex-Gov. McArthur's estate, which had been in litigation for two or three generations, and finally had been settled by the United States Supreme Court. Our subject has control of four hundred and twenty acres here, besides owning ninety-seven acres in Clarke County and some land in Union County. He rents some of the land, and farms the remainder, devoting it to mixed husbandry, raising grain and other produce, and a fine class of stock. His farm is well conducted after the most approved modern methods and in a methodical manner, and its appointments are of the best, including a handsome residence, one of the largest and finest in Jackson Township, a view of which may be found elsewhere in this volume. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 327 Mr. Jones was united in marriage with Miss Effie McArthur, December 12, 1873. Three children have been born unto them, whom they have named Flora T., Susie Van B. and Stephen A., respectively. Mrs. Jones is a native of this county, born September 22, 1844, and is a daughter of Allen C. and Olive (Whitney) McArthur. Her father was born on old Fruit Hil1,in Ross County. while her mother was a native of New York State. The father was a surveyor and a farmer by occupation, and surveyed the Marion & Circleville Railway. He died at the age of fifty-four, and his wife when past sixty years of age. They reared five of their eight children: Adora, Effie, Flora T., Susan N. and Allan C. Mrs. Jones' paternal grandfather was Gen. Duncan McArthur, who was originally a farmer, also served as an officer in the regular army, and was Governor of Ohio in the early history of the State. Mr. and Mrs. Jones stand high socially, and religiously are inclined to the Presbyterian faith. He is a man of large public spirit, and in him the Democratic party of this section of Ohio finds one of its most efficient workers. He has been a member of the County Central Committee two terms, and has been State Delegate to several conventions. NORMAN McLEAN. The subject of this sketch is at present residing on his fine tract of land in Union Township, Fayette County. He was the son of Joseph McLean, who was born in this county in 1803. The latter-named gentleman was the son of Duncan and Elizabeth McLean, who emigrated from Pennsylvania in an early day and first located in Ross County, this State, where the grandfather died a year later. They were the parents of four children, those besides the father of our subject being Mary, who became the wife of Norman Jones Stogdal, who died in early manhood, and Daniel, who afterward became the famous Judge McLean. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Duncan McLean was again married, and removed in 1810 with her family to Fayette County, locating on Sugar Creek, Union Township. There Mr. Waddle, her husband, entered a tract of land and continued to reside upon it until 1812, when they removed to Washington C. H. It was there that the father of our subject was educated. When eighteen years of 'age, he went to Ross County and served an apprenticeship at the cabinetmaker's trade. After attaining his majority, he returned to the above-named city and worked at his trade for about eight years. He then located upon the farm, which is the property of our subject, and there he continued to make his home until his death, April 15, 1887. Joseph McLean was married in 1829 to Miss Lucinda Shobe, who had been orphaned by the death of her father when quite young. The Shobe family hail from Virginia, and on removing to this State were among the early settlers of Ross County. To them were born a family of eight children, four of whom grew to manhood and womanhood, and of whom only three are living, viz.: Mary E., Mrs. George A. Jenkins; Margaret, who resides with our subject; and Norman. In politics, the rather of our subject was a Whig, but on the organization of the Republican party joined its ranks, in which he was an active worker. He was very prominent in township affairs and served efficiently as Trustee of Union Township for many years. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the County Infirmary, and in church matters was an adherent of the Methodist Episcopal faith. The original of this sketch was born September 26, 1843, on the farm where be is at present residing. His limited education was received in the district schools, and, when old enough to be of service to his father, he worked on the home farm. During the Civil War, he participated in the Morgan raid through the southern portion of the State. November 15, 1866, Miss Lucinda, daughter of James W. and Amelia Garlinger, became the wife of our subject. Her father was one of the prominent farmers of the county and resides in Union Township. The following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. McLean: James, who resides at home; Ora M., who is the wife of John P. Merriweather, a 328 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. carpenter, resides in Jasper Township, Fayette County; Early, engaged in teaching school in union Township, this county; Robert, Fanny, Walter and Howard, who reside at home with their parents. Mary died when two years old. He of whom we write owns a fine one hundred and eighty-acre farm, upon which he has placed the best of improvements, believing that the best methods always bring in the largest returns. He does a general farming and stock-raising business, giving especial attention to the raising of grain and broom corn. With his estimable wife, he is connected with the Methodist Protestant Church, in the Sunday-school of which denomination they are active workers. Mr. McLean has been the incumbent of the position of School Director in his district, and at the present time is president of the Board. The family are highly esteemed in this locality, where Mr. McLean is regarded as an upright man and good citizen. MARTIN ROWE is at present residing on a fine tract of land in Concord Township, Fayette County, of which he is the owner. He was born January 8, 1813, in Greene Township, and is the son of John and Frances (Anderson) Rowe, natives of Virginia. The father was a patriot in the War of 1812, and was the son of Jesse Rowe, also a native of the Dominion, and a soldier in the Revolutionary army. The parents of our subject came to this State in 1807, and located on Wabash Creek, near Bowenville, where they made their home for two years. Then they came to Fayette County, where they were among the earliest pioneers. The father entered a farm in the wilderness and set himself industriously about its improvement. Wild animals were plentiful in that early day, and thus the family were always supplied with choice meats, although they were denied many of the necessities in other directions. The elder Mr. Rowe died in 1865, in his eighty-third year, having been preceded to the better land by his wife, who passed away in 1828. He was twice married, having by the first union four sons and one daughter, only two of whom are living, and by the second, four sons and two daughters. He was prominent in township affairs and voted the Democratic ticket. Martin Roe was reared on the old home farm, and remained at home aiding his father in its cultivation until reaching his twenty-fifth year. In the fall of 1838, he was married to Sophia M., daughter of William and Jane B. (Dowden) Johnson, the father born in Maryland in 1781, and the mother, who was a native of Virginia, was born in 1789. They were the parents of thirteen children, six of whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson came to Fayette County in 1816,. and located in Greene Township, on a wild farm. The father was, in early life, a Whig, and fought in the War of 1812. He was progressive and wide-awake where his township was concerned, and served in the capacity of Supervisor and Trustee. He passed from this life in 1833, and his good wife in 1880. 'Mrs. Rowe was born in Greene Township, this county, March 16, 1819. After her marriage with our subject, the young couple came to Concord Township and located on a wild tract of land comprising one hundred acres. Like many of the pioneers, they began subduing nature, erecting cabins, clearing the land, etc., but with all that, were social and happy, and had a care for the education and morals of their children. Mr. and Mrs. Rowe are among the few who are left to tell the experiences and hardships of that early time. Our subject has added to his landed estate from time to time, until he is now the possessor of two hundred and sixty-four acres of valuable land, all of which, with the exception of eight acres, is under the plow. He erected his present substantial residence in 1848, which was at that time the on brick structure in the township. He has placed good buildings on his estate, and is living in the quiet enjoyment of the fruits of his early surrounded by a host of warm friends and acquaintances. His home is located in what is now known as Hankins' Run, which was named by his father in an early date. They have been residents of this section for fifty-four y celebrated their golden wedding August 14, on which occasion two hundred guests were present. