550 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. odist Church and gave freely of his means toward the erection of the Lilly Chapel. He was a progressive and public-spirited man and did his full share toward building up and improving the 'county in which he resided. He departed this life August 10,1889, while his good wife, who survived him a few years, died January 8, 1892. The parental family included seven sons and one daughter, our subject, who was born September 14, 1840, in Franklin County, this State, being the fifth in order of birth. He passed his boyhood days in his native place and was thirteen years of age when he accompanied his parents on their removal to this county, and located with them in Fairfield Township, where he grew to manhood. He was reared to farming pursuits and assisted his father in carrying on the home farm until the spring of 1864, when he enlisted in the Union army, being commissioned First Lieutenant of Company A, Seventy-sixth Battalion Ohio National Guards, under his brother, Capt. Thomas Lilly. The latter died at Bermuda Hundred, Va., in July, 1864. On account of Company A being merged into the One Hundred and Thirty-third Infantry, the older officers in the service were given the precedence and our subject was not called Upon to go to the front. January 16, 1862, Henry Lilly was married in Franklin County to Miss Martha Ann Hartsook. The lady was born in that county May 1, 1841, and was the daughter of Noah and Mary (Sanducky) Hartsook, natives of Maryland. The father of Mrs. Lilly died while she was quite young, and the mother, who reared a family of three children, departed this life in Franklin County. After his marriage, he located in Fairfield Township, this county, which has since been his home. He has made agriculture his life work and at the present time owns a valuable estate of two hundred and twenty-five acres, which bears all the improvements in the way of buildings and machinery which are to be found on the estate of a first-class farmer. To Mr. and Mrs. Lilly have been born four children, viz: Frank S., Sylvester W:, Rosa B. and William W. The eldest son died August 10, 1887, when in his twenty-fifth year. Rosa B. became the wife of A. W. Bradfield and William W. married Maggie Erb. Our subject occupies a high place in local affairs and in October, 1881, was elected County Commissioner. He has also served as Township Trustee for a number of terms, and during elections never fails to cast a Republican vote. he is a member of Lodge No. 605, I. O. O. F., and the brief record of his life shows him to be a man of excellent business talent, whose judgment is keen, and who is well dowered with those sturdy traits of character that, seconded by unimpeachable integrity, have made him a valuable citizen. HON. DAVID I. WORTHINGTON, one of the prominent attorneys of Washington C. H., has been in active practice here since 1874. He is a native of this State, having been born in Greene County, May 26, 1844, and . is the son of Jesse J. and Catherine B. (Creamer) Worthington, residents of this county. The father of our subject was one of the early settlers of the northern part of Fayette County and for a number of years was Superintendent of the city schools of Washington C. H. David I. Worthington received a thorough education in the common schools of This city, and later read law at Indianola, Iowa, under Col. P. Gad Bryan. He was admitted to the Bar in 1865, before the Supreme Court of Des Moines, Iowa,. and a year later located at Liberty, Clay County, Mo., where he remained for five years engaged in the practice of his profession. He then removed to Iola, Allen County, Kan., and in 1874 returned to his native place, where he occupies a high place as a lawyer. He became connected with Judge Williams, who is now Chief Justice, and afterward, in 1889, with J. D. Post, who is his partner at the present time. The Hon. D. I. Worthington was elected a member of the State Legislature on the Republican ticket in 1885, and was the incumbent of that office for two successive terms. During that time, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 553 he served on various important committees, performing efficient service on the Judiciary, Corporation and Insurance Committees. At the present time, he occupies the important office of President of the City Council and has shown himself capable of close application to the duties which lie before him. His judicious decisions and wise course in attempting to bring about a worthy object are well known to those who are acquainted with the history of the State. Miss Kate. Parker, of Liberty, Clay County, Mo., was married to our subject May 1, 1866. They have an interesting family of three children, who bear the respective names of Jesse, Edgar P. and Bessie. Mr. Worthington, in his political predilection, is a thorough Republican and during the last congressional election of this district was chosen as its Chairman. In 1889, he erected the fine brick block at the corner of Market and Main Streets, which bears his name. It is three stories in height, the Postoffice being located in the corner, the Knights of Pythias Hall above, and on the third floor are eleven finely finished offices. ARCHIBALD WHITESEL. On the old homestead where he still resides, Mr. Whitesel was born February 4, 1836. For more than a half century he has been familiar with the scenes of progress and growth in Pickaway County, and especially in Salt Creek Township, where he has always made his home. It is to the courage, enterprise and persistence of such men as he that the county is indebted for its high position among other counties of the Buckeye Slate, and his biography and portrait will therefore be of peculiar interest to present and coming generations. The first representative of the Whitesel family in the United States was the grandfather of our subject, Nicholas, who came from Germany in the capacity of a soldier for the British army during the Revolutionary War. When the conflict• was terminated, he remained in this country, and established a home in Virginia, whence he removed to Ohio in the early part of the present century. He located in Salt Creek Township, Pickaway County, about one mile north of where our subject at present resides, and was numbered among the first settlers of this township. He entered a tract of land from the Government, and subsequently erected a distillery, and engaged in the manufacture of liquor. The father of our subject, Jacob Whitesel, was born in Virginia in 1792, and was quite young when he accompanied his father to Ohio. He commenced farming on the place where our subject resides, and cleared the land from its primeval condition, bringing it to a high cultivation, and making it his home until he passed from earth, in 1872, at the age of eighty years. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he was Class-leader and Trustee for many years, and took great interest in religious matters. He married Elizabeth, daughter of George Thomas, who emigrated from Pennsylvania at an early day. The mother of our subject was a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was called hence in 1890, at the advanced age of ninety years. The parental family comprised seven children, four of whom are still living. Archibald, our subject, received his early education in the log schoolhouse which stood on the farm. Subsequently, he spent one and one-half years in Circleville, where he attended the Union Schools, and is a man of good information and broad knowledge. His marriage, October 22, 1867, united him with Miss Margaret Ann Robinson, who was born in Ross County in 1831. Her father, John Robinson, was a farmer by occupation, and died when about ninety-five years old. After a happy wedded life of more than twenty years, Mrs. Whitesel passed from the scenes of earth, August 8, 1891, mourned by a large circle of warm personal friends, and especially mourned by her husband, to whom she had been all that a loving wife and devoted companion could be. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and her life was such as to prove the sincerity of her belief. In his political affiliations, Mr. Whitesel is a 554 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. stanch 'Republican, while in religious matters, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is Trustee. During the Morgan raid, in Ohio,. he was an active participant, and went as far South as Scott's Landing, and from there to Zanesville. He has a finely improved farm of one hundred and eighty-two acres on section 12, where he raises a good grade of stock, and conducts a general farming business. Mrs. Whitesel owned one hundred and seventy-one acres in Ross County, which was rented to tenants. The place which Mr. Whitesel occupies in the community is a high one, and his life has been so upright and honorable as to win the confidence of all with whom he has been brought in contact.   CAPT. MARCUS B. RADCLIFFE won a high reputation as an officer in the Union army during the late war, when he sacrificed the opening years of a promising manhood on the altar of his country, and Pickaway County holds in honor her gallant son, a native of her soil, who has also proved of value to her citizenship as one of her thoughtful, progressive farmers, who manages his extensive farm in Pickaway Township after the most approved modern methods. Capt. Radcliffe was born in Pickaway County, January 10, 1840, and is a son of Benjamin Radcliffe. His father was born in Kentucky in 1794, and, coming to Ohio with his widowed mother in 1806, was reared near Darbyville, this county. He was one of six children, all of whom are dead. He served in the War of 1812 under Gen. W. H. Harrison, in Northern Ohio, and was a good soldier. He was a member of the Christian Church, and was active in religious matters. His wife, Sarah Florence in her maiden days, came of an old Virginia family, was born in that State in 1800, and in 1806 was brought to Ohio by her parents, who located on the banks of Darby Creek, this county. She died in 1852, and in her death the Christian Church lost a devoted member. She was the mother of sixteen children, eight sons and eight daughters, and four of them are still living. The father was married a second time, Frances A. Scoville becoming his wife, and by her he had one son, now deceased. The subject of this biographical review was reared on a farm on the banks of Deer Creek, and was educated in a log schoolhouse. In the fall of 1858, he went to Circleville to engage as clerk in the dry-goods store of Delaplanes & McCaully, he being at that time eighteen years of age. After the breaking out of the Rebellion, he watched its course intently, and finally threw aside his personal aims and ambitions to fight for his country, as his father had done half a century before, enlisting August 8, 1862, in Company A, One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio Infantry, as a private. He was mustered in the following September as Sergeant of his company, and in the trying times that followed won his way steadily from rank to rank by his invincible courage and coolness in the heat of battle and in the midst of danger, and by his promptness in obeying and efficiency in carrying out orders, as well as by his fidelity and general trust-worthiness. He was made Second Lieutenant February 14, 1863, was promoted to the position of First Lieutenant May 2 'of the same year, and in December, 1864, was commissioned Captain, an honor. richly deserved. He did not act in that capacity, however, as, though his regiment was consolidated about that time and he was offered the captaincy in the new regiment, he was obliged to leave the army on account of ill-health. Capt. Radcliffe fought under Sherman at Chickasaw Bluffs; assisted in the capture of Arkansas Post, celebrating his birthday on that occasion; and he took an active part in the enti e siege of Vicksburg, lasting forty-five days, and during that time he did not have a change of clothing, so constantly was he on duty. He assisted in building twenty-eight hundred feet of pontoon bridge across the bayous and tributaries of the Mississippi River, from Milliken's Bend to Grand Gulf, and was otherwise constantly kept busy during that important campaign. He was present at the engagement at Thompson's Hills, May 1, 1863, and was under fire almost constantly from that date until after the 22d of the' same month. He was in the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 555 thickest of the fight at Champion Hills, and he accompanied Gen. Banks on the Red River expedition. He suffered much from exposure on that trip, and contracted a chronic disease, which was so bad that he was ordered to the hospital at Milliken's Bend. He then showed signs of insubordination for the first time, and utterly refused to go, determining to continue with the army and die with the boys on the march, rather than remain behind and miss an opportunity to do his share of fighting.. He continued with his regiment until he was so debilitated that the physicians decided that he would not live to reach home, and he was discharged December 17, 1864, at the mouth of the White River, in Arkansas. At the time of his discharge, the Captain was the recipient of the following tribute to his value as a soldier and to his worth as a man: HEADQUARTERS ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, MOUTH OF WHITE RIVER, ARK., December 1, 1864. To all whom this may concern: In the consolidation of the One Hundred and Fourteenth and One Hundred and Twentieth Regiments Ohio Volunteers, the bearer, First Lieut. Mark B. Radcliffe, at his own request, was mustered out of the service. He has been connected with the One Hundred and Fourteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteers since August, 1862, at which time he entered the service as Sergeant of Company A, and was commissioned and mustered as Second Lieutenant of the One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio, May 11, 1863, and was commissioned and mustered as First Lieutenant November 15, 1863, in which capacity he has served since that time. As a Sergeant, Lieutenant, and in all his relations with the service, he has done every duty faithfully and diligently, and has acquitted himself honorably, and with credit to himself and beneficially to the service. He is a good soldier and an efficient officer. He is a man of good moral character, temperate habits, gentlemanly deportment, fine social qualities, and of undoubted integrity, patriotism and loyalty. He is well qualified and worthy for any position in a regiment to which he would aspire. I therefore, with great pleasure, cheerfully recommend him to the favorable consideration of any or all to whom he may present himself for a place or position. JOHN. H KELLY, Colonel, commanding One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. EPHRAIM BROWN, Major, One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After severing his connection with the army, Capt. Radcliffe returned home, and when he had sufficiently recovered to attend to business, he resumed his position as clerk, and was thus employed several years, but finally turned his attention to farming and has since lived in Pickaway Township. He has here a fine estate of four hundred acres of land, bordering on the famous Pickaway Plains, and extending into the fertile bottoms of the Scioto River, the soil being of a sandy loam, and remarkably productive. The situation is fine, the residence commanding a wide and beautiful prospect. Looking eastward, the eye falls on Black Mountain, where the Indian warriors congregated to hold their councils and to declare war or peace. Our subject was married July 29, 1869, to Miss Lizzie Crouse, a native of Ross County, and a daughter of Nelson Crouse, a farmer of that county. She is a woman of much strength of character and true refinement, who is a fit companion for her husband, to whose interests she is devoted, as well as to those of their children, of whom they have two: Eva T., a graduate of the Circleville High School, and now the wife of Frank Cox, of the firm of Cox Bros., merchants at Lancaster; and Frank C., at home with his parents. Capt. Radcliffe is a Republican in whom there is no guile. A man of superior intelligence, he is well informed on all historical and political subjects, and in all things pertaining to the late war. Both he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he belongs to the Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Grand Army of the Republic. He has been President of the Soldiers' Monument Association of Pickaway County for some time, and he was very influential in securing the erection of the Memorial Hall and Library Building at Circleville, dedicated December 29, 1891. He is one of the Trustees, and was Secretary and Treasurer during the construction of the building. It is a noble structure 556 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. that would grace any city in the land, combining strength, beauty and simplicity in its architecture, and it Will be a perpetual reminder to the people of the fallen heroes whose lives it is intended to commemorate, as well as of the veterans who are still among us, who sacrificed so much and fought so well to preserve the Union; and within its walls their children and children's children, from generation unto generation, shall learn many a lesson of patriotism from the history of the past and from the instpiration of the present. HEBER JONES. Probably in the history of the representative houses of Washington C. H., no more worthy example can be found of what may be accomplished by energy and well-directed efforts, than is strikingly exemplified in the successful career of the leading art gallery of the city, of which Mr. Jones is the proprietor. His photographic studio is located at the corner of Main and Court Streets, in an elegant suite .of rooms formerly occupied by different artists of the city, but recently remodeled for his use. Previous to 1892, his gallery was in the Dahl Block, where he established an enviable reputation for the excellency and elegant finish of his work. Mr. Jones is one of the youngest business men of Washington C. H., for he only recently attained to his majority. He was born in Bloomingburgh, Fayette County, November 19, 1869, the son of Charles and Mollie (Meyers) Jones. His father, who was an attorney by profession, was compelled to remove to a farm on account of his failing health, which was somewhat recuperated by his out-door exercise. He afterward removed to Washington C. H., and there died in 1875. His wife survived him about ten years, her death, September 8, 1885, being the result of accident. On that day a terrible cyclone swept over the city and destroyed the house, in which she was alone at the time, killing her instantly. The parental family comprises two sons beside our subject. Homer is stenographer for the Cashier of the First National Bank at Kansas City; Howard is learning photography with our subject. Heber Jones received his education at Washington C. H., -where he entered the art gallery of C. S. Snyder in the early part of 1884, remaining with him until the cyclone of 1885 destroyed the gallery. He afterward continued his studies at school for a time, and then commenced to work for W. F. Willett, then a prominent photographer of Washingn ton C. H., but now of Chicago. When Mr. Willett sold out the business to Mr. Spencer, our subject remained with the last-named gentleman for a short time, until he was sufficiently acquainted with the business to start out for himself. He opened an art gallery in the Dahl Block, where he conducted a very successful business until the date of his removal, February 1, 1892. The pleasant home which Mr. Jones has established on West Market Street is presided over by his cultured wife, who was formerly Miss Ada Paul. Prior to her marriage, which took place