600 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. neyed Westward being two weeks on the way. Mr. Graham bought one hundred and ninety-eight acres of land in the woods, and building a log cabin, proceeded to improve his farm. He was a hard worker and devoted himself to clearing his farm in the winter and working at his trade in the summer. He was an active member of the Baptist Church, and a leader therein, and politically was first a Whig and afterward a Republican. He lived to be seventy years old and died in 1884. The mother of our subject, Martha Clark, was born in New York in 1819n She became the mother of nine children, seven of whom are still living, namely: Delos R., Melissa A., Albert R., Sophia, Malvina, Ida and Charles. She died at the age of sixty years, and was deeply mourned in social and church circles, having been an active member of the Baptist Church. Her father, Richard Clark, was a native of Rhode Island, and a farmer, who moved to New York previous to his marriage and brought his family to Ohio in 1837, locating in this township, and developing a farm of fifty acres. He died at the age of ninety years. He was a Baptist in religious matters, and a Whig in politics. The subject of this sketch was here reared upon a farm, and remembers well seeing herds of deer near his father's home when a boy. His education was gained in the subscription school of that day, in the old log schoolhouse that had an open fireplace and slab benches. At the age of twenty-one, he began life for himself, but soon left the avocations of peace for the camp and the march, as he enlisted August 16, 1861, in Company H, Thirtieth Ohio Infantry. He was mustered in at Camp Chase and sent to Virginia. Eight days after entering that State, the regiment participated in a fight at Carnafax Ferry. Numerous skirmishes engaged their efforts from time to time, and they took part in the battles of the second Bull Run, South Mountain and Antietam, and were with Sherman at the siege of Vicksburg, and later in the battle at Jackson, Miss., and in the conflict at Chattanooga. Later, they took part in the famous Georgia Campaign, where they were in conflict every day until their term of service expired, and were mustered out of service September 13, 1864. The young hero would gladly have re-enlisted, but was not considered available as a soldier on account of physical disability. Having returned home to Pickaway County, the young man decided to go farther West, and spent 1866 to 1877 working on a farm, and in a sawmill in Kansas, after which time he returned again to Ohio. He was married October 16, 1870, to Miss Emma Welsh, of Fairfield County, Ohio, who was born in that county, July 12, 1849. They have only one child, Araminta, who is now the wife of Archibald Griffey, of Commercial Point, and is the mother of one child, Alda. Mr. Graham has a fine property, consisting of one hundred and ten acres, most of which is in an improved condition, and has been cleared and cultivated by himself. Here he carries on mixed farming, raising both grain and stock, and has made considerable of a specialty of raising draft horses. The United Brethren Church is the religious body with which Mr. and Mrs. Graham are connected, and of which he is a Trustee, and they both take an active interest in its affairs. His political views are in harmony with the doctrines of the Republican party, and he is an efficient member of the Grand Army Post at Ashville. ANDREW S. BELL, whose sketch now invites attention, is proprietor of the Webber farm, making a specialty of breeding Jersey cattle. He occupies a prominent place among the stock-raisers of Madison County, and has won success by the earnestness with which he has pursued his calling. His farm is located in Oak Run Township, and is supplied with all the comforts of life, and made cheerful and attractive by the good tastes of himself and his estimable wife. Our subject is a native of this county, having been born in Fairfield Township, November 12, 1846, and is a son of Thomas and Susan (Montgomery) Bell. The father, who was a native of Cumberland, England, was born July 14, 1794, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 601 and came to America when twenty-three years of age. He was twice married, and became the father of eight children, of whom our subject is the second in order of birth of the four included in the second family. His mother, who was born March 18, 1809, in Ross County, this State, was the daughter of Hugh and Catherine Montgomery. She accompanied her parents to Madison County, where she grew to mature years, and was married to Mr. Bell, April 21, 1844. The father died February 3, 1875, when in his seventy-ninth year. He of whom we write spent his boyhood days on the farm and in attendance at the common schools, beginning for himself when sixteen years of age by working out on farms by the month. He was thus engaged for three or four years, and then rented his father's place in Fairfield Township until the parents removed to what is now his present estate in 1874. His property includes one hundred and fifty-four acres of excellent land, fifty acres of which he has cleared himself. He devotes his time and attention to the breeding of Jersey stock, many of his animals being registered. Among these is " Miss Clifford," No. 27,962, in the A. J. C. C. Herd Book, which made a record of seventeen pounds fifteen and one-half ounces of butter in seven days. Mr. Bell also owns her daughter, " Miss Clifford Second," registered as No. 56,149, whose record is sixteen pounds four and one-half ounces of butter in seven days, and " Casta Belle," No. 56,148, whose record is fourteen pounds and fifteen ounces of butter in seven days. In addition to these fine animals, he owns five daughters of " Miss Clifford," which are rapidly coming to the front. Our subject has always been a lover of fine animals, but did not give his attention to Jersey stock until his wife urged him to invest in that breed of animal, and, indeed, he gives to her the credit of bargaining for the first Jersey in 1881. He ships his cream to Columbus, and in keeping an account of the product of his animals finds that they yield him over $100 per head per year. The lady to whom our subject was married, November 11, 1874, was Miss Esther Ella, daughter of Job and Eleanor (Hunt) Edwards. She was born in Fairfield Township, this county, June 19, 1853. In politics, Mr. Bell is a Republican, and has served on the School Board for a number of years, also as Supervisor for one term, Trustee for four or five terms, and Assessor and Treasurer one year each. He was elected Director of the County Infirmary for a teem of three years, and has been a delegate to the county and congressional conventions many times. JOSEPH SHOEMAKER. The first land entered in Salt Creek Township, Pickaway County, was in May, 1801, when the father of our subject made an entry of land, and the patent issued to him bore the date April 20, 1802, and was signed by President Jefferson. Subsequently, this pioneer took up claims to large tracts of Government land in other portions of Pickaway County, as well as in Fairfield County, which he developed from its primitive condition. He removed his wife and children to the claim in Salt Creek Township, and there remained until death terminated his useful career, about 1814. He was in the War of 1812, returning from the service in feeble health and never fully recovered from the effects of exposure and the hardships of army life. The maiden name of the mother of our subject was Elizabeth Huy, and she was a native of Berks County, Pa., where her husband was also born. After the death of Mr. Shoemaker, she was united in marriage with Dr. Ballard, who was an early settler of Pickaway County, coming here in 1817, and continuing in practice for many years. Mrs. Ballard was a faithful member of the Lutheran Church and lived a consistent Christian life until called hence, in 1862. The Doctor survived until 1878. Of her first union three children were born, but Joseph is the only one now living. In the village of Tarlton, our subject was born February 8, 1808. His schooling was gained in the pioneer log schoolhouse with its limited advantages, the academy at Lancaster and the schools of Circleville. When his education was completed, he was engaged for one term as a teacher, receiv- 602 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD ing $50 in compensation for his services. He had been reared on a farm and had a love for that occupation, which induced him to enter it for his life calling. In connection with general farming, he was interested in stock-raising, and was accustomed to drive hogs to Baltimore, the journey occupying fifty-six days. He also made occasional trips over the mountains with cattle, and through these journeys gained a fund of experience which was helpful to him in later years. May 22, 1832, Mr. Shoemaker was united in marriage with Eliza W., Carpenter, a native of Vermont, who accompanied her parents to Athens, Ohio, and was engaged as a school teacher prior to her marriage. After more than a quarter of a century of wedded life, she passed away in 1858. She was the mother of four children, namely: Otis B., deceased; Cynthia S., wife of Henry R. Miller, of Greenfield, Ohio; Mary E., who married the Rev. T. R. Taylor, Presiding Elder of the Chillicothe (Ohio) District; and Anna E., the widow of Joseph Ward. The second marriage of our subject, June 2, 1862, united him with Miss Nancy C. Meeks, a native of West Virginia, and they arc the parents of two children: John W., who is married and lives in Tarlton; and Joseph, who is at home. First an old-line Whig and later a Republican, Mr. Shoemaker has always favored those issues which will elevate society and promote the interests of his fellow-citizens. In 1832, he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, and during the sixty years that have come and gone since then he has labored for the ,upbuilding of the church. He has served as Trustee, Steward, Class-leader, and was Superintendent of the Sunday-school about twenty years. He has also been a delegate to annual conferences and has contributed liberally to religious enterprises. A firm supporter of temperance, he never used tobacco in any form, and in the early days never furnished liquor in harvest times, as was the universal custom. The home farm of Mr. Shoemaker adjoins the village of Tarlton and consists of two hundred and fifty acres, besides which he owns one hundred and fifty acres in Fairfield County, directly north of Tarlton. The homestead is watered by Salt Creek and Hay Run, and is in a high state of cultivation. The brick residence is one of the old landmarks of the country, erected in 1834, and is a substantial and roomy dwelling. Farming has been the life calling of Mr. Shoemaker, with the exception of two years spent in the mercantile business at Tarlton. The parents of Mrs. Shoemaker were William and Nancy (Vincent) Meeks, both Virginians, who died in 1874 and 1861 respectively. They were descendants of one of the F. F. V's and were people of worth and kindliness of heart. Of their twelve children, eight are living at the present time. In her religious belief, Mrs. Shoemaker adheres to the faith of her parents and is identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, in the work of which she is quite active. She is a lady of culture and refinement, devoted to the welfare of her family and prominent in the social circles of the community. MISS HANNAH E. LEAVELL. This work would fail in its idea of placing before its readers and patrons in Fayette County the life history of its noted men and women, were we to omit the name of Miss Leavell, who is a native of Madison Township. She is at present superintending the operation of five hundred and fifty acres of land, a portion of which is the property of her sister in St Louis. She is gifted with physical and intellectual activity, decision of purpose and calm judgment, which traits have been very useful to her in the conduct of her affairs. Miss Leavell was born on the place where she is at present residing, and is the daughter of Maj. John and Cynthia A. (Hedges) Leavell. Her father was born in Culpeper County, Va., in 1775, and came to Ohio when a lad of eight or nine years from Kentucky, whither they had removed. He received his title of Major in the War of 1812, and was present at the battle of St. Clair, where his brother Gabriel was killed. The parents of our subject PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 607 were married in Pickaway County, this State, and at the time of his decease in 1854, Mr. Leavell owned nearly one thousand acres of land in Madison Township, Fayette County. The children comprised in the parental family were Mary Ann, who married William Clarriage; Cornelius G., who resides in Madison Township; John was next in order of birth; Benjamin F. was the fourth child; William C. died in infancy; Nancy 31. is a practicing physician and makes her home in St. Louis; and Hannah E., who is the youngest of the family. The original of this sketch received a common-school education, and made her home with friends in Pickaway County for six years after her mother's decease, which occurred in 1834. She now cultivates her large estate in a most intelligent and profitable manner, having had charge of the same since 1888. Possessing marked force of character and unswerving honesty, no resident of the county enjoys greater esteem than she and no one has proved to be more thoroughly reliable and trustworthy. JACOB Z. VALENTINE. This gentleman, who is one of the oldest native-born residents of Pickaway County, is also one of the prominent and successful farmers within the limits of Circleville Township. His estate is under fine cultivation, for he believes that the best methods and latest improvements in the way of farm implements bring him in the largest returns. Not the least among the substantial buildings on his place is a large, commodious brick residence in which he intends to spend his declining years, in the quiet enjoyment of the prosperity which his early toil has assured. Although in his eighty-fourth year, he is hale and hearty, and his life has been such that he bears the. good-will of all who know him. Jacob Z. Valentine was born in Pickaway County, August 22, 1808, and was the min of John Valentine, who was born in Frederick 'County, Md., in 1781,and removed to this county in 1805. The 29 grandfather of our subject, Jacob Valentine, was born, lived and died in Maryland. Previous to locating here on the date above mentioned, John Valentine had visited Ohio and taken up Government land for himself and brother. He was married in 1804 to Margaret Zigger, whose birth occurred in Bucks County, Pa. Her father, Jacob Zigger, was also a native of that State and came to this county in 1802, having visited this section previously and entered land where the city of Circleville now stands. He was the father of a large family and was one of the earliest settlers in this locality. At the time the father of our subject made this county his home, it was thinly populated, wild animals, especially deer, being very plentiful in those early days. He lived to see a large portion of his tract of land put under cultivation and died in 1845. His wife had preceded him to the better land some years. They were both members in good standing of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. The original of this sketch was the eldest of the parental family of eight children, all of whom are deceased with the exception of himself and his brother Israel, who makes his home in Circleville. His educational advantages, like those of most pioneer youths, were limited, but he acquired enough learning to give him an impetus to pursue his studies alone. The primitive schoolhouse contained an old-fashioned fireplace at one end of the room,with slab seats and a puncheon floor. As soon as he was old enough to work, our subject began clearing the land and chopping wood. He was employed some by other parties, but during the busy season aided his father in cultivating the home farm. When starting out in life on his own account, Jacob Z. Valentine purchased one hundred and fifty-four acres of land in Circleville Township, upon which he located in 1845, and where he has since made his home. He was married in 1844 to Elizabeth, daughter of George Myers, a native of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Valentine had previously been married to David Young and passed from this. life in 1881, aged seventy-five years. One child was born to our subject and his wife, a son, Jacob, who died in his twenty-seventh year. He had been married to Sarah, daughter of Bently and 608 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Matilda Groce, and became the father of three children, only two of whom are living: Mabel and Jacob. Mr. Valentine has always voted the Democratic ticket, casting his first vote for "Hickory" Jackson. He has been the recipient of many local positions of responsibility and trust, all of which he has filled with credit to himself and satisfaction to all concerned. He united with the Evangelical Lutheran Church soon after reaching his majority, and has been a zealous member of that body since, serving in the capacity of Elder for many years. The landed estate of Mr. Valentine comprises two hundred and six acres, all of which have been accumulated by his persistent industry and good judgment, as he started out in life a poor boy. The details of improvement and the gradual evolution from the original state of the land to its present prosperous air of rural life, is as familiar to him as his own daily life, and all his early associations are connected with the district in which he is now a resident and where his friends are as numerous as his acquaintances. Elsewhere in this volume may be found a view of the attractive home of Mr. Valentine, also a portrait of himself. GEORGE W. WILSON, an undertaker of Mt. Sterling, was born in Darby Township, Pickaway County, July 21, 1847. His father, Absalom Wilson, was born in Virginia, and was brought to Ohio when two years of age, his home being in Madison County. He followed farming throughout his life, his death occurring in Pleasant Township, Madison County, November 9, 1883. He married Elizabeth Alkire, a native of Pickaway County. Unto them were born six children, all of whom are yet living: John R. resides with his wife and two children on the old homestead; George is the next younger; Henry makes his home upon a part of the old farm in Pleasant Township with his wife and two children; Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson, of Monroe Township, Pickaway County, has four children; Mrs. Wilson Bazler resides in Columbus and has one child; Charles A. is a school teacher and owns fifty-two acres of land in Pleasant Township. He his also married and has three children. The subject of this sketch spent his boyhood days upon his father's farm and acquired a common-school education. For a number of years he engaged in farming and stock-raising with his father and brother. He was married, November 26, 1868, to Miss Louisa Bell, who was born in Darby Township, Pickaway County, December 23, 1846, and is a daughter of John W. and Susan A. (Henderson) Bell, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of Ross County, Ohio. The father died in 1861, and the mother met her death by accident. She was run over by a train on the Cincinnati & Columbus Midland Railroad, about two miles above Harrisburgh. For many years after his marriage, Mr. Wilson continued to engage in farming and met with excellent success in his undertakings. He is industrious and enterprising, and was ranked among leading agriculturists of the community, but in order to better educate his children, he removed to Mt. Sterling in October, 1887, renting his farm. He then embarked in his present business and has since been engaged in undertaking. Mr. Wilson attended the Oriental School of Embalming, at Columbus, Ohio, from which institution he received a diploma. He still owns one hundred and two acres of land in Pleasant Township, and one hundred and three acres in Darby Township, Pickaway County. The family circle numbers four sons and a daughter: William Edward, born in Pleasant Town. ship, December 18, 1870, attended the Columbus Medical College, also the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati, where he pursued courses of lectures on embalming. He also attended the Egyptian School of Embalming, from which he received a diploma in November, 1891, and is now connected in business with his father. John A. was born in Pleasant Township, November 1, 1872; Ida E. was born November 25, 1874; R. B. Hayes, November 23, 1876; and Walter, on the 7th of November, 1878. Mr. Wilson is a stalwart Republican and cast his PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 609 first vote in 1868, for U. S. Grant. He has never been an office-seeker. He served as a member of the Board of Health, but refused to serve a second term when appointed by the council to that position. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Odd Fellows' society and the Encampment, and has filled all the chairs in the last two named.Himself. and wife are members of the Christian Church, to which his eldest son and daughter also belting. The family is well and favorably known in Mt. Sterling and vicinity and has many friends.   LEVI RUNKLE was born in one of the pioneer homes of Pickaway County, March 13, 1834, and is now one of the prosperous and well-to-do farmers, with a finely improved farm on section 3, Walnut Township. He is a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Kroninger) Runkle, who were well known among the early settlers of this region and of whom mention is made in the biography of his brother Henry, who is represented in this volume. Our subject was reared to manhood under wholesome home influences on his father's farm in Walnut Township, and has done much pioneer labor in his life, both in assisting his father and on his own account. He is mainly self-educated, having learned from observation, experience and reading more than was taught in the primitive schools of his day, which were held in rude log cabins with slab seats and boards placed against the wall, on wooden pins driven into the logs, to serve as desks upon which to write. He early became familiar with all kinds of farm work, and has managed his farm since it came into his possession with great skill, making its one hundred and eighty-four acres of rich soil return him abundant harvests in repayment for his care and toil. Suitable buildings adorn the place, which is also amply supplied with good machinery, and everything about it wears an air of comfort and thrift pleasant to behold. Mr. Runkle took an important step in Iife, whereby he has been greatly benefitted, September 15, 1855, by his marriage on that date to Miss Lydia Hall, who is also a native of Walnut Township. She was born April 15, 1836, to David and Elizabeth Hall, natives of Pennsylvania, and early settlers of Walnut Township. Further mention is made of them in the sketch of their son, Peter Hall, on another page of this volume. Mr. and Mrs. Runkle have six children, namely: William J.; Henry M.; Alma E., wife of Charles Karsten; Emma A.; Edson E.; and Alvin D. Our subject is a man of good parts and sterling sense, and is never backward in helping forward all good causes that will in any way advance the welfare of his native township and county, much of whose growth he has witnessed, and whose pioneer scenes he can recall vividly. In his political views, he is pre-eminently a Democrat, and stands firmly by his, party whate'er betides. Mrs. Runkle, who is a sincere Christian, is a devoted member of the Lutheran Church. G. MEINHARD VAN HEYDE, a leading insurance agent of Circleville, was born in Pyrmont, Germany, May 14, 1832, and is a son of Bernhard and Caroline (Meinberg) Van Heyde. The father was born in 1783, and served under Napoleon in the war with Russia in 1812. He was a merchant of Pyrmont, and engaged in the manufacture of knitted goods, doing a wholesale business. He was a member of the Lutheran Church, and died at the age of eighty-five years. The year previous to his death he was visited by our subject, who returned to his native land to see his aged father. The mother had died in 1857. In the family were eleven children, eight of whom grew to mature years, while four are yet living. Three came to America: William, who for several years was a resident of Circleville, removed to New Streetsville, where he served as Mayor, and spent his last days. Frederick died in Cincinnati. Our subject attended school between the ages of six and fourteen years, and was then employed in a large cigar factory for three years. He then 610 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. spent six years as a traveling salesman, traveling all over Germany. In 1854, with permission of his Government, he came to America to escape six years of military service. He crossed the Atlantic from Bremen on the sailing-vessel “Betta," which foundered on the return trip. They were sixty-three days in making the voyage, and landed in Baltimore. Mr. Van Heyde came at once to Circleville, where, with his brothers, he engaged in importing woolen and cotton hosiery from Germany for two years. Later, they engaged in the wholesale liquor business, and built a large distillery, engaging in the manufacture of liquor until 1862, when they lost 8100,000 by fire. In connection with his brother William, our subject then engaged as a wholesale dealer until 1878. In 1856, Mr. Van Heyde wedded Miss Mary Sassaman, a native of Pennsylvania, and unto them were born six children: Bernhard, a cigar manufacturer, of Urbana; George, a jeweler, who died at the age of twenty-one; Henry, who is engaged in business with his father; Harry, attending High School; Alice, wife of D. Niles, of Jackson Township; Lillie, who is attending High School; and Minnie, who completes the family. Mr. Van Heyde was one of the incorporators of the first German Building and Loan Association, and has been its Treasurer from its organization in 1865. He is now Treasurer of the Germania and New Citizen Building and Loan Association, which handled in one year $130,000. He represents the leading insurance companies, including the old Royal and the old North American. He owns a business block, forty-four feet front and three stories in height, and has twelve acres of fine land adjoining the city. An elegant residence stands upon it, and the place is valued at $13,000. Mr. Van Heyde laid out the addition to Circleville which bears his name, and in 1880, when the coal mines were opened, he and his brother William laid out the city of New Streetsville, and built the first house there. He is a public-spirited and progressive citizen, and has the up-building of the community at heart. He was a Director of the Infirmary from 1880 until 1886, and was President of the Board when they erected the Children's Home on the same farm. In politics, he is a Democrat, has been a delegate to various State conventions of his party, and served as a delegate to the National Democratic Convention in Cincinnati. He is a member of the Lutheran Church, and has contributed liberally to its support. OSCAR McLELLAN, City Marshal, is one of the prominent citizens of Washington C. H., to the growth of which he has materially contributed. In April, 1888, he was first elected to the position which he is now efficiently filing, and has been re-elected every two years since, a fact which of itself indicates meritorious service. From childhood, he has been known to the citizens of Fayette County, whose confidence he has always retained, and who regard him as one of the most public-spirited citizens of the community. Mr. McLellan was born on a farm, one mile west of the city of Washington C. H., October 12, 1850. His father, William McLellan, was born in Augusta, Me., and there grew to a stalwart and vigorous manhood. Desirous of improving his condition, he resolved to seek a home in the West, as Ohio was called in the early years of this century. Accordingly, in .company with B. Latham, he left his native State, and not having money enough to pay for transportation, the two courageous young men walked the entire distance from Maine to Ohio. Arriving in Fayette County, William McLellan worked at his trade, that of a mason and plasterer, for a number of years. He aided in the erection of many of the old buildings of Washington C. H., and helped to build the first brick court house of the county. In this city, he was married to Miss Margaret Wright, who aided him in the accumulation of a competency, and was a devoted wife and affectionate mother. During their later years, they removed to a farm near Washington C. H., where they still live. After receiving his education in the city schools, our subject remained on the home farm until the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 611 time of his marriage, January 6, 1875, when Miss Anna Reif, of Washington C. H., became his wife. He then located in the city, and engaged in various occupations, being for four years an employe in the Fire Department. In June, 1887, he resigned the latter position, and in April of the ensuing year was elected City Marshal. He served with such marked efficiency that he was re-elected in April, 1890, and is still filling the position to the general satisfaction. As a competent and efficient public official, he has the respect and confidence of his fellow-citizens. He still remains a volunteer member of the Fire Company, and, socially, is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, and the Modern Woodmen of America. Mr. and Mrs. McLellan are the parents of one daughter, May, a bright and beautiful child. They occupy a prominent social position, and have a host of warm personal friends in Washington C. H. and vicinity. JACOB L. SMITH, the owner of a fine farm located in Range Township, Madison County, is a well-to-do farmer and owns a handsome property, located two and one-half miles from Sedalia. He was born in Monroe County, Va., July 22, 1844, to Thomas and Mildred H. (Faudree) Smith, natives of Western Virginia. The father, who enjoyed the respect of his fellow-townsmen, died when our subject was two years of age. Jacob L. Smith was the youngest but one in a family of ten children, eight of whom were boys. The mother on the death of her husband kept her family together, our subject contributing his mite to their support. He received a limited education, and when seventeen years old, entered the service of his country by joining Company K, Twenty-second Virginia Infantry, and fought in the Confederate ranks for two years as a member of that regiment. 1 He was then transferred to Company A, and participated in many battles, among which were Lewisburg, W. Va.; Brush Mountain, Fayetteville, Kanawha Falls; Charleston, W. Va.; Raleigh, Avington , Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Floyd 's Mountain. He was never wounded during all that period, but May 9, 1864, at the last-named place, was taken prisoner and sent to Camp Chase, where he was held six months. The first three months he had plenty to eat, but fared very poorly during the rest of his confinement. He was paroled by giving bond to remain in the North till the war should be over, and returned home December 25, 1864. On leaving the army, Mr. Smith came to Range Township, Madison County, where his uncle, John Faudree, was living, and for a time was engaged in working out by the month. He then rented property, and for the following three years was engaged in breaking and training colts, in addition to farming. February 7, 1867, he was married to Miss Letitia Whiteman, of Stokes Township, Madison County, where. she was born November 15, 1848. Mrs. Smith was the daughter of Richard and Lucinda (Hayes) Whiteman, and after her marriage moved with our subject to their present farm, which they rented at that time of her father. The estate includes one hundred and sixty-nine acres, one hundred and ten of which were presented to them by Mr. Whiteman. The log house in which Mr. and Mrs. Smith lived for many years is still standing on the place and is used as a tenant dwelling. The property when it came into his possession was mostly wood land, but by persistent industry he has cleared, tiled and placed the farm under excellent tillage, erecting thereon a fine residence and all the necessary barns and outbuildings. The two children born to our subject and his wife are Anna, who was born November 29, 1867, and died June 12, 1868; James Alvin, who was born September 28, 1871, has been given a good education and is still under the parental roof. In politics, Mr. Smith votes with the Democratic party, which he has represented at various times as a delegate to county conventions. He has also been a member of the School Board for a number of years, and in all points is counted as one of the representative men of the township. With his wife, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal 612 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Church, in which body he has served as Steward for many years and acted as Sunday-school Superintendent. Of the eight boys included in the parental family, seven are still living, and, with one exception, make their home in this State. They are respectively R. T. P., who resides in Van Wert County; Lewis F., who makes his home in Charleston, Clarke County; Major W. and Joseph, who live in Big Plains, Madison County; Allen N., who makes his home in Stokes Township, Madison County; Alexander B. who lives in Pulaski County, W. Va. May C., Mrs. Faudree, died in Stokes Township, in 1889, leaving four children. Another sister, Mrs. Sarah Porter, makes her home at Five Points, Pickaway, County. The mother of our subject died October 12, 1883. The Whiteman family are old residents of this State, some of its representatives coming here as early as 1800. JUSTIN S. HUTSON, a farmer and stock-raiser residing in Paint Township, Madison County, was born in Stokes Township, August 14, 1839, and is a son of John K. and Hannah (Mahafa) Hutson. His father was a native of Kentucky, and with his parents came to Ohio when about twelve years of age. The grandfather was of English birth. The father was a self-made man financially, and a very prominent citizen. He was really the founder of South Solon, and owned three hundred and forty-nine acres of land near •that place. The family numbered six sons and six daughters, of whom three sons and four daughters grew to matur,e years: Eveline became a teacher at the early age of fifteen, and died while teaching the first school in Greene County, Ohio; Flavius was a soldier of the Thirty-eighth Ohio Infantry, and died of wounds received in the service; Mrs. Jane Gaskill is living in South Solon with her two sons; Angeline Colburn is married and makes her home in Elizabeth, N. J.; and Mrs. Sarah Eachus is living in Paint Township, and has six children. At the age of fourteen, Austin Hutson began to earn his own livelihood, making his home with his brother-in-law. On the 16th of September, 1861, he joined the boys in blue of Company B, Fourth Ohio Cavalry, and participated in the battles 'of Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Murfreesboro, Atlanta and many others. He received a slight wound in the shoulder at the last-named battle. He faithfully served four years, and was honorably discharged in September, 1865. He was a valiant soldier, ever .found at his post of duty, and may well be proud of his army record. Soon after his return home, Mr. Hutson was joined in wedlock with Miss Frances Jessie Curtis, who was born in London, April 24, 1842. He began farming on the Buffenburg Farm in Paint Township, and in 1867, removed to the old homestead, where he has since resided. He purchased one hundred and nine acres of land in 1882. His residence was destroyed by fire in August, 1890, but the following year he rebuilt. He has a good farm and is an enterprising and industrious man, who has won success through his own efforts. Mr. Hutson and his wife are members of the Methodist Church, in which he holds the office of Trustee. He is also Superintendent of the Sunday-school, and takes quite a prominent part in church work. He has been a member of the School Board for twenty-eight years, and the cause of education finds in him a warm friend. In politics, he was formerly a Republican, but for the past eight years has voted the Prohibition ticket. He served for three years as Township Trustee. Mr. Hutson is widely and favorably known in this community, and ranks among the leading farmers and stock-raisers. REV. R. M. DALBEY came to Fayette County from Springfield, Ohio, in the year 1875, having been appointed by the Ohio Annual Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church as pastor of Washington Circuit. He was born in Greene County, in August, 1816. He was first licensed to preach in the Methodist Church in 1835, and followed the itineracy forty years. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 613 He was the son of the Rev. Joel Dalbey, Sr., a pioneer preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and afterwards one of the organizers and charter members of the Methodist Protestant Church. His grandfather, Richard Dalbey, was a native of France, and settled in Virginia many years before the Revolution, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. On his mother's side, Rev. R. M. Dalbey was descended from Joseph Smith, who came with William Penn's second colony to Pennsylvania. Joseph Smith was a Welshman. Elizabeth Amgil Dalbey, wife of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Thirsk, England, and the daughter of the Rev. Robert Harrison, an English Wesleyan minister, and Mary Harrison. She had but one sister, Mary, who died in England, and was buried in the old Thirsk cemetery. Her eldest brother, William, remained at Otley, England, until his death. The brothers who accompanied their parents and sister to America were John, Joseph, Robert, Thomas, Peter and Hon. Richard A. Harrison. Four of the brothers were Methodist ministers. Hon. R. A. Harrison is in the practice of law at Columbs. The Rev. Thomas Harrison was for some time one of the Indiana State educators, and President of Moore's Hill College. Mrs. R. M. Dalbey attended school in a structure built on the ruins of Mowbrey castle, and was but twelve years of age when she came to America. After the death of Rev. and Mrs. R. M. Dalbey, which occurred at the parsonage about four miles west of Washington C. H., the family became somewhat separated, owing to the duties of their various callings. Joel H. Dalbey was in the active itineracy in the Methodist Protestant Church, and did not relinquish his labors until forced to do so by long and severe illness. A. F. Dalbey and John L. Dalbey are members of the Cincinnati Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. C. R. Dalbey followed the carpenter's trade until he took up his present occupation in Washington. W. R. Dalbey was for many years connected with the Fayette County Republican, and is now city editor of the Cyclane, besides being a regular correspondent for a number of metropolitan papers. Mary E. Dalbey is the only sister. The Dalbey Brothers have been engaged for many years in breeding and shipping all the leading varieties of standard poultry, and have an extensive trade with people in every State as well as in Canada, and the enterprise is rapidly growing. Their residence and place of business is about three-quarters of a mile from the court house, at Nos. 387, 389 and 391 Washington Avenue. BENJAMIN R. HARRISON, who makes his home in the same township and county where his birth occurred, March 8, 1869, ranks among the progressive and successful agriculturists of Range Township, Madison County. He is the son of Bottall and Lydia A. (Rogers) Harrison, the former of whom is deceased. Benjamin R. was trained to farming pursuits, and received his early education in the primitive schools of his locality, which was later supplemented by an attendance of three and one-half years at the Wesleyan University. The original of this sketch was the fourth in order of birth in a family of six children, and December 18, 1890, was united in marriage with Miss C. M., daughter of James and Mary A. (Beale) Clarke. The lady was born at Mt. Sterling, May 4, 1869, and was given excellent advantages for receivipg an education, attending the Mt. Sterling, London and Delaware schools. Her father died at his home in August, 1875, and her mother then married S. S. Robison, whose sketch will be found on another page in this volume. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison have had born to them one son, Clarke Harrison, who was born November 20, 1891. Our subject in his political relations is an ardent Democrat, as was his father and grandfather before him. The mother of our subject was born in Ross County, this State, January 17, 1841, and was the daughter of Wilson and Massey (Warner) Rogers, both of whom are still living and residing in Urbana, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers moved to Fayette County, this State, when their daughter was about eight years of age. Here she grew to 614 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. womanhood, and December 24, 1861, married Bottal Harrison; the son of Benjamin and Martha (Reeves) Harrison, of whom a biography will be found elsewhere in this Record. The father of our subject participated in the famous Morgan raid during the Civil War, and in politics was an active member in the ranks of the Democratic party, having served in the capacity of Township Trustee and Treasurer for a number of years. He was very prominent in his community, and refused the nomination for Representative in the State Legislature because he did not wish to be away from home. His children were as follows: Sherman A., who was born April 23, 1863, died November 26, 1871; Etura Beatrice, born November 30, 1864, married A. W. Kennedy, and resides in Range Township, Madison County; Marcus Alva, born June 13, 1867, was married to Daisy E. Miller, and departed this life October 11, 1890; Massey Warner, born December 31, 1872, attended the Cincinnati Wesleyan School, the Young Ladies' Institute at Windsor, Canada, and the Delaware Wesleyan University; Martha Donna, born February 15,1881, is the youngest of the parental family. The father of these children died January 19, 1890, mourned by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. CHARLES STEWARD, M. D., of Ashville, is prominent not only as one of the most popular and successful physicians of Pick-away County, but as a leader in its social and political life, and as a valued civic official. A native of Ohio, he was born in Fairfield County, November 23, 1845 a son of Charles and Sarah (Kuntz) Steward,who were Pennsylvanians by birth. His paternal ancestors are said to have been of Irish blood, while his forefathers on the maternal side were of the German race. The parents of our subject came to Ohio in 1833, and were among the respected pioneers of Fairfield County, where they spent their remaining years. Our subject grew to man's estate on his father's farm in his native county, and in its public schools laid the foundation of a liberal education. He subsequently attended the Pleasantville Academy two years, and after that taught school some three terms in Fairfield County, and in Shelby County, Ill. When he was twenty-four years old, he first thought of entering the medical profession, and with characteristic energy at once entered upon his preparation for the new calling. In the fall of 1870, he began reading medicine with Dr. Hewetson, of Amanda, and after closely following his instructions for a time he became a student in the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, where he took two courses of lectures, and acquitted himself honorably as a thorough and ardent student, graduating from that institution in the. spring of 1873. He immediately opened an office at St. Paul, Ohio, and continued there about eighteen months prior to his removal to Lithopolis, whence he came to Ashville in 1876. During his fifteen years' residence in this town, he has built up a fine practice, his success in the treatment of difficult cases, his evident skill and practical knowledge of medicine and its application, early gaining him the trust of all who placed themselves under his care, and his genial, kindly, courteous spirit soon made him a favorite with all with whom he associated. Besides his practice, the Doctor is also conducting a successful business as a druggist. As a physician and business man he has a high reputation, second to none of the medical fraternity in this section of his State; as a man, he is truly honored; and as a citizen, his loyalty and public-spirit are unsurpassed. He is an active local politician, taking rank among the foremost Democrats of the place, and is the incumbent of the responsible office of Treasurer of Harrison Township, which position he has held for several years, and all are agreed, irrespective of party, that the finances of the township could not be in better or more trusty hands. He is prominently identified with Pickaway Lodge No. 747, I. 0. 0. F., at Ashville, in which he has filled various offices very acceptably. The Doctor was united in marriage with Miss Eliza M., the daughter of the late Isaac and Clarissa Fridley, in August, 1874, and she has been of great help to him in making his life so successful, presiding with true grace and charming hospitality PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 617 over their home, welcoming friends with ready tact, and securing the good-will of all by her pleasant manners. To her and our subject two children have been born, Clara S. and William E. HON. JOSEPH S. MARTIN, one of the prominent citizens of Madison County, residing in Range Township, and the Representative of his district in the State Legislature, was born in this locality, October 22, 1839. His father, Rev. Jacob Martin, was born in Washington County, Ohio, April 3, 1806, and died in London, March 12, 1892, at the advanced age of eighty-six years. His father, Charles H. Martin, came from England previous to the Revolutionary War and served in the Colonial Army. When Jacob was ten years of age, the family removed to Licking County, Ohio, where he was educated. He united with the Methodist Church in November, 1836, and afterward received his parents into the same church. He was one of its members for sixty-five years and for a long period engaged in preaching the Gospel to others. His ministry was a fruitful one and he led many into the living way. On the 30th of March, 1836, Rev. Mr. Martin married Joanna C. Leonard, who was born in Fairfax County, Va., in 1807. She proved a faithful helpmate and companion to her husband and is still living at the age of eighty-five years. Three sons were born unto them, one of whom died in infancy; James D. is engaged in the mercantile business in Washington, D. C.; and Joseph S. is our subject. In 1849, they took to their home the two-year-old son of Rev. Samuel Maddux, John, who found in Mr. Martin and his wife true and loving parents and in him they found a dutiful son. Rev. Mr. Martin was a minister of ability, widely known, and by his upright and Christ-like life, as well as by his teachings, he led many to accept salvation. At length, he was called to the home above, and the funeral services were held at the Methodist Church, where many prominent ministers bore testimony to his pure life and the high regard in which he was held by all. We now take up the personal history of Joseph S. Martin, whose portrait accompanies this sketch. Until fourteen years of age, he resided in his native county, then spent the next seven years of his life in Franklin County. He acquired a good common-school education and for one year studied in Delaware. During the late war, he enlisted in Company K, Ninety-fifth Ohio Infantry, under Col. McMillan, and served for more than three years. For meritorious conduct he was made Sergeant and his squad of men arrested more than ninety prisoners. He himself was taken prisoner in Richmond, Ky., in September, 1862, but was exchanged in Memphis in January, 1863. He participated in the battles of Vicksburg and Brice's Cross Roads, and at the latter place suffered a severe sunstroke. He took part in the engagement at Tupelo, the march through Arkansas and Missouri; and afterward joined Gen. Thomas' army at Nashville. The regiment was stationed on the right wing of skirmishes of the First Brigade and in the first day of the fight took the fort and four guns and effectually silenced the artillery. The next day, he was with his brigade when they broke Hood's line. He subsequently participated in the capture of Mobile and then started for Montgomery. While en route, the news of Gen. Lee's surrender was received. Mr. Martin remained in Arkansas, Alabama and Mississippi on provost duty until September, when he was discharged on the 23d of the month. He was a faithful soldier and did valiant service for the Union cause. Mr. Martin returned to Madison County to an uncle and in partnership with him engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was married, March 5, 1873, to Miss Isabel Harrison, of Range Township, a daughter of Benjamin and Martha M. (Reeves) Harrison. They come from an old Virginia family, of which President Harrison is also a member. Four children have been born unto our subject and his wife: James F., born January 23, 1875; Benjamin H., October 9, 1876; Joseph Spencer, February 7, 1878 and Mary Elizabeth, July 28, 1887. 618 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Since his marriage, Mr. Martin has engaged in farming and stock-raising and is recognized as one of the leading agriculturists of the community. He cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1860, and has since been a stanch Republican. He has served as a delegate to the county, congressional and State conventions, has been a member of the County Central Committee, and in 1889 was elected to the State Legislature. So acceptably did he fill the office, that he was re-elected in 1891. He is the only Republican since the organization of the party who has been elected to the Legislature from this county in a year when the State went Democratic. This certainly indicates his popularity and is a high compliment to his ability. He is Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and is a member of the Committee on the Deaf and Dumb Institution and on Turnpikes. Religiously, he is connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church at Bethel. He is a leading and representative citizen of Madison County, and is honored as one of its prominent men. ' CHARLES M. BUTT, Esq., who resides on his farm, three miles south of Plain City, is a business man of much activity and enterprise, who is well known throughout Madison County. He is a native of this State, born in Dayton, Montgomery County, November 21,1844. His father, Archibald Butt, was born near Harper's Ferry, Va., in 1810, and was reared amid the beautiful scenes of his birthplace. His father, Charles Butt, was a native of France. The father of our subject was married in Pennsylvania to Sarah Ceilhamer, who was born in Westmoreland County, that State, in 1810, a daughter of Conrad Ceilhamer, who is supposed to have been born in Pennsylvania of German parents. The parents of our subject came to Ohio at once after marriage, and located on a farm near Dayton, where they spent their remaining years, the father dying at the age of sixty-nine years, and the mother at the age of seventy-seven years. The father was a Whig in politics until after the formation of the Re publican party, when he became an earnest advocate of its principles. He was a man of much influence in his community, who held various official positions, such as that of Township Trustee., Treasurer, etc., and he was prominent as a charter member of Harris Lodge of Odd Fellows of Dayton. He belonged to the German Reformed Church, which is now the Presbyterian Church. He and his wife had ten children, six sons and four daughters, all of whom grew to maturity and reared families of their own. He of whom this sketch is written is the seventh child and fourth son of his parents, by whom he was carefully reared under wholesome home influences. He completed his schooling in the Commercial College at Dayton, where he was very well educated. He remained an inmate of the parental household until he was twenty-one years old, assisting his father on the farm. January 11, 1866, he took unto himself a wife in the person of Miss Abbie, the only daughter of Silas and Almira (Bigelow) Doming. Mrs. Butt was born in Canaan Township, Madison County, August 3, 1848. Her father was a native of the same county, born in Darby Township, a son of one of its earliest pioneers. He died at the age of thirty-four years, and his wife, who was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., died when she was thirty-seven years old. Mrs. Butt had only one brother, Daniel, who resides in Plain city, Ohio. Her marriage with our subject has been blessed to them by two children, Bessie and Grace. Mr. Butt located at once on his farm in Canaan Township after his marriage. This contains forty-five acres of rich, well-cultivated soil, and is supplied with neat buildings and all modern improvements. Our subject, however, does not pay much attention to farming, as he is so busily engaged in other business, beside having the cares of public office. He is a man of great executive ability, having more than ordinary capacity for handling affairs, and is often called upon to settle estates. He is now administrator for the M. D. Smith property, a large and valuable estate, and also has charge of the settlement of others. He is just the man for so responsible a position, as he is clearheaded, is careful and systematic in his manage- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 619 ment, possesses fine business habits, and is thoroughly to be trusted. He also conducts an insurance business with good profit, and is pushing and progressive in all that he undertakes. He is a Democrat in politics, and has mingled much in public life, for which he is well fitted. He is now Township Clerk and Justice of the Peace, and brings the same energy and fidelity to the discharge of his public duties that characterize his management of private interests. Socially, he is prominent as a Mason, and belongs to Urania Lodge No. 311; to Lodge No. 159,K. P., at Plain City; likewise to the Uniform Rank, and is Captain of Division No. 64, at Plain City. JUDGE JACOB P. WINSTEAD, B. S., LL. B., Judge of the Probate Court of Pickaway County, and a highly respected citizen of Circleville, was born in Clear Creek Township, Fairfield County, Ohio, April 25, 1846. The Winstead family is of English origin. The grandfather, William Winstead, was born in Frederick County, Va.; and when a young man emigrated to Ohio, locating first in Clear Creek Township, Fairfield County, and moving thence to Salt Creek Township, Pickaway County. He afterward removed to Washington Township, where he engaged in farming until his death. He served as an Ensign in the War of 1812, and was afterward Captain in the State Militia of Ohio for several years. He was a well-educated man and a teacher, and he, his son and our subject (his grandson) all taught in the same school. He served as Assessor for several years, was also a Justice of the Peace, and in politics was a Democrat. His death occurred at the age of seventy-seven. The maternal grandfather, Mr. Vanhise, was of Holland descent, and served as Captain of the Colonial troops in the Revolutionary War. Samuel S. Winstead, father of our subject, was born in this county in 1818, and for many years engaged in school teaching, after which he engaged in farming in Fairfield County, and later bought a farm of ,one hundred and seventy acres in Washington Township, Pickaway County, upon which he made his home until his death, in 1877. He was a Democrat in politics and was a Director of the Infirmary. He married Elizabeth Hoffman, who was born in 1816, in Washington Township, and was a daughter of George Hoffman, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio in 1805 and bought a farm of the Government. He served in the War of 1812. He became well-to-do, and was prominent in the circles of the Lutheran Church. Mrs. Winstead was a member of that church and died in March, 1890. In her family were only two children, Jacob P. and Mary A., who is the wife of Silas Young, of Washington Township. From two years of age, our subject was reared in Washington Township, and acquired a good education in the common schools. At the age of eighteen, he began teaching, and followed that profession six terms, being employed two terms in the same district in which his father and grandfather had taught. He then became a student in Salem Academy, of Ross County, and in the fall of 1868 entered the Miami University of Oxford. He completed the scientific course and graduated in 1869 with the degree of B. S. He then read law under Judge Courtright, and also taught school. In 1872, he entered the law department of the University of Michigan, "at Ann Arbor, and was graduated in 1873 with the degree of LL. B. Judge Winstead located in Circleville on the 25th of April of that year, and has since been engaged in practice. He served from 1874 until 1878 as City Solicitor, was Prosecuting Attorney from 1880 until 1885, and in the fall of 1890 was elected for a three-years' term as Probate Judge, entering upon the duties of the office in February, 1891. While serving as Prosecuting Attorney, he was connected with the Lewis murder case, and acted as one of the counsel for the defense in the Darbyville riot cases. He has been a successful practitioner, and by his skill and ability has won an enviable position as a lawyer. In Newton, Iowa, in 1873, Judge Winstead was united in marriage with Miss Lizzie A. McElroy, a native of Highland County, Ohio, and a daughter 620 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. of Hugh McElroy, a farmer of Iowa. She was educated in Salem Academy, afterward engaged in teaching, and is a cultured and refined lady. They have four children, Samuel H., collector for the First National Bank, of Circleville; William McElroy, Charles E. and Maggie. Socially, the Judge belongs to the Knights of Pythias, Knights of Honor, United Workmen, National Union and Mystic Circle. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church. In politics, he is a Democrat, has served as a delegate to the county and State conventions, and has been Chairman and Secretary of the County Central Committee. He owns some real estate, including his residence on Main Street and a part of the old farm. The Judge has proved a faithful and popular officer, and is highly respected. HERBERT W. BLUE, who is recognized as one of the leading farmers of Walnut Township, owns and occupies a valuable farm on section 24, on which he was born March 15, 1853, this old homestead having been hewed out of the forests of Pickaway County in the early years of its settlement by his father, who was a prominent pioneer of this region. His name was Harvey Blue, and he was a son of Michael Blue, who came to Ohio from Virginia with his family on horseback when this was a new country, still in the hands of the Indians. He first took up his abode in the wilds of Fairfield County, but he subsequently came to this county, and died in Walnut Township. Harvey Blue purchased the farm upon which our subject lives at an early day in the history of Walnut Township, and by patient labor cleared the land from the forest trees that stood upon it, and developed it into as fine a farm as can be found in this locality. He was fortunate in his undertakings, becoming one of the wealthy men of his community, and leaving an estate valued at over $50,000, all the result of hard work and sagacious judgment in money matters. He died September 17, 1882, and Walnut Township treasures his memory as one of her early set- tlers who was an honor to her citizenship. He belonged to the Old-school Baptist Church, and was in deed and word a Christian. His wife, whose maiden name was Emily A. Bowman, had preceded him in death, dying November 6, 1881. They were .the parents of twelve children, of whom these nine survive: Alvin; Celesta, wife of James Plum; Herbert W.; Julian M.; Harvey 0.; Clara, wife of Charles Dressback; Orrin P.; Clayton E., and Clinton. Samantha, Lorain and Emma are the names of those who died. The subject of this brief life record has been a life-long resident of Walnut Township, and has risen to be one of its first farmers. Even in his boyhood there was need of pioneer work, and he assisted in clearing, and has driven as many as three yokes of oxen in breaking land. He was educated in the local public schools, and when he was ready to enter upon an independent career, chose the occupation of farmer, with which he had become thoroughly familiarized. He has given much of his time to buying and dealing in stock, and has done well financially in that line. He has one hundred and sixty acres of land that is of a fine quality, is under the best of tillage, and is amply supplied with the necessary buildings and all that goes to making a first-class farm. Mr. Blue was married October 4, 1876, to Miss Emma A. Culp, who is also a native of Walnut Township, born December 26, 1852. She is a daughter of Lewis and Sophronia (Westenhaver) Culp, who were early settlers of this part of Pick-away County. Her mother was a sister of Emanuel Westenhaver. Her paternal great-grandparents were among the first pioneers to penetrate to the wilds of Pickaway County, coming here from Pennsylvania when her Grandfather Culp was a boy. Her father died in 1876, and her mother March 15, 1891. Five of their seven children are living: Henry; Alice. wife of George Spindler; Emma. A.; William B., and Charles C. Mr. and Mrs. Blue are blessed with three children, of whom the following is the record: Amaretha was born September 8, 1877; Orrin P., July 30, 1880, and Turney R., August 15, 1883. Our subject and his PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 621 wife have also reared her sister's child, Irena M. Noecker, caring for her as tenderly as if she were their very own. Mrs. Blue is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is greatly interested in its welfare, doing all that she can to promote it. Mr. Blue is prominent in social circles as a member of the Odd Fellows' lodge at Ashville, having passed through all the chairs. He is public spirited and encourages all plans to improve the township, which he has served as School Director. WILLIAM W. GRAHAM. This remarkably successful man began life as an orphan with nothing but his honest determination to succeed, his good strong arm and his native abilities. He is now a prominent farmer, living near Commercial Point, in Pickaway County, and has the respect and good-will of his neighbors. He was born in Ross County, eight miles from Chillicothe, Ohio, November 18, 1837, and his father, Charles Graham, was also a native of Ohio, while the grandfather, George, was born in Maryland, and was of Irish descent. George Graham was a farmer and carpenter who came to Ohio in the early part of the century, traveling by team over the mountains, and lived in Ross County to a good old age. The father of our subject carried on farming and made his home in Ross County until his death in 1838, when this son was only three years old. The mother, whose maiden name was Anna Maria Bowdel, was a native of Maryland and lived to rear her four children: Sarah A., who is now Mrs. Becket; Martha J., who died at the age of sixteen; William W., and Rachel, who is now Mrs. Welch. The mother was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and died at the age of sixty-eight. Farm life and the drill of the district school in its most primitive form occupied the early days of our subject, and at the age of fourteen he went to reside with his uncle, George Grimes, with whom he continued to live until he reached his majority. He had worked out by the month from the time he was large enough to hold a plow until he was twenty-three years old. At first he plowed for twenty-five cents per day but latterly he received $10 per month. In this way he made his start in life, as he saved every dime that he could possibly lay by. He was married June 2, 1861, to Mary J. Johnson, who was born in this township, October 9, 1836. Mr. Graham rented a farm for two years, paying grain rent, and after that had it three years for cash rent. By this time he had gained means to purchase a team and some cows and had $600 in money. He bought sixteen acres of land for *800, and upon this he lived for two years and improved it so that he was able to sell it for $1,000. Later he came to this township and purchased seventy acres of land for $3,600, running in debt for it $2,750. This debt he has liquidated and has added to his possessions so that he now has one hundred and twenty-three acres which are all improved, with the exception of four acres of timber land. Here he carries on a successful business in mixed farming, raising wheat, corn and stock. He has a neat brick residence and a small frame barn. His political views bring him into alliance with the Republican party. He has been a close attendant upon his business and though he began it in straightened circumstances he has gained a handsome property. His wife is an esteemed and active member of the Presbyterian Church and the family is looked upon with respect by all who know them. JOSEPH BRUBACHER. This retired and respected gentleman of Jeffersonville, Fayette County, has been a resident of this place for more than half a century. He is a native of Pennsylvania, having been born in Lancaster County, May 11, 1815, and is a son of Henry and Barbara (Neff) Brubacher, natives of the Keystone State. Some of his ancestry served in the War of the Revolution, and were early settlers in Pennsylvania, dating as far back as William Penn's settlement. The father of our subject was a miller by 622 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. trade, and also kept a public inn in Columbia, Pa., for a period of over thirty years, and was well known throughout his section of country. The parents of our subject came to the Buckeye State at an early day in its settlement, and spent their last days in Darke County. They had thirteen children born to them, of whom our subject is the only survivor. He was brought up in Ohio and educated in the common schools. He learned the trade of a saddler, and traveled for a number of years as a journeyman, but in 1847 decided to locate in Jeffersonville, this county, and here engaged in business for himself, and carried it on successful until a few years past, when he retired from manual labor, and is now taking life easy enjoying all its comforts. The original of this life history was married in 1850 to Samantha A. Powell, and by their union three sons and one daughter were born. The sons are yet living, and are as follows: Marcus, born May 25, 1852; Harry, September 17, 1859; and Joseph, July 3, 1864. The good wife and mother died on the 23d of September, 1870, and her death has been an irreparable • loss. The daughter died October 30, 1873. Mr. Brubacher is a member of the Protestant Methodist Church, to which his good wife belonged, and he is one of the oldest residents of his place, and stands high in the regard and esteem of every one. He is very active for his age, and one would judge him to be ten years younger than he is. JAMES M. CLARK, who is engaged in the grocery business in Mt. Sterling, was born in the city which is still his home April 10, 1854. He is a son of Alex and Lydia (Atkins) Clark, both of whom were natives of Orange County, Va. They became acquainted in their native State, but were not married until after their removal to Ohio. They now reside in Madison County, C. A. and William Clark, two brothers of our subject, are represented elsewhere in this work. Mr. Clark remained in his native town until five years of age, and was then in Madison Mills, Fayette County, until ten years of age. His next place of residence was in Palestine, Pickaway County, where he spent four years. He then returned to Madison Mills, where he resided until twenty years of age. As a boy, he worked in his father's shop and on a farm, and was allowed to use his wages for himself. He operated a blacksmith shop of his own until twenty-five years of age, a part of that time being spent in Mt. Sterhng. Mr. Clark was married on Christmas Day of 1877 to Miss Ida May Mitchell, of Mt. Sterling, who was born in Williamsport, Pickaway County. Two children have been born of their union: Dennie A., who was born in Five Points, Pickaway County, January 16, 1879; and Benjamin Franklin, born in this place, April 23, 1883. Before his marriage, when Mr. Clark was about nineteen years of age, he took a trip through Michigan. In company with another boy, he left home, not asking permission, and went to Washington C. H., where he took a train for Spring. field, Ohio, and thence went to Urbana. As their money was then exhausted, they walked to Careyville, where they got work in a blacksmith shop. Two weeks later, they took the train for Sandusky and went to Detroit. Their money being again exhausted, they made their way to a little town, where they worked for a short time and then went to Bay City. Mr. Clark then shipped as a deck hand on a steam propeller bound for Chicago, a distance of five hundred miles, and returned in the same way to Bay City. A month was thus passed. During this time, he had all his clothing stolen except that which he wore. In the winter of 1873, he went to the lumber woods of Michigan and, after working for about six weeks, drew his money and returned home. In 1881, Mr. Clark embarked in the grocery business, which he continued for three years and then sold out in 1884. For a year, he then again gave his attention to blacksmithing, and in 1885 began clerking in a grocery store, where he was employed three years. Once more he embarked in business for himself in that line, and for the past seven years has been a leading grocer of Mt. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 623 Sterling. By fair and honest dealing and courteous treatment, he has built up a good trade, and now has a liberal patronage. Socially, he is a member of the Odd Fellows' Society and, in politics, was originally a Democrat, but is now a Prohibitionist. He is a member of the Methodist Church, to which Mrs. Clark also belongs and is a teacher in the Sunday-school. JAMES HALL. "The food we eat " is a vitally important question, and ,one that concerns the health and happiness of every man, woman and child. It is but natural to suppose that the best groceries are to be found in those establishments which transact the largest business. One of the finest appointed groceries in the city of Circleville is that owned by Hall & Hammel, who are reliable and wide-a-wake business men who enjoy the confidence of all who know them. Their stock embraces everything in the line of fancy groceries, provisions, teas, coffees; in fact, every thing usually found in a first-class house. While in this house can be found the best, it may also be stated, with equal truth, that here, too, can be bought the cheapest, a fact which has considerably contributed to the store's success. Mr. Hall is a native-born resident of this county, his birth occurring in Washington Township on the 10th of April, 1842, and he is a son of James Hall, and the grandson of Benjamin Hall, who was born near Hagerstown, Va. The latter was reared and married in his native town and about 1809 he came to Ohio, making the trip by horse and cart. He located in Circleville and here tilled the soil for many years. He was a private in the War of 1812 and served for one year, after which he resumed agricultural pursuits in Pickaway Township, then Washington Township, and later in Walnut Township, where he remained until his death. His father, James Hall, was an Englishman and came to America when about eighteen years of ake, locating in Maryland. Grandfather Benjamin Hall married Miss Elizabeth Bending, a native of Maryland, and they became the parents of ten children, James Hall, the father of our subject, being the second in order of birth. All are now deceased but the youngest, Caleb Hall, of Circleville. James Hall, the father of our subject, was born in Circleville, Ohio, and after growing up he followed the occupation to which he had been reared, farming first in Walnut Township and afterward in Washington Township. About the year 1840, he went to Iflinois on horseback and purchased two hundred acres of land in Shelby County. He subsequently returned to Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, and there died in 1842, just previous to the birth of our subject. His wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Pontius, was born in Washington Township, this county, and was the daughter of Samuel Pontius, who was born in Pennsylvania, and who came to Pickaway County, Ohio, with his parents when a boy. Here he grew to manhood and followed agricultural pursuits on one hundred and sixty acres of land on the Lancaster Pike. When he first came to this State, game was plenty and much of his time in youth was given up to hunting. He killed bears and deer and was considered the finest shot in the country. The mother of our subject died in 1844 and when but two years of age, our subject, who was the only child, was an orphan. He was reared by his Grandfather Pontius, who resided three miles from Circleville, and received his education in the district schools. He remained on the farm and assisted his grandfather until twenty-one years of age, when he branched out to fight life's battles for himself. He worked for his uncle Caleb for three years. Our subject was married in Fairfield County, in 1867, to Miss Catherine Heffner, a native of Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio, and the daughter of Henry Heffner. After his marriage, he located on a farm in Fairfield County, remained there a number of years, and in 1869 came to Pick-away County, where he began dealing in grain, buying and shipping in the Keys Elevator, under the firm title of Heffner & Co., and continued in this for seven years. After this, he engaged in the boot and shoe business with a Mr. Miller, under the firm title of Miller & Hall, and continued this 624 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORDS for a year or two. In 1881, he embarked in the grocery business under the firm name of Hall & Hammel, and has met with unusual success in this calling. In 1882, the firm erected a fine brick block at the corner of High and Court Streets, in a good business locality. The store has a frontage of thirty three feet, is eighty feet long, and is two stories in height. Mr. Hall also built a tasty brick residence on High Street, between Court and Pickaway Streets, and also owns residence property in different parts of the city. He is a Democrat in politics and has been a delegate to county and State conventions. He is well known and well respected all over the county, and, while in the grain business here, he was acquainted with every man of business in the county. MAJ. SAMUEL G. DAVENPORT. During the late war many of the citizens of Pickaway County left homes and loved ones and volunteered in the service of the Union; offering their lives, if need be, for the good of their country. Among this number was the gentleman whose name introduces this sketch, and who as a veteran of the war and an enterprising farmer and stock-raiser of Salt Creek Township, deserves considerable mention in this volume. During the year 1830, a young man named Charles Davenport accompanied his father on a prospecting tour from England to America, and, visiting New York, both were so pleased with the prospects offered settlers, that they returned to England, disposed of all interests there, and in 1832 made a final removal to the United States, accompanied by the other members of the parental family. After a monotonous voyage- of six weeks, they reached New York, whence they proceeded to Ohio, and purchased land in Walnut Township, Pickaway County. A short time after locating here, the father of the family, Samuel Gn Davenport, passed away from earth. lie was a man of large education and liberal views, and while in England had been Crown Surveyor. There is now in the possession of our subject a valued heirloom in the shape of a fine gold watch and double barreled shot gun, which the grandfather brought from England. The father of our subject, Charles Davenport, was one of twelve children, all of whom are deceased. During his residence in England, he received a thorough education, and for some time engaged in the study of medicine with a view of practicing, but after emigrating to America, he abandoned the idea and followed farming pursuits, although he was often sent for by his neighbors in times of sickness. Purchasing a farm in Pick-away Township, he located upon it and made it his home until death called him hence. He was a man of soldierly bearing and dignified address, and while in England belonged to a military organization. About 1832, a young lady named Martha Wilkes accompanied her parents from their native home in Dorston, England, across the Atlantic to America, and located near Circleville, where she first met Charles Davenport. Their marriage, which soon afterward took place, was blessed by the birth of six children, four of whom are still living. The mother died in December, 1888, and is remembered with affection by all who knew her. She was a member of the Episcopal Church, which her husband attended. Our subject prizes highly a sword which was once the property of his Grandfather Wilkes, and had been used by the Wilkes ancestors in 1559-60, during the Cromwell Wars. In Walnut Township, Pickaway County, our subject was born, January 25,1836. He acquired the rudiments of his education in the log schoolhouses of the township, and for four terms was a student in the High School at Circleville. He commenced farming operations in the summer of 1866, in Pickaway Townships and in December of the following year located in Salt Creek Township, where he still lives. Prior to locating here, he was united in marriage, in May, 1866, with Miss Eliza J., daughter of Abel Jones, who is mentioned elsewhere in this volume. Five children were born of the union, two of whom, Minnie and Fannie, are deceased. Charles A., Katie and Bessie, are at home. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 627 In the spring of 1864, Mr. Davenport enlisted in the service of the country as a member of Company A, One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Ohio Infantry, and with his regiment was in Virginia and the Carolinas. He was appointed First Lieutenant and did picket duty at Washington, Petersburg and Norfolk, as well as at other places. He was honorably discharged August 27, 1864, at Camp Denison, near Milford, Ohio, and after his return home received the commission of Major. Politically, he is a stanch Republican, and has served as delegate to conventions, but has never aspired to office. His wife is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The farm which Maj. Davenport owns and operates, and a view of which is elsewhere shown, is one of the best in the township, comprising one hundred and seventy acres, watered by a tributary of Pike Hole Run. He also owns forty acres of valuable land in another place, and in connection with his general farming engages in stock-raising. He raises draft and road horses, and has several head of very fine sheep, besides a number of short-horn cattle. Financially, he is one- of the solid men of the township, and his excellent business qualifications and good judgment make his enterprises successful. LEWIS C. DUNGAN. Along the old Frankelton Road going south from Circleville, there is no finer farm than the one owned and operated by the subject of this notice. The residence is a commodious abode, and the barns and other buildings are all that could be desired for the storage of grain and farm implements, as well as for the shelter of stock. The estate comprises hundred acres in the Scioto Valley, bordering on the river and watered by several springs. Through a perfect system of drainage, a good crop is always secured, even when severe droughts are parching the earth. Stock of good grades is to be found on the place, and the appearance of the land and buildings sufficiently indicates the thrift of the proprietor. A view of the residence 30 and inviting rural environments of the place is elsewhere shown. The early ancestors of our subject in the United States resided in Virginia, whence the grandfather, Titus Dungan, removed to Ohio and settled in Wayne Township, Pickaway County. There William K., father of our subject, was born in 1815, and there he grew to manhood. He was quite well known, serving as Township Clerk and in other positions where fidelity and discretion were appreciated and required. His death in 1847 not only removed from the community one who had always been deeply interested in its welfare, but also deprived his wife and little children of his tender care. The mother of our subject, whose maiden name was Mary Hurley, was born in Delaware and removed thence to Ohio in company with her parents, Edward and Mary Hurley. She lived the life of a faithful Christian and was identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, which lost a faithful member when she died in 1887. Only two of her five children are now living: Lewis C., who was born in Wayne Township, December 20, 1843, and Nancy, wife of Samuel B. Even, of Circleville. Our subject received his education in the schools of the district and at Mt. Pleasant Academy at Kingston, after which he commenced to Operate as a farmer and has since followed agricultural pursuits. He has resided on his present estate--about seven years, and during that time has introduced many improvements and effected changes of a practical and valuable character. In 1870, Mr. Dungan was married to Miss Frances Ann, daughter of Joseph Westenhaver, who was engaged as a farmer in Wayne Township from 1847 until his death in 1863. Mrs. Dungan always resided in this county, where she was well known and highly esteemed. She was the mother of six children: Della (deceased), Fred, Bishop, Nannie, Inez (deceased) and Fannie. A great loss and heavy bereavement fell upon this devoted family when the faithful wife and loving mother died, December 6, 1886. She occupied a high place in the community and is remembered as a lady of exalted character and loveliness of disposition. In educational matters, Mr. Dungan maintains great interest and has served as School Director 628 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. almost continuously since he was twenty-seven years old. He has been a Mason since 1869 and is prominent in the fraternity. His political belief is in sympathy with the principles of the Democratic party, and he has served as Township Trustee three years, Township Clerk two years, as delegate to county conventions, and in other local positions where ability and good judgment were indispensable. GEORGE HORNBECK is an enterprising and progressive farmer and stock-raiser, residing one-half mile south of the Oday Pike, where he owns a fine farm of two hundred and twenty-one acres, under a high state of cultivation and well improved. He was born in Union Township, near London, Madison County, October 1, 1855. His paternal grandfather was born March 6, 1789, and was married in December, 1807. He became a wealthy man and lived to an advanced age, his death occurring in July, 1862. His wife, who was born March 1, 1791, died in 1856. Isaac Hornbeck, the father of our subject, was born October 18, 1813, in this county, where his parents, Samuel and Mary (Hutson) Hornbeck, had settled in an early day. After he had attained to mature years, he married Anna Peck, who was born May 15, 1818, in Pickaway County. Mr. Hornbeck was truly a self-made man, for though he received some property from his father, it came only three years before his death, when he had already become wealthy. He died January 27, 1865. leaving a wife and five children, all of whom are still living. Two children had previously passed away. Miles, who was born in 1837, died December 15, 1864; Samuel, who was born January 28, 1839, is married and with his wife and three children resides in Madison County; Emily and Mary are at home; Henry died at the age of six years; John is married and with his family, numbering four children, resides in Fayette County; and George of this sketch is the youngest of the family. Mr. Hornbeck, whose name heads this record, was reared in the usual manner of farmer lads and acquired his education in the district schools of the neighborhood. He resides on the old home farm with his sisters and devotes his time and attention to its cultivation. The entire amount is well improved, and a glance at the place indicates the supervision of a careful manager, such as our subject is known to be. In his political affiliations, Mr. Hornbeck is a Democrat, having supported that party since he cast his first Presidential vote for Samuel J. Tilden in 1876. He served as Land Appraiser of Pleasant Township in 1890. Socially, he belongs to Garfield Commandery No. 28, K. T., of Washington C. H. He has served as Junior Deacon and Junior Warden, and at this writing holds the office of Senior Warden. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Hornbeck has spent his entire life in this community and is esteemed as a man of sterling worth. THOMAS H. JONES, who is the proprietor of Deer Creek Valley Stock Farm, located two and one-half miles south of Mt. Sterling on the Chillicothe Pike, is also a farmer of considern able note in this section. He is a native of this county, having been born in Madison Township, August 6, 1845, to James and Sarah (White) Jones. His father, who was a well-to-do farmer, had just laid by a comfortable competence when he was confronted with security debts to the amount of $96,000, $56,000 of which he never received anything for. As this was a time when our subject should have been attending school, he was obliged to aid his father in paying off the debts and thus had poor advantages for obtaining an education. When reaching his nineteenth year, he went to Delaware, where it had been his intention to thoroughly fit himself for a business life, but his health failing after an attendance of three terms, he was advised by his physicians to abandon his studies, and thenceforth devoted his time and attention to farmingn On reaching his majority, Mr. Jones was married, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 629 September 3, 1867, to Miss Jennie Pancoast of this county, where she was born October 4, 1845. She is the daughter of Samuel and Lovina (Leach) Pancoast, and, after her marriage, located with her husband on his father's farm in Pickaway County, where they resided for one year and then moved to the farm which they now own and occupy. On the death of his father, October 20, 1871, our subject found that there were still some of the old security debts unpaid, which he, as one of the heirs, had to aid in wiping out. There were three children in the parental family, of whom Mary E. died June 29, 1849. William M., who was born December 5, 1850, fell heir with our subject to the old homestead, six hundred and ninety-one and a half acres of which were the share of our subject, and upon these he located soon after his mother's death, which occurred November 28, 1875. To Mr. and Mrs. Jones have been born seven children. Their eldest son, James R., who was born January 4, 1869, received his early training in the common schools of his district and took a three-years course in the Mt. Sterling schools, and later attended for two years at London, where he took a special course of book-keeping. He was married December 16, 1891, to Miss Alta M. Ray, who was born in Columbus, September 8, 1869. The second child of our subject, Lorena May, was born October 11, 1870, and in addition to receiving a good education, has received a thorough musical training; William, who was born March 18,1872, died in August of that year; Nellie Jane, who was born February 7, 1878, is also quite a musician; Ray Samuel, who was born November 7,1879, Charles Howard, December 27, 1881, and Harry Thomas, April 3, 1886, are at home. In 1868, Mr. Jones began handling blooded stock, and at the present time has a number 'of Hambletonian and English Shire horses. He raised "Sailor Boy," which took the first money in the fall of 1881, making a record of 2:17¼, and which he afterward sold for $5,000. He also bred "Aimee," whose record is 2:30. In addition to horses, Mrn Jones breeds full-blooded registered Poland-China hogs, and devotes considerable time to raising full-blooded chickens, having an incubator and yards for each breed. He of whom we write cast his first Presidential vote for Grant in 1868. In 1887, he joined the ranks of the Masons, is now a Sir Knight and holds membership in the Blue Lodge at Mt. Sterling, and has taken higher degrees at Washington C. H. His eldest son also joined that fraternity in 1890 and has taken the Third Degree. In 1866, our subject, his brother and father, fed for the market over eleven hundred head of hogs, which brought them when sold $52,614. The father of our subject was born in Perry Township, Pickaway County, this State, May 3, 1813. He was the third in order of birth in the family of Isaac and Dorothy (Bally) Jones, the former of whom was born in Delaware, April 14, 1783. The grandfather came to Ross County, this State, and after a residence there of one year went to Pickaway County, where he purchased and cleared one hundred and eighty acres of land. There he was married and became the father of eight children, only one of whom is living. They bore the respective names of Annie B., Thomas F., James, William, Isaac, Purnell, Mary D., Sarah B. The father of Mrs. Jones was born in the little village of Waterloo, Fayette County, in 1815, while her mother was born in 1826, in Virginia, and accompanied her parents to this State when two years of age. She was one in a family of ten children, her brothers and sisters being named respectively: Timothy, Warren, Charity, Menerva, Alonzo, Miranda, Lucy, Elmer and Ella, the two latter twins. MRS. CATHERINE A. MOORE, a highly esteemed resident of Madison Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, and one of the pioneers of the same, is now residing on section 22, where she has a well-improved farm. She was born in Hardy County, Va., on the 26th of February, 1812, and is the daughter of Nathan and Christina (Stump) Perrill, both natives of the Old Dominion and of Irish and German origin respectively. The father was an officer in the War of 1812. In 1816, he and his family emigrated to 630 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Pickaway County, Ohio, and made the journey with a four-horse team and a saddle horse. They made a settlement in Madison Township, and began pioneer life in a log cabin in the woods. Of the five children born to this worthy couple only two now survive, Mrs. Moore, and Mary, wife of J. D. Vause, of Harrison Township. The father died in Madison Township, Pickaway County, this State, in April, 1843, and in his death the township lost one of its best citizens. Mrs. Moore, the subject of this sketch, grew to mature years in Madison Township, Pickaway County, amid scenes of pioneer life, and has been an eye-witness to the wonderful improvements made in the country in the last seventy years. She received her education in the district schools of Madison Township, and supplemented this by a short course in the schools of Columbus, this State. She was married on the 7th of June, 1832, to Mr. John B. Moore, a native of Pennsylvania, born on the 4th of July, 1805, and the son of William and Elizabeth (Benford) Moore, natives of Ireland and Pennsylvania, respectively. At an early date, or in 1813, William Moore and family emigrated to Pickaway County, Ohio, and settled in Pickaway Plains, south of the present site of Circleville, later going to Circleville, where the father passed the remainder of his days. Here young Moore was reared, and his early life was spent in the mercantile business. Later, he ran a carding mill for several years, and the latter part of his life was spent in firm work. He was a man possessed of a good, practical education, and was thoroughly posted on all the leading topics of the day. In politics, he was a Democrat. To Mr. and Mrs. Moore were born nine children, seven of whom are now living: Missouri E., wife of Thomas B. Vause, of Columbus, Ohio; Crissie P.; Augustus; Nathan, at Columbus, Ohio; William S.; Ellen R., wife of George Miller; and Josie wife of Rev. J. Kemper, of the Methodist Church of Tecumseh, Neb. The two deceased were Mary F. and Samuel P. Mr. Moore had served as Clerk arid Trustee of Madison Township, Pick-away County, and was serving his second term as Treasurer of Pickaway County, Ohio, at the time of his death, which occurred on the 8th of Jan uary, 1857. He was a man of strong and vigorous intellect, and one of the representative citizens of the county. He was a kind and indulgent husband and father, and a pillar in the Methodist Church, in which he served in different official capacities. He was one of the founders of the Pleasant Grove Methodist Church and was well known as an active worker in religious matters, as well as in all other enterprises of a laudable nature. He was deeply interested in political matters, and was a charter member of the Masonic fraternity. He was a man of excellent business acumen, and at his death left a large amount of real estate, besides other valuable property. His widow survives him and is prominently identified with the Methodist Church. She owns a large, well-improved farm, and is among the oldest living pioneers of Madison Township, Pickaway County. Her husband was strictly a self-made man, and was universally liked throughout Pickaway County. SEYMOUR R. VAN METER, a farmer of Pickaway County, won a good record as a soldier during those times that tried the souls of the bravest and most patriotic, when rebellion threatened our country with disunion and dishonor, and he has since made his citizenship valuable to his native township, Jackson. He was born here January 1, 1844, and comes of the old pioneer stock of the State. He is a son of Jacob S. Van Meter, who was born November 1, 1808, in Champaign County, of which his father, Henry Van Meter, was an early settler. The grandfather of our subject was born in Hardy County, W. Va., May 12, 1780. He was descended from an old German family that had emigrated to this country in Colonial times, and had first settled in New York State, but subsequently traded with the Indians for land in Virginia, and was represented there several generan tions. Henry Van Meter came to Ohio in 1800, and, joining forces with the pioneers that had pre- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 631 ceded him, he did noble work in redeeming the land from its original wildness, developing one of the finest farms in the county. He unfortunately lost his property during the War of 1812 by contracting and speculating, and never fully recovered it. He was a prominent man in the county, which be served two terms as Sheriff. He was a Methodist in religion and a Whig in politics. His death occurred at the age of seventy years, as did also that of his wife, whose maiden name was Margaret Renick. The father of our subject was one of nine children. He attended the pioneer schools of Champaign County, and on his father's farm acquired a thorough knowledge of farming. While his father was Sheriff of the county, he did the most of the business in the office. In 1841, he was married to Sarah C. Jennings, a native of Clarke County, born October 7, 1817, who survives him at a venerable age, and still makes her home at Urbana. She is of the Baptist faith in belief. Mr. Van Meter began life with no capital, but in time he accumulated a handsome competency. In 1841, he came to Pickaway County, and settled on two hundred and fifty acres of land in Jackson Township, to which his mother had fallen heir. He finally bought the claims of the other heirs, and he eventually became the possessor of seven hundred acres of land in this township, and of two hundred and forty acres in Scioto Township. He made the most of his money by feeding cattle, a business that he pursued quite extensively. His death, December 15, 1863, was a serious blow to the interests of his community. In early life, he was a Whig, bnt he joined the Republicans after the formation of that party. He held the office of Township Trustee, and was prominently mentioned for County Commissioner. He led a con-entious, upright life, but was not a member of ny church. Seven of the eleven children born to the parts grew to maturity, namely: Edward J., Seymour R., Frank B. (deceased), Julia J., John R., Absalom J. and Charles L. He of whom we write passed his childhood on the farm, and in tendance at the district school, his education ing supplemented by a course of some five months at the High School at Urbana. He was but a boy when the war broke out, but the following year found the patriotic youth in the ranks of those who were fighting for the old flag. He enlisted June 6, 1862, in Company A, Forty-fifth Ohio Infantry, was mustered in at Camp Chase, and in August, sent with his comrades to Covington, Ky. That year was spent in that State, and the following fall the Forty-fifth was sent to Gen. Burnside, at Knoxville, Tenn. Our subject's company was mounted, and did important scouting work in Tennessee, having several skirmishes with the enemyn November 14, 1863, Mr. Van Meter was captured by the Texas Rangers, who were in advance of Gen. Longstreet, and he was taken to Richmond, where he was placed in Pemberton Prison, across the street from Libby. He was kept in that prison, and in Belle Isle Prison, from December 1, 1863, until March 4, 1864, and was then sent to Andersonville, arriving there March 10, and he was detained there until September 7, 1864, when he was taken to Savannah, Ga. October 10, he was again removed, this time to Millen, Ga., and was paroled there November 20, 1864, after an experience of one year and six days in various Southern