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 329 Mr. and Mrs. Rowe are the parents of eight children, all of whom are living, namely : Melinda J. Van Pelt, Amanda A. Mark, Isaac N. Newton, Mary F. Mark, Eliza E. Stucky, John William, Virgil Clark and Martin Elmer. During the late war, Isaac was a soldier in the Fifty-fourth Ohio Infantry, and, being captured at Atlanta, ,was imprisoned at Andersonville for seven months and twelve days, during which time he was cruelly treated. Our subject and his estimable wife have been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. for a period of fifty years, in which denomination Mr. Rowe has served as Class-leader nearly all of that time. He has also been Trustee of the parsonage and church, and for many years was Superintendent of the Sunday-school. In politics, he was in early life a Democrat, but now votes the Republican ticket. He has been greatly interested in township affairs; and has served his fellow-townsmen as Trustee and Supervisor, giving entire satisfaction. He has been Director and Superintendent of Schools, and has done effective work for his district. The youngest son of Mr. Rowe is Township Treasurer. Before his marriage, he of whom we write had earned $100 in the employ of his grandfather, with which he took an extended trip of six months, and coming home " broke, " was then, married. Mr. and Mrs. Rowe arc widely and favorably known this county, where they have lived lives of usefulness and uprightness. MARCUS L. YATES, who devotes his entire time and attention to cultivating the soil in Range Township, Madison County, was born August 25, 1832, in Deer Creek ship, Pickaway County. His birth occurred what is now Gill's Mill, which building was by his grandfather, David Yates, who came Shenandoah, Va., in an early day. The latter named gentleman was a son of Robert Yates, a native of the Old Dominion and came to Ohio when a young man, where he was married. John Yates, the father of our subject, was born December 26, 1805, in Ross County, this State, where his father was married to Miss Christina Edmonson and resided until removing to Pickaway County. He inherited twenty acres of land from his father's estate and was so successful as a farmer that he was enabled to give each of his eleven children one hundred acres of land. Politically, he was a Democrat and served as Justice of the Peace for many years. His marriage with Miss Elizabeth Blue occurred September 4, 1828; she was born May 1, 1808, and departed this life November 5, 1885. Her husband preceded her to the better land, having died in Pickaway County, July 16, 1878. Our subject was the third in order of birth of the parental family of eleven children, his brothers and sisters being David R., Emily, DeWitt Clinton, William, John N., Francis Marion, Socrates, Marinda, Roland B. and Townsend. He of whom we write grew to manhood in Pickaway County, where he attended the first school held in the Everett building in Circleville. When twenty-two years of age, he went to Paint Township, Fayette County, and took charge of a farm of four hundred and sixty-five acres, which belonged to his father. He was thus engaged for a number of years, and in the meantime was married to Miss Angeline C., daughter of Benjamin and Martha (Reeves) Harrison, whose sketch will be found on another page of this volume. Mrs. Yates was born October 14, 1841, in Fayette County, and until 1874 resided with her husband upon one hundred acres of land which had been given him by his father. His estate now comprises two hundred acres which his industry has placed under an excellent cultivation. In 1882, his tool shed was struck by lightning, thus destroying $1,800 worth of machinery, and in 1891 he suffered the loss of his residence by fire. To Mr. and Mrs. Yates have been born nine children, viz: Batteal H., who married Miss Susan S. Wissler; Seymour, who married Emma Ogden; Anna D., Mrs. James T. Timmons; Myrtle W., the wife of Herman McClimans; Pearl M., Mrs. Cassius B. Porter; Charles M., Alpha A., Martha F, who died in infancy, and Lyle B. at home. In his political relations, Mr. Yates is an ardent 330 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Democrat and has served as Trustee of his township for the past ten years and has also done efficient work as a member of the School Board. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, having taken the Thirty-second. Degree. DR. O. A. ALLEN. Success is the true test of merit, and without in any way reflecting upon the other talented members of the medical profession who are residents of Washington C. H., we feel sure that our readers who are acquainted with Dr. Allen will bear witness to his being an honorable, conscientious physician, who has, by hard study and indomitable energy, become thoroughly conversant with the details of his profession. Dr. Allen is one of the oldest physicians of Washington C. H., having come hither in 1850, and, in addition to his large practice, he also for a number of years conducted a drug business. He came to Ohio from New Jersey, where he was born July 1, 1825, the son of John P. and Jane (Adams) Allen. He was only four years old when he accompanied his parents to Mansfield, Richland County, where nine years later he was orphaned by the death of his mother. Afterward he attended the Granville (Licking County) Academy for two years, and later was a student in the college at the same place for five years. At the age of twenty, our subject ceased his literary studies and commenced to read medicine in Wilmington, Ohio; with Dr. Davis as his preceptor. In 1850, he came to Washington C. H., where, on March. 18 of the following year, he was married to Miss Jane; daughter of Isaac Jenkins. He attended medical lectures at Cleveland in the fall of 1852, graduating during the following year, and at once opened an office in Washington C. H., where he practiced for ten years uninterruptedly. Then buying out a drug business, he was engaged in that line for twenty years, first alone, but much of the time in partnership with Dr. H. C. Coffman. About 1880, he sold the drug store and has since given his attention wholly to his professional labors. He retains much of the activity of his youth, although he no longer does night work if he can avoid it. Washington C. H. contains a number of elegant and tastefully furnished residences, and among them the stranger is sure to notice particularly the home on the corner of Washington Avenue and McLean Street. The grounds are five acres in extent, and are beautifully laid out in lawns, gardens etc. The Doctor erected the residence and ha made it his home for twenty-two years. He and his wife are the parents of two children: Lucy, wits of Capt. E. A. Ramsay, and the mother of two children: Ellis W. and Richard A.; William J. is an undertaker at Washington C. H. The Doctor is .identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a member of the Baptist Church, while his wife holds membership in the Presbyterian Church. DAVID S. LUDWIG. Biographies of successful men are most useful as guides incentives to others, and hence a volume of this character, containing the life records of the most prominent and representative citizens of Pickaway County, serves to stimulate the young and invite their emulation. Mr. wig is well known throughout the county influential farmer and business man of Circleville Township. His fine farm, located on section forms a most beautiful picture in the surrounding landscape. His handsome residence, which erected in 1891 at a cost of $7,000, is equipped throughout with all the conveniences and improvements known to modern architecture. It heated with hot water and bears all the furnishings which indicate its inmates to be people of means and refinement. The estate of Mr. Lu is located in the southeastern corner of Circle Township, on the famous "Pickaway Plains." David S. Ludwig was born on the old h stead June 16, 1842, and is the son of Jacob wig, one of the pioneers of this section. He PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 331 given a common-school education and passed his boyhood days on the old farm on which he still resides. He remained under the parental roof until his marriage, December 26, 1872, at which time Miss Rosa L. Driesbach became his wife. Mrs. Ludwig was born in Pickaway Township September 3, 1851, and was the daughter of Isaac E. and L. C. (Hittel) Driesbach, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio in an early day. Mrs. Ludwig acquired a good education in the schools of the district, later attending one term at the Northwestern College at Naperville, The six children born to our subject and his estimable wife bear the respective names of Eva D., Fannie D., Edgar J., Lydia I., Mary and Mabel G. In political matters, Mr. Ludwig casts his vote and influence in, favor of Democratic principles and candidates. For two years, he served acceptably in the position of Trustee of Pickaway Township. Mrs. Ludwig is a member of the. Evangelical Lutheran Church and takes an active interest in all good works. The old Ludwig homestead comprised one hundred and sixty acres, which is the property of our subject. In addition to that, he is the possessor of an estate of two hundred acres, just across the road, in Pickaway Township; one hundred and fifty in another, portion of that township and forty acres in Washington Township. He is one of the largest landholders in this county, and justly occupies a high place in the agricultural community. He devotes a great deal of time and attention to the raising of cattle, his favorite being the Polled-Angus. The estate of our subject is splendidly developed, Mr. Ludwig believing that the latest improvements and best methods in agriculture always bring in the largest returns. He of whom we write responded to the call for volunteers during the Morgan raid, being commissioned Captain of Company E, First Regiment, Ohio Militia, in July, 1864, receiving his honorable discharge in August of that year. On erecting his present handsome residence, Mr. Ludwig tore down the famous old brick house, which was built by his grandfather in 1809, and at that time was the first brick dwelling in Pickaway County. Among the personal characteristics of our subject are those of justice and progress and that cordial, kindly spirit which makes warm friends and stanch adherents. We are pleased to be able to place in the hands of our readers a sketch of so prominent and influential a citizen of Pickaway County as is Mr. Ludwig.. THOMAS F. PARRETT. Fayette County's native-born sons, who are represented in various walks in life, are many of them among the principal promoters of the prosperity that she enjoys, and of this number is Thomas F. Parrett, a farmer of high reputation, standing among the