700 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Originally inclined toward the Whig party, Mr. Mahan cast his first Presidential vote in 1860, for Bell and Everett. In 1864, he voted for George B. McClellan, the Democratic candidate, and was a member of that party until 1891,when he joined the ranks of the Farmers' Alliance. In 1878, he was elected County Commissioner, which office he filled most acceptably, and has also served as a Delegate to the various county, congressional and State conventions. In 1873, he became a Mason, holding membership at Bloomingburgh with Lodge No. 449. JOHN WALLACE, the versatile and genial editor of the London Enterprise, whose energetic character and indomitable will have triumphed over the affliction of the loss of eyesight that would have been an insuperable bar to further progress to most men, has had a wide experience in public life, and is one of our best-known and most honored journalists. Mr. Wallace is a native of London, and was born June 4, 1839. He was only- twelve years old when he left school to enter the office of the London Sentinel, a paper 'published by G. W. Sprung, and during the five years that he was there he acquired a thorough knowledge of printing, beside gaining a good insight into the methods of conducting a newspaper. In the winter 1855-56, friends secured him the appointment of page in the Ohio Senate, through Lieut.-Gov. Myers. At the organization of the Senate in January, 1860, through the influence of the Hon. R. A. Harrison, he was elected Second Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms, and was given charge of the postoffice department of the Senate. Our subject's early experience in the office of the Sentinel gave him a taste for newspaper work, and deciding to adopt the editorial profession, in 1863, in connection with J. B. Stine, he purchased the London Union, now the London Times, and engaged in its publication one year. Disposing then of his interest in it advantageously, he devoted himself to other pursuits for some years, but January 1, 1872, he resumed his journalistic labors, establishing on that date the London Enterprise, which has steadily gained in popularity with each passing year, and is neld in high estimation by its many patrons as a well-edited newspaper, and as a pure, high-toned family journal, whose influence is elevating and healthful. Notwithstanding that he has been totally blind since 1880, Mr. Wallace has continued the publication of his paper. For some years it was independent in politics, but in April, 1879, at the solicitation of the Republican County Executive Committee, it was made a Republican organ, and has continued to give vigorous support to the policy of the Republican party. In October, 1890, the paper was made a semi-weekly, and is the only semiweekly paper in Madison County, and it is steadily increasing in circulation and business generally. Mr. Wallace was married May 26, 1862, to Miss E. F. Baker, of Franklin County. She died July 6, 1887, leaving two children: Elizabeth S., and Milton H. Her memory is tenderly cherished in the hearts of those who knew and loved her for her amiable disposition and true womanhood. JOHN G. DUN. This well-known name is borne by one of the most prominent and wealthy residents of Madison County, its owner having prosecuted his worldly affairs so well that he has acquired ample means, and has for a number of years been tne largest resident tax-payer in Deer Creek Township. He is at present residing in a fine house, surrounded by all the conveniences and adornments of modern farm life, where means are not lacking to procure whatever is desired. The large estate of Mr. Dun has been acquired by his own industrious, long-continued and wise efforts, as he began his career without other means than his natural ability and the fundamental education acquired in early manhood. The Dun family was one of the first in this section of Ohio, representatives of that name having come here in an early day. The father of our subject, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 701 Walter Dun, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and died near Lexington, Ky., while his mother, who bore the maiden name of Ann Mary Angus, was born in or near Petersburgh, Va., and died in Columbus, Ohio. John G. Dun was born in Chillicothe, Ross County, this State, September 21, 1814, and was a lad of eight or nine years when he accompanied his parents on tneir removal to Lexington, Fayette County, Ky. He grew to manhood near Lexington, and supplemented the knowledge gained in the subscription schools of that vicinity by a course in the Transylvania University, from which institution he was graduated. Mr. Dun, after completing his college career, learned the art of surveying, and came to Madison County, resurveying some of the property which belonged to his father in the Virginia Military District, in the counties of Madison, Union, Logan, Hardin and Champaign. His father had been Military Surveyor in that district for eighteen years. After completing that work, our subject returned to the Blue Grass region, but, at his father's request, again came, to Madison County, in 1836, and took possession of a tract of twenty-five hundred acres of, land, which he improved. Mr. Dun resided in this locality for two years, or until his father's death, which occurred early in the fall of 1838, when he was called home to Kentucky, and became executor of his father's large estate, which he succeeded in settling in the spring of 1842. e then returned to Madison County, and since that date has been a permanent resident of Deer Creek Township. While in Kentucky, settling up the estate of his father, John G. Dun was married to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Jane B. (Claypool) James. They were natives of Virginia and New Jersey, respectively, and the mother was a (laughter of Col. A. G. Claypool, a native of Pennsylvania. The date of the ceremony was October 6, 1841. Mrs. Dun was born October 11, 1821, and by her union with our subject has become the mother of nine children. Mr. Dun is a stanch supporter of the Democratic principles, and has been honored by being elected to several offices of local responsibility. His possessions include three thousand acres of land in Madison County, in addition to which he has large interests in other parts of the State. Mr. Dun is considered to be one of the wealthiest men in Madison County, which is noted for its prominent and well-to-do citizens. He has always been singularly successful in money-making, and through his own exertions attained success. SALEM S. McCLELLAND. Through unaided exertions, this gentleman has become prosperous and well-to-do and is the owner and operator of a splendid farm on section 20, Salt Creek Township, which he purchased in September, 1866. Since its purchase, he has devoted his attention to its improvement, and through the introduction of the latest methods of agriculture, as well as the use of modern machinery and proper rotation of crops, has made his estate one of the best in Pickaway County. The residence which ne erected after locating here is a substantial dwelling, and the other buildings are in keeeping with the apparent thrift on every hand. About 1792, Col. James McClelland, grandfather of our subject, emigrated from Pennsylvania to Ohio and settled in Fairfield (now Hocking) County, where he entered land, some of which is still in the possession of his descendants. By his marriage, he became the father of seven children, three of whom still survive. His son, Alexander, was born-in Hocking County, Ohio, June 3, 1807, and grew to manhood upon his father's farm. After gaining an education in the neighboring schools, he engaged as a teacher in his early manhood, and in that way earned sufficient money with which to purchase the old homestead. In the house where his eyes first opened to the light of day, they closed upon the scenes of time November 3, 1888, when he had reached the good old age of eighty-one years and live months. During his long and useful life, Alexander McClelland was closely identified with the progress of Hocking County, which he had seen change from an uninhabited tract of country to the abode of thousands of people, the site of thriving cities and fertile farms. For twenty-one years, he served as 702 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Justice of the Peace and occupied the various offices of the township. In his religion, he was a Cumberland Presbyterian and filled the office of Elder for many years. His farming enterprises were successful and he became a large land-owner and successful financier. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Minerva Spangler. er father, Col. Samuel S. Spangler, was a native of Pennsylvania and a veteran of the War of 1812. About 1792. he removed to Fairfield (now Hocking) County, Ohio, and was a prominent farmer there until his death, which occurred December 13, 1863, aged eighty-one years and six months. e had three daughters, Barbara, Elizabeth and Minerva, all of whom survive. The last-named was born February 13, 1812, and has for many years been a faithful member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She became the mother of eight children: John A., James H., Samuel (deceased),. Salem S., Susanna, William Enos, Charles and Clark (deceased). The fourth in this family, Salem S., was born in Hocking County, Ohio, April 10, 1838. His education was gained in a log schoolhouse, which still stands on the old McClelland homestead, a landmark of the early part of this century. When nineteen years old, he commenced to teach and continued in that way for a number of years, being instrumental in advancing the educational status of the community and creating a more extended interest in the acquirement of knowledge. At the age of twenty-three, he commenced farming operations in Salt Creek Township, one mile north of his present home. October 21, 1860, occurred the marriage of Mr. McClelland and Miss Margaret E., daughter of Daniel K. and Ann (Armstrong) Defenbaugh. Her father was born in Pennsylvania and died December 13, 1889; her mother was a native of Ohio, where she died March 25, 1875. Mrs. McClelland was born May 11, 1842, and was reared to womanhood within her father's home, which she left to enter that of her husband. Their marriage has been blessed by the birth of two children: Dora L., who was born September 23, 1861, married William H. Newhouse, a farmer of Salt Creek Township, and they have one child, Daniel W.; Daniel A., the only son, was born September 1, 1863, and is at present taking a commercial course at Parsons' Business College at Columbus, Ohio. A firm Democrat in his political belief, Mr. MeClelland has served as delegate to county and district conventions, and since 1881 has been Township Trustee. In educational matters, he has since boyhood maintained a deep and unswerving interest and uses every influence to forward the interests of the schools. His one hundred and ninety acres of land on section 20 are highly improved and exceedingly fertile, being watered by Moccasin, Creek. Since 1889, Mr. McClelland has raised Short-horn cattle, and he also deals in sheep extensively, the Merino being his favorite. His ability in the settlement of large estates has been often and thoroughly proved, and he has sometimes given a bond as high as $70,000. He possesses excellent information concerning all public matters, and his wonderful memory for dates has been invaluable to him, while his qualities as a citizen are of a superior order. MILTON J. TOOTLE. This energetic business man and progressive agriculturist of Monroe Township, Pickaway County, was born near Clarksburgh, Ross County, Ohio, on the 11th of December, 1840. He is a son of James Tootle, born in the same place as his son, our subject, August 11, 1814, and he, in turn, is a son of Thomas, who was born in Delaware and came to tnis State with his parents some time in the year 1800, and settled near the mouth of Deer Creek, in Ross. County, where he engaged in the distillery business and followed flat-boating down the Ohio and Mississippi to New Orleans. There the grandfather married Mary Ann Davis, and they had born to. them five sons: John, James, Thomas, Isaac and Amos. The country was then practically a wilderness, and he here engaged somewhat in farming, owning one thousand acres of land. He was a successful business man and died when about seventy years old. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 703 The father of our subject was reared to farming pursuits and received his education in the pioneer schoolhouse. He kept a country store for a number of years and, on selling out, engaged in farming, owning at one time fourteen hundred acres of land, of which he improved a great deal himself. He was a hard-working man and an excellent manager, and raised a great number of cattle and swine. Religiously, he was a member of the Methodist Church, and though not very active, he was very strict in his belief. Politically, he was first a Whig and later a Democrat. He never aspired to office and was f a quiet disposition and attended closely to business. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Mary Clarkson and was a native of Ohio, having been born May 5, 1818. She reared a family of five children, fonr boys and one girl, as follows: Milton J., Edward T., Eliza E., Monroe W. and Douglas E. She was also a member of the Methodist Church and was called from this earth two years after the death f her husband, October 6, 1885, he dying. May 12, 1883. Our subject was reared on the home farm and had but a common-school education, attending in the winters and assisting on the home farm in the summers. He began for himself in life when about twenty-three years old, when he came to his present place and began farming. He was married November 28, 1867, to Mary H. Abernethy. Mrs. Tootle was born in Ross County, near Bourneville, Ohio, September 13, 1847, and to them have been granted seven children, four boys and three girls: Robert T., Samuel C., 011ie E., Minnie T., Rhoda E., John M. and J. Milton. Our subject has now about eight hundred acres of land, nearly all of which is finely improved and located in the townships f Muhlenberg, Monroe and Darby. e farms about sixty acres himself and rents out the rest, and on his portion carries on mixed farming, raising large quantities of wheat and corn, and caring for large numbers of hogs and. cattle, and now has over one hundred head of cattle, to which he feeds all his grain and prepares them for the market. Mr. Tootle has made most of his property himself and is a man of remarkable judgment, and attributes his snccess to careful attention to business affairs and good management. In his political affairs, he espouses the principles of the Democratic party, and has held some f the township offices, among them being the responsible one of Trnstee four or five terms. Mrs. Tootle is a consistent member f the Methodist Church and an active worker in the same. JOHN F. JOHNSTON. The village of London it fortunate in having at the head of its government in the time-honored office of Mayor this gentleman, a member of the hardware firm of Johnston & Farrar, at No. 42 Main Street, who has bad wide experience in pnblic life, is an exceedingly able business man, and is thoroughly imbued with the spirit f progress that encourages public improvements and tends to foster enterprises for the furtherance f civic interests and the promotion of the growth of the village and connty. Mr. Johnston is a native of Madison County, and was born in Range Township, June 15, 1844, a son of John and Elizabeth (Mathers) Johnston, who came f the early pioneer stock of Ross County, f which they were both natives. John Johnston, Sr., was reared on a farm and became a skillful farmer, which business he carried on through life. In 1813, he came to Madison County and cast in his lot with the pioneers who had preceded him, he being one of the first to settle in Range Township, and while he lived he was one of its most important citizens, acting as Trustee f the township a number of years, and always interesting himself in its welfare. Politically, he was a Democrat without guile. He and his good wife reared a family of ten children, namely: Margaret, Mrs. S. M. Morgan; Sarah, Mrs. S. Armstrong; Ruth, Mrs. R. Fullerton; Mary, Mrs. G. Myers; Martha, Mrs. D. C. Yates; William, John F., James T., George W. and Luther M. The paternal grandparents of our subject were William and Margaret (McClimans) Johnston, who were natives f Pennsylvania, where the 704 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. grandfather was brought up as a farmer. In early life, they came to Ohio, and were married in Ross County, of which they were very early settlers. In 1813, they removed to a farm in Range Township. It was a large farm of some six hundred acres, and the grandfather died thereon at a ripe old age. He was the father of nine children. He was Justice of the Peace for many years in Range Township, and was a sound Democrat in his political creed. e was of German descent, while his wife was of English antecedents. Her father was one of the pioneer Methodist clergymen of Ross County, where he died. Our subject was educated in the district schools of his native township, and continued to make his home with his parents until he was twenty-seven years old, when he married and established a home of his own, taking as his wife Miss Ellen Rodgers, whose pleasant social traits have undoubtedly contributed to her husband's success in his public life, and their genial hospitality and kindly consideration for the well-being of others have attached to them many tried and true friends. Mrs. Johnston is a native of Champaign County, Ill., and a daughter of Wilson and Massie (Warner) Rodgers, who were born in Ross County, this State. The father was a large farmer and one of the well-to-do men of his community. His politics were of the Republican order. Mrs. Johnston is one of twelve children, of whom nine are living beside herself, namely: Mrs. Mary McDorman, Mrs. Lydia Harrison, Mrs. Phebe eisler, Simeon, Levi, Mrs. Margaret Heisler, Mrs. Belle Griffin, Emma and Allie. Our subject and his wife are blessed with five children, whose names are Myrtle, Eva, Howard, Florence and Ernest, respectively. After his marriage, Mr. Johnston continued farming pursuits in this county until 1881, when he was elected to the responsible office of Sheriff, and for four years, of two terms each, he acted in that capacity, discharging his duties in the interests of law and order with uncompromising fidelity and without fear or favor. When his last term expired, he entered the hardware business, in which he is still engaged in partnership with Mr. Farrar. They have a commodious store, well fitted up, carry a large stock of everything in their line, and command a good trade both in the village and in the surrounding country. Our subject has been the recipient of many public honors, being often called to positions of trust, for which he is eminently fitted by reason of those fine traits of character that mark him as a man of well-poised intellect and of great stability of character, whose words carry weight, and who exerts a beneficial influence on the affairs of the community. He was Trustee of Range Township a number of years, and held the same position in Union Township after he left the office of Sheriff. He is President of the Board of Supervisors of Elections, having been appointed a member of the Board in 1891 by the County Judge. In 1891, he was elected Mayor of the village of London, which position he still retains, and in his administration he has pursued a wise and liberal policy that has materially enhanced the prosperity of the village. He is a member of the Board of Trade, and is always ready to lend a helping hand to push forward any scheme devised for the public good. In politics, he is a Democrat of the true stamp, and, socially, is allied with the Masons and the Knights of Pythias. JOHN L. KENT. The citizens of Circleville claim to have the best-equipped second-class postoffice in Ohio, and attribute the perfect system of business to the management of the genial and popular Postmaster, the subject of this sketch. As a veteran of the late war, who proved his loyalty to the Union on many a hard-fought battlefield, and as a public-spirited citizen, it gives the biographical writer pleasure to record for the present and