prisons. He rejoined his regiment at Huntsville, Ala., and remained there until his life as a soldier was brought to a close after the war bad ended, receiving his final discharge June 12, 1865, at Camp Harker, Tenn., he having seen much hard service throughout Alabama and Eastern Tennessee. After his return from the South, Mr. Van Meter turned his attention to farming, and has done well in the prosecution of his calling, carrying on a mixed husbandry with good success. He lived on the old homestead until a year ago, and then took up his residence at Fox Postoffice as Assistant Postmaster. He has one hundred and forty acres of land, which is under good cultivation, and is provided with substantial improvements. Our subject was married November 18, 1875, to Miss Rachel C.Vause, a native of Pickaway County, born May '20, 1850, and in her he has a devoted wife. The principal sorrow of their otherwise happy married life has been in the death of their 632 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. only child, Frank, who died at the age of six months. Mr. and Mrs. Van Meter are prominent, socially, and are among the leading members of the Presbyterian Church, of which he has been Deacon one year. They are very active in Sunday-school work, and the past summer held a mission school in the schoolhouse. In politics, our subject is a Republican, and in his social relations, he is a member of the Grand Army Post at Circleville. HON. ANDREW R. CREAMER, attorney-at-law at Washington C. H., has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession here the last quarter of a century. He is a native of this county, having been born near Jeffersonville June 12, 1847, and is a son of Joseph B. and Elizabeth (Life) Creamer. The parents were natives of Virginia, and came to Fayette County about 1816, at a time when this now prosperous city contained only a few houses. They removed hither with their respective parents, who located near Jeffersonville. Joseph B. Creamer was a farmer by occupation, and was very prominent in local affairs, having served several terms as County Commissioner. He is still living, being in his eighty-fourth year; his good wife departed this life in 1865. The original of this sketch attended the. graded schools of Jeffersonville, and supplemented the knowledge gained therein by a course in the Normal at Lebanon, and later entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, taking an elective course. He then taught school for a time, in the interim reading law with the Hon. M. J. Williams, who is now Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio. Mr. Creamer was admitted to the Bar in April, 1870, and at once began practice at Washington C. H. In 1871, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney, when only twenty-three years of age, which offfce he filled satisfactcrily for one term, declining a second nomination. In the year 1879, Andrew R. Creamer was nominated on the Republican ticket for State Senator, and was elected by five thousand majority. He was the youngest man in the Senate at that time, and one of the youngest ever elected in the State of Ohio. He held that position for one term, the rule of the counties at that time being a single term to each county. He also served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1880, which resulted in the nomination of Gen. Garfield for President. Mr. Creamer then entered upon the practice of law more vigorously than ever, and is to-day one of the leading attorneys of the Fayette County Bar. He is a stockholder and attorney for the Commercial Bank, of this city, which position he had held since its organization. Miss Anna E. Brundige, daughter of John and Mary Brundige, of Paris, Ill., became the wife of our subject in 1870. They have been granted a family of three children, viz: Alice, Alfred and Daisy. Mr. and Mrs. Creamer are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which body our subject serves on the official board. In social matters, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge; also I. O. O. F. lodge, and enjoys a wide and unblemished reputation as being a man of the most perfect business instincts. PORTLAND C. FULLMER, Editor and proprietor of the Jeffersonian at West Jefferson, is an enterprising young journalist who has already made his way to an honorable position in his profession. It is an ably conducted paper, its editorials on all subjects of general interest are intelligent, keen and critical, and it has a large subscription. list, including all classes of the reading public. The late George Fullmer, the father of our subject was born in Pennsylvania, October 17, 1798, while the mother, Sophronia Thrasher, was born in Chittenden County, Vt., January 21, 1820. The parents wire married in Jefferson, Wis., June 29, 1851, and two years later removed to Pennsylvania locating near Lancaster, where they remained until October, 1854, and then came West to Madison County, locating in Jefferson Township. The father was a farmer by occupation and took an PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 633 active interest in all local affairs, being especially minent in church and school matters. He departed this life April 1, 1884, his declining years being cheered by the sincere friendship and filial love of those about him. Of the two children comprised in the parental family, Henry D., was the elder and is at present engaged in operating the old homestead. The original of this sketch was born in Jefferson Township, Madison County, May 9,1855, and was reared to mature years on his father's farm. The knowledge gained by attendance in the common schools was supplemented by a course at the University at Lebanon, and after finishing his studies he was employed as a teacher for several terms. Mr Fuller was later engaged as traveling salesman for medical supplies and for some two years clerked in a drug store in West Jefferson. In November, 1891, he of whom we write began the publication of the Jeffersonian, which is received with favor throughout the entire county. In 1889, he was appointed Notary Public, and in social matters is a leading member of West Jefferson Lodge No. 412, I. O. O. F., and occupies a prominent position as a Knight of Pythias. Mr. Fullmer was united in marriage April 6, 1892, with Miss Mary V. Reason, daughter of A. J. and Martha E. Reason, natives of Virginia and Maryland respectively. ANDREW METZGER. The splendid farm which belongs to this gentleman possesses considerable historical importance as the site of the old Logan fort, and the place where Logan, Chief of the Mingo Indians, is supposed to have made his famous speech. Even at the present time, relics are still found of the savages who once inhabited this beautiful land, hunted the deer and fought sanguinary battles with their equally savage foes, but who are fast disppearing from the face of the country, where once they reigned in undisturbed majesty. The estate mentioned comprises one hundred and sixty acres of fertile land, in Wayne Township, Pickaway County, and is divided and subdivided into fields of convenient size, some of which are tilled, and others devoted to pasturage of the stock which may be found upon the place in large numbers. The owner of the farm, and the subject of this notice, was born in Washington Township, Pickaway County, November 30, 1841, and is the son of Benjamin Metzger, whose birth occurred in this county, in 1808. The grandfather, John Metzger, removed from Pennsylvania to Ohio during the closing years of the last century, settling in Washington Township, Pickaway County, and subsequently removing to Allen County, Ind., where he died. The father of our subject became a farmer, and, removing from Washington to Pickaway Township, purchased a tract of land, which he tilled and cultivated until his death, in 1868. He was a member of the Lutheran Church, and a man of sincere and noble character. He married Mary Zemer, the (laughter of Pennsylvanian parents, and they became the parents of eleven children, ten of whom are still living, our subject being the fifth in order of birth. The mother died in 1845, many years prior to the decease of her husband. Until the death of his father, in 1868, our subject remained at home, aiding in the management of the farm, of which he afterward assumed the entire control, and continued in that way for a few years. In 1875, he purchased the farm in Wayne Township, on which he still resides, and which, through his efforts, has been brought to a high state of cultivation. In all his labors he has received the cheerful co-operation of his wife, to whom he was married in 1873. She was Miss Lizzie, daughter of Joseph B. Haswell, a native of Ohio, and a pioneer merchant in Circleville. Mr. and Mrs. Metzger are the parents of three children: Benjamin, William (deceased), and Joseph. Mrs. Metzger is devoted to the welfare of religious causes, and is identified with the Lutheran Church. In educational and political matters, Mr. Metzger takes considerable interest, and is a firm adherent of the principles of the Democratic party. He served as Trustee of Wayne Township for nine years, also as School Director, and 634 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. as delegate to various conventions, and in whatever position he has been placed by his fellow-citizens has discharged the duties incumbent upon the office with fidelity and discretion. SAMUEL J. PAULLIN, who occupies a high place among the farmers and stock-breeders of Range Township, Madison County, makes a specialty of raising Short-horn cattle and Poland-China hogs. His estate, which is pleasantly located, is supplied with all the conveniences for carrying on this branch of agriculture, in which Mr. Paullin is accumulating a handsome fortune. He of whom we write was born in Paint Township, Fayette County, September 29, 1849, and is a son of Uriah and Martha (Greene) Paullin. The father, who was a native of Greene County, this State, was born on the 24th of February, 1813, while the mother, who also hailed from that county, was born February 14, 1826. Samuel J. spent his boyhood days in Paint Township, on a farm, and in addition to receiving a common-school education, attended an academy at Bloomingburgh for six months, and when nineteen years of age, took a course of study at Antioch. He then taught school for one term, after which he attended a teachers' session at Lebanon, and then taught another term. He later spent one summer in traveling through Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois and Indian Territory, and, on returning home, carried on his father's estate. In 1876, while attempting to kill an enraged bull, Mr. Paullin was attacked by the animal and thrown twenty feet, breaking his leg in three places and bruising him generally. He was thus crippled for the remainder of that season, but, becoming convalescent, he went to Illinois. In 1877, our subject purchased his present home, and two years later, on January 1, he was united in marriage to Miss Flora Adelaid, daughter of Andrew B. and Clarinda (Clarridge) Core. She was born in Fayette. County, October 21, 1857, and was given an excellent education, following the occupation of a teacher for four years. The seven children comprising the family of Mr. and Mrs. Paullin are Myrta Ethel, who was born in 1879; Herman L., in 1881; Uriah Wilber, in 1882; Edgar Core, in 1883; Minnie Alpha, in 1885; Elda Gertrude, in 1887; and Martha Henrietta, in 1890. They occupy a beautiful home, and move in the best circles of Paint Township. Mr. Paullin cast his first Presidential vote in 1872, for U. S. Grant. In 1877, he was elected Assessor of his township, and, although not an office-seeker, has been called upon to represent his fellow-townsmen in numerous positions. He has served as Judge of Elections in Democratic wards, and has been delegate to county conventions a number of times, having the honor of nominating Mr. Martin at the convention, when he received his second nomination. With his wife, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and occupies the position of Trustee and Treasurer of that denomination. C. W. PURSELL is a young man whose native ability has placed him in the front ranks of the business men of Washington C. H., his birthplace, where he is extensively engaged as a lumber merchant and as a manufacturer of doors, sashes and blinds. He was born August 15, 1856, and was educated in the public schools of this city. At the age of fifteen, he entered the Herald office to learn the trade of a printer, and after he had become an expert typesetter he remained in the office as a journeyman. After spending four years in that manner, our subject entered the lumber business, and continued in it seven years. He then sold out his business and went to Minneapolis, Minn., where he engaged in the manufacture of underwear for three years. Returning at the expiration of that time to Washington C. II., he resumed his old business, and this is one of the leading firms in that line in this part of the county. He also does a thriving business in the manufacture of blinds, doors and sashes. Mr. Purcell possesses a pleasing personality, is frank and generous by nature, is noted for his PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 637 good fellowship, and is one of the most popular society men in the city. His political affiliations are with the Republican party, of which he is an ardent supporter. In his social relations, he is identified with the Masonic fraternity, as a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Royal Arcanum. JOHN COURTRIGHT. Among the successful agriculturists of Pickaway County, we may mention the name of Mr. Courtright, whose portrait is presented on the opposite page and whose estate is located on section 14, Walnut Township. His family figures in the social gatherings of this community, where their intelligence and cultured manners make them welcome guests. Our subject is a native of the above-named township, his birth occurring January 28, 1838. He is therefore actively interested in all that pertains to its upbuilding, and is liberal with both his time and means. Jesse D. and Sallie (Stout) Courtright, the parents of our subject, were natives respectively of Fairfield County, this State, and Pennsylvania. The father was reared to man's estate in his native county, where the family were among the pioneers, enduring all the hardships and privations which life in a new country made necessary. He was born in 1811 and by his marriage with Miss Stout became the parent of nine children, seven of whom are living, namely: Mary J., Mrs. Thomas Cole; Sarah, who married Emanuel Westenhaver; Elizabeth, Mrs. Ezra Beery; John; George S., a physician residing in Fairfield County, Ohio; Samuel W., a judge at Circleville; Alva P., also a physician, practicing in Circleville; Edson B. 0. and Amanda are deceased. Some time in the '30s, the father of our subject located upon the farm which is the property of John Courtright. He was very prominent in tlne county, represented Pickaway County one term in the Legislature, and was also the incumbent of various township offices, the duties of which he discharged in a conscientious and satisfactory manner. Socially, he was identified with the Masonic fraternity, and in politics was a Democrat. He passed from this life February 22, 1873, at Circleville, whither he had removed in 1870. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, to the support of which he was a liberal and cheerful contributor. Mrs. Courtright survived her husband until July, 1881, when she too passed to the home beyond. The original of this sketch grew to mature years on the home farm and there was trained to a thorough understanding of farm life, which pursuit has been his life calling. He was given a good education in the public schools of his locality. August 16, 1866, he was married to Minerva L. Brobst, who was born in Fairfield County, February 8, 1846. Mrs. Courtright was the daughter of David and Leah (Culp) Brobst, the father a native of the above-named county, and the mother of Walnut Township, this county, where her parents were among the early settlers. To Mr. and Mrs. Courtright have been born four children: Alva B., Sallie F., John D. (deceased), and Grace C. Our subject is the proprietor of a splendid estate, comprising three hundred and forty-five acres in the home farm, and two hundred acres in Fairfield County, beside a half interest in one hundred and thirty acres, the records thus showing him to be one of the heaviest taxpayers in his school district and township. In politics, Mr. Courtright is a Democrat, and for a number of years served his fellow-townsmen. as Trustee. He is a Director of Reber Hill Cemetery, and, with his good wife, is a member in good standing of the Presbyterian Church, in which body he served in the capacity of Elder for a long period. His upright and honest life has won the esteem and respect of all good citizens, by whom he will be remembered long after he has been called hence. Socially, he is identified with the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Lithopolis Lodge No. 169, in which body he was Master for fourteen years. He also served as Eminent Commander of the Scioto Commandery No. 35, at Circleville and was otherwise identified with social life. A brother of our subject, Judge Samuel Court-right, of Circleville, is one of the prominent and well-to-do residents of that place. Another brother, 638 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. George S. Courtright, is a skillful physician and during the Civil War served as Assistant Surgeon. For two years, he was in the Department of Mexico, and during that time joined the expedition commanded by Kit Carson against the Indians in Texas, which perhaps the reader will remember was unsuccessful. Our subject and his estimable wife jointly preside over one of the pleasantest homes in the township. Their intelligence and hospitality create about them a delightful atmosphere of genuine enjoyment, and with them their friends find a pleasant respite from the cares and fatigues of business and home duties, as well as an intellectual stimulus id the best direction. AUGUSTUS P. LAMB. This prominent and wealthy farmer of Scioto Township, Pickaway County, has a reputation among his fellow-citizens of being the greatest "hustler " in the county, and in political circles he 18 looked, upon as one of the shrewdest and most capable men in his party. He is deeply interested in educational matters, and considers that the future of Pickaway. County depends upon the training which is given to the children of this generation. Our subject was born in Fairfield County, Qhio, January 7, 1847, and is a son of Frederick Lamb, who was born in Augusta County, Va., in 1798. The grandfather, who was of German descent, died when Frederick Lamb was an infant, and when only six years old, the child came, in 1804, to Ohio with his brothers, who settled in Fairfield County. He had journeyed on horseback over the mountains, a distance of over five hundred miles. He was educated in the pioneer schools, and early turned his attention to the hard work of the frontier, splitting rails and peddling clocks for some eight or ten years, and in that way gaining means to make a start in life. He at one time owned fifteen hundred acres of land, and was then esteemed as one of the wealthiest men in the county. An hotel for drovers going to the East ern markets was kept by him, and sometimes he had as many as one hundred men under his roof over night. In addition to all this, this man Of large business capacity carried on extensive farming and stock-dealing. He died at the age of seventy-eight years, an esteemed member of the Protestant Methodist Church, and a Democrat