first of his calling in Wayne Township, and one of our best civic officials. Jefferson Township is his birthplace, and he was born into the home of George and Anna Parrett of that place in 1840. George Parrett was also a native of this county, born in 1813, a son of John and Catherine Parrett, who were early settlers in this part of Ohio. They were Virginians by birth, and after marriage came to this State in 1810, and first located in Ross County, whence they came to this county a year or two later and were among its most useful pioneers, buying and improving a large tract of land, lying along Paint Creek. He served a short time in the War of 1812. He was a son of Frederick Parrett, who was a native of Virginia, but was of Swiss descent. The father of our subject grew to manhood on a farm in Jefferson Township. His early education was conducted in the rude log schoolhouse of pioneer times, where he spent many a weary hour on a split log seat without any back to it. He remained with his parents until his marriage at the age of twenty-four or twenty-five, to Miss Anna Fletcher. Her father had died when she was quite young, and she was reared by her mother, with whom she came to Ohio. Mr. Parrett began life by operating the farm that his father had left him. He was very industrious, made every stroke of work count, and was also keen in money matters, so that he became well-to-do. He added to the original area of his farm until he had 332 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. three hundred and fifty acres•of excellent farming land, the most of which he cleared himself. He lived to a ripe age, dying in 1872, and thus closing a life. that had been well spent. Politically, he was of the old Whig stock in early life, but the Republican party found in him a strong supporter after its organization. Both he and his wife were people of strict religious views, and the Methodist Protestant Church had in them good and faithful members. Mrs! Parrett, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1811, died in this county in 1886. She was the mother of seven children: Elmira, wife of H. Kirk: Thomas F.; Mary C., wife of T. F. Boyd; Caroline E., wife of J. P. Popejoy; Belinda A., widow of. J. W. Morris; Susan, who died young, and Lucy O., wife of Dr. S. Marshall. At the age of twenty-one, our subject started out in the world on his own responsibility, beginning life as a farmer. At the age of twenty-four, he married Mary Greenlee, daughter of Samuel and Ann Greenlee. Their union was blessed with three children: Frank L., who married Stella Briggs; Fantie B., and Carey. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Parrett was married to Miss Mary B. Coffman, daughter. of Nathan and Sarah Coffman, who were natives respectively of Fayette and Greene Counties. They were the parents of eight children, as follows: William E., deceased; Lewis C.; Charlotte J., wife of J. D. Pridy; John M., deceased; Benjamin F., Mary B., Esther A., who married F. P. Willard, and is now dead, and Sarah J., her twin sister, who is the wife of R. W. Merchant. Our subject and his' wife have three sons: Harry, Thomas F., Jr., and Louis C. Mr. Parrett remained in Jefferson Township thirteen years after his first marriage, and then came to Wayne Township, and to his present farm in 1880. He owns three hundred and seventeen acres of well-improved land, and he may well take pride in the fact that its fine condition is the result of his persistent and well-directed labors, the building, fencing, ditching and tiling all of his planning, and much of the work done by his hand. Our subject has a noble war record, which reflects credit on the soldier of his native State He first entered the service in Company H, Sixtieth Ohio Infantry, which formed a part of the Army of the Potomac, and while he was fighting at Harper's Ferry he was captured by the enemy. He had the good fortune to be paroled at Annapolis, Md., and subsequently started for Minnesota to fight the Indians, but on arriving at Chicago he found that peace had been declared with the savages. He remained in Camp Douglas two months, and his term of enlistment then expiring, he was mustered out of the service. His patriotism had not been dampened by the many trials and hardships that he has undergone in defend' the Stars and Stripes, and he afterward enlisted Company D, One Hundred and Sixty-eighth 0 Infantry, of which he was made Captain for meritorious services and for the good soldiers that he displayed, whether on the march, in camp of in the heat of battle. It was his misfortune be again captured while engaged with the enemy in Kentucky, by John Morgan, the celebrated rebel raider, and his captivity terminated his usefulness in the field. Politically, our subject is a Republican can, and has ever stood firmly by his party in defeat as well as in victory. His fellow-citizens hold him in honor, and have entrusted to him many of the most responsible local offices, such as that of Trustee, etc. In 1887, he was first chosen as one of the County Commissioners, and he still holds that important office. GEORGE ZWICKER, a retired farmer, is one of the prominent and most esteemed or settlers of Circleville, having been a resident of this city since 1845. He was born in Bavaria, Germany, on the 15th of February, 1821 and his father, George H. Zwicker, was also a native of that country. The latter followed agricultural pursuits there until his death, in 1824. He married Miss Margaret Forist, also a native Germany, and the daughter of George H. Forist, who was born in the Fatherland, and who carried on agricultural pursuits there. The mother of Mrs. Zwicker was brought to this country by our PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 333 subject in 1845, and here passed her last days. She was a member of the Reformed Church. Our subject was second in order of birth of four children, three of whom grew to mature years. The youngest brother, Deibold, died in Germany, and a sister, Margaret, died in Pike County, Ohio. George Zwicker received rod advantages in the educational line from the age of six to fourteen, and remained under the parental roof until he came to America. He desired to live in a free and independent country, and in the spring of 1838 he took passage for the United States. He remained in New York City over a month, and then came on to Pike County, settling in Waverly. He was out of money, could not speak English, and was among strangers. However, he did not inherit the thrift, energy and perseverance of his German ancestors for nothing, and he immediately set to work to find employment. He worked on a farm during the summer, and then on the State boat until 1844. His mother had secured his release from military service, and after the death of his brother our subject returned to his native country to get the remainder of the family. This was in the fall of 1844, and he took passage at New York on the sailing-vessel " Louis Phillipe," and after a twenty days' ocean voyage, reached Hanover. In the spring of the following year, he returned with the family to the United States, remaining at Waverly, Ohio, until the fall and then located at Circleville. He bought two acres in that city, engaged in gardening, and added to his land from time to time, until he had fifteen acres of fine land in the corporation limits. Mr. Zwicker had followed gardening in his .native country, and consequently was thoroughly posted in this branch of industry. He began raising-plants, sold seed, and, being very successful in this, continued it for over forty years. He attended the Columbus markets twice a week, and bought and built a booth at North Market; he also hired a booth at Central Market, where he handled vegetables of his own raising. In 1878, he bought the old Valentine Farm, consisting of one hundred and twenty-one and one-quarter acres, and later he bought sixty acres, so that he now has over one hundred and eighty-one acres of land, part in the corporation of Circleville, with good buildings and improvements. He also owns city lots here, and is one of the substantial men of the county, all the result of pluck and perseverance. In 1867; he and Michael Kelstadt were selected as assignees for the defunct Marfield Bank, and took as their interest a part of twelve acres between Scioto and Court Streets, which they have platted out as Zwicker & Kelstadt Addition, and have sold a number of lots. In 1888, Mr. Zwicker bought a large brick residence on East Main Street, and has a most pleasant and comfortable home. He owns real estate on South High Street, in Columbus, and built a residence there, at the corner of Pearl and Willow Streets. Our subject was an organizer of the Pickaway County New Fain Association, and assisted in buying property and getting it in good shape, and he now owns the property. He has assisted in building all the railroads here, and has taken a deep interest .in all other worthy enterprises. After many years of industry and hard work, he has retired from the active duties of life to enjoy the fruits of his labor. He is one of the representative citizens of the county, is social and genial, and is warmly welcomed everywhere. He was educated in 'the German language in his own country, and although he never attended school here, he speaks the English language quite fluently. During the memorial exercises on the 29th of December, 1891, be was stricken with paralysis, but has now nearly recovered. He was married in Pike County, Ohio, on the 4th Of July, 1845, to Miss Anna M. Palm, a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, and the daughter Of Jacob William Palm, a native of the Old Country. Mr. Palm followed merchandising there until 1846, and then crossed the ocean to the hospitable shores of America. He located in Circleville in 1847, and there received his final summons. His wife, whose maiden name was Anna M. Sterley, was born in Germany, but died in this country. Fifteen