future generations a brief account of the life of Mr. Kent. In noting the ancestral history of our subject, we find that his father, John B., was a painter and followed his trade in Richmond, Va., his birthplace. In 1836, he came to Circleville, where he worked at his trade until his death, twelve years later. The mother of our subject was Isabella, daugh- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 705 ter of Thomas Hare, a native of the Shenandoah Valley, Va., and by trade a hatter in early life, and afterward a carpenter. He came to Pick-away County in 1808, and two years afterward assisted in platting the city in circles, from which it derived its name. In the War of 1812, he was so conspicuous for valor as to merit promotion to the position of Quartermaster of the regiment. His death occurred when he was eighty-five years old. His wife, who was the daughter of a Methodist minister, lived to be eighty-eight years of age. In the family of which our subject is a member, there were four children, only two of whom grew to mature years. James served during the Civil War as a member of the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Ohio Regiment, and was afterward drowned in the Scioto River, in which his father had also lost his life by drowning in 1848. The only surviving member of the family is the subject of this notice, who was born in Circleville, October 13,1839. e was educated in select schools and was one of the first pupils in the High School of the place. About 1852, he was apprenticed to learn the trade of a wagon and carriage maker with Allen Dean, of Fairfield County, and after serving an apprenticeship of three years, he worked as a journeyman for two years in Ohio. Later, he took a trip through the Western States, and worked at his trade in Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Iowa. Returning thence, he opened a shop in East Ringgold, Pick-away County, and after conducting it for a time, removed to Lockbourne, Ohio, where he was employed in a similar manner for one year. When the Civil War broke out, Mr. Kent was one of the first to enlist, and also assisted in organizing a company at Lockbourne. In July, 1861, he became a member of Company H, Thirtieth Ohio Infantry, and was mustered into service at Camp Chase, August 28 following. Ten days later, he proceeded to Clarksburg, W. Va., and participated in the battle of Colfax Ferry, also in several skirmishes, after which the regiment went into winter quarters at Fayetteville. In the spring of 1862, he was ordered to join Cox's Division, West Virginia Troops, in the rear of Gen. McClelland's army, and was actively engaged in the second battle of Bull Run, Antietam, South Moun- tain, and in other places where danger to life was greatest, and on every side officers and private soldiers were falling. At South Mountain, he was made Sergeant, and after some skirmishes with Gen. Lee's troops, was ordered to Logan County, W. Va., to destroy some mills of Gen. Floyd's, and meanwhile endured great suffering, walking for six days with nothing but rags to protect his feet from the sharp rocks, and at night sleeping in the snow. During the following year, he took part in the siege of Vicksburg, and marched overland from Memphis to Knoxville, Tenn., fighting all the way. At Missionary Ridge, the regiment lost sixty-five out of one hundred and fifty men and suffered great hardships. In the winter of 1863-64, Mr. Kent veteranized at home on a furlough, and, rejoining his regiment, marched to Dallas, Tex., where he was injured by jumping from a fence on retreat. e managed however, to remain with his company and refused to go to the hospital. He was detailed as Ordinance Sergeant of the Second Division, and at the battle of Jonesboro had charge of the distribution of ammunition, in which capacity his risks were great. e was with his regiment at Ft. McAllister and Bentonville, and at the close of the war took part in the Grand Review. e was afterward ordered South to Arkansas, but while en route there, was detained at Logan's Camp, Louisville, Ky., where he had charge of fifty-five men. After the regiment was disbanded, he proceeded to Little Rock, where the troops were mustered out, August 13,1865. At the close of an honorable service, during which he was ofttimes in imminent danger and had many narrow escapes, Mr. Kent returned to Fairfield County, Ohio, where he worked at his trade. He was married at Circleville, in 1866, to Miss Fannie Sweyer, who was born in Pickaway County, where her lather, John Sweyer, was the proprietor of the old National Hotel. In September, 1873, Mr. Kent became clerk in the Circleville postoffice, and remained there eight years uninterruptedly, being retained by the various postmasters. When President Cleveland was elected, he was for three months engaged in other work, but returned to the postoffice and has since been in charge of its 706 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. work, although he was not appointed Postmaster until September 3, 1890. Mr. Kent is a member of the Board of Trade of Circleville, and served in the City Council for one term. e is a stanch Republican and stands high in party ranks. Socially, he is a Knight of Honor and a charter member of Groce Post No. 156, G. A. R., in which he has served as Past Commander. He is a devoted member of the English Lutheran Church, in which he is Trustee and Secretary of the Council. For eight years he has been the efficient Superintendent of the Sunday-school, a work in which he is deeply interested and where his methods of work and efficiency are meeting with marked success. SAMUEL MORRIS, the efficient and courtly Cashier of the Third National Bank of Circleville, is he whose name appears above. It is fitting that, closely connected as he is with the commercial interests of this city, he should be a native of this county. He was born five miles from Circleville, in Walnut Township, August 2, 1832, and his father, John Morris, was also a native of that township, born in 1806. Grandfather John Morris was a native of Virginia, and of Scotch descent. In the fall of 1801, the latter left his native State for Ohio and took up Government land in Walnut Township. There he received his final summons. John Morris, father of the subject of this sketch, was reared in his native township and was married there to Miss Delilah Bowman, also a native of Walnut Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, born in 1814. After marriage, he and his wife began housekeeping in a rude log cabin, but they subsequently erected a good brick building, and became the owners of two hundred and seventy acres of land in Walnut Township, Pickaway County. There the father died in 1874, when seventy-two years of age. He held a number of local offices in his township and discharged the duties of the same in a manner highly satisfactory to all. He was Justice of the Peace for two years, also County Commissioner two terms and was School Director for several years. e was a member of the United Brethren Church, was Steward for years, and was prominent in all religious matters. His house was always open for religious worship and the preachers generally made their headquarters at his hospitable home. In politics, he affiliated with the Democratic party. His aged wife is still living and resides on the old place with a son and two daughters. The following children were born to the parents of our subject: Samuel, our subject. Elizabeth, now Mrs. Robert Fleming, died in Wayne Township, this county. Lydia, Mrs. Wells, resides in Jay County, Ind. Malinda, Mrs. Lincoln, resides in Mt. Pulaski, Logan County, Ill. Mary, Mrs. Hall, resides in Circleville. Jane, Mrs. Wholaver, of Circleville. Catherine is at home. Sophia, at home. John died when sixteen years of age. Milton has been Deputy Sheriff, Clerk and Deputy Auditor of Pickaway County. He is one of the county's most brilliant lawyers, having been admitted to the Bar in 1875, and is now practicing in Circleville. Lewis is on the old farm. Charles E. is an attorney at Springfield, Ohio, and is Police Judge, and Flora, Mrs. Warner, resides in Circleville. The maternal grandfather of these children, William Bowen, was a native of the Keystone State and one of the early pioneers of Washington Township, Pickaway, County, Ohio, Like so many men who have risen to positions of confidence and trust, the subject of this sketch was reared on a farm; and received his primary education in the home schools, attending during the winter months. When eighteen years of age, he entered school at Westerville, Ohio, but one year later was called home to take a school in the home district. e first taught five months and then nine months, and in 1854 came to Circleville, where he was book-keeper for Wolfley, Gregg & Shulze, one of the largest dry-goods firms, for eight years. From there he went to Ashville, started a store there, conducted it for two years and then returned to the old firm, with which he continued until 1867. After this, he was bookkeeper and teller in the Second National Bank and PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 711 a few years later was elected Assistant Cashier. When the Third National Bank was organized, on the 1st of January, 1883, he was made Cashier. The first Piesident f this bank was C. Ben ford, and his successor W. J. Weaver, and in 1885 Mr. Groce was elected to that position. The Vice president is W. J. Weaver. The capital stock is $100,000 and the surplus $11,000. Mr. Morris was married, in 1855, to Miss Rose Lincoln, a native of Pennsylvania, and the daughter of Thomas Lincoln, who came to this county from the Keystone State. Mr. Morris is a member of the Methodist Church and has been Recording Steward for the past twenty-six years. e has also been Superintendent of the Sunday-school for the past thirteen years and Secretary of the County Bible Society for some time. e has been a Republican since Lincoln's time, 1861.A ADAM MILLAR. Few families of Pickaway County have a higher reputation in all matters of character, intelligence and liberality, than the one represented by the name we have just given. This gentleman was a native of this county, born in Harrison Township, on the 15th of March, 1815, and came f a prominent Virginia family. The father f our subject, William Millar, emigrated from the Old Dominion, his native State, to Ohio, in the year 1799, and settled near the junction of the Scioto River and Walnut Creek. There he entered seven hundred and one acres of excellent land, upon which he made a number of improvements, and which has remained in the Millar family for ninety-three years. At the time Government lands were sold in Chillicothe, Ohio, the elder Mr. Millar purchased section 23, partly in Walnut and partly in Harrison Township, and section 22, lying entirely in Harrison Township. Mr. Millar spent the best years f his life in improving this land, upon which he built the first. brick house erected in Harrison Township. In this house his grandson, the late Z. T. Millar, resided for many years. William Millar and his excellent 34 wife, Mary, were the second settlers f Harrison Township, and it is with pleasure that we place their names at the head f the list f pioneers who underwent privations and hardships that they might develop the rich resources f this region, and bring about the condition which we see today. A fine residence was erected upon a beautiful building spot, on the west side f the Columbus and Chillicothe Pike, about one mile south of South Bloomfield, and other substantial buildings were subsequently erected. ere the .mother died in 1860, and the father three years later, aged eighty-six. On this delightful location, and amid scenes f grandeur and beauty, the subject f this sketch passed almost his entire life. e was educated in the pioneer schools, and assisted his father in making possible the pleasant homes of to-day. He selected as his wife Miss Nancy R. Howell, and their nuptials were celebrated in 1841. Their union gave them ten children, seven sons and three daughters: William, Mary and George (twins), Michael, Taylor, Tecumseh, Fillmore, Adam, Lucinda, and Hattie. The last-named is now Mrs. Dr. Humlston, of Cleveland, Ohio. Michael resides about one mile north f the homestead, and Tecumseh about one mile southwest. Mr. Millar became one of the most successful agriculturists in this region, and had a wide reputation as a breeder of fine running horses, and other stock. He was extensively known, and his uniform geniality and affability gave him a host f friends, while his enemies were few, if any. In all the relations of life, as husband, father, and citizen, he was kind, considerate, and indulgent, and his pleasant, cordial greeting has been sadly missed by his family and friends. This honored and much esteemed citizen passed to that realm from which no traveler returns on the 1st of November, 1891, aged seventy-six years, leaving an aged wife, who had shared his joys and sorrows for fifty years, three children, Michael, Tecumseh and Hattie, and eight grandchildren to mourn his death. Mrs. Millar, whose womanly graces and virtues are well known, was born on the 27th f April, 1819, and her parents, Elisha and Louie Howell, were natives of Delaware. Her father was a soldier 712 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. in the War f 1812, and fought bravely and gallantly against oppression by the British. About 1827, he emigrated, with his family, to Pickaway County, Ohio, making the entire distance in a wagon, and was three weeks en route. After reaching this county, they resided in Walnut Township for a short time, and then made their advent into Scioto Township, this county, where Mr. Howell purchased one hundred and twenty acres f rich land, mostly covered with timber, which he at once commenced clearing. He erected a log house, and in this he and his worthy wife resided many years, and received their last summons. Mrs. Millar was one f seven children born to her parents, and her youthful days were spent amid rude surroundings, and in the early schools. She is a faithful adherent of the Methodist Church, of which her parents were prominent members, and is a liberal contributor to its support. She has a host of friends, and well merits the respect and esteem accorded her. Her portrait and that f her deceased husband are presented in connection with this biographical notice. URIAH F. PAULLIN, who is at present residing on a farm in Paint Township, Fayette County, was born in Greene County, this State, February 24, 1813. e is the son f Jacob and Polly (Furnace) Paullin, the former f whom was born in New Jersey in 1787 and was taken to Kentucky by his parents when an infant of eighteen months. When about sixteen years f age, he went to Jackson County, Ohio, and engaged in making and selling salt in company with his father, Uriah Paullin. Jacob finally went to Greene County, where he was married, and where our subject was born. Our subject was the second in order of birth of the parental family of eight children, and is the only one now living. He grew to manhood in Greene County, receiving his education in the good common schools f that day, and was especially well versed in mathematics. The father of our subject was very wealthy, and at the time Uriah was married, presented him with a farm of two hundred and twenty-five acres in Paint Township, Fayette County. His wife, in her maidenhood, was Miss Martha Greene, also a native of Greene County, but who had been taken by her parents to Fayette County when six weeks old. The young couple took up their abode in a log house, which was on their farm, and which gave way a few years later to a more comfortable frame structure, in which they still reside. The following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Paullin: Letitia, Mrs. Capt. Noah Jones, of Washington C. H., who departed this life September 9, 1875; Samuel .T., whose sketch will be found on another page in this work, was the next in order f birth; Mary Margaret, who mariied J. M. Klever, resides in Paint Township; Sarah C., Mrs. Albert Hankins, also makes her home in Fayette County, as does Matilda J., now Mrs. J. M. Clarke; Lewis M. and Willie died at the respective ages of seventeen months and two years. In his political relations, our subject voted the Whig ticket, and took an active part in the campaign of 1840, supporting Harrison. He has been in sympathy with the Republican party since its organization, voting for Benjamin Harrison in 1888. With his wife, he is a member of the Christian Church, with which denomination he has been identified for the past ten years. His father was a soldier in the War of 1812, and very prominent in his locality.   CAPT. WILLIAM H. KIRKENDALL. Among the old soldiers whose life records are to be found in the annals of Pickaway County, and whose bravery and endurance upon the battlefield and in the miserable prison pens of the South are a story well worth telling, we can give the name which appears at the head of this paragraph. His father, William Kirkendall, was a native Virginian, who came to Ohio by team at a very early date and began working on a farm near Mt. Sterling. Subsequently, he bought PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 713 property and began keeping one f the first hotels in Darbyville, Pickaway County. This he continued for years, and helped lay out the streets of that town. e was very popular with all classes, and on sporting matters he was a keen authority and judge. e was very fond of fine horses. e died about 1852. In politics, he was a Whig. His wife, who was formerly Miss Jane Trego, was a native of Ross County, Ohio. Her father was killed by a runaway team (see sketch of Andrew Trego). She died in 1855. Of the four children born to this couple, three are now living: our subject, Dr. John Theo, of Darbyville, and Frances, Mrs. John Fissell. The original of this notice was born on the 22d of June, 1841, in Darbyville, Ohio, and attended the Union School until seventeen years of age, when he went on a farm for a Mr. McKinley. His home throughout life, except during his army experience, has been in this county, and naturally his interests are centered here. Young Kirkendall, when very little past nineteen years f age, enlisted, September 13, 1861, in Company D, Fifteenth United States Infantry, and was mustered in at Newport, Ky. e participated in the battles of Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, and at the latter place, on the 19th of September, 1863, he received a slight wound in the head. He was captured by the Confederates and taken to Belle Island, Va., where he remained one month. He was then taken to Richmond, Pemberton Bluff, across from Libby, nntil November, 1863, when he was conveyed to Danville, Va. There he remained in prison until April 17, 1864, when he was transferred to Andersonville Prison, where he suffered horrors untold. He remained in the stockade until September 13, 1864, when he was taken to Florence, S. C., and paroled as a prisoner of war on the 10th f December, 1864. While at Danville, he was on the parole f honor to assist at the small-pox hospital, for he was young and had a good constitution, and he appeared to bear a charmed life. At Newport, he was made Sergeant, and after the battleof Stone River, Company D was broken up and the men transferred to other companies, he being placed in Company A as Sergeant. After being paroled, he went to Ft. Adams, R. I, and was exchanged, and discharged there in February, 1865, after serving three years and six months. His war record, or character on his discharge, says: An excellent soldier; served with distinction and bravery in battles of Shiloh, Stone River, Corinth, Champion Hill, and Chickamauga, where he was captured and held by the enemy until recently, and consequently could not receive his discharge until exchanged. O. L. SHEPARD, Colonel in command f Fifteenth Regiment. SAMUEL R. HONEY, Acting Adjutant of Fifteenth Regiment. Returning home, our subject went to work on the farm, and after his marriage rented a farm in Scioto Township for two years. After this, he was in Darby Township for a year, and then located in Darbyville, where he clerked for six years. Subsequently, he engaged in general merchandising in that place, continued it three years, and on the 6th of September, 1880, he came to Circleville, where he was proprietor of the Union House for four years. On the 1st of April, 1886, he was appointed by the State Board of Public Works as Foreman on the Ohio Canal, and had charge of that division of the canal from Columbus to West Fall, and was made Captain of the State canal boat with a crew of from eight to ten men. Our subject was married in Darbyville on the 21st of December, 1865, to Miss Sarah A. Fissell, daughter of John Fissell, who was born in Pennsylvania, but who came to Ohio, where be was engaged in business as a merchant in Circleville, Five Points and Darbyville. He died in Darbyville in 1876. His wife, whose maiden name was Catherine Diffenderfer, was also of Pennsylvania nativity, having been born in Lancaster, and died in Circleville, at the home of our subject, in 1886, when seventy years of age. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They were the parents of ten children, four sons being in the late war. Mrs. Kirkendall was the fifth in order of birth of these children, and was born in Circleville, where she remained until thirteen years f age. After this she was at Five Points from 1859 to 1863, and after that in Darbyville. Mr. and Mrs. Kirkendall are the parents f six children, who 714 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. are as follows: John T., a mechanic in the North American Tube Works, of McKeesport, Pa.; Frances, a graduate f the Class of '90, now a teacher in the public school in Circleville; Mabel was graduated in 1891, and is also a teacher; Mark, clerking in a grocery store; Estella and Harry, at home. While a resident of Darbyville, Mr. Kirkendall was School Director for many years, was in the Council there for several years, and also served as Township Clerk. e was Assistant Postmaster for eight years. Since residing here, he has served in the City Council, and is an ardent Republican in his political views. e has been a delegate to the State conventions frequently, and was a delegate to the Ohio Republican League. e is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his wife, who is one of the most agreeable and pleasant of ladies, is also a member f the church. Socially, Mr. Kirkendall is a member of the Independent Order f Odd Fellows, and Groce Post No. 156, G. A. R., of which he was a charter member, and is now Past' Post Commander. e was Aide-de-Camp on Gen. Warner's Staff Department Committee, and Trustee f the Memorial Hotel. Mrs. Kirkendall is a member of the Groce Post No. 68, W. R. C., of which she is a Past President and charter member. MRS. JULIA A. (CALHOUN) CONVERSE, who has a beautiful home on her extensive and well-appointed farm in Canaan Township, situated five miles south of Plain City, is a native of Madison County, born amid its primitive scenes in the township where she has lived since her birth, October 30, 1826. She is a representative of the sturdy old pioneer stock f the State, her paternal grandfather, William Calhoun, a native of Ireland, who came to America when a young man, being one of the first settlers f Portage County, where her father. James Calhoun, was born in 1802. The grandfather of our subject, a soldier in the War of 1812, afterward came to Madison County, and was a pioneer of Little Darby; he died n Sandusky, Ohio. Mrs. Converse's mother was Elizabeth Carpenter in her maiden days, and was a native f Pennsylvania. She was about eight years old when she came to Ohio with her parents, Samuel and Sarah Carpenter, who were early settlers of Licking County, where she was reared. Her father was of Irish descent and her mother of German extraction. Mrs. Converse's grandmother, on her father's side, was Jane McO1aster, a native of Scotland. The parents of our subject were married in Canaan Township in 1823, and located on a farm five miles southwest of Plain City. A rude log house, with no doors or windows, stood on the place, and was their first home after marriage. The mother died in 1844, and two years later the father married Lucretia Burnham; about 1867 he left his home farm and spent his last days with hie daughter of whom we write, by whom he was tenderly cared for until his death at the age of sixty-eight years. He was a strong Democrat in polities, and was a leader in township affairs. He was a man of sound common sense, keen and accurate in judgment, and of marked executive talent. His fellow-citizens placed great confidence-in him, and often sought his advice, and his services were frequently required as administrator to settle estates. e was also an auctioneer and had charge of many sales. He held the office of Township Trustee, and various other local offices, and always acted for the best interests f the community. Of his five children, two died in infancy, and Mrs. Converse and Losson, a resident of Plain City, are the only ones that lived to maturity, she being the eldest of those who lived to be of any age. Our subject was educated in the pioneer schools of Canaan Township, and in the home of her parents, of which she was an inmate until her marriage, she was carefully instructed in all that goes to make a good housewife, while principles of right living were early instilled into her mind. She was thus well fitted for the duties and responsibilities of wedded life and to preside over a home of her own, when she gave her hand and heart in marriage to James N. Converse, November 22, 1845. She cheerfully devoted herself to his interests, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 715 and filled in a perfect measure her position as wife, friend, counselor and helper, and was thus potent in bringing about his prosperity. She is f an amiable, pleasant disposition, is thoughtful of others, and her social standing is high in the county, where she has always lived and has many friends. In her religious views, she is a strong Universalist, and is a prominent member f the society of that denomination that worships in Alder Chapel. Her husband willed her a farm f four hundred acres, which is under the management of her son enry and her son-in-law, Cary Millikin. James Converse was a native of Madison County, born in Darby Township, October 29, 1823, the eldest son of Charles and Phebe Converse. He was reared in his native township, and completed his education in its district schools. e early became a farmer, and after his marriage he and his bride began life together on a place five and one-half miles northwest of where she now resides, and they remained there some fifteen years. At the expiration of that time, they located on the farm that is now her home, and here he died May 24, 1887, and was laid to rest in the peaceful old cemetery at Plain City. e was a noble, whole-souled, large-hearted man, with a keen sense of honor and a genial nature, and the citizenship of his community met with a sad loss at his death. He was broad-minded and tolerant in his religious views and in his political sentiments. The former found expression in the Universalist faith, and he was a stanch member f the church of that denomination known as Alder Chapel, in Jefferson Township. In early life, he was an old-line Whig, but he later joined the Democracy, and ever after voted with that party. e was well known in township and county as a liberal contributor to all good causes, and as a promoter f the interests of the public in the various civic capacities in which he acted. He was at one time Trustee of the township, and he was Justice of the Peace, and also held all the school offices. Mr. and Mrs. Converse were blessed in their marriage by two children, a son and a daughter: Henry B., f whom a sketch appears in this volume, and Elizabeth Ann, wife of A. C. Millikin. They also adopted a daughter, at the age f ten months, Eva J. Stephens, who has been carefully reared. She was born in this township, October 28, 1875, and is now seventeen years old.   DAVID HOPKINS, a veteran of the late war, whose efficient soldiership raised him from the ranks to an official position, has a valuable farm in. Fayette County, and is engaged in farming, although a resident of the city of Washington C. H. He is a son of Jeremiah Hopkins, who, for many years prior to his death, was a prominent citizen of this part of the State. The father was born in Washington County, Pa., and was of English descent. During some period of his life, probably in early manhood, he removed from his native county to Ross County in the same State, and lived there until he came to Fayette County in 1827, and identified himself with its sturdy, hard-working, brave pioneers. He first located in Wayne Township, in the northern part of the county, where he bought sixty-two acres of land. During his long residence there, he was prominent as a farmer and in its public life as Trustee of the township, which position he held with honor several years. He was successful in the accumulation of property, and in 1871 he retired from active business to Washington C. H. Here he passed from life to death in April, 1875, and thus closed the record of an upright, honorable man, who was a genuine Christian, and was for many years a leading member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. In politics, he was first a Whig, then a Free-soiler, and lastly a Republican. The maiden name f the mother of our subject was Nancy Claypool, and she was a daughter of a prominent pioneer of Ross County. The subject of this biography is one of eleven children, f whom ten are still living. He was born January 29, 1834, in the pioneer home of his parents in Wayne Township, and was educated in the local public schools, and remained at home with his parents, affording his father valuable assistance in the management of his farm, until he 716 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. was twenty-seven years old. At that age, he entered upon his career as a soldier, springing with ready response and patriotic devotion to answer Lincoln's first call for seventy-five thousand volunteers to defend the honor of the Flag that had been fired upon at Ft. Sumter. His name appeared upon the roll f Company E, Twenty-second Ohio Infantry, which was commanded by Capt. John M. Bell. At the end of his three months' term of enlistment, our subject re-entered the army as a member of Company C, Fifty-fourth Ohio Infantry, and again re-enlisted as a veteran in the same company, and he stood stanchly by his colors until after the war was closed, receiving his discharge papers in the middle of August, 1865. he had very soon shown that he possessed the rare qualities that make a good soldier, displaying true courage in the hour of danger, and always found at the post of duty, whether on the long and tedious marches or in camp, or on the battlefield, and always obedient to orders. His superiors trusted him implicitly, and he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant f his company. e saw much hard service, and was in many a battle and skirmish. e was at the battle of Shiloh or Pittsburg Landing, and was present at the siege of Vicksburg, and was active in the memorable two-days' assault on that rebel stronghold on the 19th and 22d of May, 1863. He was with Gen. Sherman on his famous march to the sea, and did his share f fighting during the siege f Atlanta and in the numerous engagements around that city, and at other times during the campaign. e was at Raleigh, N. C., when news reached them of Lee's surrender, and he went to Washington to take part in the Grand Review f the armies after the war was finally ended. When Mr. Hopkins returned home and resumed the duties f a private citizen after his experiences as a soldier during those long and trying years of the rebellion, he remained with his father for a short time, and then married and established a home of his own, Miss Kate Kerr becoming his wife December 28,1865. Mrs. Hopkins is a, daughter of James and Nancy Kerr, who were formerly residents of Ross County, of which her father was a prominent farmer. After his marriage, our snb ject settled on a farm in Marion Township, this county, as a renter. Seven years later, he bought a farm in Wayne Township, and lived on it seven years. At the expiration of that time, he took up his residence in Washington C. H., where he has since made his home, and he is very pleasantly situated here. He still conducts farming, however, and with good profit, as he is an experienced farmer, and has a thorough knowledge of agriculture in all its branches, so that he is enabled to manage his farm after the most approved methods. e is a popular man among his fellow-citizens in this county, as he is of a genial, generous disposition, is friendly and helpful in his relations with his neighbors, and is wise in counsel. His war-record is commemorated by his connection with the Grand Army f the Republic. Politically, he is firm in his allegiance to the Republican party. FRANK REIF, a representative f the grocery trade at Washington C. H., with a fine location on the corner of North and Court Streets, was born February 1,1833, in Bavaria, Germany, and was educated in the excellent public schools of the Fatherland. His father, John Reif, was also of German birth and antecedents. He came to this country and passed his remaining days in Cass County, Neb.. He had married Margaret Wetzel in the Old Country, and she bore him five children, and died when our subject was a year and a half old. When he of whom we write was twenty years of age, he came to the United States, and first located at Cincinnati, where he was variously employed some eight or nine months. He then went down the Ohio to Riverport, Ky., and remained there a short time, working at whatever he could find to do. From there he went to one place and another until he found himself in Washington C. H. in 1864. Here he first engaged in working in the spoke factory, and then he entered the grocery business in partnership with Peter Scheiman, under the firm name of Scheiman & Reif. e continued with that PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 717 gentleman from 1865 until 1870, and in the latter year went into business by himself. He continued so until 1877, when he entered the employ of Stimpson & Bro., and was engaged in their wholesale house two years, and for eight years was on the road in their interests. His next engagement was with Dahl & Baer, and he was subsequently with Welton & Buker for about six months. John Blackmore was his next employer. In July, 1891, he opened a store for himself for the sale of groceries, and he has built up a good paying trade already, as he is well known, has a thorough knowledge of the business, and enjoys a high reputation for honesty and trustworthiness. He handles a full line of staple and fancy groceries of all kinds and of the best grades, and is up to the times in everything pertaining to the trade. He has made himself a good name in the city f his adoption and is regarded with favor by all who know him. The Presbyterian Church finds in him a useful member, and the Democratic party an unswerving adherent. Our subject was married in 1854 to Anna Mary Bentz, a daughter of Jacob and Katherine Bentz, residents of Piketon, Pike County, and Germans by birth. By this union were born three children: John, who is thirty-five years of age, and is engaged in the grocery business in this city; Anna Katherine, wife of Oscar McClellan, City Marshal; and William, who is in partnership with his father. HEZAMAH J. CROWNOVER. In Perry Township, Pickaway County, lies a tract of well-improved land, adorned by a comfortable residence, the usual buildings that advance so materially the success of the farmer, and the orchards that contribute so effectively to the enjoyment of rural life. The land is divided and subdivided into fields f convenient size for the raising of the various cereals and the pasturage of stock. Since Mr. Crownover settled upon the farm, he has contributed greatly to its development and has introduced the latest and best improvements in the way of farming machinery and implements, so that it now needs but a single glance to prove that the proprietor is a thrifty man. The remote ancestors of our subject were from England and Holland, while his immediate progenitors were of Pennsylvanian birth. His parents, Hezakiah and Ruth Crownover, removed from the Keystone State in 1830 and made settlement in South Bloomingville, Hocking Connty, Ohio, where ten years later, on the 11th f September, 1840, their son, the subject of this notice, was born. he was only two years old when his parents removed to McCuneville, Perry County, this State, which was their home for ten years. Meanwhile, our subject attended the schools of the district and acquired a good knowledge of agriculture while working on his father's farm during the summer season. In 1855, Mr. Crownover accompanied his parents to Perry Township, Pickaway County, where he still resides. He began life for himself at the age of twenty-one years with no moneyed capital except fifty-four cents and a Mexican coin. Two years later, he was enabled by economy and industry to establish a home of his own, to which he brought his bride May 3, 1863. Mrs. Crownover was known in maidenhood as Nancy Jane O'Neal, and was born in the Buckeye State, whither her parents had removed from Kentucky in 1828. The union f our subject and his estimable wife has been blessed by four children, who are living, namely: Ida M., who was born in 1864, and married John E. Busick, December 11, 1888; Esther E., born in 1867; Fanny M., in 1872, and Ansel H., in 1878. Since coming to Pickaway County, Mr. Crown-over has combined the occupations of miller and farmer. His homestead, being located on Deer Creek, affords admirable facilities for milling, as well as for stock-raising, which he carries on extensively. In politics, he is a Democrat, and has occupied several important positions, to which he has been elected by large majorities, notwithstanding the fact that his township has a majority of one hundred and twenty Republicans. In 1868, he was elected Township Trustee; in 1873, was 718 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. chosen for the office of Assessor, and the following year was elected Justice of the Peace, carrying every vote in his township with the exception f fifty-five. In 1880, he was elected Commissioner of Pickaway County by the largest majority ever received by any person, a fact which of itself sufficiently indicates the high place he occupies in the regard of his fellow-citizens. ISAAC LUDWIG, who was a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War, is a native of Pickaway County, and is one of its practical, experienced farmers, who has contributed his quota to its upbuilding. He has a farm on section 4, Pickaway Township, that is complete in all its appointments, and is also the owner f a quarter-section f land in Marion County, Kan. Mr. Ludwig was born on the old Ludwig homestead in Circleville Township, September 21,1834. He was brought up under pioneer influences, and obtained his education in a log school-house such as was common in the early days f the settlement of the county. He was inured to the hard work of farming in his youth, and early became a skillful farmer. e remained at home, assisting his father, in the management f the farm, until the second year of the war, when he threw aside his work to go to the front to help defend ale- Stars and Stripes. August 6, 1862, was the date f his enlistment in Company F, Ninetieth Ohio Infantry. He soon displayed excellent soldierly qualities, and fought well at the battle of Stone River; and in the other engagements- in which he bore an active, part. But, unfortunately, his usefulness as a soldier was terminated by his contracting a chronic disease which confined him in various hospitals for six months. He was in the general field hospital at Nashville, at Lanesville, Chattanooga and Bridgeport, and in the last-named hospital was discharged from the army on account of physical disability, November 23, 1863. After his return from the South, Mr. Ludwig resumed farming as soon as he had sufficiently recovered to work, and has been much prospered. His home farm comprises one hundred and thirty-eight acres f rich and well cultivated land, and is well supplied with substantial buildings, modern machinery, and everything to facilitate agricultural pursuits, besides being well stocked with graded stock. His residence, a view of which will be noticed in this volume, is a large frame house, and there he and his family have a pleasant home, replete with comfort and coziness. Our subject is a plain-spoken, honest man, who never breaks his word when once given, and his neighbors