November 18, 1891, she resided in Washington C. H., where she received a good education. Socially, Mr. Jones is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and in his religious preference is a liberal supporter of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which he and his wife attend. JOHN R. SOLT. This gentleman occupies a very high position among the farming community of Walnut Township, Pickaway County. He is ex-Trustee of the township, and is at present residing on section 21, where he owns and operates a fine tract of land. He is a native of the above-named township, his birth occurring February 1, 1840. His parents, Paul and Rebecca Solt, were natives, respectively, of Pennsylvania and this county. The great-grandfather of our subject on the paternal side was born in Germany, and, on emigrating to this country, participated. in the Revolutionary War. Paul Solt came to this State, in company with his mother and sister, when about sixteen years of age, in 1825, his birth occurring in 1809. They made settlement in Fairfield County, w PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 557 they made their home a short time, and then came to Pickaway County, locating in Walnut Township when it was practically in the woods. A log cabin was erected, in which they resided for a time, when it gave way to a more comfortable and commodious abode. The elder Mr. Solt worked for a time on the Ohio Canal, helping to build that waterway. Eight of the ten children born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Solt are still living and are, respectively: Elizabeth, John R. William; Celanta, the wife of H. H. Brown; Thomas; Eveline, Mrs. David Heist; Ruphina and Charles. In township affairs, the father of our subject occupied a prominent position, being Assessor of his township a number of years. He was a Democrat, politically, and aided greatly in the upbuilding of his community, his name heading all lists which had for their object the betterment of his fellowman. He was a member in good standing of the Lutheran Church, in the faith of which body he died, June 25, 1891, and in his death Pickaway County lost one of its representative citizens. Our subject grew to mature years in this township, and remained at home assisting his father in grubbing, clearing and improving the home farm, until starting out to battle with life on his own account. His opportunities for obtaining an education were very limited, and he was disciplined mainly in the stern school of experience, which prepared him to meet every emergency with a steady and a ready hand. September 1, 1867, our subject and Miss Vienna, daughter of Absalom A. Peters, were united in marriage. The father of Mrs. Solt was born in the Dominion, but at the time of his decease was residing in Walnut Township, this county. To our subject and his estimable wife have been born ten children, namely: Clayton, Harvey, Carrie, Milton, Lonama, John, Laura, George, Mattie and Hugh. Mr. Solt is the possessor of an estate containing one hundred and forty acres, which by his industry has been brought to a good state of cultivation. In politics, our subject is a Democrat, and served as Trustee .of his township for three years. He is a Lutheran in religion, and socially is identified with the Masonic fraternity at Circleville. Mr. Solt is ranked among the prominent and leading citizens of Walnut Township, where his word is considered as good as his bond. By energy and perseverance, united with economy and good business qualifications, he has secured a competency, and is now living in the enjoyment of the comforts of life. JOHN P. NOECKER is a native of Pick-away County, born August 5,1849, and has won his way to an honorable place among its intelligent, industrious, business like farmers, who form so important a proportion of its population. He has an excellent and well-managed farm on section. 2, Walnut Township, which is a part of the old homestead that his father, a pioneer of the township, reclaimed from the wilderness. Our subject is a son of Henry and Maria (Kroninger) Noecker, who were natives of Pennsylvania. His father was early left an orphan, and was bound out to learn the trade of a carpenter in his youth. He became a very skillful workman, and was engaged at that calling for years. When a young man, he came to Ohio, and he assisted in building houses in Columbus when the State capital was a small town. He finally settled in Pickaway County among the pioneers of Walnut Township, and in the busy years that followed, improved the farm on which his son of whom we write resides. He lived to a ripe age, dying August 7, 1884, and thus closing a life spent in well-doing, in which he had won the respect due to his merits as a man and a citizen. He was a straight Republican in his politics, and in religion was a Lutheran, belonging to the church of that denomination at St. Paul, being prominent in its work as an Elder. His wife died several years ago. These are their surviving children: Sylvester, Nathan; Christia, wife of Lewis Reed; Henry, John, Daniel, and Mary, wife of Emanuel Burger. The subject of this biographical review was 558 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. reared to manhood on the farm where he first opened his eyes to the light. He was well trained in the management of a farm, and when he came into possession of a part of the old homestead, he was perfectly competent to carry it on judiciously and, profitably, and he has done so. He is mostly self educated, as his advantages were somewhat limited in his boyhood, although he had an occasional opportunity to attend a school in the home district. His farm, which contains one hundred and forty acres of good land, is well cultivated, and its improvements are of a substantial order. Mr. Noecker was married to Miss Sallie Baum in October, 1872. Like her husband, Mrs. Noecker is a native of Pickaway County, Madison Township being her birthphice, and she is a daughter of Lewis and Elizabeth Baum, of that township, who were early settlers of the county. Our subject and his estimable wife are the parents of two children: Clarence B. and Howard C. Mr. Noecker is a man of -pure and honorable character, unites firmness with a just consideration for the rights of others and lives up to his Christian principles in thought and act. He and his wife are valued members of the Lutheran Church; which he is serving as Deacon, and they are highly regarded by all who know them. In politics, he is a Republican. JACKSON THOMAS, one of the citizens of prominence, wealth and influence, whose home is in Monroe Township, where he has a large and finely-equipped farm, bears the reputation of being one of .the most sagacious, practical, and progressive of the farmers and stockmen of Pickaway County. He represents an old and honored family of this section, and he was born December -8, 1831. His father, whose given name was William, was a native of Virginia, as was his father, also. In 1807, the grandfather of our subject, Jeremiah, with Netty, his wife, accompanied by his family, set out from his old home in a wagon, to perform a momentous and somewhat perilous jour ney that was to lead over the mountains into the wilds of Ohio. He ths became a pioneer of Pick-away County, settling on Deer Creek, this township, when there 'was scarcely an inhabitant in the region, and the surrounding country was a wilderness. He developed a small tract of land, and died here when in middle life. He was on friendly terms with the Indians, who trusted him, and often several tribes could be seen from the hill on which he lived. He used to hunt some, and occasionally killed a deer. The father of our subject was a boy when he came with his father to Ohio. He was brought up under pioneer influences, and did not have any educational advantages during his boyhood. When he married, he could not write his name, but he learned to write under the instruction of his wife and hired men, became quite a proficient penman, and could keep his own books. He was very poor at the time of his marriage, and he and his wife began housekeeping in an old log house, with home-made furniture, the bedstead being made by boring holes in the wall, into which poles were inserted that rested on wooden legs. Mr. Thomas was a man of great natural ability, and when once he obtained a good start he progressed rapidly in the acquirement of wealth, so that at the time of his death he had fifteen hundred acres of land, and was making enough to buy a farm each year. He made the most of his money in stock, never selling any corn, but feeding it all to his cattle and other stock. He died the 10th of January, 1849, when scarcely past the prime of life, and his removal was regarded as a serious loss to the material interests of the county and to its higher interests as well. He was a man of serious religious views, a strong Methodist, and he was very helpful in organizing the society and in building the first house of worship of that denomination in the neighborhood, which was known as the Hebron Church. In early life, he was a Democrat in politics, but he later identified himself with the Whigs. The mother of our subject, who was a native of Virginia, bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Nor- ris. She came to Ohio when quite young, with her parents. She was a hard-working woman, and her PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 559 husband owed much of his success to her help and influence. She used in the early days of their marriage to drop corn in the field after two teams, and then go home and prepare dinner for the men, and in many other ways she bravely put her shoulder, to the wheel and performed her share of the labors that resulted in the upbuilding of a comfortable home and the accumulation of wealth. She was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church nearly all her life, and she was noted for her kind heart and hospitable, charitable nature. She was the mother of these ten children who grew to maturity: Eleanor (Mrs. Truax), now deceased; George W., deceased; Milton M., deceased; Mary A. (Mrs. King), Jackson, Margaret (Mrs. Henderson), Sarah W. (Mrs. Madox), Elizabeth J. (Mrs. Henderson), William H., and Perry C. Three others died in infancy. The birthplace of our subject was on a bill one hundred and thirty feet high, near the waters of Deer Creek. He was educated in the primitive log schoolhouses of those early days,. with their large open fireplaces, slab benches, writing-desks consisting of a slab, or slabs, placed against the wall, and window made by taking out a log the whole length of the building; the door opened out instead of in, as now, and hung on wooden hinges. Mr. Thomas began life for himself at the age of seventeen, his father having died the previous year. His mother gave him and his brother Milton all they could raise on part of the farm after paying the living expenses of herself and the younger children. Our subject left home when he married, in 1855, he and his bride beginning their married life on the Foster Farm, on which they lived a year, and then he settled on this farm, which adjoins the old homestead, moving into a log house. That humble abode was replaced by his present fine, large frame residence in 1875, he having built a good frame barn in 1867, and he has his farm well supplied with buildings for every needed purpose. He has made the most of the improvements himself, clearing nearly all the land, which comprises seven hundred and twenty-one acres, he having started with one hundred and sixty-six acres. Five hundred and forty acres of his landed property lie in one body in Monroe Township, and he has one hundred and eighty-one acres at Clarksburgh, in Ross County, which is well improved, and a fine, commodious brick residence of ten rooms adorns the place. Mr. Thomas carries on mixed farming, and employs a number of men, allowing twenty acres to a man in carrying on his varied operations. When he began farming, he raised one hundred hogs every year, wisely feeding his corn to his stock, never selling but one lot of corn. For the past twenty years, he has aimed to keep three car-loads of cattle all the time, one of yearlings, one of two-year-olds, and one of three-year-olds, which he ships annually. He is one of the solid moneyed men of the county, and rightly attributes his prosperity to close attention to his business, to thrifty and economical management, and to the judicious methods that have characterized his manner of carrying on farming and stock-raising, and the handling of his funds, in loaning money, etc. He has been very fortunate in all his enterprises, as he has never had any reverses. A man of his calibre and aptitude for affairs is eminently fitted for civic life, and he has been drawn into it as County Commissioner, which position he held for six years, and as Township Trustee. In politics, he is an uncompromising Democrat. Religiously, both he and his amiable wife are connected with the Hebron Methodist Church as two of its most effective working members. Mr. Thomas was married April 26, 1855, to Miss Christina, eldest daughter of Josiah. Reeves, who was an early settler of and an extensive farmer in Deer Creek Township, where Mrs. Thomas was born, October 14, 1835. Her wedded life with our subject has been fraught with much real happiness and many blessings, but they have had to bow beneath the chastening hand of sorrow so common to the lot of mortals, in the death of three of their five children, their religion, however, sustaining them in the firm belief that somewhere, somehow, they will again meet their loved ones in God's own good time. The following is a record of those deceased: Rufina J., born June 20, 1856, died March 9, 1875; George W., born September 30, 1857, died June 10, 1882; Lily Lorette, born February 17, 1861, married Smith Beal, and died 560 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD in 1891, leaving one child, Harry G. The two surviving children of. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas are Loton F., who married Miss Jennie Hosler, and lives on his father's farm at Clarksburgh; and Albert Seymour, born May 22, 1867, who is a good scholar and an expert book-keeper, and acts in the latter capacity for a coal syndicate at Kansas city, Mo. He married Ida Swain, of that city, February 23, 1892, and now makes his home with his father. DAVID B. SAINT, of Mt. Sterling, Ohio, is a well-known citizen, well deserving representation in this volume. He was born in Massilon, Pa., March 10, 1835, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Gilmore) Saint. His father was a blacksmith by trade, and when our subject was only four years old, he brought his family to Ross County, Ohio, and engaged in operating a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, five miles east of Chillicothe. He also worked at his trade; building a smithy on the farm.. Mr. and Mrs. Saint died when David was nine years old, leaving four children, who were then scattered. Our subject was sent to live with James Little, with whom he remained until eighteen years of age, when he was bound, out to a blacksmith in Chillicothe, with whom he remained four months, when he concluded that he must either run away or starve. He chose the former, and started barefooted, although it was then in the middle of 'winter. Going to Adelphi, Ross County, he entered a blacksmith-shop to learn the trade. He was to have $4 per month for the first year and his board and washing. His master was old and he did not advance very rapidly, but he now had a good home and disliked leaving it, so there he remained for two years. He then went to Hassenplugh, where he hired out, working for $8 per month the first year, $20 the next and $30 the third. On the 5th of December, 1858, Mr. Saint married Nancy E. Boggs, who was born in Pickaway County, December 3, 1840, and was a daughter of William. and Lavina (Byerly) Boggs. Mr. Saint then established a shop in Pickaway County, which he carried on for two and a half years with excellent success. The late war having broken out, he enlisted August 8, 1862, as a member of Company B, One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio Infantry. He participated in the siege of Vicksburg, where he was left on picket duty when Sherman was forced to retreat, and came very near being captured. With seven comrades, he was chased four miles, and, with the exception of our subject, all of the boys lost their guns, knapsacks and coats. He participated in the battles of Arkansas Post and Arkansas River. For some time, he was sick, in Van Buren Hospital at Milliken's Bend, where he remained from the 5th of April until the 31st of July, 1863. He was appointed General Wardmaster and never lost a day while there. On ac-account of his disability, he received his discharge. During Mr. Saint's absence, his wife and two children had resided with her grandfather in Miami County, Ind., and he started for, the place, but was so ill that he could not travel and had to remain at Vincennes, Ind., for three days under the Doctor's care. Three years elapsed before he was able to endure any hard work. As soon as possible, he established a shop at five points, Pickaway County, where he remained for four years, doing a good business. He then removed to Yankeetown, Fayette County, where he remained for about twenty years. Coming to Mt. Sterling, he purchased some land and built a house, he and his son doing all the work except the plastering. His home is commodious and pleasant and is situated in a good location. He also built a shop and follows his chosen trade. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Saint were born five children, four of whom are still living: William Lewis, who was horn in Pickaway County, September 30, 1859, is a 'blacksmith and wood-worker, residing at Deer Creek with his wife and three children; Edson B., who was born in the same county, December 22, 1861, died July 28, 1885; James Rutherford was born in Pickaway County, April 1, 1866; George Leroy, who was born in Yankeetown, April 3,1869, is a blacksmith and wood-worker who aids his father in the shop, and David Wilson, who was born in Yankeetown, September 16,1871. The children PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 563 were all provided with good educational advantages, fitting them for the practical duties of life. Mr. Saint cast his first Presidential vote for James Buchanan and has since been a Democrat. He served as School Director in both Pickaway and Fayette Counties, was Pike Superintendent for two years and is now a member of the City Council of Mt.Sterling. He joined the Grange in 1879, has been a member of the Odd Fellows since 1880, of the encampment since 1883, and is now serving in his fourth year as Scribe. He is also District Deputy Grand Patriarch of the order. He is a charter member of Bostwick Post, G. A. R., in which he has filled all the offices except Quartermaster and has now been Adjutant for four years. .He attended the national reunion in Columbus. With the Patriotic Order of Sons of America he is also connected, has filled all its offices and is now District President of the order, serving a third term. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church and are highly respected people, widely and favorably known in this community. ALEXANDER GRAY. It is gratifying to the biographer to present the portrait and sketch of a man who, in every walk of life, religious, social and business, is esteemed as foremost among the valued citizens of Commercial Point. Mr. Gray was born in Licking County, Ohio, not far from Newark, February 17,1827. His father, John Gray, was born in County Armagh, Ireland, in 1786, and was sixteen years old when he came to America with his brother-in-law, Joseph Hughes, who located in Fairfield County, Ohio. He had a little money but invested it unfortunately in land which had a defective title, and lost it. all. The country was then a wilderness, abounding in Indians, deer and wolves. He leased land for a time after his unfortunate experience in attempting to purchase; and eventually owned eighty acres. He was a member of the Covenanter Church. In politics, he was a Democrat, although he took no part in 27 political matters, as his church eschewed such interests. The mother of our subject, who was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, bore the name of Sarah McDonald. She reared to maturity seven of her ten children. One died in infancy, and the names of the others were as follows: James, Delilah, Jane, Alexander, Elizabeth, Margery, Dorcas, John Calvin and Isabel. This mother was also a member of the Covenanter Church. Her father, Alexander McDonald, a native of Ireland, came to America in his youth and settled in Pennsylvania, where he married. He came to Ohio in a very early day with a team and wagon and settled in Fairfield County. He owned about twelve hundred acres of land, from which fine estate he gave each of his ten children eighty acres, and at his death, when about seventy-six years old, left a handsome property in addition. He was a hard worker and a good manager and was highly esteemed in Fairfield County, where he was well known. He was an Elder in the Covenanter Church and took an active interest in religious affairs. In his infancy our subject was taken from Licking to Fairfield County, and at the age of eleven went to Mercer County, where he resided with his parents until he was in his nineteenth year. At that age he was apprenticed to learn the carpenter's trade in Butler. County, Ohio, and was thus bound out for three years, his wages being *3 per month. After completing his apprenticeship, hp worked at the trade until fifteen years ago. In July, 1853, Mr. Gray located at Commercial Point, and after he ceased working at his trade followed the occupation of a merchant for three years. His marriage, which took place May 23, 1853, united him with Wilhelmina Miller, who was born in Nassau, Germany. They have had four children, namely: William A., Ermine, Lester, and Miller (deceased). The farm which Mr. Gray purchased in 1876, and upon which he now makes his home, contains two hundred and sixty-five acres of land, most of which is in an improved condition.. Upon it he carries on mixed farming, raising wheat, oats and corn, besides stock of all kinds. At one time he dealt largely in raising and selling hogs, but hav- 564 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ing lost heavily through cholera, finally abandoned that branch of his business. His large frame residence was erected by him in 1887, and he has also put up all the buildings except the barn. Mr. and Mrs. Gray are efficient and active members of the Presbytarian Church at Commercial Point, in which he acts as Trustee. He now is, and has been for three years past, the Superintendent of the Sunday-school and is active in all religious work. His first Presidential ballot was cast for Franklin Pierce, and he has ever since been a supporter of the party which placed that candidate in the Presidential chair. Starting out for himself, when nineteen years of age, he has gained his property by his own unaided efforts, and he is now recognized as one of the best business men in the township. REV. DAVID M. OSBURN. This honored resident of Fayette County, who is residing on a beautiful farm in Jasper Town-)ship, has been a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church for a period of thirty-three years. He is the son of David Osburn, a native of Kentucky, who was born in 1787. His father, David Osburn, hailed from Virginia and removed to the Blue Grass State in an early day. He was one of those who were besieged in the fort there, and was released by Gen. Anthony Wayne. He later removed to this State and, locating on a farm in Clermont County, improved his tract and there passed his last days. The mother of our subject was known in her maiden days as Miss Precosia Gatch, a native of Virginia and the daughter of the Rev. Philip Gatch, who was a member of the first Methodist Episcopal Church held at Baltimore, Md. After his marriage, the father of Mrs. Osburn located in Virginia. on the James River, whence he removed to Buckingham County. In 1800, he came West to Clermont County, this State, where he died. The parents of Mr. Osburn, of this sketch, were married in the above-named county and in 1833 removed to Greene County, where they made their permanent home, the father dying in 1843 and the mother in 1864, at the age of eighty-five years. To them were born four children, two of whom are living. The original of this sketch was born May 2, 1819, in Clermont County, where he was reared on his father's farm, being trained to all the duties pertaining to a farmer's boy. Our subject began life on his own responsibility when twenty years of age, at which time he was married to Miss Cynthia Jackson, who was born in Clinton County, Ohio, in 1821. Our subject then settled in Greene County, in what is now Jefferson Township, on a wild tract of land, which his energy and perseverance brought to a good state of cultivation. Mrs. Osburn died in 1852, having become the mother of six children, one of whom is deceased. Rebecca Ann is the widow of Cargell Chitty and has nine children; Nathaniel C. married Susannah Griffith, is the father of four children and makes his home in Missouri; Charity P. became the wife of Harrison Williamson, lives in Montgomery County, this State, and is the mother of six children; Nancy J. is the wife of J. C. Ogburn, has two children by her present marriage and five by a former marriage, and resides in Iowa; William J. is single. Our subjeet was again married, in 1853, this time to Narcissa Carpenter, who was born in Greene County in 1830. She departed this life the year following her marriage, after having borne her husband one child. Miss Charlotte Ferguson was married to Mr. Osburn in 1855; she was born in Virginia in 1831, and by her union with our subject became the mother of one child; she died in 1859. The present partner of our subject was before her marriage Miss Susannah Christy, to whom he was united in 1861. She is the daughter of Samuel and Rosanna (Creamer) Christy, natives of Berkeley County, Va., the father born in 1780 the mother in 1790. Mr. Christy was a soldier during the War of 1812, coming three years later to Washington C. H., where he opened a blacksmith-shop. The Creamer family came to Ohio in 1807, and resided for three years in Ross County. Later, they removed to Jefferson Township, Fayette County, locating on a wild tract of land, and there passed the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 565 remainder of their lives, the father dying in 1826 and which Mrs. Osburn's the mother in 1810. This was the family to which Mrs. Osburn's mother belonged. Mr. and Mrs. Christy located in Jasper Township in 1833, where the father, at the date of his death, was the owner of five hundred acres of valuable land. To them were born five children, of whom Mrs. Osburn is the only survivor, her birth occurring December 14, 1825. To Mr. and Mrs. Osburn has been born one son, David F. Our subject is the possessor of one hundred and fifty-two and one-half acres of land, which he has brought to a good state of cultivation, having placed thereon numerous and substantial outbuildings. Socially, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which body he is Chaplain. Politically, he votes with the Republican party and has served his fellow-townsmen in the capacity of Justice of the Peace. Two sons of Mr. Osburn, by his first wife, served in the late war. Elihu B. being a member of Company I, Thirty-first Ohio Infantry, served all through the conflict and was killed in 1875 by Indians at Ft. Sill. Nathaniel C. was a member of the Twelfth Ohio Battery, and fought in defense of his country for more than four years. Our subject is an ordained minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has done active work in that body since twenty-three years of age. Grandfather Philip Gatch was Justice of the Peace and also Associate Judge in Clermont County for twenty-one years. Grandfather Creamer was also Justice of the Peace and very prominent in local affairs. JAMES R. RANDOLPH, whose sketch now invites attention, is the proprietor of a fine drug store in West Jefferson, and, possessing the necessary qualifications for a successful business man, has been greatly prospered in his dealings. The parents of our subject, James and Jane (Pugsley) Randolph, were natives, respectively. of Hampshire County, Va., and Maine. The grand parents removed to Ohio in 1801, while it was yet a Territory, and located in Zanesville, while his parents made their home on a farm in Athens County, this State, from 1821 till 1840. The father there began the practice of medicine, which he followed until his decease. The parental family of our subject included nine children, of whom he was the seventh son. He was born July 28, 1837, in Nelsonville, Athens County, and attended the common schools until nineteen years of age, when he supplemented the knowledge gained therein by taking a course at an academy in New Albany, and for one year was a student at the Ohio University at Athens. On the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Randolph enlisted, April 21, 1861, in Company B, Twenty-second Ohio Infantry. Owing to a railroad accident which occurred May 30, 1861, he was severely injured, on account of which he received his honorable discharge. On returning from the army, December, 1863, our subject,read medicine with Dr. J. T. Colliver for a period of two years, and in 1865 went to Noble County, where he was employed by his uncle, in a tannery, at the same time continuing his studies, being thus engaged for five years. During that time, Mr. Randolph took a course of lectures at Cincinnati in the Eclectic Medical College, and afterward began the practice of medicine. He remained in Noble County until 1871, when he returned to West Jefferson, and on account of ill health operated a farm for the following six years. In 1878, he took up his abode in Plain City, where he operated an hotel as mine host for two years, at the end of which time he went to Marysville and for six months was employed in handling walnut timber. e later entered the employ of the U. I. X. L. Windmill Company, of Kalamazoo, Mich., with which he remained for about four years, after which he was engaged in the marble and granite business in Mechanicsburgh, this State. After following that line of work for two years, Mr. Randolph came to Madison County and for three years cultivated the soil in this locality. Finally locating in West Jefferson, he opened up a drug store, which he has managed successfully since. The lady to whom our subject was married was Nancy J. Thompson, her birth occurring in Jeffer- 566 - PQRTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. son, Township, in 1840.. To them have been born a lamily of five Children, namely: Mary J., Mrs. James B. Hilton; Ella, the widow of G. J. Frey; Minnie,; James L, and Thomas, the latter .of whom died when an infant. Mr. Randolph is classed among the public-spirited citizens of this county, and in the various places in which he has lived has filled mod, satisfactorily various offices of honor and trust. Socially, he is an Odd Fellow, in which order he has taken all the degrees, is a Knight of Pythias and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. REV. FATHER A. F. SOURD, pastor of St. Coleman's Catholic Church, Washington C: H., was born in Stone Lick Township, Clermont County, Ohio, March 15, 1853, the son of Augustus and Christina (Femyer) Sourd. During his childhood, he aided his father in his dry-goods store, and gleaned the rudiments of his education in the common schools. He carried on his studies at Dayton, Ohio, at St. Mary's of Nazareth, and later pursued his classics at Mt. St. Mary's Seminary of the West. His theological studies were prosecuted -with all the ardor and fire of his enthusiastic nature, and he was a student in St. Xavier's Theological Seminary, and St. Mary's Theological Seminary at Baltimore, from which he was graduated in 1885. On Christmas Day, 1885, Father Sourd was ordained in Cincinnati, by Bishop Mays, of Covington. His first charge was at Carthage, Ohio, where he was appointed assistant, his duty being to attend to the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. Afterward, he was assistant pastor of the Church of the Atonement at Cincinnati for a short time, and filled the same position for five months at the .Church of Assumption on Walnut Hills. In that city, he became well and favorably known among his parishioners as a pious and zealous priest and upright man. For two years, he was assistant to Father John Murray, at Urbana, aiding him in increasing the membership of the church, and promoting its usefulness in various departments of work. St. Coleman's Catholic Church, of which Father Sourd became pastor in 1889, now numbers about sixty-seven families, and is one of the most enterprising and active congregations in the State. The pastor's residence and the church are located on the corner of North and East Streets, where a substantial brick structure was being built in 1885, but was torn down by a cyclone, during the process of construction. Undaunted by the misfortune, the congregation rebuilt the edifice the following year, and have furnished it elegantly and appropriately. Not only among his parishioners, but through. out the community in general, the position occupied by Father Sourd is one of prominence and influence. He is a diligent laborer in the work of his church, sparing no pains to secure its advancement and doing everything in his power to promote its efficiency. e has proved himself in every way reliable and• useful to the community, and his many friends bear testimony to his worth and ability. JOHN REIF is an enterprising young merchant of Washington C. H., and was born February 23, 1856, in Piketon, Pike County, and is a son of Frank Reif, a resident of this city, where he has made his home for the last twenty-seven years. John Reif came to this county with his parents when he was three years old, and the next few years of his life were passed on a farm seven or eight miles from this city. In 1863, the family came to Washington C. IL, and he completed his education in the city schools, which he left April 5, 1869, at the age of thirteen years, to enter upon his mercantile training in his father's grocery store. In the years that followed, he gained a thorough insight into the business in all its details, and he continued with his father until his marriage in the winter of 1881. After that, he went into the restaurant business, and was in that three years. He then entered the employ of John Blackmore, grocer, with whom he remained several years. His next venture was a business PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 569 partnership with J. P. Wyatt, under the firm name of Wyatt & Reif, to conduct a grocery. They remained together two years, and then our subject bought Mr. Wyatt's interest in the establishment in September, 1887. He takes an interest in polities, as all good citizens should, and is to be found with the most stalwart of the Democrats. Our subject was married in February, 1881, to Miss Ida, daughter of Henry Shubert, and their home is cheerful and cozy, Mrs. Reif being a true home-maker, and it is the center of a pleasant hospitality. Prior to her marriage, Mts. Reif was a dressmaker in this city, and did a good business in her line. Mr. Reif is now engaged with his father in the grocery business. JOHN C. CARTMILL. An old settler of Madison County, Mr. Cartmill has materially contributed to its wealth and high standing as an agricultural center and has been prominent in its civic and political life, and in its various important offices of trust and responsibility. He has long been associated with the leading farmers of Fairfield Township and has been active in promoting its growth by clearing and developing a fine farm within its borders. The parents of our subject, William and Isabel (Ferguson) Cartmill, were born in Virginia, and, desiring to see something of the Western country, in 1825 came to Ohio and made their home in what is now Oak Run Township, Madison Comity. They reared a family of seven children, five sons and two daughters, of whom our subject was third in order of birth. Alfred and Thomas Cartmill, brothers of John C, are represented elsewhere in this volume. Mr. and Mrs. William Cartmill departed this life in Pike Township, where they held an enviable position among its best residents. John C. Cartmill was born in Franklin County, this State, August 30, 1813, and, like other farmer lads in tkis locality, received a fair education in the primitive schools of that period. When attaining his nineteenth year, he learned the carpen ter's trade, receiving as compensation for his services the first two years *10 per month. He was thus employed for six years, when he established a home of his own, and choosing the life occupation of a farmer, settled in Fairfield Township, on the farm where he is at present residing. His estate includes two hundred acres, which his industry and good judgment have placed under the best cultivation, thus giving it rank among the valuable estates in the townships. In London, this State, Mr. Cartmill was married, December 13,1838, to Miss Sarah A. Black, and to them were born a family of seven children, viz: Margaret, Isabel; Virginia, Edson, William, Charles and Henry. Isabel is the wife of I. N. Davidson; Virginia married .William Strain and died in this township, March 30, 1880; Edson married Clara Mithoff; William became the husband of Miss Gertrude Walker; Henry married Mary Noland. Mrs. Sarah A. Cartmill departed this life July 13, 1858. The lady whom our subject chose as his second companion was Rebecca Williams, who became the Mother of one daughter, Jessie, and passed from earth March 27, 1868. Mr. Cartmill, in September, 1870, was married to Miss Adeline Walker, who was born in Virginia, September 28, 1828. In local affairs our subject has held the office of Township Trustee and has always taken an active part in politics, voting a straight Democratic ticket. A man of public spirit and enterprise, he is justly regarded as one of the most valuable citizens of Fairfield Township, toward the prosperity of which he has contributed his untiring efforts.. His portrait on the accompanying page will be welcomed by his many friends throughout the county. HENRY S. LEWIS. Among the most beautiful and attractive homes in Pickaway County is that of Henry S. Lewis, situated on the Chillicothe, Circleville and Columbus Turnpike, four miles south of Circleville, on the famous Pickaway Plains. He has here a large and valuable farm, which is truly historical ground, and, with its broad and well-tilled fields, 570 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. handsome modern buildings, and all the conveniences for conducting every branch of agriculture, is, indeed, a model of its kind, and one of the finest places in the county. Mr. Lewis is a native of Ohio, born in Chillicothe, May 25, 1864, and one of the younger generation of farmers who have stepped to the front within recent years and infused new energy and enterprise into the various business interests of their native State. His grandfather, who bore the same name as himself, and was a native of New Jersey, was one of the early settlers of Ross County, where his life was passed for the most part as on.e of its leading public officials, as he was for many years an incumbent of the various offices of County Recorder, Treasurer and Auditor. He was a half-brother of the noted family of Day-tons, of New Jersey. The father of our subject, Mathias Lewis, was born in Chillicothe, March 17, 1824. He began life