children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Palm, and of these seven are now living. Mrs. Zwicker, the second in order of birth, was born January 2, 1826,and remained in her native country until the spring of 1844, when she and a sister sailed for America. She became acquainted with Mr. 334 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Zwicker on shipboard, and on the 4th of July of the following year became his wife. They are the happy parents of one child, J. George, a native of Circleville, born September 18, 1848. The latter was well educated' in the public schools, later assisted his father on the farm, and afterward was engaged in business for him. He spent one year, from 1889 to 1890, in Columbus, but afterwards returned and engaged in farming and gardening. He was married in 1872 to Miss Frances Schneider, a native of Worcester, Ohio, and the daughter of John Schneider, a cooper, now deceased. Eight children have been born to them: George H., Annie M., Sarah E., C. Frederick, Harry W., Otto D., Albert and Emma 'C. The subject of this sketch is a strong member of the Lutheran Ch arch. In politics, he is a Democrat. MRS. ELIZA. M. CUMMINS. Among the many intelligent and refined ladies of Harrison Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, we find none more worthy of a place in this volume than Mrs. Cummins, who has been a resident of this State nearly all her life. She was born in Chester County, Pa., on the 18th of May, 1830, and her parents, Jacob and Mary (McGill) Wright, were native of that State also. About 1835 her parents left the Keystone State and emigrated to Ohio, settling ten miles north of Columbus, where they passed the remainder of their days, the father dying in '1878 and the mother in 1886. Nine, children were born to their union, only the following now surviving: Eliza M.; John; Susan, wife of Robert Brelsford; Charles; Jacob; and Mary, wife of Sylvester Hard. The original of this notice was but five years of age when she came with her parents to Franklin County, Ohio, and here she passed her girlhood and received her education in the pioneer log schoolhouse of those days. Thus she was reared to hardships and privations, but this only served to form a character Whose kindly influence and gentleness are made manifest at home and in society. On the 4th of March, 1849, she was married to Mr. Snyder B. Cummins, a native of Harrison Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, born June 11, 1818, and the son of William and Mary Cummins, natives of Virginia, but early settlers of Pickaway County, Ohio. Young Cummins was also reared amid pioneer surroundings and received a good practical education. For a number of years he was an active worker in educational matters, taught several terms of school, and was an able and very successful instructor. After marriage, Mr. Cummins and his youthful bride settled upon the farm which his widow now owns in Harrison Township, and began housekeeping in a log cabin. He then went to work to clear and cultivate the land, which required years of labor and economy, but with the assistance of his prudent and most able helpmate, be persevered and became the owner of one of the finest places in the vicinity. A few years after their residence on this place, a fine frame structure took the place of the rude log cabin, cultivated fields were seen in the place of forests, and thus their toil was rewarded. Their union gave them nine children, five of whom are living: Frank; Snyder; Arthur; Joseph; and Mary, wife of George Richards. The four deceased were Jacob, Susan, Martha and Hattie. Mr. Cummins departed this life on the 4th March, 1876, and his death was the occasion universal sorrow, for all felt the loss sustain by the departure of such a man. He was-known far and wide for integrity and fair dealing and enjoyed the esteem and connivance of who knew him. No better man, had his home Pickaway County, and his honesty and uprightness were proverbial in the community. He was one of the prominent members of the Uni Brethren Church and an active worker in same. He was a School Director for some time and was a friend to education, as to all worth enterprises. He was interred in Reber Hill Cemetery, in Walnut Township. In politics, he a Republican with Prohibition tendencies. A self-made man, Mr. Cummins made all his property by industry and good management and with the assistance of his wife, who is a woman of unus- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 337 ual managerial qualities, prudence and industry. She is identified with the United Brethren Church, is a charming lady, and very popular with her neighbors. ANDREW J. KEPLER, M. D., of London, who is one of the foremost representatives of the Eclectic School of Medicine in this part of Ohio, enjoys a large practice, and is regarded as one of the best physicians in Madison County. He is a native of Butler County, and July '22, 1852, was born into the home of John T. and Mahala (Clemmer) Kepler, also natives of Ohio. They were married in Montgomery County, and the father was actively engaged in farming in the same county for several years, but he and his amiable wife are now living in retirement in Preble County. In politics, he is an unswerving advocate of the Democratic party. For six years he held the office of Justice of the Peace, and made an admirable official, administering the law without feat: or favor. He and his wife are members in high standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and carry their religion into their everyday lives. They have three children: Samuel, a farmer; Mary, Mrs. Toby; and our subject. The paternal grandparents of our subject were Joseph and Mary (Horine) Kepler, who were natives, respectively, of Germany and Ireland. They came to America when young, and were married in Kentucky. Later in life they came to Ohio and located on the Miami River, near Dayton, in an early day, where the grandfather engaged extensively in farming, owning some eight hundred acres of land. He subsequently removed with his family to Butler County, where he continued agricultural pursuits, and also operated s grist and saw mill. Moving to Dayton in the latter part of his life, he lived retired until his demise. He was a Democrat, and served through the War of 1812. His family numbered four sons and three daughters. The maternal grandparents of our subject, Andrew and Sarah Clemmer, were natives of Pennsylvania. The former was a wealthy farmer, and the propri- 16 etor of over a thousand acres of land near Dayton, where he had settled in an early day, entering his land, which was mostly timber, from the Government. He was a Justice of the Peace, and was known far and near as "Squire Clemmer." He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and a Whig in politics. The subject of this biography passed his youth on a farm and laid a solid foundation for his education in the local schools, which he attended until he was sixteen years old. At that age, he suspended his studies to teach school, and was thus engaged eight years. He then attended the Lebanon High School two years, and was graduated therefrom with high honors. Resuming the profession of teaching after his graduation, he devoted his spare time to studying medicine, and for five years applied himself diligently-to his books, so that when he entered the Eclectic Medical College at Cincinnati he was already well grounded in the principles of medicine, and made rapid progress in his college studies. He was graduated from that institution in 1882, with third honors, in a class of one hundred and twenty-six, and at once opened an office at London, where he has been stationed ever since. By his frank and unaffected manner, Dr. Kepler soon gained favor with the people, and in due time his practical demonstration of skill in administering to various diseases, and his evident knowledge of medicine in all its branches, secured him their patronage, and he now has not only numerous patients in the village, but his practice in the country for many miles around is extensive. Notwithstanding the demands of his profession, to which he is devoted heart and soul, the Doctor is not an unfamiliar figure in public life. He was one of the Village Council in 1886 and 1887, and is now a member of the Board of Health. In politics, he gives his allegiance to the Democratic party. Socially, he is an Odd Fellow and a Knight of Pythias. He is prominent in the councils of various medical organizations, belonging to the Ohio State Eclectic Medical Society, and to the Ohio Central Eclectic Medical Society, of which he was President in 1888. Dr. Kepler was married, in 1873, to Miss Rosanna 338 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Dafler, of Montgomery County, and a daughter of John W. and Rosanna C. (Risley) Dafier, natives of Germany, who came to America when young, and were married in Maryland. In 1867, they came to Ohio and settled Montgomery County, where Mr. Dafler died in 1889. His wife is still living there on the old homestead. In politics, he Was a Democrat. He was a member of the Lutheran Church, to which his wife also belongs. They had eleven children, of whom ten are living: John E., David H., Christian C., Lewis P., Wesley W., Charles E., Andrew M., Mrs. Kepler, Elizabeth B. and Margaret C. Our subject and his wife have been blessed in their happy wedded life with three daughters whom they have named Lauretta B., Dora V. and Maggie E. respectively. All have been given excellent educational advantages, the two eldest daughters being graduates of the London High School. Lauretta B. is successfully engaged in the profession of teaching, and Dora is studying stenography with a view to preparing herself for office work. Dr. Kepler is a good business man as well as physician, and by judicious investments has acquired some valuable property, including a fine tract of land in Guthrie County, Iowa. In connection with this sketch a portrait of Dr. Kepler is presented