knob that he is one in whom they can trust unreservedly and who will not fail them if they are in need of help or in trouble, and they have great respect for him. His politics are of the Democratic order and he is always loyal to his party. The marriage of Mr. Ludwig to Miss Charity Margaret, of this county, was solemnized February 1, 1882. Two children have been born unto them whom they have named Cora E. and Mary M., respectively. JOHN SALMON. This well-know name is borne by the proprietor of the Oakwood Breeding Farm, a view of which will noticed on another page. Mr. Salmon his place in Madison Mills, Fayette County full-blooded Shropshire sheep, trotting and draft horses, Poland-China hogs and Jersey cattle, and in addition to these, devotes considerable time and attention to breeding Mammoth Bronze Turkeys White China geese, Light Brahmas, White Singlecomb Leghorn, Brown Single-comb Leghorns, Barred Plymouth Rocks, Langshans, and Duckwing Game Bantams. The original of this sketch was born in Paint Township, Fayette County, June 13, 1837, to Perry and Elizabeth (Moore) Salmon, the former of whom was also born in that township, April 10, 1810, and the mother in 1805. Perry Salmon was born, reared and died on the farm in Paint Twnship and did much toward the upbuilding and advancement of the county's interests. On the death of his father, he aided in clearing the estate PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 721 of four hundred and forty acres from indebtedness, and passed to the land beyond, October 26, 1890, after a long and useful life. Our subject was one in a family of four children: his eldest sister, Lucretia, who was born August 21, 1842, married R. D. Lane and makes her home on the old place; Solomon, who was born November 17, 1833; our subject was third in order of birth; and Mary Ann Cleaber, who was born August 1, 1845, married John W. Tway and also resides on the old homestead. The boyhood days of our subject were passed on his father's estate, and as the father was in poor health, the management of the place fell upon himself and brother. He received a common-school education and has been more than ordinarily successful in all his undertakings. His mother lived to be sixty-six years of age and departed this life in 1871. On both sides of the house his ancestors were German, his maternal ancestors locating at first in Virginia, whence they removed to Bourbon County, Ky., where the mother was born. She was about fifteen years of age when her parents came to Ohio, during which trip they lost many of their possessions in crossing the Ohio River, among which was the family record, so that the exact date of her birth is not known. The paternal grandfather of our subject ran away from his father's home in Maryland when a boy, and made his way to Ohio, where he resided unknown to his people. In 1887, when some f his relatives were visiting in this State, they made the acquaintance of his descendants. Mr. Salmon of this sketch was married October 26, 1866, to Miss Mary Margaret, daughter of Lewis and Elizabeth (Alkire) Green. Mrs. Salmon was reared to womanhood in Mt. Sterling, in the home of an uncle, William H. Alkire, and after her marriage located with our subject on the old homestead. In 1875, our subject lost his comfortable fortune by going security for others, but, nothing daunted, commenced life again, this time locating in Paint Township, Madison County, where he rented land for three years. At the end of that time, he returned to the old farm and resided there until February, 1890, when he took up his abode in Madison Township. In 1861, Mr. Salmon began handling Poland-China hogs and from that developed his present enterprise. Mr. and Mrs. Salmon became the parents of two children, both of whom died in infancy. Mrs. Salmon is a member of the Christian Church, in which body her father was a minister, while our subject is connected with the Methodist Episcopal denomination. In political matters, he is independent. He has been called upon to represent his district at various times on the School Board and has served as a Trustee of Paint Township. Socially, he is a member of the Grange and was President of the Alliance. ISAAC ALLFREE, of Wayne Township, has lived on the fine farm that is still his home for more than half a century, and though not among the earliest settlers of Fayette County, is worthy to be classed among its pioneers as one who has reclaimed a goodly portion f soil from the forest wilds. He was born in Hardy County, Va., in 1808. His parents were Joseph and Polly (Keller) Allfree, the father of English descent, and they were life-long residents of old Virginia. The father's educational advantages were very limited, and when young in life he married a daughter of George Keller and set about building up a home. They reared a family of seven children, whom they named Anna, Betsy, Rebecca, Kate, Abraham, Isaac and David, respectively. Our subject is the sole survivor of the family. His father died when he was thirteen years old, while his mother lived several years longer. When his father died, our subject began life on his own responsibility. His education was such as could be obtained in the district school of his native place, which was held in an old log schoolhouse. He worked out by the month during the early part of his career, and at the age of twenty-four had laid by enough to enable him to marry, and he was wedded to his cousin, Katherine Keller,daughter of George and Mary Keller. In the busy years that followed, she was a true helpmate, faithfully 722 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. performing her duties, and she was a good mother to the children born to them, eight in number, of whom these five are living: Mary C., Rebecca, David, Eliza J. and Eunice L. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Allfree married again, taking as his wife a most estimable young lady by the name f Maggie Jones, a daughter of Wells Jones, and she is a great comfort to him in his declining years. In 1835 Mr. Allfree left his old home in Virginia with his family to seek another in the wilds of Fayette County. He located in the woods in Wayne Township, purchasing two hundred and fifty-five acres of wild land, which are comprised in his present farm. As a shelter for his family, he constructed a cabin of oak poles, hewn on the inside after it was completed, and he built a chimney of mud and sticks on the outside f the house. He worked industriously to clear his land and put it under cultivation, sometimes varying his labors by hunting deer, turkeys and such other wild game as abounded, that he might add to their limited bill of fare. He has improved the most of his farm himself, placing it under good tillage, and he has added to his original purchase sixteen acres more land. On this last tract stood a brick residence into which he moved, and is now passing the sunset of life in comfort, the result of his patient and unremitting toil earlier in life. He has always stood by the Democratic party in politics, and is a good citizen, who is much respected by his neighbors. MELANCTHON WORTHINGTON is a wealthy and prominent citizen of Canaan Township, and is noted throughout Madison and adjoining counties as one of the most successful stockmen of this place, who makes a specialty of breeding Shetland ponies and trotting horses of the best strains. He has a home, beautiful and attractive, pleasantly situated five miles from Plain City, on the East Pike, which connects it with West Jefferson. Our subject was born in the township in which he resides, in the village of Amity, December 9, 1841, being the date of his birth. He is a son of a late veteran of the Civil War, and is himself honored as a representative of that noble band of the sons of Ohio who went to the front to help preserve the Union, when the very life of this great Republic was threatened by foes from within. The father of our subject, Joel H. Worthington, was born in New London, Conn., in 1814, and was reared in his native town, learning the trade of a cabinet-maker in his youth. In 1836, he came, on his way home from the Florida War, to Cincinnati, and thence to Madison County, where he was a pioneer in his calling, opening a cabinet-shop in the little hamlet f Amity. Ile was engaged in manufacturing all kinds of furniture and coffins there until 1847, when he removed to Appanoose County, Iowa, and for a year resided in the village of Centreville. From there he went to Harrison County, Mo., and located in Bethany, where he carried on the cabinet business until 1856. In that year, he returned to this county, and again established himself in the village f Amity. He turned his attention to carpentering and painting, and was engaged at those callings when the war broke out. He had had some experience as a soldier in the Florida War many years before, and he was not long in deciding to again place his services at his country's disposal, he being among the first to enter the army, enlisting April 16, 1861. Discharged at the end of his three months' term of enlistment, August 16, he again enlisted on the 30th of the same month, and served until the following year. His third enlistment followed soon after, for he was nothing daunted by the hardships and miseries that he had previously undergone, but kept the light f patriotism burning brightly in his breast. In 1865, he received his final discharge, and returned to his home with the rank of Corporal, honorably earned by his bravery and fidelity. Ohio is where he died in 1878. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Polly Kinney, and she was born and reared in New York. She was still in early womanhood when she died in Iowa in her thirty-first year. Our subject is the only child f his parents. He was but six years old when they took him to Iowa, but he had previously attended school in his native village. He was but eight years old when he was PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 723 deprived of a mother's tender care by her untimely death. When he was thirteen years of age, he left his father in Iowa and returned to Amity to live with his uncle, I. N. Worthington, with whom he remained until the breaking out f the Rebellion. Like his father, he too sprang to the defense of the Stars and Stripes, and in the hard and trying years that followed, well did he show his loyalty to his country on many a hotly-contested battlefield. He devoted the opening years of his manhood to the great cause for which the Union army fought, enlisting at first for three months in Company C, Eighteenth Ohio Infantry. He was honorably discharged the 16th of the following August, but soon re-enlisted for a longer term of service as a member of Company D, Fortieth Ohio Infantry, and was honorably discharged October 7, 1864, at Atlanta, Ga., receiving his pay at Louisville, Ky. He was with Gen. Garfield in the engagement at Middle Creek, and took part in many of the principal battles of the war. He had many a narrow escape from death, but fortunately escaped unscathed by bullet or bayonet hrust of the enemy. At one time, a ball passed very closely by his ear, and lodged in his blanket, which was strapped on his back. When his soldier life was over, Mr. Worthington returned to the village of his nativity, and was soon engaged as a clerk in the store f Miss Delilah Lane, an ambitious, energetic and business-like young lady, who has since become his wife, and has contributed much, not only to his success in life, but to his well-being in other directions. Her store, which was for the sale of general merchandise, was two miles south of Amity on the place where she and our subject now reside. She was born in Amity, May 7, 1837, and is a daughter of Luther and Elizabeth (Morrison) Lane. She was reared in her native village, was given a good education, and at the youthful age of fourteen, the self-reliant, self-contained young miss taught school, getting a salary of $1.50 a week. But she was of a business turn f mind, and when fifteen years old, abandoned that profession to enter upon a mercantile career as clerk in her father's store. She learned perfectly every detail of the business, and at the end f eleven years bought out the concern of her father. She was remarkably successful in her venture, and during three years of the war cleared $1,200 annually. She added to her funds by judicious investments and by loaning her money at a good rate of interest. She was married to our subject, October 21, 1866, and then turned over the management f the store to him. Mr. Worthington replaced the original store by a large brick building, erected at a cost of $3,000, and he also built a fine residence that cost the same amount, which stands on his present farm, and the buildings together are now worth $8,000. They have in Pike and Canaan Townships two hundred and twenty-nine acres of land, one hundred and eighty-eight in Brown Township, Franklin County, and also fine property in Columbus, which he exchanged for his stock of goods when he closed out his business as general merchant, said property including a substantial two-story dwelling, fitted up with all the modern conveniences. Mr. Worthington now devotes himself to raising blooded stock, and has one of the prettiest and best herds of Shetland ponies in the country, including a valuable stallion of that breed. He also has some very fine brood mares in trotting stock, and has some beautiful and swift-stepping horses, which have been bred on his place and have notable blood in their veins. He likewise has well-graded cattle, sheep and hogs. Our subject has strong Repnblican proclivities, early manifesting his sympathies with the principles of the party, and fighting for them on Southern battlefields. When a boy, he taught a runaway negro to read, and from hearing his stories f slavery became an earnest Abolitionist. Our subject is a man of civic and social importance in his community. He has been Township Clerk, and is now Treasurer of the Township. He is prominently connected with the following organizations: Urania Lodge No. 311, F. & A. M., at Plain City; Lodge No. 412, I. O. O. F., at West Jefferson; Ardent Encampment No. 244, at the same place; for two years he has been Commander f Canton Lodge No. 72, at West Jefferson; both he and his wife are members f the Daughters of Rebekah; he is charter member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge, at West Jefferson; he belongs to 724 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. the Chapter of Columbus, F. & A. M.; and is Commander f the Harry Scribner Post No. 222, G. A. R. Religiously, he is a member f the Darby Baptist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Worthington have had two children, a son, who died in infancy, and a daughter, Lillie Maud. She is the wife of William C. Beach, f Jefferson Township, and the mother of two sons, Thomas Melancthon, who was named for his grandfather, and Welling. These children are the pride and delight of our subject's heart, and he takes great pleasure in them. GEORGE W. BOTKIN, a leading and representative citizen of Paint Township, Madison County, was born October 10, 1822, about three miles from his present home, in Madison Township, Clarke County. His parents, Jeremiah and Anna (Ellsworth) Botkin, were both natives of Harrison County, Va., the former born October 31, 1784, and the latter January 1, 1790. The mother was a distant relative of Col. Ellsworth, who led the Zouaves, and was shot in the early part f the War of the Rebellion, at Alexandria, Va. The Botkin family was descended from two brothers f English birth, who in 1650 crossed the Atlantic and settled in Virginia. The parents of our subject came to Ohio in 1802, with their respective families, and were married December 9, 1806. For a few years they resided in Clinton County, where the eldest child, Jesse, was born November 5, 1807. About 1808, they removed to Clarke County, where Mr. Botkin bought land and carried on farming and wagon-making. The second child, Sanford, was born on Birch Creek, November 7, 1809. The other children were all born on the farm, which was the birthplace of our subject, and were: Ruhamah, born January 21; 1813; Margaret, March 13, 1815; Amos, May 15, 1817; Moses E., May 6, 1819; George, of this sketch; Anna, born May 10, 1827; and William I., April 8, 1832. The father of this family made his own way in the world, and was very successful, owning two hundred and fifteen acres of land at the time of his death. In early life he was a Whig, and joined the Republican party on its organization. e became a member f the Methodist Church' when a young man, and was licensed to exhort. By all'who knew him he was held in the highest regard. His death occurred September 7, 1861, and his wife passed away August 24, 1864. Two f his sons were in the army. William I., who was married and had two children, enlisted in 1861, in Company F, Forty-fifth Ohio Infantry, for three years' service, was taken prisoner at Philadelphia, Tenn., and incarcerated in Libby Prison, Belle Isle and Andersonville, where he died June 15, 1864. Our subject was a member f the one-hundred-day service. He enlisted May 2, 1864, and returned home on the 26th f August, the day after his mother's burial. At the age f twenty-one, Mr: Botkin, began teaching at $12 per month. After being employed for three months, he was solicited to retain the school for another month,-and was given an increase f salary of $1. For ten years, he followed teaching at intervals. He was married April 5, 1849, at the age of twenty-seven, to Miss Eliza S. Maxey, of Paint Township, who was born on the farm which is now her home, January 10, 1823. Her parents were Stephen and Fannie (Troxel) Maxey. Unto them have been born six children: Frances E., born April 13, 1850; Albert C., who was born November 13, 1851, and wedded Mary Tumbleson; Mary E., born January 4, 1853, is the wife of H. H. Snyder, a druggist of London, Ohio, and has five children; Florence I., born December 10, 1854, became the wife of Frank W. Pierce, and died, leaving two children; Stephen H., born September 23, 1856, resides in Madison County; and Anna J., born October 8, 1860, completes the family. Mr. Botkin was in Fulton County, Ill., from September, 1847, until June, 1848, engaged in teaching school. After his marriage, he resided upon his father's farm for three years, when he removed to South Charleston, where he worked at the carpenter's trade for five years. In the meantime, he took a Western trip through Missouri and Iowa in 1857, in order to locate some land, but PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 725 did not do so. He removed to his present home April 17, 1860, and has resided there continuously since. He owns one hundred and seventy-eight acres of valuable land, under a high state of cultivation and well-improved, and his residence was erected by himself and sons. He is an enterprising and progressive citizen, and may truly be called a self-made man. Mr. Botkin cast his first vote for Henry Clay in 1844, supported John C. Fremont in 1856, and has since been a stanch Republican. He has served as Township Trustee, and for the long period of eighteen years has been Justice of the Peace, which fact indicates his faithfulness to duty. Himself and wife are consistent and active members of the Methodist Church, in which he has served as Steward and Trustee. He has also been a prominent Sunday-school worker, and was Recording Steward for the circuit for six years. Socially, he is a member of McMillan Post No. 122, G. A. R., of South Charleston. JOHN C. JONES, an enterprising and progressive farmer of Paint Township, Madison County, owns more than four hundred and fifteen acres f land, which he has under a high state of cultivation and.well improved. The good buildings, the well-tilled fields and the neat appearance of the place, indicate the industry which has been one f the prominent characteristics of Mr. Jones through life. He was born in Cumberland County, Tenn., June 11, 1817. His parents, Zacheus and Elizabeth (Key) Jones, were natives of Tennessee, and after their marriage emigrated to London, Ohio. The family is originally of English descent. The father f our subject died soon after coming to this State. He had secured some wild land bnt left his family in limited circumstances. The mother taught our snbject to plow and he became her main support until she married Charles Atkinson, who lived but a few years. Mr. Jones of this sketch remained with his step father, and at his death had charge of the Atkinson farm. At the age of twenty-one, he was married October 31, 1839, to Sarah A. Taylor, who was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, September 5, 1820. Her parents, Thomas and Isabel (Hume) Taylor, were early settlers and prominent citizens of Madison County. Mr. Jones continued to reside on the old farm in Deer Creek Township with his mother for a few years. In the meantime, he bought one hundred and twenty acres of land and began the development of the farm on which he now resides. It is now one f the most desirable places in the community, and its boundaries have since been greatly extended. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Jones were born eleven children: Mary Elizabeth, born September 11, 1840, is the' widow of Capt. ;Watson. She had three children and resides in London, Ohio. William H., born May 23, 1842, is a farmer of Deer Creek Township, Madison County, and by his marriage has three children. Isabel was born June 1, 1844. John C., born August 29, 1846, died July 27, 1867. DeWitt Clinton, born September 5, 1848, married Miss Laura Hoeriger, f Colnmbus, and is a practicing attorney of that city. He served as Postmaster f Columbus under President Cleveland, and is a prominent Democrat. By his marriage he has two children, Eldon and Norma. Francis M., born June 3, 1852, is married and resides in Paint Township. George D., born May 25, 1854, is a well-known lawyer of Columbus. He married Eva Lattimer, of that city, and they have two children: Grace, born April 3, 1879, and Margaret Fuller, June 24, 1886. Thomas T. died at the age of three months, Flora born April, 21, 1861, is the wife of Freeman Murray, by whom she has one child. Ada, born October 7, 1863. Fannie, born October 20, 1865, is the wife of C. W. Adams, a lumber dealer of Cincinnati, and they have a little daughter, Hazel. Mrs. Jones, the mother of the family, was called to her final rest, November 18, 1886. In connection with his home farm, Mr. Jones owns six hundred acres of well-improved land in Bates County, Mo., and is a stockholder in the National Bank of London, Ohio. He cast his first vote in 1840 for Gen. Harrison, and sup- 726 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ported the Whig party until 1856, since which time he has been a stanch Republican. He has never failed to support a Presidential candidate of his party, although at one time, when in ill health, the doctor told him if he went to the polls his death would result. He has filled the offices f Justice f the Peace,.Town Trustee and a Director of the Infirmary. He has always been found on the side of morality, temperance and integrity, and is regarded as one of the valued citizens of the community, respected by all for his sterling worth. HENRY WRIGHT, who is the proprietor of a large and valuable farming property three miles south of Plain City, in Canaan Township, is a fine type of our self-made men, whose energy, persistent purpose and spirited enterprise have contributed in no small degree to the enduring prosperity f Madison County as one of the principal agricultural centers of the State. Our subject was born in Frederick County, Md., February 17, 1827, a son of Henry Wright, who was a physician, and died when our subject was about seven years old. His mother bore the maiden name f Margaret Bogen, and was the daughter of German parents. She married a second time, becoming the wife f John Sager. From that marriage there were five children, f whom two are living. The subject of this biography was his father's only son. When he was nine years old, he came to Ohio with his mother and step-father, and at the age f eleven the sturdy, capable little lad became self-supporting, working out by the month on a farm for his board, and he was so engaged until he was twenty-three years old. He then devoted the ensuing two years to learning the trade of wagon-maker with I. N. Worthington. At the expiration of that time, he bought the shop f his employer, and was interested in the manufacture of wagons for several years, winning a high reputation for his skill in that line. In 1864, he threw aside his business to join the brave boys in blue at the front to help fight his country's battles, and from that time until after the war ended, he did good service as a member f Company D, Twelfth Ohio Cavalry, receiving his discharge at Knoxville, Tenn. Returning to Madison, Ohio, after his exciting and trying experiences of a soldier's life, Mr. Wright resumed his old business as a manufacturer of wagons, and conducted it successfully until 1877, when he sold his shop to John McWigin and Strickland and devoted himself exclusively to the management of his farm, which he had previously been carrying on in connection with his business. In the year 1875, he located in the village of Amity, and has lived here ever since. e has four hundred and twenty-eight acres of land in Canaan Township, which is divided into four different farms, each f which is well equipped and under the best of tillage. They are all under his supervision; and he is carrying on a profitable general farming business. He has secured all this land since 1875, and has been the sole architect of his own fortunes, as he had no one to give him a good start in life, never having had as much as $50 given him, and he had very early to live on his own resources. This was no misfortune to him, however, as it developed his manhood in a fuller degree and brought into greater prominence those sturdy traits that have enabled him to win his way against odds. He is a man of fine character and spotless reputation, and his fellow-citizens think highly of him. e is a Republican in politics, and has borne his part in the administration of public affairs, holding the responsible office of Treasurer of Canaan Township for many years. He is a devoted member f the Christian Church. Mr. Wright was first married to Miss Elizabeth Mahaffey, who died in 1853, the year following their marriage, leaving one son, Albert, a successful school teacher in Canaan Township. Our subject's second marriage was with Miss Nancy Harris, and took place in 1858. She died in 1860, leaving two daughters: Elizabeth, wife of William Carr, of Washington Township, Franklin County; and Iva, wife of Cassius M. Walker, of Brown Township, Franklin County. Our subject's present wife was formerly Polly Dominy, a native of PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 727 Franklin County. They are the parents of eleven children, of whom nine are living, as follows: Harriet, wife of Charles Taggart, of Norwich Township, Franklin County; Ella, wife of Thomas Hummel, of Canaan Township; Howard, Maud, Laura, Della, Henry, Lissie, and Abby, all of whom are at home with their parents, with the exception f the married daughters. WILLIAM H. PROFFITT, who resides in Midway, Madison County, was born in Rock Fish Township, Nelson County, Va., January 17, 1856, and is a son of Obediah Pickney and Mary Louisa (Walker) Proffitt. The father was born in Nelson County, Va., in December, 1829, and for many years followed farming, but about two years before his death went into a mill owned by his father-in-law, William Harrison Walker, who was a distant connection of Gen. William Henry Harrison. The Proffitt family was of Scotch origin. The father of our subject died June 17, 1862, in his native county, leaving three children, who were cared for by the mother. Mrs. Proffitt was born in Louisa County, Va., June 30, 1839, came to Ohio in the fall of 1880, and is now living in Midway. Our subject, the eldest child, was only about six years of age when his father died. Quite early, he began working in the tobacco fields in the sum, mer months, and in the winter season worked at the carpenter's trade with his maternal grandfather. e did not attend school between the ages of nine and fifteen years. After that, his education was not so badly neglected. At the age of nineteen, he came to the home of his uncle, John R. Winfield, near Midway, Ohio, and began working by the month as a farm hand. He attended school the following winter at Midway and the next winter at Bloomingburgh Academy, after which he passed an examination for a certificate, and began teaching in the spring of 1877. He has taught each succeeding winter since that time, except in 1882, 1884 and 1891. In 1881, he bought his little home of thirty-two acres, which he operated for a few summers, and then sold, but in 1891 he again purchased it. On the 10th of August, 1885, Mr. Proffitt wedded Miss Belle S. O'Day, of Midway, who was born in Madison County, January 3, 1860, and is a daughter of Thomas and Isabel (Timmons) O'Day. Her mother died when she was but a few weeks old. er father was again married, and is a prosperous farmer of Pleasant Township. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Proffitt have been born two children: Homer Franklin, born June 29, 1886; and Edgar Henry, born February 12, 1889. Mr. Proffitt supports the Democratic party. He has served as a Councilman for five years, and was elected Clerk f Midway in April, 1892. He served as Clerk of the School Board for several years in Midway special school district, and in 1886 received the appointment of County School Examiner, which position he has since filled. He belongs to Leanore Lodge No. 512, A. F. & A. M., of Midway, and the Chapter of London. Himself and wife hold membership with the Presbyterian Church, in which he is an Elder, and is serving his second year as Sunday-school Superintendent. He has led a busy and useful life, and well merits the high regard in which he is held. MADISON HAMMEL, M. D., a practicing physician and surgeon of Circleville, has the honor of being a native of this city. He was born December 22, 1840, and is a worthy representative of one of the honored pioneer families of Pickaway County. His grandfather, John Hammel, was born in Virginia, and his father was a native of Germany and the founder of the family in America. John Hammel, accompanied by his family, came to Ohio in 1806, making the journey with a team and wagon. He entered land in Clear Creek Township, Fairfield County, becoming one of the early settlers of that locality. He broke his arm the first winter and had to go forty miles to a doctor. His home was a log cabin, and wild game, which was to be found in abundance, formed the principal article of diet. 728 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Though he had many hardships to endure at first, he became a successful man and the owner of a highly improved and valuable farm of one hundred and sixty acres. e reared a family of twelve children. The father of our subject, Isaac Hammel, was born on the new farm in 1813, and remained under the parental roof until twenty years f age, when he came to Circleville and learned the carpenter's trade. In 1837, he wedded Mary Funk, who was born in Fairfield Township, and was a daughter of Abraham Funk, a native f Virginia, who emigrated by team to Ohio in 1810. e entered land on the present site of the State Reform School, built a log house and there engaged in farming. He afterward removed to Circleville, where his death occurred at the age of seventy-eight-years. His father owned a large mill in Virginia. His second son served in the Revolutionary War. Abraham Funk, although but a boy, drove a team in the Revolutionary War, carrying provisions. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Hammel located in Circleville. He built a house in the midst of the cornfield, on what is now East Franklin Street, and became a successful contractor and engaged in business until seventy-five years of age, when he retired to private life. He died on the 13th of April, 1889. He was a prominent citizen, an upright, honorable man, anti was a leading member of the Lutheran Church. In politics, he was a Democrat, and served for three terms as Township Trustee. Mrs. Hammel passed away on the 12th f September, 1873. In the family were seven children, five of whom are now living. Catherine is the wife of R. H. Moore, of Circleville; the Doctor is the next younger; Ella makes her home in Circleville; Carrie is the wife of William Atkinson; Edson died in 1890; Martha is the wife of J. Christie; and Daniel is the Chief of the Fire Department in Chillicothe, Ohio. Dr. Hammel began his education in the common schools and afterward attended the graded schools and the High School. The war came on, and, prompted by patriotic impulses, he enlisted, in the United States service in 1861, but his father exercised his parental authority and the Doctor returned home. On the 11th of August, 1862, he again enlisted, becoming a member of Company A, One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio Infantry. He was mustered in at Camp Circleville, and then went South to Memphis. He participated in the battles of Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Port Gibson, Champion Hill, Black River Bridge and the siege f Vicksburg. He afterward went to Texas, and finally mustered out at Houston, Tex., July 31, 1865. He was a faithful soldier, always found at his post of duty. When the country no longer needed his services, Mr. Hammel returned home, and in the autumn began the study of medicine under Drs. Griswold & Wilder. In the fall of 1866, he entered the medical department of the University of Michigan, and the following year became a student in the Ohio Medical College, of Cincinnati, from which he was graduated in 1868, with the degree of M.D. He located at Five Points, where he engaged in practice for six months, and then spent a half-year in Waterloo, but since the spring of 1869 he has made his home in Circleville and has successfully engaged in practice. He served as Township Physician four successive years, from 1869 until 1873, was then County Jail Physician from 1874 until 1881, and in February, 1882, was employed as physician at the Infirmary, but in the latter part of the year he resigned on account of the mistreatment of the inmates by the Superintendent and Matrons, who did not carry out his directions or see to the sanitary affairs of the building. In consequence, Dr. Hammel resigned, and denounced the management of the institution. Since that time he has given his attention to private practice, and his skill and ability have gained him a liberal patronage. On the 25th of June, 1868, in Five Points, Dr. Hammel wedded Miss Martha Sommers, who was born near Bourneville, Ross County, Ohio, and is a daughter f Henry Sommers, an agriculturist. They have a pleasant home on the corner of Water and Court Streets, where the Doctor's office is also located. In his social relations, he is a member of Groce Post No. 156, G. A. R., of which he has been Surgeon, and belongs to the Knights of Pythias, and has held all the offices. e was a Secre- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 731 tary of the Monumental Committee of Groce Post, and largely through his influence and efforts a fine monument was erected and dedicated to the brave boys in blue, who gave their lives for the Union. In 1888, the Doctor attended the National Grand Army Encampment at Columbus, where he met many of his old comrades. In politics, be is independent. He belongs to the Presbyterian Church, of which he has served as Elder. He was also President of the Pickaway County Medical Society, and has been a member of the State Medical Society. WILLIAM L. MORGAN. The portrait on the opposite page represents one of the prominent farmers of Scioto Township, Pickaway County. He has a fine, large brick residence only one-half mile from the village of Morgan, which is situated on the banks of Darby Creek and bears his name, as he was one of the most active in building up its interests. e was born in Franklin County Ohio, in Pleasant Township, February 24, 1837. His father, Joseph Morgan, also a native of Ohio, was born March 8, 1801, and was a son of William, and a grandson of John Morgan. The great-grandfather of our subject was of Welsh birth and came to this country from London, England. He became a soldier of the Revolutionary War and later farmed in Pulaski County, Va. he was a pioneer preacher of the Methodist Church, devoting much of his time to preaching in the scattered settlements, and lived to a good old age. His son William was a farmer and an extensive stock-dealer. He was married in Virginia and came to Ohio in 1800, journeying by team and wagon across the mountains and making a settlement in Ross County at the mouth of Deer Creek, where he bought land and built a log house. Here he underwent the hardships of pioneer life, and used to journey on horseback to Zanesville with two sacks of wheat across his horse and return with two sacks of salt, obtained by barter, as there was practically no money in the State at that time. In 1808, William Morgan removed to Fayette 35 County, settling near Yankeetown, where Indians were all about him. He erected a log house, in which the family lived for the first summer without its being completed, as he had no time to go on with his building on account of the necessity that he should clear some ground and raise a crop. So through that summer they lived without rof, door or window, going in and out of this primitive abode by means of two ladders, one on the inside and one on the outside, the latter being taken in at night to prevent unexpected calls from the Indians. There this brave family lived and developed a farm, and came in time to own more than fifteen hundred acres of land. The father was a large stock-raiser and used to drive cattle to the Philadelphia and New York markets. He was a man of large business capacity, a Whig in politics and a Methodist in religion, and lived to be seventy-six years of age. The father f our subject married Rachel Foster, who was born in Ross County, Ohio, in 1806, and they became the parents of nine children, of whom the following grew to maturity: William L., John F.; Martha, who became Mrs. Chenoweth; Mary, Mrs. Chenoweth, and Elizabeth. The mother of these children died at the age of forty-two. She was an active member of the Methodist Church. Her father, John Foster, who was of Scotch descent, was a native of Virginia and an early settler in Ross County, where he carried on the double calling of farmer and Methodist preacher. He was very prominent in the community, and in the opinion of his neighbors was a veritable sage, to whom they came for counsel under all circumstances, and he did much to establish the cause of religion in those pioneer days. He lived to a good old age, and reared twelve children, nine daughters, and three sons, all of whom grew to maturity and established families of their own. Our subject passed his boyhood days as did all lads of pioneer times, and began for himself upon reaching his majority, about which time his father died. He carried on the home farm for three years before his marriage and finally settled upon it permanently. It was on the 6th of July, 1865, that he was united with Mary E. Morgan. Upon his beautiful estate of five hundred acres, he for- 732 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. merly raised cattle in large numbers, but of late years has sold most of his grain and now rents out all his land. In 1884, the Midland Railway was secured here by the efforts of Mr. Morgan and others, and on his land in 1885 he laid out the town of Morgan, which has grown to be quite a flourisning village-Mr. Morgan platted and laid out sixty lots, all f which, with the exception of six, have either been sold, or built upon by him. He has made three additions to the plat and expects soon to make another. In organizing the village of Morgan, he put a provision in every deed forbidding any one to keep a saloon on the lot. A man undertook to run contrary to this regulation last year and our subject began action in court, which action was sustained by law and the saloon had to close. The Methodist Church is highly favored in having such active and liberal members within its number as Mr. and Mrs. Morgan, who are ever ready to devote time, effort and means to promote its interests and the cause f religion, and whose intelligence and character make them people of influence in the community. Although in no sense a politician, our subject is stanch in his adherence to the principles of the Republican party. His beautiful home is elegantly furnished and is a delightful center f social life. HON. DANIEL HAAS, a well-known farmer residing on