as a school teacher, having been well educated, securing a position at twenty dollars a month, which was the first money that he earner and which he used as capital to establish himself in business as a lumber merchant at Chillicothe when he was a young man. He devoted many years to the successful prosecution of that line of business, and then turned his attention to the hardware and implement business, in which he engaged until 1880, when he retired permanently from business. He was also during that time employed in the manufacture of news and wrapping paper at Kinnickinnick, having purchased the old Ingham and Crouse mills in 1869, and, refitting them, operated them for some time. He accumulated a handsome property, and is now living in retirement in Chillicothe in the enjoyment of his wealth. He was at one time a large, land-holder, and had some nine hundred acres of land in this county, a part of which lay on the Pickaway Plains, and extended to the Scioto River, embracing a large tract of alluvial bottom land in the famous Scioto Valley: He divided this land between his sons, giving four hundred and twenty-five acres on the east end to our subject, and about four hundred and seventy acres to his elder son, Charles. His whole career shows him to be a man of niore than ordinary business enterprise, and he has been a potent agent in advancing the prospern ity and growth of his native county, and has contributed to the upbuilding of this to a• certain extent. During the Rebellion, he showed himself to be intensely patriotic, and was very influential in rousing the same sentiment in the breasts of his fellow-citizens. He was Captain of an organized company of militia that did effective service at the time of Morgan's raid. He was prevented by physical disability from going to the front, but he organized and equipped with his own means a company known as the "Chillicothe Grays," with which he marched into Kentucky at the time of the Smith raid, and in other ways did a great deal for his beloved country in the hour of her deadliest peril. Mr. Lewis married Miss Annie Cosad, a native of Bellefontaine, and the daughter pf Judge Anthony Cosad, who was born in France. To Mr. and Mrs. Lewis have been born six children, of Whom four are living. Our subject was carefully reared under good home influences and was given good educational advantages in the Chillicothe High School, of which he is a graduate. He inherited much of the push and business tact characteristic of his father, and when he selected farming as the occupation to which his tastes most inclined hint, his father gave him a good start in life, deeding him the farm that he owns and manages on the Pickaway Plains, and on which he located in 1884, devoting himself since then to tilling its rich soil and to raising standard grades of stock. For the paste six years he has given considerable attention to breeding draft horses of the Percheron variety, and more recently has interested himself in raising blooded horses, of which he has several that are very promising. Mr. Lewis has added extensive improvements to his farm, erecting a large, palatial frame residence, which stands on an eminence somewhat back from the turnpike afore-mentioned, which runs along the east line of the farm, and commands a magnificent prospect of the beautiful Scioto Valley and the whole of the level Pickaway Plains, where once stood Indian villages, this view being said to be the finest in Pickaway County. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 571 Our subject's home is perfect in its appointments And elegant in its furnishings. His barns and other buildings are modern, and his stables are especially well arranged. He has already won a high place among the most progressive farmers of this section, and he is popular among his associates. He is imbued with true public spirit, and has the interests of his county, at heart. He is well informed as to the political situation, and is a representative young Republican. Our subject was married in 1888 to Miss May C., daughter of 0. W. and Emily (Comstock) Shipman, both natives of New York. Her father is a prosperous merchant of Detroit, Mich., where he is engaged in a large wholesale and retail coal business, and he is also the proprietor of hard and soft coal mines in Pennsylvania, and is prominent in the business world. Mrs. Lewis is a native of Waverly, N. Y. She is a refined and well-educated young lady, and presides with true grace over the beautiful home in which she and her husband live, cordially seconding his courteous and genial hospitality whenever friend or stranger is entertained beneath their roof. They have one son, Sanford, born October 23, 1889. THOMAS JEFFERSON MORRIS, Auditor of Pickaway County, was born in Walnut Township; this county, March 11, 1854. His grandfather, John Morris, was born in Pennsylvania in 1797, and removed to Virginia, where he spent five years. He came to Ohio about 1802, and cast in his lot with the pioneer settlers of Walnut Township, rented land, and upon that farm resided for a number of years, his first home being a cabin. He became an extensive land-owner, having about one thousand acres. His son, James Morris, the father of our subject, was born on the home farm in Walnut Township, acquired his education in a log schoolhouse, and on attaining his majority, came into possession of one hundred and sixty acres of land, which he himself cleared. As his financial resources increased, he added to his possessions until he became owner of four hundred acres. He wedded Mary Davis, a native of Walnut township, and a daughter of William Davis, who was born in Pennsylvania, and became an early settler of Pickaway County. The parents of our subject are still living. Mr. Morris is now eighty-one years of age, and his wife has reached the age of seventy-nine. They are among the oldest native citizens of the county. In politics, he is a Democrat, served as Justice of the Peace for eighteen years, and was Trustee for a number of years. Our subject was the third in a family of nine children, seven of whom are now living. He was reared in the usual manner of farmer lads, beginning work in the fields as soon as old enough to handle the plow. In the winter season, he attended the common schools, and in 1875 was a student in the Worthington Normal School, after which he engaged in teaching successfully for thirteen years. Subsequently, he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. As a companion and helpmate on life's journey, he chose Miss Clara K. Ritt, a daughter of Benjamin Ritt, a native of Pennsylvania. The lady is a native of Walnut Township. By their union have been born three children: Mary F., Emmett .C. and Clara Helen. After his marriage, Mr. Morris operated a part of his father's farm for several years in connection with school teaching, which he followed until 1889, when he embarked in the grocery business in Circleville, purchasing a half-interest in the store of Henry Pontius, of Court Street. Business was conducted for a year under the firm name of Pontius Sr Morris, when our subject withdrew and was nominated by the Democratic party for County Auditor. He made a strong canvass, and was elected by eight 'hundred and seventy-two majority for a term of three years. He is proving an efficient and popular officer, and the prompt and faithful manner in which he discharges his duties has won him the commendation of all. He served as Justice of the Peace of Walnut Township until he resigned on removing to the city. Socially, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias. He has frequently served as a delegate to the county con- 572 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ventions of his party, and was the youngest man who ever served in this locality as a member of the Democratic Central Committee of the county. He is a wide-awake and enterprising citizen, and well deserves representation in this volume. HENRY WILSON. The chief use of biography consists in the noble models of chacter in which it abounds. Our great ancestors still live among us in the records of their deeds, and in the same manner, when the present generation shall have passed from earth, they will still live in the hearts of their descendants, furnishing examples of industry and patience for their posterity to imitate and admire. The record of the life of Mr. Wilson is calculated to increase a man's self-reliance, fortify his hopes and elevate his aims. He is one of the prominent agriculturists of Jefferson Township, Madison County, and we are pleased to note the evidences of his prosperity and success. The great-grandfather of our subject, Valentine Wilson, was born near Harper's Ferry, Va., in 1785, and was a lad of five years when he accompanied his father to Kentucky. When seventeen years of age, he came to Ohio, and in 1806 was married to Miss Eleanor Judy, of Greene County, this State. He was afterward twice married and of his three unions nineteen children were born, seventeen of whom became heads of families. A man of great wealth, he at one time owned about seven thousand acres of land, beside his personal property, which was valued at $60,000. The eldest of the six children born to Valentine and Eleanor Wilson was William D., who was born in Bath Township, Greene County, February 27, 1807, and departed this life on what is now known as the Darby Plains, March 25, 1873. He accumulated a vast estate, and so straightforward was his life, so honorable his dealings with all, and so energetic his work for the best that life affords, that even his enemies, if he had any, had nothing to say against him, but on all sides his praise resounded. A full history of Valentine and William D. Wilson may be found in the history of Madison County, published in 1883 by William M. Beach, M. D. The grandfather of our subject was married to Miss Nancy Moore, who died in September, 1882. They were the parents of eight children, of whom Alexander, the father of our subject, was the eldest. He was born in this county, February 22, 1829, and when attaining mature years was married, in 1854, to Martha J. Millikin, and located on the tract where his father was then living. He later, however, removed to Plain City, and in 1863 settled near West Jefferson, where he died, June 29, 1881. He gave his entire attention to farming and stock-raising, and at the time of his decease owned-two thousand five hundred acres of land. The mother of our subject, who still survives, is the daughter of Daniel Millikin and had her birth in Washington County, Pa., in 1829. By her union with Mr. Wilson four children were born, namely: Henry C., our subject; Lovina, the wife of William E. White, who resides in California; Grant, who died in infancy; and Albert W., who makes his home in Canaan Township and whose sketch will be found on another page in this volume. A native of Canaan Township, Madison County, our subject was born April 23, 1856. When a lad of seven years, his father settled in Jefferson Township bn the National Pike, just east of the village of West Jefferson. Four years later, in company with others, he crossed the Alleghany mountains on horseback with a drove of cattle, and visited different points in the Keystone State and Maryland. During his boyhood he also traveled, extensively through Indiana, in company with some of his father's employes, who bought cattle there and afterward disposed of them to stockmen in Ohio. Mr. Wilson grew to manhood in this township and received his early education in the common schools of West Jefferson, the knowledge gained therein being later supplemented by attendance at the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware. he has always been engaged in agricultural pursuits and at the present time is the owner of seven hundred. broad acres, to the carrying on of which he gives his personal atten- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 575 tion. He also makes a specialty of raising stock, having some very fine animals on his place. His homestead, a view of which is elsewhere shown, is one of the most attractive in the township and contains all the modern improvements. November 29, 1883, Henry C. Wilson was united in marriage with Miss Kate, the daughter of the late John Farrar, formerly a prominent citizen of London. Mrs. Wilson was born in London, July 29, 1857, and by her union with our subject has become the mother of a son, Walter F., who was born September 11, 1886. Mr. Wilson takes an active part in local affairs and has served his fellow-townsmen most acceptably as a Trustee of Jefferson Township. In politics, he casts a Republican vote, believing that party to be in the right. Religiously, he is a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and gives liberally of his means towards its support. He is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity and is also a Knight Templar. WILLIAM P. SMITH, who is engaged in cultivating the soil of his excellent farm, which is pleasantly located on the Mill Road in Oak Run Township, Madison County, five miles from London, also devotes considerable time and attention to breeding a fine grade of stock, and by energy and perseverance has placed himself in the front ranks among the agriculturists in this section. Our subject was born on the farm which he now owns and occupies July 20, 1861, and is the son of Jacob Chrisman and Amanda J. (Evans) Smith, the former of whom was born in Christian County, Ky., April 7, 1817. He was the son of William Smith, a native of Virginia, who 'removed to the Blue Grass State, and after residing there a short time, returned' to Virginia, where the father of our subject grew to mature years. William P. Smith is the younger of the two sons who are still living of the parental family of nine children. His brother resides in Douglas County, Kan. He of whom we write received his early education in the district schools, and later took a two years' course in Oberlin College, which in stitution he entered when about eighteen years of age. He then returned to the farm, and when twenty-two years old, engaged in partnership with his father, receiving a fair per cent, of the proceeds for his share. Miss Mattie Baughan and our subject were united in marriage July 20, 1886. .The lady was born in Pickaway County on the 13th of April, 1863, and was the daughter of David and Catherine (Adkins) Baughan, by whom she was given an excellent education. William P,. of. this sketch, remained with his father until the death of the latter, which occurred January 14, 1888, and since that time has acted as administrator of the estate, which includes three hundred and eighty-three acres in this township, and eight hundred and sixty acres in Douglas County, Kan., where his brother and mother are residing. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Smith include the following five children: Lillie Leah, who was born June 16, 1887; Wilber Glenn, July 4, 1888; Agnes Mabel, September 15, 1889; Amanda Bessie, December 1, 1890; and Earl William, January 20, 1892. July 9, 1889, Mr. Smith's dwelling was destroyed by fire, but he soon replaced it with a handsome commodious residence, which cost about $2,500. His place is supplied with all the needful outbuildings, and is thoroughly drained with many feet of tiling. In his political relations, Mr. Smith cast his first vote in 1884 for James G. Blaine, and although not in any sense an office-seeker, was appointed as delegate to county conventions, but did not serve, as he preferred to devote his attention to his private interests. HENRY B. MORRIS, agent for the Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley Railroad Company since January 1, 1880, is a successful business man, and one of the jovial, large-hearted citizens of the county. He is a native of Pickaway County, Walnut Township, Ohio, born 576 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD February 19, 1841; and his father, John Morris, is also a native of Walnut Township. (See sketch of brother, Samuel Morris). Our subject was reared between the handles of a plow, it might be said, for, when seven years of age, he was made to harrow, and ten years of age found him grasping the plow handles. A limited education was received in the common schools, but seeing the necessity for a better education as he grew older, he entered Otterbein University when twenty-one years of age, and remained there one year. Later, or in the winter of 1863, he went to Illinois, and began teaching school in McLean County, and after one term taught in that county, he returned to Walnut Township, this county, and taught school here for four winters. In 1867, he went to St.. Louis and took a commercial course in Bryant & Stratton Business College, was graduated from that institution, and then went to Memphis, and bought three hundred and twenty-seven head of Texas cattle for Morris Longhry, extensive cattle feeders. During the fall of that year, he made a dozen trips to Pittsburgh with cattle. On the 1st of April, he became book-keeper for Morris & Longhry, et this place, and continued with them until October, 1874, when he was elected on the Democratic ticket to the office of County Auditor, which position he held for two terms, being re-elected in 1876. His ability and rare judgment and his peculiar fitness for this position made his terms very successful ones. After leaving the auditor's office, Mr. Morris engaged as book-keeper for Heffner & Co., and remained with this firm until January 1, 1880, when he was appointed to the agency by the General Superintendent, who came to his office to solicit him to take the position. He took charge of the office, and has held the position since under the fourth superintendent. The business has more than doubled since then, and he has four men under him. Both the freight and new depot are the finest on the road. In 1871, Mr. Morris erected a fine brick residence on Union Streets between Court and Scioto Streets, and has a very comfortable and pleasant home. Mr. Morris selected his wife in the person of Miss Amelia A. Scothorn, a native of Walnut Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, and their nuptials were celebrated in Walnut Township in 1869. She was the daughter of Thomas Scothorn, who died on the 24th of March, 1848, when Mrs. Morris was small. She was educated in the Circleville High School, and is a lady of more than ordinary ability. Mr. Morris is a Democrat in politics, and has been delegate to county and State conventions. He is a member of the county Democratic Central Committee, and is a member of the Democratic Club. He is one of Pickaway County's most successful and popular citizens, and has a host of warm friends. Socially, he is a Knight of Honor. CHARLES CLAYTON McCAFFERTY. A high rank among the farmers of Fayette County is held by our subject, who was born in Madison Township, April 5, 1860. He is the son of William and Elizabeth (Mace) Mc Cafferty, the former of whom was born August 14, 1819, in the above-named township, while the mother, who is still living, had her birth in Ross County, June 16, 1824. The father of our subject was six years of age when his father, John McCafferty, removed to Ross County, where he made his home until his marriage, February 14, 1845. Having inherited a small farm in Madison Township from his father, he located upon it and was so successful in all his undertakings that at his death he was the owner of two thousand acres of land. He became identified with the interests of Fayette County in 1845, arriving within its limits with one team, a bed, and $50 In money. With pluck and energy for his weapons for conquering circumstances, The soon won a foremost place among the farmers of this locality, and through wise investment and good management became a wealthy man. He was a Democrat, in politics, and was an ardent advocate of the stanch principles of that party. He of whom we write was the youngest but.one in the parental family of six children, all of whom are living and married except the youngest. Charles Clayton, in addition to receiving a common-school PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 577 education, took the entire course of study in the Mt. Sterling school. When reaching his majority, he spent a year and a half in Colorado, and for three succeeding years worked in the stock-yards at St. Louis, for Hunter, Ivans & Co. His business in the West was to select cattle from the ranches of that firm in Colorado, Nebraska, Montana, and other States and Territories. Mr. McCafferty returned home in 1885, and on October 6, of the following year, was married to Miss Mary Crotty, who was born in Mt. Sterling, June 16, 1866. She was the daughter of John and Mary (Timmons) Crotty, and became the mother-of two children: Mary Elizabeth, born September 30, 1887, died August 18, 1888;' and Lewis Edward, born December 1, 1890. About a year after his marriage, our subject located upon his present farm, inheriting about two hundred and seventy-five acres from his father's estate. Although not a politician, Mr. McCafferty votes the straight Democratic ticket. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and, in church matters, is a Catholic. JOHN T. ANDERSON. The simple record of an honorable life is the best monument that can be reared to any citizen, and we shall therefore not attempt to enlarge upon the history of the gentlemen above named, who is a retired farmer and at present residing in Lilly Chapel. His parents, William A. and Susan (Cumpton) Anderson, were natives of Virginia, and, coming to Franklin County, this State, in 1834, lived there for three years, and then took up their abode in this county, where their death occurred in Jefferson Township. Our subject, who was born in Prince William County, Va., November 15, 1819, was the third in order of birth of the parental family of nine children. He accompanied his .parents to this State and made his home with them until he was twenty-two years of age, at which time he was married to Elizabeth Welsh, by whom he became the father of four children, only two of whom are living, William W. and Sarah J. After his marriage, Mr. Anderson located in Franklin County, where he resided for several years, and where his wife departed this life. Two years later, our subject came to Fairfield Township and made his home with his father for several years.. The lady whom he chose as his second wife was Mrs. Anor Jackson, and to them were born a family of three children, viz: Charles E., John F. and Roxylana. Mrs. Anor Anderson passed to the land beyond in this township, July 1st, 1882. The lady who is the present wife of our subject, who was formerly Mrs. Maria Maybush, was born in Pickaway County, October 18, 1847. They are the parents of one child, a daughter, Lyda. Mrs. Anderson was known in her maidenhood as Maria Johnson, and by her union with Mr. Maybush became the mother of .two children, Hattie and William W., the latter of whom died in infancy. Being solicited frequently to enter politics, Mr. Anderson has represented his township in the positions of Trustee and Road Supervisor. He carried on mixed farming until 1873, when, having managed his affairs very profitably, he placed himself in comfortable circumstances and has lived retired in 'Lilly Chapel since that date. He still owns one hundred acres of land' and also a neat home in the village. With his wife, he is a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which denomination he has been connected since eighteen years of age. Mr. Anderson enjoys the confidence of the people in his community to the fullest extent and the universal esteem of his large circle of acquaintances. ERNEST C. BREYFOGLE. This rising young farmer of Darby Township, Pickaway County, has made his own way in the world, and has achieved prosperity to a remarkable degree for one of his age. He is very active and progressive, and is a popular man in Derby, near which be makes his home. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, November 26, 1862, and his father, Charles Breyfogle, was born in Kutztown, Pa., February 28, 1815. He was the son of Sol- 578 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. omon Breyfogle, a native of Pennsylvania and the first ancestor of the family in this country was the great-grandfather of our subject, who came from Virginia before the Revolutionary War with a family of three children, and located in Barks County, Pa. He lived on a farm there, which he cultivated, and also worked at his trade as cabinetmaker, continuing in life until he had compassed more; than ninety years.. The grandfather of our subject was a farmer, and lived and died in Berks County, Pa. He was successful in the cultivation of his land, of which he owned some two hundred acres. His life was sadly cut short by means of a tumor in his face, which ended his days at the age of thirty-five. After his ,decease, his wife was united in marriage with his brother George, who lived to be ninety-eight years of age. She had by her first union one daughter and eight sons, and by the second marriage one son and eight daughters, eighteen in all. She lived to be a good old age, and brought up her numerous family in the faith of the Methodist Church, to which she belonged, and of which they all became members. The father of Mr, Breyfogle was reared upon a farm, and subsequently learned the tailor's trade in Columbus, Ohio, to which city he walked from Pennsylvania at the age of sixteen, in company with his brothers. He then followed his trade throughout life, continuing active until he reached an advanced age. He was well known there, and was a member of the City Council -for twelve years. For several terms he was one of the Directors of the State Penitentiary. His political views made him a member of ..the Republican party, and .he was a devoted adherent of the Methodist Church. His death occurred December 22, 1884. The mother of our subject was known in maidenhood as Matilda Cloud, and was born in Champaign County, Ohio, January 4, 1819, living in that county until she was twelve years of age, at which time she removed with her parents to Columbus, where she met and married Charles Breyfogle. Of her ten children, eight grew to years of maturity. Their names are Charles, William, Selfa (deceased), Esther (deceased), Flora (Mrs. Grumman), Edward, Frank, Callie, Ernest and Frederick. She still resides in Columbus, and is an earnest and devoted member of the Methodist Church, to which she has belonged since she was twelve years old, and in the affairs of which she took an active interest until old age prevented. Her father, Robert Cloud, came from New England to Ohio at a very early day, and here pursued farming. The Cloud family originated in America with one who came over in the " Mayflower ", in 1620. That ancestor was the great-great-grandfather of our subject, and bore the name of Robert Cloud, and he brought with him his son Robert, who was then a boy, and who became the great-grandfather of Mr. Breyfogle. The name of Robert Cloud is mentioned in history as one of the Pilgrim Fathers, and the family on that side is of English stock. The sturdy qualities of this ancestor have been reproduced from generation to generation in his descendants, who have mainly followed agricultural and professional pursuits. Our subject was reared in Columbus and educated in the public schools. From the time he was ten years old until he was fourteen, he devoted himself during his vacation to learning the confectioner's trade, and also put in two years of steady work at it. He became independent of his father's support at the age of fourteen, and when sixteen years old went to Johnson County, Kan., and worked for three years, after which he returned to Ohio, and worked on the fart in Fayette County for eighteen months. Later, he spent a year in Kansas, but after that returned and married in Fayette, county, and took his wife with him to Kansas. He sold out there in 1886, and returned to Ohio in August of that year, making his home in Mt. Sterling until March 1, 1887, when he bought the present farm and settled here. Miss Ella Jones, who became the wife of our subject, January 27, 1885, was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, September 23, 1861. She is a daughter of James Jones, a sketch of whose life will be found elsewhere in this volume. She is the mother of two children, Edwin and Annette. Mr. Breyfogle has one hundred acres adjoining the village of Derby, and it is all tillable and richly productive soil. He has raised a few Percheron horses, and contemplates making something of a PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 579 specialty of raising that breed of horses. He has a large farm residence and an excellent frame barn, and everything about the farm bespeaks the thorough and systematic farmer. Mr. Breyfogle is a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge at Mt. Sterling, and his political views are in accordance with the doctrines of the Republican party. His good wife is an active and efficient member of the Methodist Churchond a genuine favorite in social circles. ABRAHAM ROSE. It is with genuine pleasure that we include Mr. Rose in this work, for he is not only one of the pioneers of Pickaway County, Ohio, but a man who is universally respected for his many estimable qualities. He was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, December 20, 1822, and is a son of Anthony and Mary (Woodring) Rose, natives of the grand old State of Virginia. His maternal grandfather Woodring was a Revolutionary soldier, and reached the remarkable age of one hundred and three years. Anthony Rose, father of our subject, came with his parents to Fairfield County, Ohio, and resided there a number of years. After his marriage, or about 1828, he came to Pickaway County and settled in Madison Township, which was then but sparsely settled. He began his pioneer life in a log cabin and experienced the usual hardships and privations of the early settlers. His marriage was blessed by the birth of seven children, six of whom are living at the present time: William, in Indiana; Abraham, our subject; Catherine, wife of Josiah Wist, in Indiana; Isaac, in Illinois; Peter who died in the late Civil War; John, in Indiana; and Samuel, in Illinois. The father of these children died in Pickaway County, and in his death the county lost one of its pioneers .and an honored and worthy citizen. The original of this notice was reared to man's estate in Madison Township, this county, and knows thoroughly the meaning of pioneer life, for from early boyhood he became inured to the hardships experienced by early settlers. He grew up in the midst of the forest, and remembers when he used a wooden mole-board plow, and the old-fashioned sickle for cutting grain, etc. He received, a limited education in the early log schoolhouse with slab seats, boards on pins for desks, and other rude contrivances, and is mainly self-educated, for he has observed much and is a great reader. He selected his wife in the person of Miss Sarah Crum, who has borne him three children: Calvin U., Clerk of Madison Township, this county; William J. and Elbert M. In 1877, Mr. Rose lost his devoted helpmate and counselor, his wife, and her death was the occasion of universal sadness, for she was loved and respected in the community. She was a member of the Lutheran Church, was active in all church matters, and had many warm and sincere friends. By hard labor and excellent management, Mr. Rose has accumulated a comfortable competency, and is the owner of one hundred and forty acres of rich and arable land. He is prominently identified with the agricultural affairs of the county and is public-spirited and enterprising to an unusual degree. No worthy movement is allowed to drag for want of support on his part, for he possesses generous, true-hearted and hospitable instincts. He is a firm believer in the Christian religion, a member of the Lutheran Church. He is a stanch friend of education and has served as School Director for some time. In politics, he is a Democrat. One of the pioneers of the county, he has seen the wilderness bloom and blossom like the rose, and has done his share toward its advancement. Mr. Rose has three grandchildren: Claude C., Lynn C. and Earl G., these-being the children of Calvin U. Rose, who married Miss Sallie E. Griffith. SAMUEL HOPPES. This sterling and leading citizen of Perry Township, Fayette County, who has proved his worth as a successful agriculturist, is at present residing on his farm in this township. He is the son of Hinton and Sarah (Garringer) Hoppes, natives of Wayne Township, Fayette County. The father 580 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. was born in 1819, and is the son of John Hoppes, who was born in North Carolina, and at an early day removed to this county. The mother of our subject was the daughter of David and Serena (Yeoman) Garringer, her birth occurring in 1826. Mr. and Mrs. Hinton Hoppes lived upon a farm in Union Township until 1881, at which time they moved to Rockville. They were members of the Old-school Baptist Church, in which body Mr. Hoppes was Deacon: Our subject was the eldest in the parental family of eight children, only five of whom are living. His birth occurred June 15, 1846, on the farm in Wayne Township. His primary studies were conducted in the common schools in Union Township, and were supplemented by a course at Washington C. H. He remained under the parental roof until reaching his majority, when he taught one term of winter school in Union Townshipn When starting out in life for himself, our subject purchased fifty-four acres of land in Wayne Township, which he farmed with signal success. He was married, January 27; 1874, to Miss Nancy, daughter of John and Nancy (McWilliams) Sollars. The father Was born in Washington County, Pa., February 9, 1806, and the mother in Washington County, this State, March 22, 1808. They were married in Clermont County, this State, soon after which event they located on a wild farm in Wayne Township, Fayette County, which is their present abiding-place. They were the parents of eight children, three of whom are living. Two sons, Samuel and Franklin, participated in the late war. The former was fatally wounded at Paducah, Ky., and the latter died in the service, at Baltimore, of typhoid fever. Another son, John, took part in the Morgan raid. Mrs. Hoppes was born November 3, 1848, and was given a good education by her parents. After her marriage with our subject, the young couple lived on the Milton Yeoman-Farm in Wayne Township, Fayette County, and in 1881 moved to their present place of residence. Mr. Hoppes has a fine barn, 40x68 feet in dimensions, with basement, which was erected in 1887. He is the owner of one hundred and fifty-five acres in the home farm and one hundred and eighty-seven at Rockville, seventy-five of which are in timber. He is engaged in general farming and stock-raising and so manages .the operations of his estate that he reaps a fine income. To our subject and his good wife have been granted a family of six children, all of whom a e living: John Hinton, Charles Hess, Samuel James, Nancy Ann, Robert Newton and Sarah Elizabeth. They, have all enjoyed the best school advantages which the district afforded and are destined to become useful citizens. Politically, Mr. Hoppes is a Democrat and has served his township efficiently as Supervisor. His interest in educational matters has caused him to be placed on the School Board. He has been a hard worker all his life and the reward of his persistent industry is seen in his beautiful farm, which is one of the most productive in this section. JOHN W. WILSON. Washington C. H. has furnished many examples of the success attendant upon persistent industry, fortified by the intelligence which impels to the improvement of opportunities. Notable in its history is the fact that many business men, while still quite young, have attained to success in their chosen occupations and have become important factors in the financial circles of the community. Among the successful young business men who are contributing to the rapid advancement of the city, may be mentioned the subject of this sketch, who is, perhaps, the youngest business man of the place. Mr. Wilson was born near Leesburgh, Highland County, this State, April 24, 1869. He was less than one year old when death entered the parental home and removed from earth his .father and mother, Joseph and Emma (Cox) Wilson. Thus sadly orphaned When too young to realize the extent of his bereavement, he was taken to the home of friends and lived at several places during his childhood. His education was acquired principally in the schools of Greenfield, although after coming to Washington C. H., in 1882, he attended school for a short time. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 581 Early compelled to be self-supporting, our subject entered the shop of the Washington Stamping Company, where he remained four years. Later, he was in the employ of Messrs. Huling & Stubbs, in the stove and tinware business, for two years, during which time he learned. the business thoroughly, and, being a tinner by trade, was fitted for first-class work in that line. In 1890, he opened a stove and tinware store, in which he carries a full line of cook, heating and gasoline stoves. He also does all kinds of tin work, as roofing, spouting, etc., and has worked up a large and flourishing business in his chosen occupation. June 15, 1890, Mr. Wilson and Miss Rosa Fults were united in marriage, at the bride's home near Parrott Station, Fayette County, and one child has blessed their union, Emma May. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are identified with the Presbyterian Church at Washington C. H., and take an active interest in religious and charitable projects. Socially, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Improved Order of Red Men of America, in both of which organizations he is prominent and popular. He owns two residences in Washington C. H., and has every prospect of gaining wealth in the prosecution of his business affairs. CAPT. EPHRAIM HENKLE was at one time during the Rebellion in command of a company of volunteers who rendered a good service in the most trying period of their country's history. He is now, and has been for many years, interested in agriculture in Fayette County, owning a goodly farm in Union Township, of which he is a native. He had many obstacles to contend with in• his pioneer labors, but he builded well, and now in life's decline has a competency as the resuit of his diligence, frugality and wise management in his earlier manhood. The Captain was born April 23, 1818, in an humble frontier home on the banks of Paint Creek in the township of which he is still a resident, his brthplacc being three miles from Washington C. H. His father, William Henkle, a native of Virginia, came to Washington, Ohio, with his parents, about the time that that city was founded. The mother was a daughter of Isaac Henkle, who was born and reared in Pendleton County, Va., and was . one of the early settlers of Union Township, locating on the banks of Paint Creek. Like his father, William Henkle became a pioneer of this county, and while he lived did good work in reclaiming a portion of the soil from its original wildness. But his career was early brought to a close by his untimely death. He had married Barbara, daughter of one Isaac Henkle, who likewise came from Pendleton County, Va., very early in the settlement of this county. The mother of our subject married a second time after his father's death, becoming the wife of William Hidy, by whom she had three children, of whom but one is living, Jesse, a resident of Indiana. Our subject was the only child born to his parents, and he had the misfortune to lose his father when he was very young. There was no public schools in his early days, and, though he went for a short time to a select school, he did not learn to read and write until after his marriage. His youth was mostly passed in his native township, with the exception of five years that he spent with a relative near Jeffersonville. After the death of his mother, he went to live with Jesse Fisk, with whom he remained until he had attained his majority. At that age, he took an important step in life, marrying Miss Mary Carr, a daughter of Joshua Carr, who also came to these parts from Pendleton County, Va. After his marriage, the Captain settled on a rented farm, a mile north of Washington C. H., and lived thereon eight years, in the meantime clearing and fencing much of the land, and putting it under cultivation. At the end of that time, he bought seventy-seven acres of his present farm in Union Township from Robert Randolph of national fame. The land was covered with the primeval forests ,that formerly abounded in this region, and our subject set to work with a good will to clear it. He felled the trees, placed the land under fine tillage, added to his original purchase, and now owns a choice farm of one hundred and forty acres of as well cultivated and finely 582 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. improved land as is to be found in the township.. He devotes it principally to grain-raising, but he also raises some hogs and Cattle of good grades. May. 2, 1864, is the date of the enlistment of our subject in the One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Ohio Infantry as Captain of Company F, which had been gathered together by his active influence to repel 'the advances of the bold rebel raider, Gen. Morgan. That leader's band was met at Cynthiana, Ky.., by our subject's command and four other companies, and some hard fighting took place; without definite result, however, until the next day another force of Union- troops came up, and Morgan and his men were obliged to beat a retreat. Having successfully accomplished its mission, Company F was disbanded September 5, 1864, after five months' honorable service, and the gallant men composing it returned to their homes and quietly resumed their ordinary vocations. In that campaign, Capt. Henkle displayed admirable qualities as a leader, evincing true courage and self-possession when danger menaced and the battle was raging the fiercest. He has always been a devoted adherent of the Republican party, and has held public office with credit. He was Assessor of the township for four years, first elected in 1846, and he was a Director of the County Infirmary eleven years. He is interested in the religious welfare of the community as an active member of the Methodist Protestant Church, towards whose upbuilding he has contributed liberally. The home of our subject was made desolate by the death of his beloved wife March 4, 1871, after a happy wedded life of thirty years. She was the mother of ten children, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood, and seven of them are still living. They are William, a farmer, in Union Township; Jasper F., a resident of Sabina, who is President of the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church; Noah S., a farmer in Jay County, Ind.; Jesse C., who works in a machine shop in Springfield, Ohio; Katherine J., wife of Ezra Hyre, a farmer of Union Township, who was reared in Jasper Township, and is a son of Amzi Hyre, who was also a native of Fayette County, and whose people came from Virginia; Amanda S., wife of W. L. Dowder, a blacksmith at Sabina; and Elmeda, who married John Cohagan; and lives with him on her father's farm. Ellen, Mary Jane and Joel are the names of the children of our subject who are dead. Mary was the wife of James Bush. SIDNER J. WARD. This prominent resident of Pickaway County is a wealthy and influential citizen of Walnut Township. He is a native of the county, his birth occurring January 13, 1823. He is the son of Richard C. and Matilda Ward. The father was a native of Virginia, and when a boy, his parents emigrating to Pickaway County, he also came hither and located in Walnut Township with the family on the farm now owned by James Ward. Here the elder Mr. Ward died, December 9, 1857, greatly mourned by all Who knew him. We make the following mention of the parental family who survive: Our subject; Sarah E., the widow of William M. Holt,-and Elizabeth, Mrs. A. C. Nothstine. Sidner J. Ward of this sketch was reared to man's estate amid the pioneer scenes of this county, and has watched with interest the gradual evolution of the country from its original wild state into productive farms and its present prosperous air of rural comfort. He has done his full share in developing this section, assisting his father in clearing and improving the virgin soil. Our subject had not the advantages offered to the youth of to-day for securing an education, and his first schooling was obtained in a log cabin with slab seats and puncheon floor. He was an apt pupil, however, and, making the best of his limited opportunities, is to-day a well-educated and intelligent gentleman. He was married March 5,1857, to Catherine Ward, who was born April 1, 1838, in Fairfield County. She was the sister of James Ward, a resident of Walnut Township, and for a sketch of whom the reader is referred to another portion of this volume. Mr. Ward of this sketch is the proprietor of a magnificent estate comprising over seven hundred acres of valuable land. He has placed good improvements on his farm, and standing conspicu- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 585 ously among his substantial and convenient farm buildings will be noticed the comfortable residence which is presided over by Mrs. Ward, who is a most excellent and hospitable lady. She has greatly assisted her worthy husband in attaining to his present high standing in the agricultural community, and he gives her all due praise. In his political relations, Mr. Ward is a Republican, and has been actively interested in all measures which had for their object the upbuilding of his community. Mrs. Ward is a consistent member of the United Brethren Church, and, with her husband, is enjoying the peace which comes to those who have led an honest and upright life, respected by all their friends and neighbors. GEORGE T. SILVER. Among the men who are doing well financially through cultivat- ing the soil in Madison County is Mr. Silver who owns a fine estate in Jefferson Township. He has erected substantial buildings on the place and from his three hundred acres of carefully-cultivated land a plenteous harvest is gathered at the proper season. John Silver, the father of our subject, was born July 1, 1801, in Pennsylvania, and at his death in July, 1882, left a magnificent estate. He occupied a prominent place in church affairs and held the position of Deacon in the Baptist Society for a number of years. He was first married to Miss Mary Koontz, who bore her husband three children, Richard, Henry and Asa. A sketch of the latter appears elsewhere in this volume. The maiden name of the mother of our subject was Catherine Speaker; she was born in Bedford County, Pa., February 12, 1809, and on coming to Madison County, this State, in 1837, located in Jefferson Township, where her death occurred April 17, 1885. She was the mother of eight children of whom our subject was the seventh in order of birth. Of the other members of the family the following is recorded: Ann, the wife of Abner Whiteley died in Platte County, Mo., March 14, 28 1873; Mary M. resides in Madison County; Eliza J. married S. W. Durflinger and died in London, this State, May 23, 1878; Sue E. departed this life December 2, 1871; John W., David and Rachel died in infancy. Born January 14, 1847, our subject was reared to farm pursuits on the old homestead, and has made that calling his life-long occupation. The old homestead, which is located at the forks of the National and Urbana Pikes, includes three hundred acres which he owns together with his sister Mary M. In politics, Mr. Silver invariably casts a Republican vote and has done much toward furthering the temperance cause in his locality, being an active worker in the Blue Temperance Lodge. He has been Deacon in the Baptist Church for a number of years, and as one of the respected and useful citizens of Madison County well deserves representation in this volume. His portrait is shown on the accompanying page. SAMUEL W. MILLER, ex-Auditor of Pick-away County, is residing in Circleville, where he is extensively engaged in handling real estate, owning about three hundred acres on Darby Bottoms, some ten miles west of the city in Muhlenberg Township. Mr. Miller was born March 21, 1858, in Darbyville, and his father, William A. Miller, was a native of Shepherdstown, Va., where Isis birth occurred January 3, 1818. His father, also named William Miller, was a native of the Old Dominion, and was a patriot in the Revolutionary War. The latter-named gentleman came to Ohio and died while on a visit to his son. The father of our subject, although trained to the life of a farmer, when choosing an occupation, learned the trade of a tailor. In 1848, he came to this State a single man and located in Darbyville, where he erected one of the first stores, and engaged in the general merchandise business. He was successful in all that he undertook, and at the time of his decease, was well-to-do in this world's goods. In his political relations, William Miller 586 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. was an old-line Whig. During the late war, being too old to enlist, he gave liberally of his means to aid in the Union cause. He departed this life October 30, 1875. The maiden name of our subject's mother was Paulina Hill Thompson, who was born in Darbyville, and was the daughter of Samuel H. Thompson, one of the pioneers of that city. He married Miss Hannah Hill, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Hill, an old pioneer clergyman and missionary, and the early explorer of this county. Grandfather Thompson was a farmer near Darbyville, where his decease occurred. Mrs. Paulina Miller was educated in the log schoolhouse of her district, and when completing her studies, taught school for several terms. She is at present residing in Darbyville with a daughter, and has been an invalid for the past twenty-five years. The parental family of our subject included five boys and three girls, six of whom are living, and of whom Samuel W. was the third youngest. He was reared in Darbyville, where he attended the district school, and when fourteen years of age taught his first term of school. He continued to be thus occupied for the four succeeding winters, attending college during the summer months at the West Ohio University at Delaware, and being compelled to abandon his studies when in his Sophomore year. When about twenty years of age, in April, 1879, our subject bought out Mr. Davidson, who was engaged in the general merchandise business at Ashville, and, in company with his brother James D., organized the firm of Miller Bros. At that time they were the second merchants in the place, which was but a small village of a few houses, and, at the time of his departure, contained eight hundred inhabitants. Miller Brothers continued thus until our subject purchased the interest of his partner, and continued alone. He was instrumental in incorporating the village, of which he was made Treasurer, and later its Township Clerk, being elected to the latter office in a Democratic Township, by a majority of one hundred and ten. In 1887, our subject was nominated on the Republican ticket for County Auditor, and was elected to that position by a majority of sixty-eight. He was the first County Auditor to occupy the new court house, and was the incumbent of that position until September, 1891, when he retired to private life. He gives his entire time and attention to the real-estate business, handling large amounts of land in this county. The County Treasurer, J. M. Lane, appropriated about $50,000 of the county's money and skipped out, "jumping" his bond. It was through the efforts of our subject that the new bond, which had been missing, was found and filed in time to save the county losing the money. Mr. Miller is very popular in his community, where he is recognized as a shrewd, honest and upright business man. In social matters, he of whom we write is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons at Circleville, the Royal Arch Masons, the Knight Temp-lars, being identified with Consistory Scottish Rite and Mystic Shrine. He is also connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. In his political relations, he is, and always has been, a true-blue Republican. ISAAC B. BARNES. Of the various enterprises that have made Circleville one of the progres- sive cities of the State, the lumber trade has always held an important place, employing large capital in its conduct, and giving to other industries a decided impetus by the energy and ability displayed in its development. Among the prominent business firms engaged in this line is that of I. B. Barnes SE Co., who have their headquarters at the corner of Ohio and Pickaway Streets. Our subject was born on a farm near New Lexington, Perry County, Ohio, on the 9th of March, 1858, and is the son of A. R. and Barbara (Bailey) Barnes, natives of Perry County, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, respectively. The father was a farmer and owned large tracts of land. He was an extensive sheep-raiser, keeping only the best blooded stock, and was one of the foremost men of the county. His buildings were all of a first-class order; a neat and tasty residence added very much to the looks of the place, and he had large bank barns, capable of hold- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 587 ing two hundred tons of hay. He sold out in 1874 and came to Circleville, where he has been engaged in the lumber business with his son ever since. In this, he makes as much of a success as in agricultural pursuits. His father, the Rev. Isaac Barnes, was a native of Bedford County, Pa., and of English descent. He was a pioneer Baptist minister of Perry County, Ohio, a man highly esteemed for his many estimable qualities, and lived to be seventy-six years of age. Grandfather Bailey was of Irish descent, he being the only son of an Irish nobleman, but his marriage against the wishes of his father caused an estrangement between them and he was consequently cut off by will from his inheritance and patrimony. Isaac B. Barnes, the fourth in order of birth of the seven children born to his parents, remained in Perry County, Ohio, until fifteen years of age and received a good practical education in the district school. He then came to this county and began tilling the soil on a farm his father had purchased in Deer' Creek Township, and this continued until 1881, when he began attending the West Point schools. After this, he started in the lumber business near Foresman Bros'. Mills, and continued there until 1885, when he brought his stock to Circleville. He and his father bought two acres between Pickaway and Washington Streets and erected several houses on it. Since then, they have erected several residences in the Fifth Ward and others in different parts of the city. They handle a large amount of lumber, and are thorough-going, wide-awake business men. Their sheds are among the finest in the State, slate roof, double deck and two hundred and fifty feet in length. They are engaged in contracting and building and handle a greater variety of wood than any other house in the city, walnut, cherry, oak, ash, sycamore, elm, maple, etc. They deal in lumber, lath, shingles, doors, sash, blinds, frames, heavy building timbers, molding, pickets, posts, fencing, etc. The firm have a fine residence adjoining their yards, surrounded with all the comforts and conveniences of life. Isaac B. is a member of the Council, representing the Fifth Ward. He was the only Republican ever elected in that ward, and it speaks well as to his popularity, he being elected by a good majority. He is recognized as one of the influential Republicans of the county, and has served as Central Committeeman. He is a Knight Templar and at the present time is Eminent Commander of die Scioto Commandery. He is a Methodist in his religious views and has been Steward of the church for some time. JAMES S. BRANNEN, whose home is to be found in Union Township, Fayette County, is a son of William Brannen, of Irish descent, who came to Ohio and settled in Fayette County in 1810. He married Mrs. Casebolt, nee Bartlett. They had a family of four children, and all of them grew to maturity. The three who arc now living are William, Thomas and our subject. The eldest son resides upon a farm in Union Township, and Thomas is a farmer in Missouri. The only daughter, Elizabeth, died at the age of eighteen years. When William Brannen first came to this county, he bought two hundred and thirty acres of land in Union Township, but died before much of the land was cleared. He was a prominent man in the township and was a Republican in his political views. James Brannen was born March 28, 1832, in Union Township, and here received his education in the district schools of this and Wayne Townships. He was bound out when about thirteen years of age to Mr. Rogers, of Wayne Township, this county, and lived with him for seven years. He then worked for his brother and for Mr. Coffman until he was married, February 4, 1854, his bride being Hannah Betzer, whose father, John Betzer, was a prominent farmer of Ross County, this State. Of the eight children in the Betzer family, only two are living, Mrs. Brannen, and Harriet, who married Andrew Post. After marriage, Mr. Brannen moved onto a farm that he had inherited from his father on Paint Creek. After living there some eight years, he sold the place and moved to the one where he now resides. It then comprised a tract of ninety- 588 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. four acres; part of which was cleared. He reduced it all to a state of cultivation and has made of it a fine farm. One child has blessed this home, Alzina, who is the wife of Robert L. Silcott, of Union Township. She is the mother of four children: James, Harry, Clara and Ames. Our subject is a member, of the Sugar Grove Methodist Church, in the work of which he takes an active interest. His political views bring him into alliance with the Democratic party, although he is not active in politics. At the present time, he has forty-seven acres of •land, all in excellent condition and highly cultivated. He raises large crops of grain and has much stock upon his place. HENRY B. CONVERSE. Madison County is greatly indebted to her native-born sons for the part they have taken in forwarding her various interests since they came upon the stage of action. It.is of one of these that this sketch is written. Henry B. Converse is a young man of rare ability, energy and progressiveness as a farmer and stock-raiser, who has one of the best-equipped farms in Canaan Township, advantageously located five miles south of Plain City. This township is his birthplace, the date of his birth being January 8, 1850. His father, James N. Converse, was also a native of Madison County, born in Darby Township, October 29, 1823, in the early days of the settlement of this part of Ohio. He was a son of Charles Converse, who was a native of Vermont, and came to Ohio in 1814, casting in his lot with the few hardy pioneers who had preceded him in Darby Township. Our subject is also descended from the early pioneer stock of Ohio on the maternal side of the house, his grandfather, James Calhoon, being a son of people who were among the first to settle in Portage County, where he was born. The mother of our subject, Julia A. (Calhoon) Converse, was born in Canaan Township, October 30, 1826. The parents of our subject