to our readers. MILAN L. SMITH is one of the oldest pioneers living in Fayette County. He was born near Fincastle, W. Va., February 29, 1810, to Mathias and Christena (Myers) Smith, also natives of West Virginia. They were of German and English descent, respectively. The maternal grandfather was born in England and was in the Revolutionary War and was an early settler of Virginia. The father of our subject came to Fayette County, Ohio, in 1814, about two or three years after the Indians were driven out. Their mode of travel was by ox-team and wagon. This country was very wild and almost a forest. Wild game was very plentiful and deer were seen in large droves. Mathias Smith first settled on Deer Creek, near Waterloo, where he put up a little log cabin, in which he and his family lived until he had made some improvements. He was a wheelwright and mechanic by trade and worked at his trade some time after coming to this country. He passed from this life in the year 1821, at the age of thirty-nine. He was the father of four sons and three daughters, five of whom are now living. Our subject is the eldest child living of his father's family, and was but ten years of age when he came to this country with his parents. There were very few school advantages in those days, but he was enabled to attend a private school for some time. The first schoolhouse he went to was. a little log cabin with slab seats and puncheon floor. This young lad helped to clear up his father's farm and subsequently went to work by the month for himself, receiving the small sum of $7 per month in a tan yard. In 1827, he was married and moved to Western Illinois, where he lived eighteen months on a farm, at which time he sold out and moved to his present place. This land he paid $15 an acre for when it was in a wild state of nature and was called the Big Woods. He has made all the improvements on his place of two hundred acres himself, and they are first-class. he donated a half-acre for the erection of a church on his place and has been a School Director and takes great interest in all educational matters and religious affairs. The subject of this life history was married in March, 1827, to Miss Mahala Armstrong. To this couple, seven children were born, four sons and three daughters, six of whom are yet living. Mrs Smith passed from life in July, 1878, and Mr. Smith was again married, this time to Margaret Custer, and they are both valued members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. EDWARD R. JOHNSON is Justice of the Peace of Mt. Sterling and a well-known citizen of Madison County. His entire life has been passed in this State. He was born in Greenfield, Highland County, June 7,1854, and is PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 339 a son of Col. A. C. Johnson. His father was a dentist by profession. On the breaking out of the late war he raised a company, of which he was elected Captain, and marched to the front. He participated in twelve of the most important battles, and for his meritorious conduct was promoted to the k of Colonel. After the war, he became a banker. Subsequently, he removed to Iowa, where he engaged in the grain trade, and later went to Nebraska, where he engaged in real estate. He married Louisa R. Jones and unto them were born six children, four of whom grew to mature years, our subject being the fifth in order of birth. Mary L., was married, and died, leaving one child; Munson C. is a farmer of Nebraska, where he resides with his wife and one child; Mrs. Ella R. Kearney is living in Linden, Iowa, and has a family of two children. When our subject was only two years old, his parents removed to Washington C. H., where he grew to manhood. He acquired his literary education the public schools of that city, after which, he pursued a business course in the Miami Commercial College, of Dayton, Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1872. He then engaged in clerking in the Fayette County National Bank for two years, or until after the panic. In 1874, he organized the Farmers' Bank, of Mt. Sterling, with which he was connected one year, serving as teller. His next place of residence was in Sabina, Clinton County, Ohio, where he organized the Citizens' Bank, in which he held the position of cashier for two years. On the 27th of August, 1877, Mr. Johnson was united in marriage with Miss Laura Hughes, of Mt. Sterling. He then turned his attention to farming, following that occupation in Union Township, Fayette County, Ohio, where he operated rented land for three years. He then removed to Linden, Iowa, where he engaged in the lumber business for four years and, on selling out, returned to Ohio and came to Mt. Sterling. Mr. Johnson owns a house and lot in Pleasant Township, close to the corporate limits of the city. Four children were born to our subject and his wife, but two died in infancy. The living are: Lillie who was born in Monroe Township, Pickaway County, April 17, 1879; and Aaron C., who was born in Linden, Iowa, January 4, 1883. In politics, Mr. Johnson is a Republican, and has served two terms as City Clerk. He was elected Justice of the Peace in the spring of 1890. His public duties he has ever faithfully performed. He has several times served as a delegate to the county conventions of his party and in its success feels a deep interest. Socially, he is a member of the Patriotic Order of Sons of America. DANIEL LUDWIG. This retired farmer of Pickaway County, now residing in Circleville, was born in a large brick house on Kingston Pike, three miles southeast of Circleville, November 23, 1831. The first representatives of the family in America were Daniel and Mary Ludwig, natives of Germany, who emigrated thence to the United States, and settled in Berks County, Pa. There the grandfather of our subject, also named Daniel, was born June 4, 1748. For a number of years he was associated with ex-Gov. Joseph Heister, of Pennsylvania, in a store in Reading. Having resolved to seek a home in the rapidly growing West, Grandfather Ludwig, in the fall of 1806, emigrated to Ohio, accompanied by his wife and nine children, the- journey being made with a two-horse team. He brought with him a small stock of goods, with which he intended to open a store. With that object in view, he erected a large brick house, in one portion of which the store was to be kept. But three of his sons, on whose aid he depended, died, and the store was never established, the goods being disposed of. The house alluded to was built in 1809, and was the largest and oldest brick house in the county. It stood until 1890, when the walls became unsafe, and it was torn down by the present owner, a grandson of the original owner. An elegant residence now stands on the site of that pioneer home. On his arrival here, Grandfather Ludwig purchased three hundred and twenty acres of land, 340 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. and later entered land in this and adjoining counties, and became owner of about three thousand acres. He was the original owner of the land on which the village of Logan, Hocking County, now stands, and was a man of great influence. His death occurred June 9, 1825. His son Jacob was born in Berks County, Pa., April 7, 1806, and was but six months old at the time of his parents' removal to Ohio. His education was obtained in the ordinary schools of that day, and he commenced to operate as a farmer in his youth, beginning with two hundred acres of land, to which he added from time to time. He became the possessor of the old homestead, where he resided until his death in October, 1881. By purchasing land at different times, and paying from $35 to $155 per acre, he became owner of some eighteen hundred acres of improved property. In politics, he was a Democrat, and religiously, was identified with the Lutheran Church. The maternal grandfather of our subject, Henry Morris, was a teamster in the War of 1812, and was a very successful farmer, continuing thus engaged until his death in 1873, at the age of eighty-five years. Unto him and his wife, Charity, were born several children, one of whom, Evelina, was born in Washington Township, Pickaway County. She was married to Jacob Ludwig, November 18, 1830, and died February 23, 1848, while still comparatively young. She was the mother of eight children, of whom six grew to maturity, and are living at the present time, Daniel being the eldest. The early years of our subject were passed in gaining a knowledge of the "three R's" in the district school, and in becoming practically acquainted with farm work. He remained at home until he was thirty years old, aiding in cultivating the fifteen hundred acres of which it consisted, and then, in the fall of 1860, became owner of the Mt. Oval farm of three hundred and thirty-three acres in Pickaway County, near where the chief Logan lived. Upon that place he successfully engaged in farming and stock-raising until 1883, when he bought his father-in-law's estate of two hundred and twenty acres in the same township, becoming the owner of five hundred and fifty-three acres, divided into two splendid farms. His agricultural operations were rewarded with success, and finally, in October, 1890, he retired to Circleville, where he purchased the beautiful home on Court Street, valued at $6,000, and one of the most attractive residences in the city. He rents his land to tenanson shares, and still owns considerable stock. Before he came to the city, he was elected County Commissioner in 1878, and served three years, after which he refused to fill the position longer. He was also Township Treasurer for a number of years. The marriage of Daniel Ludwig in 1863, in Pickaway Township, united him to Miss Julia A., daughter of Lemuel Steely, an extensive cattle dealer of Pickaway County. Mrs. Ludwig died in 1887, leaving four children, namely: Willis, who was graduated with first honors at the Commercial College, of Poughkeepsie, and is now in business at Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mary, Eveline and Lizzie are at home. The members of the family are identified with the Presbyterian Church at Circleville, and the young ladies are accomplished and well educated, occupying prominent positions in social circles. Mr. Ludwig served two terms as Assessor in Circleville Township, has been School Trustee, and represented his party, the Democratic, as delegate to county, State and congressional conventions. He is a man of probity and honor, whose life has been characterized by integrity, energy, and a desire to promote the welfare of his fellow-men, as well as his own personal advancement. ISAAC M. JOHNSON. Prominent among prosperous and intelligent agriculturists Perry Township, Fayette County, is the gentleman whose name appears at the head of sketch. His fine farm with its excellent imposements forms one of the most attractive feature the township. He is the son of William and J B. (Dowden) Johnson, natives respectively Delaware and Virginia. The parents were married in the latter-named State and came hither 1810, which was at an early day in the history Ohio. They made their first location in Hel Bottom, Ross County, and in 1816 removed Fayette County, where the father purchased PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 341 hundred acres of partially improved land in Greene Township, which was the property of Jesse Rowie. William Johnson located with his family in Greene Township, where, in addition to the tract already mentioned, he purchased -two hundred acres more, which he cleared and improved. At the time of his death, which occurred about 1832, he was the possessor of a magnificent estate numbering-six hundred acres of valuable land, all of which had been accumulated by his untiring industry and perseverance, coupled with his good judgement. The mother of our subject bore her husband thirteen children, only seven of whom are living and died in the spring of 1880. Two sons, Caleb H. and Isaac M., were soldiers in the late Civil War. Mrs. Johnson was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the father in politics was a Whig. He was a patriot in the War of 1812, fighting under Gen. William Henry Harrison. The mother of our subject purchased another farm from the proceeds left her by her husband, and after remaining a widow for twelve years, was married to David Woodmansie, who is now deceased. The original of this sketch was born September 9, 1822, on the old homestead in Greene Township, this county. His school privileges were very limited, be being privileged to attend only a few months in the year the old log schoolhouse, with slab seats, puncheon floor and greased-paper windows. He remained under the parental roof, aiding his father in clearing the farm, until his twentieth year. Mr. Johnson aided in the construction through this section of the Cincinnati & Marietta Railroad, of which he was a stockholder, and when engaging to work out on farms, received as his first year's wages, $8.50 per month. October 8, 1846, Cassandra, daughter of John Duck, became the wife of our subject. The father was a native of Virginia and after a short residence in this State removed to Indiana, where he passed his last days near Wabash. Mrs. Johnson was born September 18, 1825. After his marriage our subject worked land on shares for Jackson Rogers for another: twelvemonth, at the end of which time he passed a like period on the old home farm. In the spring of 1849, he purchased his present farm of Stafford Junkins. Mrs. Johnson died October 27, 1855, after having borne her husband four children, all of whom are living with one exception: Jane Josephine was born October 17, 1847, married David Shimp and resides in Perry Township, being the mother of five children; Mary L., born February 18, 1850, is the wife of Charles A. Stafford, who makes his home in Concord Township, and has three children; Henson D. was born September 24, 1855, married Rilla Brannon and resides in this township, their family including two children. Our subject was again married, November 11, 1856, this time to Leeann, daughter of William and Matilda (Chambers) Clawson. The father of Mrs. Johnson was a soldier in the' War of 1812, and passed from this life in 1869. His good wife bore him seven children and died in 1869. Miss Leeann was born May 10, 1828, in Ross County, this State. He of whom we write is the owner of three hundred and fourteen acres of valuable land, nearly all of which is under fine cultivation. The old log house has long since given way to a large brick residence, which is presided over by Mrs. Johnson, who is a most intelligent and hospitable lady. The farm buildings are numerous and substantial, thus affording ample room for the storage of grain and the shelter of stock. Many rods of tiling thoroughly drain the land, which is some of the most productive in the county. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which body they have been connected the past forty years. Our subject has been a Trustee and Steward in his dedomination and contributes generously of his means for its support. He has been a charter member of the Grange, in which organization he was Chaplain, and his good wife, who was also a member, was Flora. For a number of years he was a large stockholder and Director of the Grange Store. He has served on both the School and Township Board, and, in politics, votes the straight Republican ticket, firmly believing that party to be in the right. Always interested in township affairs, he served for a period as a Trustee. Mr. Johnson burnt the brick used in the con- 342 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. struction of his residence, and also in the schoolhouse of his district. He and his wife adopted a little daughter of Dr. Brown, of Buena Vista, who bore ,the name of Ella. She was an inmate of their home for eight years, when she died. Our subject was born in this county, has helped to clear land, build roads and the railroad, has seen this county when it was a wilderness and has aided in all its development, until now, in his declining years, his eyes look out upon as grand a country as the sun ever shone on. MARCELLUS LE ROY BRYAN, the well-known editor and proprietor of the Madison County Democrat, published at London, wields a powerful influence upon local politics and in the public life of the county, and for many years has been potent in advancing its interests through the columns of this, one of the oldest established and most ably-conducted newspapers in this part of Ohio. Our subject is a representative of one of the old families of the State, and was born in the county town of Batavia, Clermont County, March 23, 1829. His grandfather, David Chester Bryan, was born on Long Island in 1771, was united in marriage with Ruth Bryan in 1792, and died in Batavia July 31, 1829. In 1800, he had left his old island home with his family, and after living three years in New Jersey, had migrated to this State, and had settled in Williamsburgh, Clermont County, removing his residence to Batavia in 1825, which town he platted and named. In 1806, he was elected a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, but his seat was contested and given to Thomas Morris, who afterward became United States Senator. Mr. Bryan was subsequently elected State Senator, and served as such from 1807 until 1810, when he resigned to become Clerk of the Courts of Clermont County, which office he filled until his death, nineteen years later, his son Melancthon succeeding him as Clerk. Our subject's father was also named David Chester Bryan, and he was born on Long Island. He was quite young when the family came to Clermont County. July 14, 1828, he was married to Mary Malvina Moore, a daughter of Capt. Charles Moore, who was an officer in the War of 1812, and was one of the earliest settlers of Clermont County. Capt. Moore came to this State from Philadelphia, and bought a large tract of land near Batavia, on which he erected a flouring mill and a distillery on the East Fork of the Little Miami River. The mother of our subject still survives in the eighty-fourth year of her age. Eight of her ten children are now living, of whom our subject is the eldest. David C. Bryan, Jr., was a man of-some prominence in the community in which he lived. For some years he was the leading merchant in Batavia. About the year 1835, he moved to Cincinnati and bought out a mercantile establishment on Lower Market Street, which he conducted a few years, or until he failed, owing to a stress in the money market. He afterward returned to Batavia, and a few years later removed to Fulton, which is now embraced in the corporate limits of Cincinnati, where he resided some years. At length, he returned once more to Batavia, and died there in 1869, from the effects of a sunstroke received some time previously. served as Justice of the Peace for many years, was Auditor of Clermont County one term. In politics, he was an old-line Whig until the organization of the Republican party, when he joined the Democratic forces and was a good Democrat the remainder of his life. Marcellus Bryan served an apprenticeship in the printing office of the Clermont Courier, edited and published by Andrew Gest, since deceased. At the age of nineteen, he left home and went to Columbus to work as a type-setter in the office of the Ohio Statesman, then edited by Col. Samuel Medary. He was afterward employed as compositor on the Daily Fact, a paper conducted by Col. John Geary, and during that time he was united in marriage with Martha Sydney Masterson, daughter of Mr. John Masterson, an educated gentleman, who came to Columbus from Ireland, and for several years taught the languages in the Columbus High School. About a year after his marriage, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 343 our subject and his wife went to Circleville, where Mr. Bryan took charge of and printed the Circleville Herald for one year, returning then to Columbus. In December, 1857, Mr. Bryan and Mr. J. A. Kissinger came to London to assume charge of the National Democrat, a small weekly paper, owned John M. Smith, now deceased, and published Douglas King. After the lapse of about a year, Mr. Bryan bought Mr. Kissinger's interest, and sometime after changed the name of the paper to the Madison County Democrat, which name it still bears and it is conducted by Mr. Bryan and his sons whose wide-awake and progressive policy has made of it one of the best publications of its kind in the State, always readable, keeping well abreast of the times, and a keen exponent of the principles of the party which it so ably represents. The veteran editor of the Democrat has belonged to the Democracy ever since he cast his first vote, and but few men in the county have a clearer knowledge of politics than he. He is a man of large round-about common sense, with a keen faculty of judging men and affairs that has been serviceable to him in his long and honorable career as an editor and whenever he has mingled in public wife. He has been at the head of the village government as Mayor of London two terms and he was Village Recorder one term. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan have seven surviving children namely: Mary Letitia, Ormond Masterson, Chester Edwin, Charles Moore, Mattie Tenney, Marcellus and Addison Watson. Anna Omega died October 6, 1876, in the seventh year of her age. DAVID F. BINDER, dealer in gents' furnishing goods in Mt. Sterling, is a popular citizen and enterprising business man, well deserving of representation in this volume. A native of the Buckeye State, he was born in Greenfield, Highland County, August 15, 1844, and is a son of Frederick and Melinda (Heath) Binder. His father was born in Baden, Germain, and at the age of eighteen crossed the Atlantic, coming on to Ohio, where he met and married Miss Heath, a native of Madison County. The father had learned the trade of a clock maker and for a time engaged in repairing and selling clocks on the road. He afterward embarked in the grocery business in Greenfield Three children of the family are yet living: David, of this sketch; Joseph K., a grocery 'merchant of Greenfield, and Fannie A., who is also living in Greenfield. Our subject acquired an excellent education, pursuing a course in the Greenfield High School, from which he was graduated at the age of nineteen. He received his business training in his father's grocery store. In May, 1864, Mr. Binder enlisted for the late war as a member of Company A, One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Ohio Infantry. At the battle of Cynthiana, Ky., he was made a prisoner, but was exchanged the following day, so that he continued in service with his regiment. After being mustered out, Mr. Binder returned to Greenfield and began clerking, which pursuit he followed until his removal to Mt. Sterling in 1865. He here secured a position as a salesman in the hardware store of N. J. D. Kauffelt, by whom he was employed for fourteen and a half years, a fact which indicates his faithful service and the confidence and high regard in which he was held by his employers. He made a popular salesman, his courteous and gentlemanly demeanor winning patronage. Mr. Binder was married January 31, 1878, the lady of his choice being Miss Anna Timmons, of Mt. Sterling, who was born February 9, 1854. They had but one child, Frederick, who was born February 15, 1880, and died on the 9th of March, 1886. Mr. and Mrs. Binder have a wide circle of friends and acquaintances in this community and rank high in social circles. He is an honored member in the Masonic fraternity, in which he has taken seven degrees. He also belongs to Bostwick Post No. 406, G. A. R., has filled nearly all its offices and has attended a National Re-union in Columbus. He votes with the Democratic party on State and national questions, but independently at local elections. He has served as City Clerk for seven years, his duties being discharged 344 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. WILLIAM H. DIAL, a member of the firm of Dial & Fullerton, the leading real-estate, loan and insurance men of this section, is doing an extensive business in that line in Washington C. H., where he has been located for the past seventeen years. He was born in Clermont County, this State, sixteen miles east of Cincinnati, September 26, 1847. His parents, Joseph S. and Lucinda (Weaver) Dial, were early settlers of the Buckeye State, the former being in his seventy-second year. He was a resident of Cincinnati for many years, or until until moving to his pleasant farm, sixteen miles east of Cincinnati, where he is living in retirement. W. H. Dial, of this sketch, received his education in Cincinnati, having taken a High School and commercial course, and, soon after completing his studies, located in Washington C. H. He was married in 1870 to Susie T., daughter of Capt. John S. Foster, who for many years resided in Cincinnati but at present makes his home in Greenville, Darke County. Mr. Foster served all through the Civil War, in which conflict he received the title of Captain, and, being very prominent in local affairs, held the various positions of trust within the gift of the people, at one time being Sheriff of Brown County. He of whom we write, on locating in this city, entered the real-estate, loan and insurance business, and has occupied a pleasant office at the corner of Court and Main Streets for the past sixteen years, during which time he has built up the largest business in his line in the county. In addition to the business already mentioned, he is President of the People's Savings and Loan Company, of which he was one of the organizers, and has been actively connected with it since that time. The capital stock of the company is $1,000,000, it having been increased by an amended charter from $200,000. The firm of Dial & Fullerton represent the largest insurance companies doing business in the United States, and handle large amounts of city and farm property. Mr. Fullerton has been associated with our subject since June, 1887, and being a man of keen foresight and ability in his particular line, is well fitted to be the associate of such a man as our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Dial are the parents of three children: Sallie F., Georgia M. and John F., respectively. Our subject was a Councilman from the Second Ward at the time Washington C. H. was advanced from a village to a city, and while thus connected accomplished much good in advancing common-sense ideas, which were sustained by scientific experiments. LEMUEL H. LOOFBOURROW, who ran among the successful and progressive agriculturists of Fayette County, was born in Madison Township, in the house in which be is present residing January 31, 1861. He is the of Lemuel P. and Elizabeth (Graham) Loofborrow who are still living, making their home in Mt. Sterling. Our subject was reared on the home farm and when reaching his majority went to Summer County, Kan., where he remained about three years engaged in farming. On his return from the West, our subject was married February 9, 1887, to Miss Alta, daughter of Edwin and Elizabeth (Timmons) Clarridge. She is a native of this county and township, her birth occurring February 3, 1864. To them have been granted a family of four children, viz: Oel E., who was born November 29, 1887; Gertrude March 3, 1889; Grace Inez, June 10, 1890, and Ruth October 11, 1891. Mr. Loufbourrow has always resided upon the home f farm, which includes two hundred and seventy well-improved acres, with the exception of the time spent in Kansas. He cast his first Presidential vote for Cleveland in 1884, and while in Kansas served as PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 347 School Director. In social matters, he is a Knight of Pythias and with his wife is highly respected in the county where they make their home. Mrs. Loufbourrow's father, who is now deceased, was born in Madison Township, this county, October 9, 1826. He also followed farming for a time, and, having been given an excellent education, taught school for a number of years in Clarksburg, and Waterloo. He was married October 4, 1859, to Elizabeth Timmons, who was also born in this county; April 5, 1835. They became the parents of three children, of whom Mrs. Loufbourrow was the second-born. Her sister Inez is now Mrs. B. W. Leavell, and her brother Howard, who was born September 6, 1873, resides at home. Mr. Clarridge died May 6, 1882, and his wife still resides in Madison Township. Previous to her marriage with the father of Mrs. Loufbourrow, she was the wife of John Leavell, by whom she became the mother of one child, Benjamin, who makes his home in Chicago. AMOS J. HOWARD. The name of this gentleman will long be remembered in Southern Ohio as one of the sturdy and true-hearted pioneers who aided in the progress of Summerford Township, Madison County. In many affairs, both public and private, he did good service to the vicinity, developing the material resources of the country and advancing the welfare of the people. Side by side with him, his excellent wife labored for many years, they being thoroughly identified with the progress of the community,, with whose most highly respecter and useful pioneers they were classed. The original of this sketch and of the accompanying portrait was born in Grafton County, N. H., March 29, 1803, and was a lad of six years when his parents moved to Virginia, where they remained for one winter. In 1809, they came to Ohio, the elder Mr. Howard locating in what is now Summerford Township. Here Amos J. grew to manhood, his early life being passed in much the same fashion as that of other boys of his age attending the common schools and being' trained to farm pursuits. He, however, made the best of his opportunities in an educational way and taught school for a number of years in his district, His chief business in