in his political connections. Elizabeth Caldwell was the maiden name of the mother of our subject, and she was also a native of Virginia, and came to Ohio with some of her relatives when she was a young girl of thirteen. Her parents had died when she was quite young, and had left her an extensive estate, with a large number of slaves, whom she set free. It was in 1828 that she came to Ohio, and she traveled on horseback over the mountains. She was the mother of ten children, six of whom grew toyears of maturity, namely : Almeda, Hamilton, Worthington, Frederick, our subject and Edson. This woman of remarkable capability and character died at the age of fifty years. She was a member of the Methodist Protestant Church, and, with a few others, was the main support of that body in her vicinity. Indeed, the church building was erected through her efforts and contributions. The boyhood of our subject was passed upon the farm, and after attending the district school in the log school house, he studied at the Fairfield Union Academy, spending two years there studying German and Latin. While a pupil in the district school, he had a teacher who had been hired on account of his extraordinary ability in mathematics, but who was a hard drinker. Young Lamb found his teacher's jug of whiskey under a root in a clearing back of the schoolhouse, and at recess filled it full of water. The teacher went out to get a drink, and was wild with rage at finding the trick which had been played upon him. The child was frightened at the teacher's anger and began to cry, thus showing his own connection with the affair, whereupon the teacher made him tell who had suggested to him this act, and whipped them. Upon first beginning work for himself, the young man farmed for six years upon one hundred and sixty acres in Fairfield County, and then PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 639 moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where for one year he carried on a speculative business, but not liking the land there, returned to Fairfield County and rented for two years. He lived for six years upon three hundred and forty acres near Darbyville, a property which he bought at $33 and sold at $65 per acre. His farm in Pickaway County, upon which he moved in 1881, has three hundred and forty acres, and all of it is improved land. Rebecca McNaghten, who was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, became the wife of our subject September 19, 1870. They have six children living and one has passed from earth. Those who are living are Owen P. (now in the Columbus University), Whitney E., Clyde C., Frederick W., Rex and Nellie. Most of the farm is rented out to tenants, and Mr. Lamb devotes all his time to trading in stock and other directions, buying and selling large numbers of horses and cattle. He has unusual ability in business matters, and is of a speculative turn of mind. He goes to Cincinnati and Chicago to buy stock and brings them here to fatten and sell. He is a Democrat in his political views, and is looked up to for his wisdom in regard to State politics. For twenty-five years he has been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Commercial Point. There is no point upon which Mr. Lamb is more wide-awake and progressive than in regard to the education of his children, which he looks upon as of supreme importance.    ALLEN LATHAM is a general farmer on a fertile tract of four hundred and fifty-seven acres of land located in Jasper Township, Fayette County. He was the son of Bela and Mary Ellen (Feagens) Latham, natives espectively of Maine and Ohio. The parents were married in Fayette County, soon after which event they located on a farm in Union Township. In 1834, they moved upon the land which is In possession of our 'subject, but which at that early period was in its original wildness. The act comprises three hundred acres, nearly all of which Mr. Latham placed under good cultivation prior to his decease, which occurred in 1873. His good wife preceded him to the world beyond by several years, her death taking place in 1868. The parental family of our subject included eleven children, only four of whom are living. Five sons took part in the late Civil War: Charles was killed at the battle of Cheat Mountain; Fielding died in the hospital while in the service. The elder Mr. Latham took a great interest in the welfare of his township, and served his fellow-townsmen as Trustee for several terms. He was a member in good standing of the Christian Church and gave liberally of his means to its support. The original of this sketch was born November 17, 1832, in Union Township, Fayette County. He was an infant when his parents settled on the farm, where he grew to manhood, and where he saw plenty of hard work, having to assist his father in' cultivating the land. When starting out in life on his own responsibility, Mr. Latham secured a tract of one hundred and twenty acres, and improved the same. Our subject joined the Union army in 1864, and enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Ohio Militia. the regiment went into camp at Ft. Dennison, and later went into Kentucky where Mr. Latham did guard duty; he also participated in the Morgan raid. He was in the service for four months, and then returning home he was married in July, 1865, to Miss Catherine, daughter of Moore and Ann (Bailey) Bragg, natives of this State, being residents of Ross County. There the mother's decease took place, while the father died in Iowa. To Mr. and Mrs. Bragg were born five children, Mrs. Latham's birth occurring in 1844. After his marriage, he of whom we write settled upon the home farm, where he continued to reside for three and a half years. He then removed to a farm a mile and a half southeast of Plymouth and made that place his home for sixteen years, when he returned to what is now his present abiding-place. His estate comprises four hundred and fifty-seven acres of valuable land, more than half of which is under the most approved methods of cultivation. He gives his time and attention 640 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. to general farming and has been more than ordinarily successful in his calling. To Mr. and Mrs. Latham has been born one daughter, Mary Ellen, who is the wife of Grant Marchant, M. D., and resides in Milledgeville; they are the parents of one child. Mrs. Latham is a member in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, our subject is a thorough Republican, and his interest in educational affairs has, caused him to be placed on the School Board. He has occupied the responsible position of Trustee of his township for two terms, during which time he fulfilled all the duties of that office in a manner creditable to himself and satisfactory to his constituents.J JAMES SILCOTT. This prominent practicing dentist of Washington C. H. occupies a pleasant and conveniently located suite. of rooms in the Worthington Block, corner of Market and Main Streets. His office is furnished with all the appliances which contribute to success in his profession, and his attention is closely given to the welfare of his patients. Not only is he popular among the people of the county, but he is prominently and favorably known in the ranks of his professional brethren. Born in Washington C. H. November 30, 1862, our subject is the son of A. E. Sileott, an early resident of the city. He was educated in the common and High Schools of the place, graduating from the latter in 1880, after which he was for one year a student in the State University at Columbus. He then entered the Polytechnic Institute at Troy, N. Y., and after studying there one year, followed the profession of a civil engineer for two years, making the first surveys on the Columbus, & Cincinnati Midland Railroad, and afterward engaging in surveys in the West. On returning to Ohio, our subject commenced the study of dentistry with his uncle, Dr. J. R. Taylor, of Cincinnati, with whom he remained until 1884. He then entered the Ohio Dental College, from which he was graduated with the Class of '86. For the ensuing two years he occupied the position of Demonstrator in both operative and mechanical departments, following which he came to Washington C: H. and opened an office in 1889. He now enjoys an extensive and lucrative practice, and is highly esteemed by the people of the county. Dr. Silcott is a member of the Mississippi Valley Dental Association, of which he has been Secretary one year. He is also identified with the Cincinnati Odontological Society, the State Dental Association, also President of the Board of Dental Examiners of the State of Ohio, the Chi Phi fraternity; and socially, he is a member of Fayette Lodge, F. & A. M., and the Knights of Pythias. His marriage October 17, 1889, at Walnut Hill, Cincinnati, united him with Miss Marie Leininger, of that place, and they are the parents of one child, Marie. They are prominently identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in the social circles of Washington C. H. are welcome guests. Politically, our subject is a Republican.   JOHN MALLOW comes of the fine old pioneer stock that was represented in the American Revolution and in the War of 1812, and by his good soldiership during the late rebellion, he proved himself worthy of so patriotic an ancestry. He is a farmer in Wayne Township, Fayette County, where he has large and valuable landed interests, and is among the foremost of his calling in his county. Mr. Mallow was born in Ross County in 1838, a son of Simeon and Jane Mallow. His father was also a native of Ross County, and was born in 1813 on the same farm on which his son, of whom we write, first opened his eyes to the light. His parents were Adam and Phebe (Dice) Mallow, who were natives of Pendleton County, Va., and early settlers of Ross County, this State, locating there in 1800. The former was a son of Adam and Sarah (Bush) Mallow, and was an officer in the War of 1812, who attained the rank of Major. His father PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 641 was a native of Virginia, and, when a mere child, was captured by the Indians at Ft. Sebert, on the Potomac River, his mother, several brothers and a sister being taken at the same time. His life was preserved on account of his bravery, while his brothers and sister were killed before the eyes of their mother because they cried. His savage captors brought him to the old Indian village of Chillicothe, in the adjoining county of Ross, and he was with them six years before be could effect his escape. He was very favorably impressed with the beauty of the country around his Indian home, and he came to this State in the last. years of his life to spend his remaining days in Ross County, where he died at a good old age. He was a soldier in the Revolution, and fought at Point Pleasant. Simeon Mallow's education was limited to the district school of the olden times. His parents both died when he was young, and he immediately took charge of his father's farm, his early training fitting him to carry it on in an able manner. At the age of twenty-two, he took unto himself a wife in the person of Jane Campbell, who was born in Wayne Township in 1815, and was a daughter of William and Margaret (Macolum) Campbell, who were natives respectively of Kentucky and Virginia, who had located in Fayette County in 1800. After marriage, Mr. Mallow bought the remainder of the old homestead from the other heirs, and quietly, contentedly and prosperously pursued his vocation thereon, and fulfilled his duties as a man and a citizen throughout a long and honorable life, until his death in 1885. His wife had passed away ten years previously. To them had been born these four children: Adam G., John, Lewis C. and Armada. The father was of the old Whig stock, and when the Republican party rose he joined its ranks. He held most of the offices of his township, and always took an affectionate pride in its progress. In the early years of his manhood, the subject of this biography showed the value of his citizenship by entering the army in 1862, as a member of Company K, Eighty-ninth Ohio Infantry, and going forth from home and friends to help fight his country's battles, and, mayhap, to die in defense of the Union. His regiment was attached to the Army of the Cumberland, and he took part in many of the most important engagements in which that branch of the service figured. Thus he was present at the dreadful battle of Chickamauga; helped in the successful storming of Missionary Ridge, where the common soldiers covered themselves with glory; did some heavy fighting at Dalton and Resaca; was in all the principal battles that were fought during Gen. Sherman's famous march to the sea, assisting in the siege and capture of Atlanta, and finally took part in the Grand Review at Washington in 1865, after the close of the war. He had a full experience of the hardships and perils of a soldier's life, but happily escaped from many of the dangers that threatened on every hand, only receiving a slight wound, at Chickamauga, which necessitated his going to the hospital for a short. time. He entered the service as a private, and was mustered out as First Lieutenant of his company, an honor well deserved. Returning home from the battle-fields of the South, Mr. Mallow at once resumed the duties on the farm that he had laid aside when he abandoned the plough and the reaping hook to shoulder the musket. In 1867, he took upon himself the responsibilities of domestic life, marrying Miss Julia, daughter of Solomon and Juliet (Crawford) Bush. Her father was a son of John and Mariette (Wise) Bush. John Bush was a son of Michael Bush, who in turn was a son of Lewis Bush. To Mr. and Mrs. Mallow were born five children, two of whom died young. The survivors are Alma E., Otis B. and Harry C. In 1883, death removed the beloved wife and mother from the home that her presence had made so pleasant, but her influence still lingers within its precincts, and her memory is hallowed. Mr. Mallow came to his present place of residence in 1870, and has here one of the best-appointed farms in all Wayne Township. Its area is five hundred and ten acres of well-improved land, amply supplied with modern and conveniently arranged buildings, including a brick dwelling-house and substantial barns; and our subject has put up neat fences, and has drained the land by a complete system of tiling. Mr. Mallow's political relations have been with 642 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. the Republican party ever since he cast his first Presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln. He has held many of the offices of his township, and has in various ways been prominently indentified with its advancement. W. L. BALLINGER, M. D. We here present a life sketch of one of the prominent citizens of Plain City, who is an Ohioan by birth, having been born in Zane Township, Logan County, October 18, 1828. His father, Joshua Ballinger, was born in 1803, in Burlington, N. J., and became a farmer. In early life, he came to Ohio with his parents, making his home, in 1810, in what is now known as Logan County, and remaining there until his death, which took place in 1873. This honored parent was in his political views a Whig in his early life and later a Republican. For many years he was an active and earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, but in his later years was an earnest worker in the Protestant Methodist denomination. His father, Samuel Ballinger,who was a native of Burlington County, N. J., died at the age of seventy-five years. William Ballinger, an ancestor of our subject, was banished from France and found his new home in England. Later, he came to America, where his descendants have since found a congenial home. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Delilah Inskeep, and is a native of Ohio, being born in Logan County in 1808. This venerable lady still makes her home upon the farm where she was born, and is the oldest native-born resident in that county. Her, father, John Inskeep, was a native of Culpeper, Va., and both from her family and from that of his father our subject is of Quaker stock. The grandfather of the Doctor was a preacher among this godly and enlightened people. The parents of Dr. Ballinger were united in marriage in Logan County, Ohio, and there reared a family of eight children, three daughters and' five sons, all of whom are still living. W. I. is the second child and eldest son, and until he reached the age of nineteen, his life was spent upon the farm. After attending the district school, he entered the academy at Marysville, Union County, Ohio, in 1848, and after two years in that excellent institution he took a three-years' course in the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware. It was in 1853 that he commenced the study of medicine, reading with Dr. D. W. L. Henderson, of Marysville, remaining with him for three years, and at the same time attending lectures in the 'Starling Medical College, of Columbus. Later, he studied at the Cleveland Medical College, where he received his diploma in March, 1856. The young Doctor's first location for practice was in Plain City, in April of the same year, and he has remained here during all the years of the past quarter of a century. Besides attending to the claims of his medical practice, which has been, extensive, he has engaged in the milling business. In company with R. Woodruff, of Plain City, he built a mill in 1873, and when his partner died two years later, Dr. Ballinger bought his interest and has since continued its sole proprietor. This mill has been a great help to the farming community, as it was the first one in the vicinity and was the first enterprise to give Plain City a start in business progress. Since its erection, there are probably a thousand acres of wheat raised where there were ten acres before. Its capacity for the manufacture of flour is seventy-five barrels daily, and the mill now has the roller process. The Doctor found himself over-burdened on account of the milling business and in 1883 gave up his medical practice. He has a fine farm of one hundred and fifty-nine acres in Darby Township. This he carries on prosperously and is also interested financially in a furniture factory, which is a prominent enterprise of Plain City. The lady who presides over the home of Dr. Ballinger became his wife February 18, 1857. Her maiden name was Matilda Taylor and she is a daughter of John and Eliza (Mark) Taylor, and was born in Darby Township. Her mother, who is still living, has reached the good age of seventy-nine years and still makes her home in Darby Township. Of the five children of our subject, two died in infancy. The eldest son, John, now lives in Plain City, as does also the second son, James L. Miss PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 643 Eva, the only daughter, a lady of unusual accomplishments, especially in the musical line, is at home with her parents. The Doctor is prominent in the Masonic lodge and active in the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is a Trustee. His political affiliations have ever been with the Republican party, and his first Presidential vote was cast for Gen. Winfield Scott. JAMES WILLIAM DUFFEE is a member of the firm of J. W. Duffee & Co., grocers and provision dealers at Washington C. H., one of the most solid and prosperous business firms of the city. Our subject comes of a family that was well represented during the late war, in which he himself fought, though only a mere boy when he entered the army. Mr. Duffee was born January 17, 1846, and is a native of this State, his birthplace being in Hocking County. He is a son of Charles Duffee, who is also a native of Ohio, born in Meigs County in 1822, his