were married in their native county by old Squire Allen; who performed the ceremony that made them man and wife in Plain City. They took up their abode in Canaan Township on a farm, and there the father passed his remaining days, dying at the age of sixty-four years. The mother is still living in Canaan Township, and is sixty-six years old. Henry Converse and his sister Elizabeth, Mrs. Cary Millikin, of Jefferson Township, are the only children of their worthy parents. Our subject laid the foundation of his education in the district schools of his native township, and was subsequently an attendant one winter at Capital University in Columbus. He next pursued an excellent course of study at J. A. Peasley's Business College in the same city, and, when he began life in earnest, was well fitted for the work that lay before him in the calling with which he had always been familiar, which Horace Greeley styled "the noblest of professions," and his success as an agriculturist is undoubted. He has improved a choice farm of two hundred and eighty-five acres, mostly under cultivation, and handsomely appointed with as fine a set of buildings as can be found in the township of Canaan. In 1884, Mr. Converse erected a brick house, of a modern and appropriate style of architecture, at a cost of $6,000, and he has built a large barn, 104x62 feet in dimensions, and a model of its kind, besides having other substantial buildings. He makes a specialty of raising sheep, and now has a fine flock of twelve hundred of high grade. Mr. Converse was married September 16, 1875, to Miss Lizzie II., second daughter of Uri and Eleanor (Downing) Beach. Two sons and a daughter have been born unto them: Walter, who is attending school at Plain City; Julia, who is at home with them, and Uri Beach, who was born June 3, 1892. Mrs. Converse is a representative of the early pioneer families of Madison County, of which both her parents were natives. Her paternal grandfather, Uri Beach, was born in New Hampshire December 7, 1789, and was one of the original settlers on Darby Plain, where he located in 1817. His memory is honored as the founder of the town of Amity, which he laid out, and where he established two flourishing industries by building a sawmill and a PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 589 woolen factory. Mrs. Converse's parents had seven children, of whom three others are living beside herself: Timothy, Isaac and Uri. Mrs. Converse is a lady of fine character and superior culture, who well graces the important social position she holds with her husband in the community. She was a student at the Western University, at Delaware, which she entered in the fall of 1871, closing her connection with that institution of learning, as a student, in the year 1874, which was her Junior year. She is Secretary of the Beach Family Association, which holds reunions annually. Our subject has long been prominent in the councils of his fellow-townsmen, and so popular is he that he is often called to responsible offices, notwithstanding that he is a Democrat, while the majority of the citizens of the township are Republican in the ratio of two to one. He is now one of the Trustees of the township, and has been Treasurer thereof. He is likewise a conspicuous figure in various social organizations, as follows: Urania Lodge No. 311, A. F. & A. M., at Plain City, of which he is Senior Warden; Adoniram Chapter No. 73, R. A. M., at London; London Council No. 41, R. & S. M.; Mt. Vernon Commandery No. 1, K. T.; the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Society, at Cincinnati, in which he has taken the Thirty-second Degree; the Serion Temple, at Cincinnati; and Lodge No. 159, K. of P., Plain City. He was once a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. BALDEN CLIFTON CARPENTER. Although not an early, or, at least, one of the very early settlers of this part of the State, Mr. Carpenter may well be classed among the pioneers who laid so well the solid foundation of Pickaway County's growth, are still concerned in its progress, and are bulwarks of its present prosperity. Our subject was for some time after his advent in this county, in the vigor of early manhood, one of its most enterprising merchants, but for many years he has been identi fied with its farmers and stockmen, and still has a large farm in Muhlenberg Township, which he rents, while he makes his home in Darbyville. Mr. Carpenter was born in Fleming County, Ky., April 22, 1811, his father, Simon Carpenter, a native of Virginia, having been an early settler of that region, and one of its most prosperous farmers. He owned two or three farms in that part of Kentucky, and was potent in promoting its development. He lived to a ripe old age, dying when about eighty years old; and the record that he left behind him was of a life well spent. He was a Whig in politics, and was all that a loyal citizen ought to be. The maiden name of his wife, who died at a venerable age, was Sally Fee, and she was also a Virginian by birth. They reared a family of four children. Our subject was reared amid pioneer environments, and his character was doubtless strengthened thereby, as he early displayed manliness and resolution. His boyhood was passed on a Kentucky farm, and his education was obtained under difficulties, so the modern scholar would think. He had to go two miles to school, over rough paths, and through creeks that he had to wade. But his recollections of those times are pleasant. He still retains a picture in his memory of the old log schoolhouse, with its open fireplace and rude slab benches, and recalls how he used to play with zest "Blackman Andy Over," and similar games common among the children of those days. At the age of seventeen, he began life in earnest, splitting rails for a living, receiving seventy-five cents a hundred, and chopping wood at seventy-five cents a cord, working from daylight to dark. He could cord twenty-one cords of wood and split forty rails in a single day, and he has split as many as four hundred and eighty rails in a day, as he worked with extraordinary celerity and made every stroke of his axe count. In October, 1837, our subject set out from the old Kentucky home on horseback on an ever-memorable journey to seek a new dwelling-place, and arrived in Pickaway County on the 31st of the month. At that time, he was without money, but he lacked neither a stout spirit, enterprise, nor the requisite energy and insight into business matters 590 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. to insure success. He soon opened a store for the sale of general merchandise in Darbyville, and carried it on for nearly twenty years. At one time, his store was broken into and goods to the value of $10 stolen.    He, however, tracked the thief and secured payment. He used to go to New York and Boston for all his merchandise, often driving cattle to the former city, disposing of them at a good price, and returning home with articles for his store. He built up a large trade, people coming to purchase of him for miles around, and it was no uncommon sight to see as many as forty teams in front of his establishment at one time. In 1857, Mr. Carpenter sold out and took two hundred and fifty acres of land in part payment for the store. He then turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, farming the land, or hiring it done and buying and fattening many cattle and sheep. He purchased additional land whenever he had a good opportunity, and at one time owned thirteen hundred acres, but he has given his sons a hundred acres each, And now has but six hundred acres in his own name. He rents this, some for cash and some for grain, and thus derives a handsome yearly income. He does not live on his farm, but resides in Darbyville in a large brick residence, which he purchased six months after it was built, and has made it his home ever since. Our subject was married in October, 1850, to Miss Anna English. Mrs. Carpenter is a native of Oswego, N. Y., born September 22, 1829, to Abram and Hannah (Gratesinger) English. Her father was a farmer, and came to this county with his family iu 1838. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter have had eight children, as follows: Winfield S.; Theodosio.; Thomas H.; Florence, who died when three years old; Simon N.; Job; Harry B.; and Minnie, who died at the age of eleven years and six months. Mr. and Mr. Carpenter are highly thought of by all who know them, and in them the Presbyterian Church has two of its most valued members, whose every-day life shows- the consistency of their religious profession. In politics, Mr. Carpenter was a Whig until the Republican party was formed, and he has since been unswerving in his advocacy of Republican principles. He held the responsible office of Township Treasurer for a number of years, and has ever manifested true public spirit as regards the welfare of the community of which he has so long been a member. He is one of our self-made men, who began life without means, and have worked themselves up to positions of honor and wealth. He is quiet and unostentatious in his manner. honesty and fairness have characterized all his dealings throughout his business career, and in the accumulation of his property he has shown that he is a man of accurate judgment and of keen understanding in financial matters. JAMES H. WALKER, whose farm and residence are situated on the Wilson Pike in Canaan Township, six miles southwest of Plain City, is well known throughout Madison and adjoining counties as a dealer in horses, who handles none but the best, and is conducting a successful business in that line in connection with general farming. Mr. Walker is a native of this State, and was born in Brown Township, Franklin County, February 23, 1855. His father, Daniel Walker, was of New England birth and antecedents, born in the State of Vermont in the year 1818. He was twelve years old when his parents became pioneers of Madison County, coming to this State in 1830, and here he met, and afterward married, Isabella, daughter of Mathias and Sarah Slyh, who were early settlers of this county, where she was born. After marriage, the Walkers located on a farm in Brown Township, situated on the banks of the Big Darby, Franklin County, where the father of our subject passed the remainder of his life, dying in 1887. He accumulated a comfortable property by his industry, and left behind him a golden record as a man and a citizen, who was true in all the relations that he sustained towards others, and was well worthy of the regard in which he was held by all who knew him. His wife survives him, and is now fifty-seven years old. They were the parents of four children, one daughter, Sarah J., PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 591 and three sons, Frank, James H. and Price. Their daughter married J. L. Converse, and died in 1890, leaving two children, a son and a daughter. Our subject is the second child and second son of his parents, who reared him carefully under wholesome home influences. He attended the local schools of his native town, and by close study and observation was well equipped for any calling or any walk in life that he might choose to pursue. His inclinations led him to take up farming and stock-raising, and while with his father, with whom he remained until he was twenty-three years old, assisting him in the management of his farm, he gained a thorough practical experience of agriculture in all its branches. When he was ready to settle on a farm of his own, he bought the beautiful place on which he resides in Canaan Township, and has here one hundred acres of very fine farming land, besides one hundred acres in his native township. A neat house, good barn and other necessary buildings are on his homestead, and he has every convenience for carrying on general farming. He raises the finest breeds of horses, making a specialty of buying and selling Percheron draft horses and imported coach horses, and he also breeds them. He had four sales this last winter (1891-92) and some of his horses brought from $1,800 to $2,500 a piece. He has two Percheron stallions, valued at $2,500 and $1,600, respectively. Our subject is also breeding the best trotting strains of horses to be found in this part of the State. He is also interested in raising fine Shropshire sheep and Short-horn cattle, and has his farm well stocked with both. Mr. Walker was married May 9, 1879, to Miss Anna M., daughter of Francis and Mary Jones, who were born in Wales, and came to the United States in 1835. Mrs. Walker was born in 1854, in the same township in Franklin County that is her husband's birthplace. Immediately after marriage, they established their home on the farm in Canaan Township, where they have ever since lived, and their pleasant household circle is completed by their two children, Blanche and Kenneth. Our Subject has a high reputation in the business world as a perfectly honorable, straightforward, candid man, of irreproachable habits, out- spoken in his opinions, and free-handed in the use of his means. In politics, he is identified with the Prohibitionists. In his social relations, he is a member of Lodge No. 157, K. P., at Plain City. SOLOMON McCLIMANS. This representative farmer of Range Township, Madison County, is at present engaged in farming and stock-raising on his fine estate, located one-half mile south of Danville. He is a native of this township, having been born August 15, 1835, and is the son of Isaac and Mary (Parker) McClimans. The father was born in Ross County, this State, March 23, 1805, and was about seven years of age when his father, John McClimans, came to Range Township, and located on a piece of land on the Yankeetown and London Road, which property is still in the possession of the McClimans' family. Isaac McClimans was given a good education, and here married our subject's mother. She was a native of this county, and received a fair education in a country school. The paternal grandfather of our subject was a native of Pennsylvania, and was of Scotch origin. At his death, he left a family of nine children, among whom he divided his estate of two hundred acres. They bore the respective names of George, John, William, Samuel, Isaac, David and James ; Margaret, who married William Johnson, and Sarah, who became the wife of Isaac Howsman. The father of our subject was twice married, rearing a family of four children by his first union, and nine by his second. Our subject was the youngest of the first family, and had two sisters, Mary and Rebecca, and one brother, John. The mother of our subject was born in December, 1809, and died February 17, 1838, having been married just seven years. The father was very wealthy, and at his death left an estate of six hundred and eighty acres of land in Range Township. He was a Democrat in politics, casting his first vote for Andrew Jackson in 1836. 592 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Solomon McCliimans grew to manhood on the farm in Range Township, and made his home with his father until he was twenty-five years of age. October 15, 1861, he was married to Eliza Ann Henry, who was born in Ross County, this State, June 14, 1841. She is the daughter of Hugh and Maria (Rogers) Henry, both natives of Ross County, and after her marriage with our subject lived for five years on the home farm. In 1865, they purchased three hundred and eighteen acres, where they now reside, upon which they removed the following year. In addition to the property just mentioned, Mr. McClimans owns one hundred and fifty-seven acres one and one-half miles north of Danville, which he purchased in 1883. To Mr. and Mrs. McClimans have been born three children: Herman Albertis, who married Mirte Yates, and resides in Range Township, where they have one son, Wilbur; Ella May and Charles William are at home. Though not a politician, Mr. McClimans casts his vote for Democratic candidates, and served his township as Trustee for eight years. He has been School Director in the Danville district since locating here, and possesses the entire confidence of his friends and neighbors. WILLIAM H. GUY. This well-known and honored representative of an old and prominent family of Madison County, of which he is a native, is one of its most progressive and successful farmers and stock-raisers, and is the proprietor of one of the most beautiful and valuable farms within its borders, the farm being perfect in its appointments, which are modern; its soil cultivated after the most approved methods of agriculture; and finely graded stock of noted breeds are in its pastures. Mr. Guy, who resides on his farm five miles east of Mechanicsburg, was born in Pike Township, May 2, 1838, and has always made it his home. He is a son of William Guy, who was a native of Vermont, and came to Ohio with his parents, James and Mary Guy, when he was a small boy. They were also natives of Vermont, and were of English descent. The mother of our subject was Adelaide Fullington in her maiden days, and was a native of Vermont. Her parents were George and Rebekah (Greeley) Fullington, her mother, who was born in Vermont, being a relative of the distinguished Horace Greeley. She was likewise of English descent, and was a small child when her parents brought her to Madison County, of which they were early settlers. Here she grew to womanhood, was married to the father of our subject, and they began their wedded life on an unimproved farm in Pike Townshipn Mr. Guy worked assiduously to develop his land, first building a log house for a dwelling, in which he and his family lived until 1848, when, he erected the good brick house in which he still makes his home. He is now an old man, who has passed the eighty ninth milestone of the long journey from the cradle to the grave, and he is now peacefully and calmly awaiting life's great end. he has been deprived of the companionship of his wife, who died in her seventy-sixth year. They were the parents of six sons and three daughters, six of whom are living: Edwin A., a resident of Champaign County; Henry C., who lives in Pike Township; William H.; C. W., a resident of Pike Township; Clara, wife of Charles Pliellis; and Walter F., a resident of Pike Township; Mary J., who married John 0. Dye, is dead; Rebekah, who married Charles W. Williams, is now deceased; Lewis died at the age of two years. William H. Guy is the fourth child and third son of the family. He early displayed good talents as a scholar, and was given a liberal education attending first the district school of his native place, and afterward pursuing his studies at Mechanics-burgh and subsequently at Delaware. He was thus well fitted for any occupation in life that he might decide upon, and having been reared to that of a farmer, his tastes turned in that direction, and agriculture in its various branches has been his life work. He remained with his parents until he was twenty-eight years old, gaining a deep insight into practical farming, and his father then gave him the farm upon which he now resides in his native township. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 595 There were no buildings upon the place, and our subject may well take pride in the fact that the handsome, modern improvements that now adorn it and render it, with its picturesque surroundings, one of the finest estates in the county, are the result of his own labors. He settled on his homestead three years after his marriage in the fall of 1866, and is constantly adding to its value by able management. He and his family are extensive land-holders, owning fifteen hundred and seventy acres of land of surpassing fertility, nearly all of which are in Pike Township. The buildings are of a high order of rural architecture, including ample barns, granaries, etc., and an elegant two and one-half story frame house, built in 1885, heated throughout with steam, and having all the conveniences of the best-constructed city dwellings. The house is finely finished as to its interior and handsomely furnished, and the grounds around it are adorned with large evergreens and other, evidences of a cultivated taste, which make the place a charm to the eye and a very pleasant feature in the landscape. A view of this lovely home is elsewhere shown. Mr. Guy is one of our most extensive stock raisers, keeping none but the best, and is noted far and wide for his fine herd of Short-horns, for his Shropshire sheep, for his Poland-China hogs, and for his valuable French coach horses. He is a man of a broad, cultured mind, of a frank and generous disposition, possessing firmness and resolution withal, and is truly public-spirited, delighting in the prosperity that his native county has attained, and using his influence to further its interests. He is a Republican, always loyal to his party, and has mingled in the public life of his community from time to time. He was Trustee and Assessor of the township for several years, and while serving in those capacities was potent in securing public improvements. Mr. Guy and Miss Sarah M. Oyler were united in marriage September 27, 1866, and theirs is a congenial union, fraught with true. happiness to themselves and their household and to all who have come under their influence in the passing years. One son and two daughter have been born unto them, as follows: Charles Phellis, a graduate of the High School at Mechanics burgh, whence he went to the State University at Columbus, which he attended three years; Alice Rebekah, a graduate of the High School at Mechanicsburgh and of Harcourt Place Seminary at Gambier, Ohio, and Eva M., a pupil in the same institution. Mrs. Guy was born in Tippecanoe County, Ind., February 22, 1845, a daughter of William G. and Rebekah (Phellis) Oyler the father, a native of England' and the mother born in Vermont. She was a niece of Charles Phellis, Sr., by whom she was educated at the female seminary of Cleveland, Ohio. She came to Madison County when she was seventeen years old. A lady of rare excellence of character, she is gifted with tact and good taste, is an admirable housewife, and knows full well how to make home pleasant and happy. REV. THOMAS B. ATKINS, who resides in Plain City, was born in Preble County, Ohio, March 15, 1832. He is a son of Thomas Atkins, a native of South Carolina, who came to Ohio in 1830, and located in the county where Isis son was afterward born. Later, he removed to Rush County, Ind., where he made his home on a farm until his death, which occurred in 1891, when he reached the very advanced age of eighty-six. He was a prominent and official member of the Presbyterian Church, and was of English descent. The family is noted for long life, and our subject's grandmother lived to reach the age of ninety-three. Thirteen children made up the household into which our subject was born. The eldest one died in infancy, and the remainder grew to man's and woman's estate. Six of the family are now living, four sisters and two brothers. Our subject is the sixth child and fifth son in this large circle. His first education was obtained in the district schools of Rush County, Ind., in 1851, and later he attended the Rushville Academy for three years, taking a classical course, after which he entered the college at Monmouth, Ill., remaining for three years, and there completing his classical course. During this time, he taught in connection 596 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. with his own pursuit of an education. In the spring of 1861, he was licensed to preach under the United Presbyterian Church, and after four years in this connection, he was transferred to the Old-school Presbyterian Church. His first charge was at Newcastle, Pa., and afterward he served the churches at Mt. Carmel, Thornton, Bellbrook and Delaware, before coming to Plain City, where he has now been preaching for four years. It was while residing at Bellbrook, Ohio, that the Rev. Mr. Atkins was united in marriage on the 10th of January, 1868, with Miss Carrie Morris, a native of Greene County, Ohio. They are the parents of one son, G. Glenn, who was born in 1869, and to whom they have given a liberal and professional education. At the age of nineteen, he graduated at the Ohio State University at Columbus, and two years later took his diploma in the law school at Cincinnati. He is now taking a theological course at Yale College, at New Haven, Conn.    MATHEW W. MARK. One of the best-known residents of Fayette County is Mr. Mark, whose birth occurred within its borders seventy-one years ago. He is at present residing in Concord Township, where he is engaged in superintending the cultivation of his fine tract of land. He is the son of Peter and Mary (Legore) Mark, natives of Pennsylvania, where the father's birth occurred in 1776, and the mother's four years later. The parents of our subject were married in the Keystone State, and came to Ohio in 1810, residing for a few years in Ross County. In 1815, they made their advent into Fayette County and located on the tract of land which is the present property of our subject, and which was then in its original wildness. Neighbors were few and far between when the elder Mr. Mark located upon his one hundred and sixty acres, which he set about industriously to improve. He departed this life in 1854, in which year the mother also died. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mark had born to the twelve children, only three of whom are livin three sons, one of whom resides in Iowa, one in Missouri and our subject. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics, Mr. Mark was an active Whig. He of whom we write was born August 30, 1821, on the old homestead, where he has passed his entire life. He commenced going to school when six years of age, but was permitted to attend only three months until reaching his fifteenth year. He aided his father in clearing and preparing the land for cultivation, and has watched with interest the gradual evolution of this country from its original wildness into beautiful and productive fields. In 1842, Miss Hannah Kirkpatrick became the wife of our subject. She was the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Bush) Kirkpatrick, both of whom are deceased. The father was a very early settler in Jasper Township, locating here in 1820. To them were born five children, only two of whom are living. Mrs. Mark was born September 16, 1825, in this township, and by her union with our subject has become the mother of twelve children, nine of whom are living. One son, John W., was a soldier in the late war; he is at present residing in Pickaway County. Susan E., Mrs. Miller, makes her home in Nebraska; Elizabeth is Mrs. I. M. Sollars; P. Lewis was the next in order of birth; Rachael F. Slagle, Adine E.; Effie M., Mrs. Sea brook, resides in Nebraska; Annie L. and James L. P. Lewis is a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Our subject and his estimable wife are members in good standing of the above-named church, where Mr. Mark was Trustee for fifty years and Class-leader for many years. He has been Sunday-school Superintendent, and contributes generously to the spread of the Gospel; at present he is serving as Steward. In politics, he of whom we write is a Republican and has served his fellow-townsmen in the capacity of Road Supervisor, during which time there was great improvement made in this district. He has been a member of the School Board of this locality for nine years, and is also identified with the Township School Board. The landed possessions of our subject aggregate PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 597 two hundred and seventy-five acres, almost all of which has been placed under improvement. He worked hard and industriously during his earlier years, and at the present time is living in the full enjoyment of the results of his labors, surrounded by a host of friends and relatives. During the late war he was drafted into the one hundred days' service, but was not accepted on account of physical disability. JOHN HENRY, who is engaged in the livery business in Circleville, and is an enterprising man, claims New York as the State of his nativity. He was born on the 4th of March, 1847, in Steuben County, and is a son of Alex Henry, a native of Dublin, Ireland. When quite young, his father came to America. His first location was made in Canada, whence he removed to Maryland, and afterward went to New York. He there engaged in farming and stock-raising, shipping stock quite extensively. He married Elizabeth Dunlap, a native of Belfast, Ireland. In his political affiliations, he was a Democrat and in religious belief he was a Catholic. His death occurred in 1882, and his wife passed away in New York in 1884. In their family were eight children, six of whom are yet living. The subject of this sketch was the fourth in order of birth. He was reared in the usual manner of farmer lads and his early education was supplemented by a course in the Academy. He remained at home until sixteen years of age, when, in 1863, he started Westward, traveling through Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. He represented, as its traveling salesman, a large clothing house of New York City. His health failing him, he went to Texas in 1866, hoping to be benefitted by a change of climate, and continued in business as a representative of the New York house. He was one of the first commercial travelers in Texas. He traveled by team all over that State, but his principal route was between Galveston and Houston. He spent two years in the Lone Star State and then retired from that line of business. In 1868, he bought a hotel in Washington County, Iowa, which he operated for two years and then sold out. He was next again employed as a traveling salesman for the firm for which he had formerly worked, his route being through Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri. He embarked in business in Circleville in 1873, purchasing the livery stable of Bechtell Stooker, and now has the largest and finest stable in the city, it being well-equipped with a nice line of carriages and turnouts, while his barns show some of the finest horses in this locality. Mr. Henry was married in Circleville, in 1867, to Miss Maggie E. Feney, a native of this city. Six children have been born of this union: Joseph F., who is engaged in business with his father; Stephen J., Marie H., John E., Mary E. and James D. Mr. Henry owns a fine farm of one hundred acres on the Scioto Bottoms, Pickaway Township. This is a well-improved tract of land, which he rents, and it yields to him a good income. His own pleasant home residence is situated on Franklin Street. In connection with his property, he owns a fine undertaking establishment, which he purchased in April, 1891. It is located on Court Street and he is now doing a good business in this line. In politics, Mr. Henry is a Democrat, and has served as a delegate to the county and State conventions. He is a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, and contributes liberally to its support. He is a pleasant, genial gentleman, well known throughout the community, and his personal appearance is pleasing. LEVI HOPKINS. This name will be immediately recognized as that of one of the most prominent residents of Fayette County. He is a fine representative of the progressive farmer and his industry and perseverance have been rewarded, as his fertile and productive farm will show. His estate, which is pleasantly located in Madison Township, will compare favorably with any in this section. Mr. Hopkins is a native of 598 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. this State, having been born in Buckskin Township, Ross County, May 9, 1824, to Mathew and Sarah (Harper) Hopkins. The father of our subject was born June 6, 1796, in Washington County, Pa., and was a lad of ten years when he came to Ross County with his parents. His father, the grandfather of our subject, Edward Hopkins, had purchased three hundred acres of land, which, at the time of his death, was divided among his three sons. The maternal grandmother of our subject, Rebecca Marlin, was born on the Atlantic Ocean and was a relative of William Penn. The mother of our subject was born in Maryland in 1797, and came to Ohio with an elder sister when quite young, her parents being dead. She was married to Mathew Hopkins February 28, 1819, and became the mother of four children, of whom our subject was the youngest but one. Mrs. Hopkins departed this life September 16, 1827, when Levi was three years of age. The father, April 3, 1828, was married a second time, which union resulted in the birth of four children. Of the brothers and sisters of our subject, Rebecca; the eldest, married Adam Day and died at Hillsboro, Highland County, this State, leaving a family of seven children, two of whom died in the Union army. William, the second child, was a soldier during the late war in the One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio Infantry, and losing his life near Vicksburg, was buried on the banks of the Mississippi River. Our subject was the next in order of birth, and Maria, who married John E. Bridwell at Leesburgh, Highland County, this State, was the youngest in the family. He of whom we write received a fair education in the common schools and began to do for himself on attaining his eighteenth year, still making his home with his father. May 24, 1858, he was married to Miss Rachael A. King, of Fayette County, where she was born May 21, 1832, and was a daughter of John and Rachael (Hixon) King. Mr. Hopkins with his wife resided in Ross County and operated the old farm until the decease of his father, which occurred February 18, 1878. He received $200 from his father's estate, and the first property which came into his possession was the two hundred acres which were contained in his present farm. His land is under thorough cultivation and the comfortable residence and numerous outbuildings attest to the thrift and industry of its owner. The five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins are Marcella, who was born June 26, 1859, married Alvaro Taylor and has a family of five children; John Ellsworth, born June 25, 1862, makes his home in Pickaway County and is the father of two children; James. Wilber, who was born October 5, 1866, is married and has one child; Harley Lawson, who was born December 11, 1870, is at home, and Celia, born October 8, 1865, died in in fancy. In politics, our subject in early life was air old-line Whig and cast his first Presidential vote in 1848 for Gen. Taylor. On the formation of the Republican party, he voted for Fremont, but is now a Prohibitionist. Although not in any sense an office-seeker, Mr. Hopkins did efficient service as Trustee in Buckskin Township, Ross County. With his wife and family, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which denomination he has been Steward, Trustee and Class-leader. John King, the father of Mrs. Hopkins, was born March 6, 1786, in Loudoun County, Va., and her mother was born in Ohio, April 12, 1792. They were married February 25, 1808, in Ross County, this State, and in. 1813 came to this county and located on the farm where the father died. They had a family of seven sons and three daughters, viz.: Bennett, Sarah H., Timothy H., John, Reuben, Wesley, William, Elizabeth, Rachael A., and James C. Mrs. King died December 9, 1843, and May 24, 1845, her husband was married to Alcina Cherry, who departed this life in September, 1878. On his first marriage, Mr. King was dressed in a home-spun hunting shirt and buckskin breeches and moccasins made by himself out of the raw hide, he being a shoemaker. His bride was decked in a checkered or cross-barred cotton, woven by her father, and her shoes were made by the bridegroom, Mr. King shooting the squirrels and tanning the hides out of which they were made. They went direct from the altar to the sugar-camp, where they held their infare. Their first house was made PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 599 of round poles, clapboard roof, puncheon floor, and chimney made of sticks and mud, serving the double purpose of heat and light. The furniture used in this rude dwelling was of the most primitive construction, the cupboard being made of split boards resting on pins in the wall and holding a few pewter plates, wooden knives and forks, wooden bowls, a gourd and hunting-knife. The bread was baked in the ashes and the pies baked on leaves. Mr. and Mrs. King were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and many times entertained the itinerant preacher. In 1820, Mr. King was licensed to exhort, and in 1823 was ordained a Deacon and ten years later an Elder, which office he held until his decease, February 4, 1868, having been a minister for forty years. WILLIAM H. MORRIS was a native of Pickaway County, born September 20, 1835, a son of one of its early settlers, and his death, August 2, 1890, deprived his community of the services of a valued citizen, who had been active in its agricultural and other interests. He was a son of Ezekiel and Catherine (Bowman) Morris, who were among the first to settle in Walnut Township. Our subject passed his boyhood days in very much the same way that other farmers' boys did in pioneer times, and in early life he gave his attention to farming. Later, he had control of a flour mill, and beside manufacturing flour did a thriving grain business. He was much prospered and acquired a valuable property. He did much to develop the interests of the township, and took pride in the steady growth of his native county, materially adding to its wealth by his industry and business energy. Mr. Morris attended the district school in his youth, but he was mostly self-educated in the truest sense of that term, ever making good use of his intellectual faculties, and being gifted with that plain common sense that often serves a man far better than mere book learning. His name d high in financial circles, and his reputation was untarnished. He was well informed in politics, and was a Democrat from beginning to end. When death fell upon him in the midst of an active and useful life, he was greatly missed, not only in the home circle, where he was all that a kind husband and father could be, but also in the business world of which he had formed a part. Our subject was eminently happy in his domestic life among his wife and children. His marriage with Miss Mary J. Cromley was solemnized March 4, 1868, and of their union three children survive: Arthur C., Clarence E. and Mary A. Mrs. Morris was born January 15, 1842, in Pick-away County, and is a daughter of William and Sarah Cromley, early pioneers of Walnut Township, of whom an account appears in the biography of her brother, the Hon. T. E. Cromley. Mrs. Morris is the owner of four hundred and thirty acres of land, and under her able management her property yields her a comfortable income. She is a lady of high character and standing in the community, possessing many pleasing attributes that have won her many friends, and she is an active member of society. DELOS R. GRAHAM. It is with pleasure that we record a life sketch of one who is so prominent, both as an old resident and as a brave and loyal soldier of his country. Mr. Graham, whose home is in Scioto Township, Pickaway County, was born here, August 10, 1840, and his father, Alonzo D. Graham, who was born in New York in 1814, was a son of William Graham, a New Yorker of Scotch descent. The grandfather lived upon a farm, which he carried on until his death at the age of sixty-five. He was a Whig in his political affiliations. The father of our subject was reared upon a farm, and learned the trade of a brick-mason when eighteen years of age. In 1839, he came to Ohio with his brother-in-law, Richard Clark. Each of these young men had a horse, and, putting them together, they made a team with which they jour-