life, however, was that of farming and stock-raising, in which he was more than ordinarily successful. At one time he was the proprietor of an estate which comprised fifteen hundred broad acres, He adorned his place with a substantial set of all the necessary farm buildings, and made upon it first-class improvements. Mr. Howard was married in what is now Summer-ford Township, December 23, 1825, to Rachael Kirkley, who was born in this township, July 8, 1811. She was reared to womanhood in this locality, where she has always resided, with the exception of one year spent in Champaign County. To Mr. and Mrs. Howard was born a family of nine children, viz: Napoleon, who was a druggist in Lima, Ohio; Mary J., the wife of Judge Lawrence Weldon; Miriam, who died when nineteen years of age; John Mills, a farmer in Champaign County; Clinton, a resident of Pana, Ill.; Benton, who died in his twenty-sixth year; Edwin M., who departed this life when twenty-four years of age; Marion, a farmer in this township, and Elizabeth, who departed this life when a young lady of nineteen years. The mother of these children died at her home in this township, September 4, 1858. The lady whom our subject chose as his second wife was Miss Elizabeth Ann Cowan, their marriage being celebrated in Missouri, March 24, 1861. Mrs. Howard was born in Delaware County, N. Y., July 27, 1821, and was fourteen years of age when she went with her mother to Canada, whence they came, three years later, to Ohio. She began to teach school when fifteen years of age, which occupation she followed much of the time for twenty-four years. She is a most intelligent and cultured lady and aided her husband greatly in attaining the high standing which he occupied in this community. Amos J. Howard departed this life in Summerford Township, April 16, 1882, greatly mourned by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. He was 348 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. a liberal contributor to the Episcopal Church, and socially, was a member of the Masonic fraternity and Independent Order of Odd Fellows. With few advantageous surroundings, with no monied capital, he nevertheless acquired a competence which enabled his family to live in comfort. He possessed those sterling traits of character that mark a thoroughly conscientious and upright man, and was greatly respected by all about him. WILLIAM ERB. When a man is known to have labored hard 'to make his way in the world, it is a source of gratification to his friends to know that he has succeeded in reaching a height that enables him to "take life easy." This is the case with the gentleman above named, whose career should encourage others to renewed energy, as it was not luck but pluck that brought a competence. For many years a prominent agriculturist of Madison County, he is now living retired in Lilly Chapel, where his home is supplied with all the comforts of life. Martin Erb, the father of 'our subject, was a native of Baden, Germany, while his mother, Catherine, had her birth in the same country. She departed this life in Missouri, when our subject was a lad, his father dying in Harrison County, Ind., in 1862. They were the parents of six children, of whom William, who was born April 5, 1827, in Baden, Germany, was the second in order of birth. He was an infant of eighteen months when his parents emigrated to the New World, and was here reared to farming pursuits. When old enough to do for himself, he engaged in working out for other parties and for several years was employed as fireman on a steamboat plying the Ohio River. In February, 1852, Mr. Erb came to Madison County, and for four years worked for the late John Byers. At the end of that time, he went to Pennsylvania, where he was married and resided for eighteen months and then returning to this county, cultivated rented land in Fairfield Township for five years. In the fall of 1862, he enlisted in Company C, Eighty-eighth Ohio Infantry, and served in the Union army for two years and nine months, being mustered out at Camp Chase, near Columbus, this State, July 4, 1865. On returning from the field of battle, our subject purchased land in Jefferson Township, and after a residence there of five years, sold out and purchased another farm of one hundred acres in the same township, which he operated for nine years. In the fall of 1881, he removed with his family to Lilly Chapel, where he owns a nice brick residence and is living retired from active work of any kind. The lady to whom our subject was married in Beaver County, Pa., March 20, 1856, was Miss Caroline Gerhart, who was also a native of Baden, Germany, having been born January 22, 1838. She was the daughter of Christian and Magdalena Gerhart, also natives of the Fatherland, but who are now deceased, the mother passing away in Columbus, and the father while residing in West Jefferson. To Mr. and Mrs. Erb has been born a family of seven children, five of whom are living. Matilda married Samuel Sidner; Katie became the wife of William Neff; John married Belle Rine; Mary is now Mrs. Frank Horn; and Maggie became Mrs. Wesley Lilly. Our subject and his wife are members in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are enjoying the respect and confidence of their many acquaintances. ABRAHAM L. HASTINGS, jeweler of Mt. Sterling, is one of the self-made men of Madison County. He was born in Muhlenburg Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, July 31, 1850, and is one of nine children who were born unto Kendall W. and Hester A. (Mitchell) Hastings. His father, a native of Putnam County, Ohio, was born December 25, 1826, and his mother was born in Pickaway Co July 8, 1830. Mr. Hastings follows farming and now resides in Van Wert County. Seven chi are yet living: John G., a farmer residing Auglaize County, Ohio, who has two children; William, who resides with his family upon a PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 349 farm in the same county; Isaac, a machinist of Payne, Ohio, is married and has two children; Mary J. is the wife of Dr. Worley, a practicing physician of Wetsel, Ohio; Mrs. Druzella Moore is living in Van Wert, Ohio, and has three children; and Mrs. Mattie B. Sween resides with her three children in Melrose, Ohio. Our subject grew to manhood upon a farm, his father having removed to a farm in Madison County, near Range. He acquired a good English education in the common schools, and remained under the parental roof until he had attained his majority, when he started out in life for himself, working by the month for about two years. As a companion and helpmate on life's journey, he chose Miss Anna A. Woodman, of Rahge, their union being celebrated February 6, 1873. She was born in Dayton, Ohio, May 2, 1848, and is a daughter of Thomas and Mary Ann (Carr) Woodman. After his marriage, Mr. Hastings followed various occupations for two years, and then engaged in building fences for three years. After that time, he engaged in farming on rented land for two years. Subsequently, he removed with his family to Mt. Sterling, and established what has developed into his present business. He began with only a bench, and repaired watches and clocks. He is a natural mechanic. As a boy, he was always working in that line, and his genius and enterprise insure his success. Since coming to Mt. Sterling, in 1880, he has constantly enlarged his business until he now carries a jewelry stock valued at $2,000, and does a large amount of repair work, his trade being almost greater than he can attend to. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hastings were born seven children, but five died in infancy. The two still living are Iva Florence, who was born in Range, Madison County, November 21, 1873, and was graduated from the Mt. Sterling High School In June, 1892; and Auloa Anna, who was born in Mt. Sterling. May 4, 1888. Mr. Hastings cast his first Presidential vote in 1872 for Horace Greeley, and has- since been a Democrat. He served as a member of the City until, but refused the office of Justice of the Peace, preferring to devote his entire time and attention to his business intends. Socially, be is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Knights of Pythias and the Mystic circle. Whatever success he has achieved in life is due to his own efforts. He well deserves the liberal patronage which he receives, for his life has been a busy and useful one. JOSEPH MARION PARRETT, who is one of the best-known residents of Union Township, Fayette County, is. a son of Joseph Parrett, who was born in Virginia in 1811, and spent his early days in the Shenandoah Valley. At the age of eighteen, he came to Ohio with his parents, Isaac and Mary Parrett, about the year 1830, and settled in Ross County, Ohio. After some eight or ten years, the family moved, to Fayette County, where Joseph. Parrett was united in marriage with Elizabeth Harper, daughter of John Harper, a prominent farmer of the county. After this marriage, the young people settled in Jefferson Township, Fayette County, and lived there until their death, the wife passing from earth about the year 1845, and the husband living until the 1st of April, 1876. He was married a second time, to a widow, Mrs. Glaze, of Fayette County. Joseph Parrett had a farm of four hundred and twenty acres of land in Jefferson Township. Three of his children are still living, the eldest of whom, James M., enlisted in the Ninetieth Ohio Infantry, and suffered much in health during his term of service, and finally died of measles, having just returned home. He was a young man of character and promise, and was deeply mourned by those who knew him. Following him are Emeline, who married Mr. Saucus, and has now passed from life; our subject; Christiana, who married Daniel Webster Kestler, and makes her home on the old homestead, and Lewis Hamilton, who has a farm in Paint Township. The father of our subject was a successful man and prominent in 'his neighborhood. He was a