parents, who were Pennsylvanians, having been. among the pioneers of that county. When he was about eleven years old, they removed to Hocking County, and settled in Stark Township. He remained there until he was twenty-nine years old, and then went to Vinton County, where he learned the trade of a shoemaker. At the end of six years, which were employed at his trade, he came to Washington C H., and was engaged in the manufacture of shoes here until the summer of 1861. The breaking out of the war roused his patriotism, and in August of that year he enlisted in Company A, First Ohio Cavalry. He served most of the time on detached duty, winning an excellent record as a soldier, and was honorably discharged at the close of his term of enlistment in December, 1862, at St. Paul, Minn. After he retired from the army, Mr. Duffee resumed his trade at Washington C. H., and carried it on until 1875, when he became a manufacturer, and was so engaged for seven years. At the expiration of that time, he went into the grocery business with his sons, and is still interested in that. He is prominent in public life, and is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having been Warden of his lodge. He has been Marshal of the city for two years, and is a man greatly respected. In politics, he has been a Republican sipce the war. Mr. Duffee has a wife and two sons, our subject and G. W. The latter is engaged in the shoemaking business. He is an honored veteran of the war, who was quite young when he first enlisted, in 1861, in Company C, Sixtieth Ohio Infantry. He was with that regiment one year, and was then mustered out. In 1863, he again enlisted, becoming a member of Company A, First Ohio Cavalry, and served with fidelity throughout the remainder of the Rebellion, receiving his final discharge in August, 1865. He then returned to this city, and has been engaged as before mentioned ever since. His war record is commemorated by his membership in the Grand Army of the Republic. The subject of this biographical review was young when his parents came to Washington C. H. and took up their permanent residence here, and his education was completed in the excellent schools of this city. He learned the trade of a shoemaker, and made shoes for a living until his enlistment in November, 1861, in Company C, Sixtieth Ohio Infantry. Although so youthful, he displayed fine soldierly qualities, and did good service until taken prisoner with his brother at Harper's Ferry, where he had done some good fighting. He and his brother were paroled, and mustered out at Chicago in December, 1862. He returned to Washington C. H., went back to his trade, and continued at it until 1875, when he secured a position as clerk in a shoe store, which he held about two years. We then find him in business on his own account with his father as grocer and provision dealer. They have a well-fitted up establishment, in which they carry a full line of groceries and provisions, and they are doing a fine business, as they are attentive to their customers, supplying them always with the best to be obtained, keep a careful run of the markets, and are strictly honorable in their dealings. Mr. Duffee was married May 16, 1867, to Miss Frances, daughter of Daniel Wendell, a merchant 644 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. of this city, who keeps a gentleman's furnishing and clothing store. Mr. and Mrs. Duffee are greatly esteemed in social circles for their many amiable and agreeable qualities, and true hospitality is found in their home, which is brightened by the presence of their two daughters: Grace, who is twenty three years old; and May Margueretta, who is eleven years old. Mr. Duffee is a charter member of John Bell Post No. 119, G. A. R., and he belongs to the Masonic order. Politically, he is, a Democrat, and, religiously, a Presbyterian, who works heartily with his fellow-members in promoting the welfare of the church and of the community at large. LEWIS R. LESHER. The farms of the Plum Run Valley are unsurpassed for fertility of soil and beauty of location by any estates in Pickaway County. Among them, one of the largest and best improved is the farm belonging to Mr. Lesher, and comprising four hundred and thirteen and one-half acres, which are under good cultivation. The place is watered by the Plum Run River, a beautiful stream that never goes dry, and even when parching droughts destroy crops in other sections of the State, still flows on tranquilly and contributes to secure the bountiful harvests of this locality. A view of the homestead is shown on another page. A native of Berks County, Pa., Mr. Lesher was born September 12, 1839, and is descended from German ancestors, who, in the second generation before him, emigrated to the United States and made a settlement in the Keystone State. His father, Samuel, was born in Berks County and learned the trade of a mason in his youth; although he was principally engaged as a farmer, and became quite wealthy. His death occurred in 1865, when he was about three-score and ten. His wife, Sarah Ann Raber, likewise a native of Berks County, died when about forty years old. Both were identified with the German Lutheran Church and were consistent Christians. The family of which our subject is a member consists of eight children, five sons and three daughters. Lewis R received a somewhat limited schooling but has gained a good education through attendance in the school of experience, where toil and hardship were his severe but efficient instructors. When eighteen, he commenced to learn the trade of a carpenter, but never followed it to any considerable extent. At the age of twenty, he commenced to clerk in a store, but after engaging in that way for three years, his health failed and he was obliged to seek other employment. In the spring of 1862, Mr. Lesher removed to Pickaway County, and located in Salt Creek Township, where he has since resided. He purchased land and immediately commenced to farm and raise cattle. August 2, 1863, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary Lutz, daughter of the venerable Samuel Lutz, mentioned in this work. Mrs. Lesher was born and reared on the farm where she still lives, and is highly esteemed by a host of warm personal friends. She is the mother of three children, namely: Samuel H. who is married and lives near the old homestead; and Lizzie and Charles, who are at home. In political matters, as in all affairs of general interest, Mr. Lesher keeps thoroughly posted and affiliates with the Republican party. He has served as delegate to county and district conventions and was Township Treasurer for two years, and at present is serving as Trustee. In 1891, he was nominated for County Commissioner, and although the county has a Democratic majority of between eight and twelve hundred, he was defeated by only one hundred and fifty votes. Socially, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, he has been Deacon and Treasurer for several years, and Treasurer of the Sunday-school for some time, being a pillar in the church and an active promoter of all good works. In addition to his homestead, Mr. Lesher owns sixty acres in Hocking County, and his landed interests are extensive and valuable. He engages in stock-raising and makes a specialty of Short-horn cattle, in which he has been successful. He commenced in life without means, but by sturdy in- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 647 tegrity and unremitting perseverance, he has become well-to-do. He is a close observer of men and things and possesses a deep insight into affairs of moment. Since 1862, he has been a subscriber and reader of the daily Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, and formulates opinions only after careful study and close observation. JOHN A. GROCE was born amid the pioneer scenes of Pickaway County, October 23, 1825, and for many years contributed to its prosperity by his practical work as an intelligent farmer who has a well-managed farm on section 35, Walnut Township. He is a son of George and Catherine (Souders) Groce, who were natives of Pennsylvania, and early settlers of this county. They came here when there were but few other whites here, the country in its original wildness with but few settlements, and in the flourishing town of Circleville there were but three cabins. They took up their abode in a log cabin in the woods of what is now Walnut Township, and underwent the usual hardships and privations in building up their home. Further mention of them is made in the biography of their son Amos, which appears on these pages. When our subject was a boy, Indians were still lingering around their old hunting-grounds and homes in this region, and wild game was plentiful. Ile is mainly self-educated, as the rude log schoolhouses of his day were not the seats of learning that the modern school buildings are, educational facilities being rather limited. However, he was well endowed with a clear brain, and a healthy, active nature, together with a good capacity for sustained and well-directed labor, and he has done well in the prosecution. of his calling as a farmer, having a valuable farm, which yields him a goodly income. It is well supplied with a good class of buildings, that are neat and well kept, and lie has all the appliances for carrying on farming to good advantage. The marriage of Mr. Groce with Miss Julia A. Tobias occurred in November, 1846. She was a 31 native of Pennsylvania, and in the early years of the settlement of Pickaway County, came hither with her parents. She was the mother of five children, of whom these two are living, George F. and Julia A., the latter the wife of Winsan Corder. The names of the three deceased are John A., Emanuel and Catherine. December 6, 1883, our subject was married to Mrs. Susan Bolan, widow of Thomas J. Bolan, formerly of Scioto Township. he was born in Walnut Township, December 31, 1822, and is a daughter of George and Mary Brinker, natives of Pennsylvania, who at an early period in the settlement of Pickaway County came here and located in the woods of Walnut Township. They were the parents of eleven children, of whom seven survive: Nancy, Mrs. Groce; Elizabeth, wife of Jonathan Compton; George, Sarah; Lovina, wife of Nelson Warren; and John. It has been the privilege of our subject and his wife to witness much of the growth of Pickaway County from its original wildness, and in them we have good types of that fine class of people developed by the environments of pioneer life. They have always lived uprightly, in true friendship with all about them, and none know them but to respect them. Mrs. Groce is identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church as one of its most active working members. JOHN FLORENCE is conducting a profitable business as farmer and stock-raiser, his interests centering in Monroe Township, where he has a good-sized, finely managed farm, situated nine miles west, and a little south, of Plain City. He is a native of Madison County, and was born October 5, 1845. his father, Robinson Florence, was a native of Virginia, and a son of William and Fanny Florence, who came from that State to this when he was young, and were among the pioneers of Pickaway County, locating on land that they developed into a farm. The father of our subject married Elizabeth Williams, who was likewise a native of Virginia, and 648 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. her parents, John and Mary Williams, were also early settlers of this region, locating in Paint Township, this county, where the mother of our subject grew to womanhood and was married. After marriage, the Florences settled on a farm in Paint Township, and in their pioneer home their son of whom we write was born. The father died on the old homestead in his eightieth year. The aged mother is still living there, and is now eighty-one years old. They were the parents of eleven children, of whom seven grew to maturity, and six are still living: E. R., William, Fanny, John, Charles and Edwin. John Florence of this sketch is the seventh child of the family. His boyhood days were pleasantly passed on the old farm that is his birthplace. He was a good scholar, and was given excellent educational advantages, attending first the district school, and then the public school and academy at London, finally becoming a student at the Ohio University at Delaware, where he pursued a fine course of study. Thus well equipped for the battle of life, he returned to the farm and gave his father valuable assistance in its management for some years. In 1877, he located on the farm in Monroe Township that he has ever since owned and occupied. It comprises two hundred and twenty acres of rich and well-tilled land, and is in a fine condition generally as to improvements and all that goes to make up a good farm. Mr. Florence devotes it to mixed husbandry, and has it well stocked. He keeps from one hundred and fifty to four hundred sheep all the time, and has a goodly number of cattle and horses of high grades. He is an active, wide-awake, industrious man, who looks carefully after his interests, and is eminently deseiving of the success that has crowned his labors, placing him among the substantial men of the county. He stands well as a man and a citizen, his neighbors always finding him pleasant and obliging, and he favors all things likely to benefit the township. He was formerly a Democrat, in politics, but he now votes the People's ticket, being keenly interested in political matters. Mr. Florence was married, September 16, 1875, to Miss Blanche Morgridge, the second daughter of J. B. and Harriet (Tuttle) Morgridge. She, too, is a native of Madison County, born in Darby Township, December 4, 1854. She is finely educated, having been a student in some of the best schools of this, and a neighboring State. She first attended the district school in her native town, was then sent to Marysville, Ohio, from there to Ridgers Seminary, of Springfield, whence she went to Indiana to pursue a course in Earlham College, at Richmond, and she was subsequently a pupil at the university at Delaware. Her marriage with our subject is a congenial union, and they have established a home that is the centre of true culture and refinement, in which they dispense a delightful hospitality to their numerous friends. They have two children, Walter and Mary. The son is at home, while the daughter is attending school at St. Mary's Convent, at Columbus, Ohio. JESSE TUMBLISON is a retired farmer, who has been a factor in the development of Madison County's agricultural interests, and is now quietly passing the declining years of a long and well spent life in his pleasant home on West High Street, London. A native of Ohio, his birthplace is nine miles south of Chillicothe, in Ross County, and he was born October 28, 1816. His parents, Jesse and Elizabeth (Soders) Tumblison, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Kentucky, were married in Ross County, and began their wedded life there amid pioneer surroundings. The father was a bricklayer, and he built up a prosperous business in Chillicothe as a contractor and builder, employing a good many men, and he was thus engaged throughout life. Our subject is the only surviving member of the family. He lived in Ross County until nine years old, and then his mother removed to Pickaway County with her family, and he was there reared on a farm. He remained at home with his mother until he was twenty-one, attending the local schools in his boyhood, and at that age he went to work as a farm hand, continuing thus employed for some six years. At the expiration of PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 649 that time, he had gathered together enough to enable him to marry and make a home, and he was wedded to Miss Mary McKinney, of Pickaway County, daughter of Samuel and Margaret (Lewis) McKinney. Her parents were also natives of Pickaway County, born there in the very earliest days of its settlement, and her father was numbered among its practical farmers until his death. After marriage, Mr. Tumblison rented a farm in Pickaway County for several years, and then another for ten years. After that, he purchased one hundred acres of that same farm, which he operated a year and then he sold it. He next bought a farm of one hundred and sixty-seven acres, which he disposed of at a good price after living on it five years. Coming then to Madison County, be carried on agriculture on rented land the ensuing nine years. He then invested in a farm of one hundred and fifty-four acres in Union Township, which is still in his possession. It is provided with fine buildings, is highly cultivated, and is one of the best farms in the township. Our subject lived on it ten years, but as his wife died in l886, he rented it, and has since made his home in London, the income that he enjoys being the fruit of his diligence and practical skill in agricultural pursuits. He is a man of high principles and unswerving rectitude in thought and act, and wherever he has lived has always been regarded as a very desirable citizen, one who could be depended upon to fill places of public trust with fidelity, and to act honorably in all the relations in which he stood toward others. He has held the offices of Supervisor and School Director, and in both capacities served the township well. In his younger days, he belonged to the old Whig party, but of late years he has been a Republican. Socially, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Religiously, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as was also his wife of sainted memory, who was well beloved for her many virtues. Our subject has seven children: Frank, who married Ella Reed, and has five children: Charles, Merda, Harry, Blanche, John; Baxter E., who married Ann Hunter, and has three children: Ethel, Ada and Edna; Marcs, who married Liza Woodhouse, and has four children: Willie, Howard, Mary, and Thomas; Fletcher, who married Kate Weaver, and has two children: Bessie and Claude; Marinda, Mrs. Albert Botkin; Martha; Dema, who married Samuel Hunter, and died May 1, 1892, leaving two children: Charles and Florence. THOMAS CARTMILL. It has been the privilege of Mr. Cartmill not only to watch much of the growth of Madison County, but to also materially aid in its advancement as a commercial center. He is possessed in a rare degree of those sterling qualities which mark him as a man of uprightness of character, while his unassuming kindness has won for him the esteem of his fellow-citizens. The political issues of the times are always interesting to him, and he gives his unswerving allegiance to the Republican party. For many years the proprietor of a large gristmill in West Jefferson, our subject is now living retired from active business, and makes his home in a comfortable residence with his only daughter and child. The original of this sketch is the son of William and Isabel (Ferguson) Cartmill, the former of whom was born in Virginia in 1779. The parents came to Ohio in 1825, and made their home for a number of years in what is now Oak Run Township, Madison County. Later removing to Pike Township, they spent their last days in that locality, and were ranked among the pioneers who did much toward opening up this section of country. The parental family of Mr. Cartmill included seven children, of whom he was the eldest, his birth occurring in Bath County, Ky., October 23, 1808. He accompanied his parents on their removal to this county in 1825, and grew to maturity in Oak Run Township. When ready to establish a home of his own, he was married in January, 1829, to Sarah Ann Postle, who was- born in this county, April 23, 1815. Mr. Cartmill continued to reside with his father in Oak Run Township until reaching his twenty-