section 4, Washington Township, and present Representative of his district in the Ohio Legislature, is one of the native-born sons of Pickaway County of whom she may well be proud, as he has won his way to positions of honor and trust solely through his ability and own merit. His birth occurred in Walnut Township, on the 14th of August, 1839, and he is a son of the venerable Jacob Haas, who is honored as a pioneer of this county, and is still living in Walnut Township, on the fine farm that he purchased in a wild condition more than sixty years ago and redeemed from its primitive state. The father was born in Berks County, Pa., in 1809. He learned the trade f a blacksmith in early life and worked at it several years. In 1830, he came to Ohio, and has since lived in Walnut Township. He has been prominent in its public life and in religious circles. He has been a devoted member of the Evangelical Association many years, and has been very active in church work, holding various official positions, such as exhorter, leader, steward, etc., and has been an influence for much good. e married Rebecca Miesse, a native of Pennsylvania, and a daughter f John Miesse, who was a Pennsylvanian farmer until he established himself as a pioneer farmer of Fairfield County, this State. The mother f our subject was an earnest Christian, belonging to the same church as her husband, and she lived to the ripe old age of eighty-seven years. He of whom we write is one of nine children, four of whom are living. He was reared under the best home influences, principles of the highest integrity being early instilled into his mind by his worthy parents. e was early inured to farm work, but was also given excellent educational advantages, by which he profited, as he was naturally a bright, quick scholar. From the local district school, he went to a school in Circleville, where he spent a short time, and for about eight months pursued a course of study in the academy at Greens-burgh, paying his own way and working with zeal and industry to obtain the means to do so. After leaving school, he entered the teacher's profession at the age of twenty-two and soon made his mark as an intelligent educator, so that his services were always in demand. For some time, he was Principal f the Ringgold Schools and had charge of other schools in different localities, spending in all fourteen hundred and fifteen days in the school room. He had remained at home until he became of age, and during the time he was teaching found time to complete a commercial course in Lebanon. Our subject eventually turned his attention to farming, locating in Walnut Township, where he owned a farm. In 1872, he sold that and purchased the one on which he now lives on section 4, Washington Township. This contains one hundred and twenty acres of good land, under a high state of PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 733 cultivation_ and provided with a neat and commodious set of buildings. The residence is a large and sightly brick house. erected since the farm came into Mr. Haas' possession, convenient in its arrangements and cozy and attractive as a home. Our subject has not been actively engaged in farming the past few years, although he carefully superintends the management of his property, as his attention is given to other business; he has been appointed executor and trustee f estates, and has had many to settle since he entered upon the duties of his position. He is regarded as a man of fine judgment and of more than ordinary business acumen, and has a high reputation for unswerving honesty and sound integrity in looking after other people's interests. So highly is he regarded by his fellow-citizens, they have often honored him and themselves by calling him to responsible offices, and his sagacity and talent for affairs have been f great help in administering public duties. Mr. Haas is a leader among the Democrats of this section and has been delegate to several county, district and State conventions. He has served as Assessor of his township, and was Land Appraiser for the same in 1880. He was at one time made Justice of the Peace, but he resigned the ffice before the expiration of his term. In the fall of 1891, his fellow-Democrats selected him as their most available candidate for the Legislature, and he was elected. He has shown by his course since he became an incumbent of the office that he is eminently fitted to fill it, as regards his native talent, and also by reason of his sense f the responsibilities thus imposed upon him as a loyal and public-spirited citizen holding a high civic position. He is a member f the Water Commission, of the Committee on Federal Relations, and of that on Geology., Mines and Mining. Our subject was married, in 1866, to Miss Sarah J. Gray, and their domestic relations are of the pleasantest character. Two children have been born unto them: Cora A., wife f enry F. Hampshire, a farmer of Washington Township, and Florence M., who is at home with her parents. Mrs. Haas is also a native of Pickaway County and is the only daughter f John and Lucinda Gray, who were Pennsylvanians. Her paternal grand father, Joseph Gray, was born in England, and came to this country during the Revolution. It was he who swam the Potomac River to deliver to Gen. Washington the news of the surrender of Gen. Cornwallis at Yorktown. John Gray, who was a farmer, came to Ohio in 1825, in the opening years of a vigorous manhood, did fine work as a pioneer of Pickaway County and died in 1888, aged eighty-six years. His wife, Lucinda Beavers, had been previously married to John Martin. Mr. Haas has fought his own way in life, not staying to query whether or no it were worth living, but striving to make it so, and success has followed his efforts, if we are to judge by the respect that is paid to him. Both he and his wife are among the foremost members of the Evangelical Association, in which he has filled various positions, and their names are associated with much that has been done to elevate the religious and social status of the community. JOSHUA BAILEY MORGRIDGE, of Darby Township, who is one of the wealthiest and best representatives of the farming, stock and landed interests of Madison County, is widely and prominently known throughout Ohio, as a leader in the People's party. He wields an important influence on the political destinies f this section as one of the most able and gifted expounders of the doctrines of his party within its ranks. Mr. Morgridge was born August 2, 1814, amid the beautiful hills of Vermont, in the town of Berlin, Washington County, three miles from Montpelier. He is the fourth son and seventh child of Richard and Sally Morgridge, who are represented in the biography of our subject's brother. When our subject was but two years old, the family migrated from his birthplace to the wilds of Ohio, and when he was five years old, they settled in Madison County. Occasionally in his boyhood he went to school in the primitive log schoolhouses of the time, with their rude home-made furnishings, and, in order to reach them, he had to 734 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. go nearly two miles over the wet prairies. He only went to school about thirty-five days in the year, but was taught at home by his mother, and from her instructions learned more than he ever did at school. At the boyish age f ten years, the lad became independent, going out to work for his own living, and when fourteen years old he was able to do a man's work, so vigorous, strong and industrious in his habits was he. He was an expert in handling the scythe and hand-rake in haying time, and with a rope, used to haul the hay to stack it in the field, plowing around the stack to keep the fires from it. His father broke down in health before Mr. Morgridge was twenty-one years old, and he helped his mother carry on the farm. He also became noted as a teacher, and engaged in that profession in fourteen counties, numbering among his pupils many who afterward became noted as prosperous farmers, merchants, inventors, mechanics, civil engineers, lawyers, doctors, educators and county sheriffs, and had one who afterward became a preacher. He received $1 a month from his pupils for their tuition. When our subject turned his attention to farming permanently he bought and located on one hundred and thirty acres of his present farm. He was not then able to pay for it, but devoted his energies to wiping out the debt, for he had a great aversion to owing any one. It happened that when he was a boy of ten years, his father was arrested for debt, but, though he was released in a short time, it made a great impression on the child's thoughtful mind, who then first began to realize that poverty was inconvenient and oftentimes humiliating. He says that the purpose and fixed resolution of his life then rushed to his mind to avoid debt when possible, and that is the advice that he would give to every young man if he values his comfort and freedom. By dint of persistent hard labor, Mr. Morgridge was not long in paying for his first purchase, and he next added to it by the purchase of one hundred and forty acres at a sheriff's sale. At another time, he bought five hundred acres of land, the largest tract that he ever bought in one lot. He now owns twenty-four hundred acres of fine farming land in this vicinity, all of which has been developed under his supervision, is fenced into two convenient fields, and well drained by ditches and tiles. The comfortable and commodious residence that he occupies is on his farm five miles southwest of Plain City in Darby Township, where he has substantial and conveniently arranged buildings for every purpose, and all the modern improvements of a model farm. He has a large number of fine stock, comprising from one to three hundred cattle, from one thousand to twenty-four hundred sheep, and from twenty-five to sixty head of horses and colts. Besides his valuable property in this State, Mr. Morgridge has large landed interests in Kansas, consisting of a farm of six hundred and forty acres and pasture land of more than ten thousand acres, which have come into his hand by the foreclosure of mortgages. His son resides on his Kansas farm, keeping bachelor's hall, and superintending its management, and he has from one hundred and fifty to three hundred head of cattle there. Our subject has never taken stock in any joint stock company, except one, and then he found that the assessments amounted to more than the dividends. He has never had a partner in any of his transactions, or been helped to a dollar of his fortune by any friend. All that he has, and all that he is, he owes solely to his indomitable ambition, determination to succeed in life, far-reaching foresight, and his ability to plan and execute his undertakings with unerring sagacity. Mr. Morgridge was married in 1850 to Miss Hannah Tuttle, a native of Connecticut, in whom he had a devoted wife. She had come from her native State to this at the age of twelve. She was a lady of strong character, well read and well educated, had a remarkable memory, and was positive in her convictions. Her death, in March, 1889, caused great sorrow, not only in the household, but among the many who knew her and appreciated her great worth. She was the mother of eight children, two sons and six daughters, namely: Josephine, wife of R. W. Thompson, of Union County; Blanche, wife of John Florence, of Madison County; No Ira, wife of A. Jay Dyer, of Delaware County; May, wife of Perry Rowlen, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 735 of East Pittsburg, Pa.; Ruth, wife f Al Williams, of Madison County; Harriet, wife of Charles Butler, of Madison County; Hotchkiss and William. As before mentioned, our subject is a prominent factor in local politics. He voted the Democratic ticket thirty-seven years without a scratch, but long before he left its ranks he saw and felt the need of anew party, for as a thoughtful man and an intelligent observer, he realized that the scope of the old one was not broad enough to suit the exigencies of the times. For seven years, he was ready and waiting to join forces with others who held like views, and at length he had the happiness to assist in the organization of the first Farmers' Alliance in Madison County. He was present at the great Farmers' Convention at Galion in 1890, and was active in its deliberations as one of the Committee on Resolutions. e was sent as a delegate to Cincinnati when the People's party was formed and named, and in the Camp of 1891 he was nominated by the People's party for State Senator, to represent the district composed f Madison, Clarke and Champaign Counties, and was endorsed by the Democratic Central Committee of each of those counties, but the counties were so overwhelmingly Republican that he was defeated at the polls. Mr. Morgridge was a delegate to the great Labor Convention held at St. Louis is 1892, which excited so much interest among all classes that the largest hall in the city was found to be too small to hold all that wished to be present at the meetings. The People's party has no more enthusiastic or devoted worker within its ranks than our subject, who has done important service in its organization and upbuilding in this section. e is thoroughly conversant with its object and aims, and has done much to acquaint his fellow-citizens with its principles and to rouse their interests in the new movement by his earnest and eloquent speeches, which show careful study of the subject and are replete with facts bearing on the case that can only have been gathered through a wide range of reading. He is also a welcome speaker at farmers' institutes and similar gatherings, and his practical, interesting addresses, replete with useful information and containing frequent happy hits, are f much benefit to his fellow-farmers, who are glad to profit by his experience and observation. e served as delegate-at-large to the Omaha Convention, the first held by the People's party to nominate candidates for President and Vice-president. e is now (1892) a candidate on that ticket for Congress from the Seventh Congressional District, comprising the counties f Madison, Pickaway, Fayette, Clarke, and Miami. SILAS M. SEEDS, M. D. This well-known physician and druggist at Commercial Point, Pickaway County, is an old resident of this vicinity, and wag born on the south line f Franklin County, Ohio, September 22, 1836. His father, Dr. John Seeds, was born in Pennsylvania in 1801, and his grandfather, William, was a native of Ireland, who came to America alone when a young man, and after living for a number of years in Pennsylvania, journeyed by team and wagon to Ohio during the '20s. He located in the northern part of Scioto Township, Pickaway County, and although poor, bought some land, which he proceeded to develop. He was a hard worker and good manager, and became a prosperous farmer, living to be near seventy years old. The father of our subject was a young man when he came here with his parents, and remained with them until he married, settling near the boundary line of Franklin County, Ohio. He there owned one hundred and twenty-five acres of land, which he cleared and improved, and, being a man f much intelligence and extensive reading and f indomitable energy and industry, he became a marked man in the community. Dr. John Seeds was one f the mainstays of the Christian Church, and was most faithful in his devotion to the cause of religion. He married Asenath Britton, who was born in the Shenandoah Valley, Va., in 1807, and who came here with her parents when only two years old, being brought hither across the mountains on horseback. Mr. Britton came with a colony of the Christian Church, 736 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. and was their preacher and shoemaker, with which two vocations he mingled that of a farmer. They settled ten miles west f Columbus, and did their trading at Chillicothe. This good man did much to establish the church in that part f Ohio, and lived to be eighty odd years old, having reared a family of three sons and six daughters. The mother of our subject is still living and now, in her eighty-fifth year, she resides with this son. His four brothers and sisters are Henry, Britton, William, Zenas, Eliza J. and Elizabeth. The father died when Silas was but twelve years of age, and his childhood and youth were spent upon a farm, and in the rudely-constructed district schoolhouse. e had been for two years under the instruction of his father, who was a teacher, and later pursued his studies with much zeal and interest. At seventeen years of age, he entered Central College, east of Columbus, and after two years there, attended the Capital University, of Columbus, spending part of the year there. The young man now undertook the calling in which his father had done honorable service, and taught much of the time for the next decade, reading medicine in the meantime under William J. Scott, of Shadeville, Franklin County, who is now a Prfessor in the Medical College at Cleveland. After two years of private study, he entered the Michigan University of Ann Arbor, but his professional studies were cut short by his enlistment in the Union army. e was given a commission as Surgeon in 1862, serving, for over three years, being under Gen. Sherman all that time. Among the most important battles at which he was present were those of Nashville, Stone River, Resaca, and Chickamauga. Upon being mustered out f service at San Antonio, Tex., December 5, 1865, and receiving his discharge at Columbus in January, 1866, he located in Commercial Point, and for ten years carried on a practice here. Later, he practiced at Vernon, Shiawassee County, Mich., during which time he lost his wife, and subsequently returned to Commercial Point, where he has practiced since 1877. In 1883, he established a drug store in the two-story brick building which he erected, and he has built up a very important and extensive practice. His first wife, to whom he was united in February, 1866, bore the maiden name of Emma M. Deyo, and was a native of Ann Arbor, Mich. Her one child, Jesse, is married and resides here, is a teacher in this township, beside having an interest in the drug store. Mrs. Emma Seeds died in 1876. She had for years been a member of the Presbyterian Church, but just previous to her decease united with the Methodist body. The marriage of Dr. Seeds and Miss Lizzie Cass-ady took place in September, 1877. This lady was born in Ross County, Ohio, and is the mother f two children, Karl and Otto, both of whom are in school here. Both the Doctor and his wife are earnest and active members f the Methodist Church and faithful in their attendance upon its services. Their pleasant home is located in a fine, large frame residence which was put up in 1891. The Doctor is a Democrat in politics, and has served four years as Trustee of his township, two years as Clerk, and two years as Mayor of the village. He is a demitted member f the Masonic order, and belongs to the lodge of Odd Fellows at Commercial Point. JOHN L. MISER, who is prosperously engaged at his business as a blacksmith at Washington C. H., enjoys the reputation of being one of the most skilled of the men f his calling in this part of Fayette County. He was born in Cincinnati, January 8, 1851, and is a son of the late John Miser, who was for many years a prominent citizen of this city and township. The father f our subject was born in Putnam, Muskingum County, November 15, 1818, opening his eyes to the light of the world amid pioneer surroundings. His father, Peter Miser, was also a resident of that county. Of his four children, three sons and one daughter, the father of our subject was the eldest. He left his native place when he was a young man, having learned the trade of a blacksmith of his father, and, making his way to Illinois, he worked PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 737 at his calling in Marietta and other towns until 1848, when he returned to his native State, and for three or four years resided in Cincinnati. In the spring of 1852, he came from that city to this, and first engaged in blacksmithing with a Mr. Weller, who had learned his trade of Peter Miser, the grandfather of our subject. That partnership lasted several years, and then John Miser started up for himself, and continued in the business until 1864, when he went into the carriage business. He carried on that until 1876, when failing health obliged him to retire. e died April 9, 1889, and was greatly lamented by the entire community where he was so well known, and where he had passed thirty-seven years of his life. He was a strict Republican in politics, and stood by his party until death. His first Presidential vote was cast for Gen. Harrison, of Tippecanoe fame, and his last for his grandson, the Gen. Harrison of today. He was honored by his fellow-citizens by being placed in offices f trust. He was Township Trustee for a number of years, and was a member of the City Council for a term or two. He was one of the leading members of Fayette Lodge No. 107, A. F. & A. M., in which he held the offices of Treasurer, Senior Warden and Senior Deacon. John Miser was married in the city of Cincinnati to Miss Allie, daughter of James Warden, and they had a family f three children, two sons and one daughter: John L., Hiram R., and Maggie, who is now dead. Hiram is a carriage-trimmer in this city. John L. Miser, of this sketch, was but a little over a year old when his parents brought him to Washington C. H. At that time, there were no railways in this vicinity, the nearest one being at Xenia, and from that point the family came to this city with a team. Our subject received a good education in the city schools, and when it was completed he turned his attention to learning the trade of a blacksmith, under the instruction of his father, and, like him, in due time he became an able mechanic, who could turn his hand to anything in his line, becoming very expert in the use of his tools. e is now in business for himself, and has a well-equipped smithy on East Street, between Fayette and Main Streets. He has all the business that he can handle, and is accumulating a comfortable competency by his industry and close attention to his work. He is a man of sound understanding, of correct habits, and is highly regarded in this city, where the most of his life has been passed. In politics, he is an outspoken Republican. Socially, he is a member of Fayette Lodge No. 107, A. F. & A. M., and he is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The marriage of Mr. Miser with Miss Sallie Snyder was solemnized October 23, 1877, and they have one son, Frank T., who was born December 25, 1881. Mrs. Miser is a daughter of William Snyder, who was in business in this city as a butcher at the time of her marriage, and had been a great stock dealer in his time, and was a prominent citizen of Washington C. H.   MARCELLUS GOSSARD, one of the prominent farmers and stock-raisers of Range Township, Madison County, was born in Fayette County, May 11, 1847. e is a son f John V. and Phoebe (Cox) Gossard, natives respectively of Ross County, this State, and Maryland, and made his advent into Madison County when a lad of seven years, and, locating in Stokes Township, there grew to manhood. When reaching his majority, he began life for himself, following the occupation of a farmer and stock-raiser, in which line of business he .has been more than ordinarily successful. His marriage occurred October 31, 1861, at which time Miss Lydia E. Hoffman, daughter f Amos and Nancy (Thomas) Hoffman, became his wife. Mrs. Gossard's father was also a farmer and was born in Ross County, this State, in 1804, while her mother was born in Virginia, May 18, 1821. Mr. Gossard continued to live on his father's estate for five or six years after his marriage, and then purchased fifty-four and one-half acres, where he is at present residing. e has erected substantial buildings on his farm and by a proper rotation of crops the soil is made to yield a handsome increase. 738 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. The four children comprised in the family f Mr. and Mrs. Gossard are Ralph, who was born February 13, 1874; Frank, June 4, 1879; Bessie, November 1, 1888; and May, May 12, 1891. In his political relations, our subject is a Republican and cast his first Presidential vote for U. S. Grant in 1868. His interest in school affairs has caused him to be placed on the School Board at Midway for a number of terms, and in all respects he is looked upon as one of the progressive and enterprising citizens. The father f our subject was married three times, Marcellus being the third child in order of birth of the last marriage. The elder Mr. Gossard was born in 1811, and died June 3, 1880, in Stokes Township, Madison County. He was a conscientious and active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was well respected by all who knew him. Although not a politician, he voted the Whig ticket until the organization of the Republican party, and since that time has been a member of its ranks. JEROME P. BLACKER. There are quite a number of farms which he in the beautiful Scioto Valley and border on the river of that name, and among them the estate of Mr. Blacker deserves especial mention. It includes one hundred and ten acres, finely improved and highly cultivated, and is watered by several springs. The location of the place is advantageous, as it lies along the old Frankelton Road, in Wayne Township, Pickaway County, and the many travelers along that highway invariably cast a glance of admiration at the, neat buildings and improvements visible on every hand. A view of the residence and pleasant rural surroundings appears on another page. The owner of this farm was born in Deer Creek Township, Pickaway County, October 10, 1844. His father, Jacob Blacker, was born in Virginia, in 1811, and in his youth removed to Ohio, locating in Ross County and engaging in farming. Subsequently, he came to Deer Creek Township, where he continued the vocation of a farmer and became well-to-do. His death occurred in 1879, and removed from the county one who had always maintained the deepest interest in its welfare. He was descended from an old Virginian family, and inherited the qualities of honor and thrift which ever characterized them. The mother of our subject was Mary, daughter f Henry Kirkendall, a farmer of Ross County: She attained the good old age of four-score years. Seven children comprised the family f which our subject is a member, four of whom are now living, and he is the eldest son. His education was gained in the common schools of the district, which were of a primitive order. His first venture in agriculture was as a farmer in Wayne Township, where he purchased a tract of land north of where he now lives. Afterward he sold that place and bought the farm where he now resides. He was married in 1869 to Catherine Cloud, of Walnut Township, Pickaway County, daughter of William Cloud, a farmer f that township. Two children have been born to them: Clara M. and William F. In his political belief, Mr. Blacker is a firm adherent of the platform of the Democratic party, and has served in various official capacities. He is the present Trustee of Wayne Township, has been a School Director for several years and has been a delegate to county conventions. His life is worthy the emulation of the rising generation, for he started in business with limited means, and, through tireless exertions, has become well-to-do. His example will doubtless encourage many to greater efforts for success in life and to noble deeds of generosity for the public good. He has the highest respect of the best men of the county, and the confidence and esteem f all who know him. MICHAEL HENRY. The success which has attended the efforts of this highly-respected citizen of Pickaway County is not the result of chance, but represents the arduous labor of years. In Wayne Township, he owns the homestead upon which he resides and which comprises three hundred and eighty-two and one-half PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 741 acres of good land, embellished with first-class improvements. The owner occupies a position of prominence among his fellow-citizens and is highly esteemed wherever known. Berkeley County, W. Va., was the birthplace of Mr. Henry and December 4, 1828, the date of his birth. He is descended from an old and distinguished family of the Old Dominion and is the son of George Henry, a Virginian, who served in the War of 1812 and followed farming pursuits throughout his entire life. His death, which occurred at the age of seventy-seven, was the result of being accidentally thrown from a horse. A man of prominence in his community, he at one time owned a large plantation and had a number of slaves. The youngest f ten children, Michael enry was only eighteen months old when he was orphaned by the death of his mother. He is now the only surviving member of the parental family, with the exception f one brother, Philip, who is engaged in farming in Jefferson County, W. Va. His childhood was passed in a somewhat uneventful manner, attending school during the winter season and assisting in tilling the soil during the summer, until he was fifteen, when his school days ended. However, he was accustomed to pursue his studies afterward alone by the fireside at night, and in that way gained a good education. When sixteen years old, Mr. enry worked out as a farm laborer, receiving at first $5 per month, and afterward his wages were increased. December 5, 1848, he arrived in Pickaway County and located in Jackson Township, being at that time twenty years old, in the vigor of opening manhood and maturing strength. After locating here, he was engaged for some time in various occupations whereby he could gain an honest livelihood, and in the spring of 1850 entered the employ f Samuel Campbell, a farmer in Wayne Township, for whom he worked several months. The spring f 1851 found Mr. Henry operating as a renter and engaging industriously in agricultural pursuits, which he followed for three years on his own account. He then engaged as a farm laborer for two years for the Hon. Nelson J. Turney and in the fall of 1855 located on the farm of James R. Hulse, Sr., remaining there three years. His next position was with Josiah Renick, in Circleville Township, where he also carried on agricultural pursuits. During eight months of the year 1860 he was employed by John Fleming in raising broom corn, in which he was successful. After farming for three years in Wayne Township on rented land, Mr. Henry removed to Jackson Township, where he resided seventeen years, becoming known as a painstaking farmer, reliable citizen and obliging neighbor. By the purchase in 1876 of two hundred and sixty-nine acres in Jackson Township, he became the owner of a splendid tract of farming land, which was his home for four years, until 1880, when he purchased his present place in Wayne Township and has since given his attention to its cultivation. A view f his homestead is shown on another page. The first marriage of Mr. Henry united him with Martha A. Moore, who, after twenty years of wedded life, passed away in 1870. They were the parents of five children, namely: George W., deceased; .John W.; Elizabeth; Mary A., deceased, and Ellen V. Mr. enry afterward was married, in 1871, to Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Zeamer) Metzger, natives of Ohio, now deceased, the father dying in 1868 and the mother in 1847. Mrs. Henry was born in Pickaway County and has passed her entire life within its limits. She is the mother of five children, as follows: Emma B., Nellie M., Fannie M., Kittie M. and one who died in infancy. The children have received good educational advantages and are unusually bright and intelligent. In connection with general farming, Mr. Henry raises all kinds f stock, having met with success in that department of agriculture. e has devoted considerable attention to drainage and by means of the twenty-seven hundred rods of tile on his land, has placed it in splendid condition for the raising of large crops. e is a Republican in his political belief, but has little time for affairs pf public moment, his personal duties having always engaged his attention. His wife is identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church as an active and faithful member, and is highly esteemed as a Christian lady and noble-hearted woman. 742 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Through an accident which occurred in August, 1880, Mr. Henry has since been badly crippled and suffers to a considerable extent. At that time, while working out his road tax, he was loading gravel, when the bank caved in on him and crushed him so severely that his life was for a time despaired of. His right limb was crushed to such an extent as to render amputation necessary and his sufferings were intense for many weeks. He has recovered sufficiently to oversee the details of farm work, but cannot engage in active labor as in former years. ARCH WALKER, an influential citizen of Canaan Township, residing on his home farm, three miles southeast of Plain City, is one of the successful farmers and stock-raisers of Madison County, and be is also associated with the agricultural interests of Franklin County, as the proprietor f one f its valuable farms. He is a native of that county, born in Brown Township, July 31, 1849. Our subject is of New England antecedents, his father, William Walker, being a native of Vermont, who came to Ohio when a young man. In Delaware County he met and was married to Catherine Carpenter, a native of that county, and after their marriage they went to live in Brown Township, Franklin County, where the father's busy life was terminated by his untimely death at the age of forty years. The mother is still living; and makes her home with her children. She owns a farm, that upon which she began her wedded life with her husband. She became the mother of seven children, of whom six are still living, whom she has carefully trained to good and useful lives. Arch Walker is the sixth child and third son of the family. He grew to man's estate in his native place, and was educated in the local district schools. He remained with his mother until he was twenty-three years old, affording her great assistance in the management of her farming interests. Since his marriage, in the latter part of 1872, he has resided on the old Dominy homestead in Canaan Township. His farm here embraces one hundred and ninety-seven acres of land that is fertile and well cultivated, and is fully supplied with buildings that are f a substantial order. He also has a good farm of two hundred and fifteen acres in Norwich Township, Franklin County, which is likewise finely improved, and from its rental he obtains a comfortable income. He is engaged in a mixed husbandry, and raises a good class of stock. The marriage of Mr. Walker with Miss Sophronia, daughter of Alvin and Louisa (Allin) Dominy, was solemnized December 17, 1872, and has been blessed to them by the birth of two daughters and one son, as follows: Louisa, sixteen years old; Alvin, fourteen years old; and Anna, eight years old. Mrs. Walker was born on the old Dominy homestead December 13, 1852, and here her entire life was passed, her death occurring February 15, 1890, while she was yet comparatively young. It was a sad blow to the members of her household, to whom she was devoted, as she was ever an affectionate daughter, a loving wife and a ten der mother, and her memory is enshrined in the hearts of those who knew and loved her. " She brightened all the joys of life, She softened every frown. * * * * * More home-like seems the vast unknown, Since she has entered there; To follow her were not so hard, Wherever she may fare; She cannot be where God is not, On any sea or shore; Whate'er betides Thy love abides, Our God, forevermore." Mrs. Walker's father was born in Darby Township, this county, and died in Canaan Township, with whose farming interests he had been identified for a good many years, in the fifty-eighth year of his age. The mother of Mrs. Walker was born in the village of Endfield, Mass., and came to Ohio when she was ten years old, with her parents, John and Anna Allen, who first settled in Delaware Connty, and then in Canaan Township, Madison County. She is the only surviving member f her family. er three children, two daugh- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 743 ters and one son, are dead. She presides over our subject's household, and has charge f his and her daughter's children, to whom she gives a mother's care and love. Mr. Walker bears a high reputation among his fellow-citizens as a true man, of unswerving rectitude in all.his dealings, and of exemplary habits, and they have called him to public offices occasionally. He was Trustee of the township two terms, has been School Director, and in the religious life of the community he is a conspicuous figure as Deacon f the Darby Baptist Church, of which he has long been a member, and takes an active interest in the Sunday-school. He believes firmly in temperance legislation in politics, and is n earnest advocate of Prohibition. HENRY W. FOSNAUGH, the largest and most extensive contractor and builder in Pickaway County, and a member of the City Council from the Second Ward, is a native of Clear Creek, Fairfield County, Ohio, born on the 30th of April, 1845. His father, Eli Fosnaugh, and his grandfather, Jacob Fosnaugh, were natives of Fairfield County, Ohio, but the great-grandfather, Adam Fosnaugh, came from Maryland to Ohio at a period antedating the Revolutionary War. He was one of the first settlers in Clear Creek and resided in a log cabin for many years. Indians were plentiful in those days. e died in Fairfield County when well along in years. Grandfather Fosnaugh was reared amid scenes of pioneer life and served in the War of 1812. He followed agricultural pursuits for a livelihood and owned a farm f about six hundred acres in and around Clear Creek. He was of German descent and was a member of the German Lutheran Church. In politics, he affiliated with the Democratic party. His death occurred at the age of eighty-seven years. Eli Fosnaugh, father f our subject, followed agricultural pursuits until eighteen years f age and then learned the blacksmith trade. He erected a shop on his farm of one bundred acres in Clear Creek Township, and carried on both farming and blacksmithing for many years, although his principal attention was given to the latter occnpation. He was a fine mechanic and could make almost anything in iron. Later, he gave np blacksmithing, settled on his farm, and there died when seventy-two years of age. He was also a member f the Lutheran Church. He married Miss Sarah Baumgartner, a native of Delaware County, Ohio, and the daughter f John Baumgartner, who was from the Eastern States, but an early settler of Delaware County, Ohio. Mr. Baumgartner followed fanning in the Buckeye State and there passed the closing scenes of his life. Mrs. Fosnaugh remained in her native county until seventeen years of age and then located in Fairfield County, where she was wedded to Mr. Fosnaugh. She is now a resident of Circleville, is seventy-four years of age, and enjoys comparatively good health. ,She became the mother of five children, four of whom are living at the present time. Henry W. Fosnaugh, the second in order of birth and the only son born to his parents, was reared at Six Cross Roads, secured a good practical education in the district school, and at an early age became familiar with the blacksmith trade, displaying much skill in handling the tools. When sixteen years of age, he started out to make this his calling in life, continued it for eighteen months, and then gave it up to engage in farming. He worked by the month until the fall of 1864, when he left the farm and went to Henry County, and on the 5th f December of that year he was apprenticed to learn the carpenter trade under David Hortman, a large contractor at Napoleon. He continued with him for eighteen months and then returned home, where he remained until 1866. In the spring of that year, he located at Circleville, and was foreman for Mr. Tyler for twelve years. He worked at his trade until September 23, 1883, when he engaged in contracting and building for himself, and has continued this ever since. He is thorough-going and enterprising, and has been the largest contractor here for the past five years. He has erected some of the finest frame houses in Circleville and vicinity, also numerous 744 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. barns, and erected the Methodist Episcopal Church in Kingston in 1888, and the Odd Fellows' Hall the same season. In 1888, he also contracted for and built the Circleville Opera House, one of the finest in the State, and the Pickaway County Asylum, at the County Infirmary in Washington Township. He employs from fifteen to twenty skilled workmen and his business is steadily increasing. He is interested in real estate in Circleville, owns twelve acres adjoining the city, and will soon lay it out in lots. He owns ten residences here and built seven f them himself. e resides on Mingo Street.. On the 23d of February, 1869, he was married, in Circleville, to Miss Mattie Curry, a native of Circleville and a daughter of Alfred and Elizabeth Curry, f this place. This union resulted in the birth of three children: J. William, who resides in Circleville; Frank M., employed by D. B. Wagner; and Minnie B. In 1890, Mr. Fosnaugh was elected Councilman of the Second Ward on the Democratic ticket, and is an ardent supporter of Democratic principles. e is Chairman of the Water-works Company, and is a public-spirited and wide-awake citizen. Socially, he is a member of Columbia Lodge No. 32, I. O. O. F., also the Encampment and the Ancient Free & Accepted Masons. FRANCIS M. HARVEY. Oak Run Township is the center of a rich and finely developed farming country, and among the men who have helped to make it so, our subject occupies an honorable position, and none of the farmers and stock-raisers of Madison County are more worthy of representation in this volume than he. A native of this county, our subject was born December 8, 1838, and is the son f Jonathan and Ann C. (Bell) Harvey. The father of Francis M. was a native of Maryland, and was orphaned by the death of his parents when four years of age. He was then brought to Ohio, and made his home with John Harris, in this county. e had his own way to make in the world, and by prudent economy accumulated a handsome property, owning at one time four hundred and fifty acres of excellent land. He was born in 1808, and died July 29, 1857. His wife, who was born in Ross County, this State, May 4, 1811, still resides on the old homestead. Of the twelve children born to Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Harvey, we make the following mention: William is a carpenter residing in Columbus, this State; John H. is now deceased, as is also Thomas; our subject is the next in order of birth; Sarah died when two years f age; Andrew makes his home on the old homestead; Mary J. married Martin Smith, and resides in Seneca County, this State; George makes his home in London, this State; Eliza became the wife of John Hammen, a grocer of London; Robert died in infancy; Annie, Mrs. Frank Young, is residing on a farm in Paint Township, Madison County; Wesley is also deceased. Francis M. Harvey was reared on the home farm, and his father dying when he was eighteen years f age he and his elder brother managed the estate, and thus supported the mother and younger children. December 29, 1859, he established a home of his own, and was married to Mary E. Lane, f Oak Run Township, where she was born March 30, 1840, to Mitchell and Jemimah (Ashton) Lane. Mr. Harvey was engaged in farming ,for about two years, and then going to London was engaged as a grocer for the three years following. He has been very successful in all his undertakings, and may be properly termed a self-made man, havinp become the proprietor of a good tract of land of one hundred and sixty-seven acres. He has erected a comfortable residence on his place, which cost $3,000, and, in addition to general farming, makes a specialty of raising a high grade of sheep. The three children born to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey were Elmer E., Frankie and Ida. The elder son, who was born June 11, 1861, in addition to receiving a common-school education, took a special course of study at the schools in Lebanon, which included civil engineering, and at the present time has an office in London, where he is in the employ of the county. He is also Township Clerk of Oak Run, of which office he has been the incumbent for PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 745 three years, and being a single man, makes his home with his father. Frankie, who was born January 1, 1864, died February 24, 1865; Ida M., who was born December 13, 1867, is an excellent musician, and is organist of the Lower Glade Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Harvey cast his first Presidential vote for Stephen A. Douglas. He has been Assessor f his township for fifteen years, and was elected Land Appraiser in 1890. In social matters he is an Odd Fellow, and has a host f friends in that order.               EDGAR C. HAMILTON, D. D. S., of Washington C. H., was born in Springfield, Ohio, December 23, 1836. He is the son of H. A. and Sarah A. (Philpott) Hamilton, his father being one of the pioneer merchants f Springfield. When about twelve years old, he accompanied his parents to Xenia, where he attended school and was graduated from the High School. When ready to start out in life for himself, our subject chose dentistry for his profession and commenced to study with Dr. G. L. Paine, of Xenia, with whom he remained for four years after completing his studies. He continued actively engaged in the practice of his profession until 1863, when he enlisted in the defense of the Union, becoming a member of the Seventy-fourth Ohio Infantry, but on account of ill health was not mustered into service. Afterward, he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Ohio Infantry and with his regiment marched to West Virginia. He participated in the battle of New Creek and in various skirmishes of minor importance, and was promoted to be Corporal as a reward for meritorious service. At the expiration of his term of service, he was honorably discharged, in 1864, and returned to Cincinnati, where he resumed his practice. In the fall of 1865, Dr. Hamilton removed to Washington C. H., being forced to leave Cincinnati on account of sickness in his family. Locating in this city, he opened an office on Court Street for the practice of his profession and has remained in that suite of rooms ever since. He is one of the prominent dentists of Washington C. H., and is also an influential member of the Miami Valley Dental Association, also the Southern Ohio Dental Association. The public affairs of Fayette County and the welfare of his fellow-citizens have ever awakened the deepest interest of the Doctor and he is especially interested in educational matters. For nearly fifteen years he has been a member f the School Board of Washington C. H., of which he was President for a number of years, and is now Clerk and Chairman f the Supply Committee. For three years he has been Coroner, is now Clerk of the Board of Health, and has occupied various other positions f honor. Socially, he is Adjutant of John M. Bell Post, G. A. R.; Recording Secretary of Temple Lodge, and Treasurer of Fayette Encampment, I. O. O. F. In his religious belief, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The first marriage of the Doctor united him with Miss Amanda, daughter of George W. Wright, of Xenia. At her death she left one child, George E., who is now engaged in the tobacco business at Washington C. H. In 1869, Dr. Hamilton was married to Miss Lucy, daughter of Prf. O. N. Stoddard, then of Oxford, but now Professor of Natural Science in Wooster University, at Wooster, Ohio. They became the parents of four children, three of whom survive, namely: Grace M., Stoddard E., and Carl M. Louise, the eldest child, married Stephen Grubbs, f Washington C. H., and died, leaving one child, Millicent, who resides with Dr. Hamilton. WILLIAM E. BEALS. A long residence in a community gives to an individual a standing which can scarcely be otherwise acquired, especially if he has made for himself a good record as a citizen. If ordinarily intelligent and actively interested in the welfare of the people around him, he will have identified himself closely with their interests, and from this will have arisen a mutual benefit. These thoughts are involuntarily suggested by reviewing the career of Mr. Beals, who has become widely and favorably 746 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. known to the people of this region, and the fact that he is uniformly well-spoken of is sufficient indication of his true character. In the fall of 1887, he was elected County Commissioner on the Democratic ticket and served one term. He has also been Township Trustee for several terms and possesses those genial and companionable qualities which are a passport to the esteem and confidence of mankind, when supplemented by integrity and intelligence. Although in his sixty-second year, Mr. Beals is well preserved physically and mentally. Melzer and Eliza (Kelly) Beals, the parents of our subject, were natives respectively of Monongahela County, Va., and Baltimore, Md. After their marriage, they located in Hampshire County, Va., where they were residing at the time of the father's death. Mrs. Beals came West to Madison County, this State, in 1853, and departed this life in West Jefferson Township six years later. She reared a family of nine children, of whom William E. was the youngest but one. The original of this sketch was born in Hampshire County,Va.,June 15,1830, and made this place his home until reaching his twentieth year. He was reared on his father's farm, which the latter carried on in connection with his business of an iron worker. William E., on attaining mature years, learned the miller's trade in his native State, and after coining to Madison County, operated a mill in Oak Run Township for several months. He also was similarly engaged in Clarke County, this State, for eighteen months and, aside from the tune spent in that line of work, has always followed farming and stock-raising, buying and selling many animals every year. The lady to whom our subject was married, in Springfield, this State, August 11, 1854, was Miss Olive Hammond, who was born in Clarke County. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Beals located in Jefferson Township, where they resided for four years and then purchased a farm in Deer Creek Township, upon which they made their home for the following seventeen years. At the end of that time, our subject, disposing of his estate in that locality, returned to this township and became the proprietor of the farm upon which he is at present residing. His estate includes two hundred and eighty acres, which he has brought to a high state f cultivation, and the numerous substantial buildings which adorn it are also the result of his enterprise and zeal. To Mr. and Mrs. Beals have been born eight children, those living being Manzilla, Alberta, Laura, Eliza, Henrietta and Pern E. The eldest is now the wife of John McClure, and Laura married John Garret. Two children died in infancy. As before stated, he of whom we write was elected County Commissioner in 1887. He has always been very active in politics, and during elections casts a straight Democratic vote. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which denomination they are influential and useful workers. GEORGE M. BALDWIN. It gives us pleasure to record in this sketch the leading incidents in the career of this gentleman, who was born May 1, 1860, in Madison Township, Fayette County, where he is at present residing. He is the son of William and Mary J. (Houseman) Baldwin, and has added to the limited store of knowledge which was afforded him in the common schools by a systematic course of reading. The lady to whom Mr. Baldwin was married September 4, 1884, was Miss Irene Armstrong, who was born in Jackson Township, Pike County, this State, February 24, 1868. She is the daughter of Stephen and Mary J. (Walls) Armstrong. Her father, who had been a soldier in the Civil War, died when she was about seven years of age, and her mother departed this life three years later, when A. J. Dietrick was appointed her guardian. Her only brother, enry E., died June 2, 1891. To Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin has been granted a family f four children, namely: William S., who was born November 9, 1885; James H., March 29, 1887; Mary E., March 28, 1889, and Agnes Irene September 14, 1891. Mr. Baldwin is a Democrat in politics, as was his father and grandfather before PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 747 him. A peaceable and law-abiding citizen and a man of energy and intelligence, he has, by his kindly relations with his neighbors, gained their good-will and respect. PHILEMON N. GRAY. There is probably not in Scioto Township a more beautiful home than that f Mr. Gray, whose wealth and ability make him one of the most prominent farmers of the county. This elegant brick residence is fitted up with all modern conveniences and furnished in artistic taste. Mr. Gray was born in Franklin County, Ohio, April 25, 1829, and is a son of Littleton R. Gray, a native of Maryland, who was born in 1804. The grandfather, Littleton Gray, was also a native of Maryland and a soldier in the Revolutionary War. By trade, he was a shoemaker, and he came to Ohio in 1838, and settled in Franklin County, where he followed his trade until his death, which took place when he was seventy-six years of age. He was highly esteemed in the community, and was a Democrat in his political views. The father of our subject came to Franklin County, Ohio, in 1835, when he was twenty-one years old, journeying all the way (some six hundred miles) on foot over the mountains. He worked out by the month for one year, after which he married, and settled on school section No. 16 of Madison Township, Franklin County, Ohio, where he carried on a farm for one year, and then moved on to a rented farm. He was married about two years after coming here, and as the young conple were forced by poverty to most thorough economy, the young man himself manufactured most of their furniture. He finally purchased one hundred and ten acres of land near Asbury Chapel, upon which they lived for fifteen years, and after selling their property he bought and sold again, and then bought property near Columbus, which increased In value so that be was able to sell it at a considerable advance. He had just bought two hundred and ten acres in another locality when he died, before moving upon it. He was a hard worker and very successful, but his untimely death at the age of forty-eight cut short his career. His religious connection was with the Methodist Church, and he was a Whig in politics. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Anna Needles, and was born in Franklin County, Ohio, in 1804. Of her nine children these grew to maturity: Philemon N., Epoleta, Sarah A., Washington, Elizabeth, Leroy, Clara R., and Matilda R. The mother was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church all her life, and was sincerely mourned when she passed from earth at the age of seventy-six years. Her father, Philemon Needles, was a native of Delaware, who came to Ohio in 1802, walking all the way by the side of his wife, who rode, and camping out on the way. He bought Government land in Madison Township, Franklin County, being one of the first settlers there. He built a log cabin in the woods, and developed a large tract of land, becoming one of the wealthiest men in this township, owning five hundred acres of land, beside giving liberally to his children. When he came to Ohio, he was a poor man, but was possessed of most excellent judgment, which aided him in becoming a prosperous man. He was over seventy years of age at the time of his decease. Our subject was reared in Franklin County, Ohio, and studied in the primitive schoolhouses, where oil paper was still in vogue in place of window glass. Later, he spent three months at Central College, which is near Columbus, and began for himself at the age of twenty-one years. After leaving home, he farmed for a year with an uncle, who lived near Groveport, and for six months acted as guard at the penitentiary at Columbus. e went South for three months, and later was called home by the death of his father, f whose estate he was appointed executor. He bought out the other heirs of the home farm, and lived there until eighteen years ago, when he disposed of that property and bought here. e has carried on mixed farming and stock-raising, and has had large crops of grain. The young man was married in September, 1853, 748 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. to Emeline Watkins, who was born in Hamilton Township, Franklin County, Ohio, in 1834. They became the parents of ten sons: Torey N., Herbert G., Lincoln R. (deceased), Philo, James M., Malcolm, Frank, Isaac F. (deceased), Littleton A., and Dixon F. The mother of these sons died November 13, 1887. The second marriage of Mr. Gray took place June 3, 1891, and he was then united to Annie Weigand, who was born in this county in Harrison Township. She is a daughter of Mr. Dill Weigand, lately deceased, a sketch of whose life will be found elsewhere in this volume. Our subject has four hundred acres of improved land here, upon which he settled in 1874, and this is one f the finest farms in the township, and none is fitted up better with farm buildings and residence than his. At one time, he owned about one thousand acres of land, but exchanged a part of this for city property in Columbus, which is in both residence and business property, and also in a factory and some vacant lots. For five years, when he first came here, he raised an average of twenty-five thousand bushels of corn. He is a Republican in his political views, and both he and his good wife are active and efficient members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. JAMES A. BAKER, a contractor and brickmason of Mt. Sterling, has made his home in this locality for more than a third of a century. He was born in Albany, N. Y., July 22, 1837, and is a son f John and Sarah (Presgrave) Baker. His parents were both natives of Lincolnshire, England, where their marriage was celebrated. With five of their children, they emigrated to America in 1835, locating in Albany, where the family circle was increased by the birth of our subject and two daughters. Mr. Baker followed his trade of brick-laying in Albany for about ten years and then removed to Seneca, N. Y., where he spent his last days. At the age of fifteen, our subject began to learn the mason's trade with his father, with whom he worked for four years. He then went to Warrens. burg, N. Y., where he secured employment and engaged in brick-laying in various places in the Empire State. In 1859, he came to Ohio, where he began working on a farm, being thus employed for three summers. The Civil War was then in progress and on the 13th of August, 1862, he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Thirteenth Ohio Infantry, and before the regiment was ordered South, he was married, on the 12th of September, to Miss Emeline Puckett, f Mt. Sterling. Bidding good-bye to his young bride, he marched to the front and participated in the battles of Chickamauga, Peach Tree Creek, Kenesaw Mountain, Franklin and others. In June, 1864, he was transferred to Company C, First United States Regiment f Engineers, and was engaged in repairing bridges and other such work. He was never wounded or taken prisoner and was honorably discharged, September 26, 1865, in Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Baker then returned home to his wife, who in the interval bad resided in Mt. Sterling. She was born in Pickaway County, July 7, 1842, and is a daughter of James K. and Mary (Elmore) Puckett, who resided upon a farm in Pickaway County. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Baker have been born four children. Elva, born in Pleasant Township, Madison County, July 16, 1866, is the wife of Harry Terry, of Mt. Sterling, by whom she has three children; Marietta, born in Fayette County, December 27, 1868, is the wife of Barton De Long, a molder of Mt. Sterling, and they have one child; Ida Effie was born in Fayette County, August 26, 1871, and William A. was born in Mt. Sterling, December 22, 1873. For three years after his return from the war, Mr. Baker engaged in operating a rented farm. In 1870, he came to Mt. Sterling, purchased a home and began working at his trade. He has since been a leading contractor of the city and has erected a number f the principal brick buildings in the place. e is an excellent workman and the liberal patronage which he has received is well deserved. He cast his first Presidential vote in Chattanooga in 1864, for George B. McClelland and has since supported the Democratic party. Himself, wife and daughters are members of the Christian