800 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. the incumbent of that position. He is Superintendent of the Sunday-school and has been intimately connected with it as such since 1847. He was President of the Pickaway Bible Society for more than twenty-one years and in consideration of his services was constituted a life Director of the American Bible Society and also a life Director of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. Mr. Mc Crea is widely known throughout this portion of the State and his friends are as numerous as his acquaintances. JOHN W. KELLOUGH. This representative farmer of Range Township, Madison County, is also engaged in the manufacture of tile, brick and hollow building blocks, having his place of business and residence on the Yankee-town and Midway Pike, three and one-half miles from Cook. He is a native of the Hoosier State, having been born in Fountain County, July 5, 1839, to John and Rebecca (Pummill) Kellough, natives respectively of Kentucky and Virginia. The father departed this life May 17, 1839, six weeks before the birth of our subject. The parental family consists of two children: Mrs. Mary J. McClean, of Washington C. H., and John W. The mother of our subject has always been a woman of tireless industry, and even now, in her seventy-seventh year, is rarely idle. Always kind and pleasant, she exhorts others to patience, perseverance and charity. When left a widow with two small children, in a strange land, and far from home and friends, with zealous heart and hands she sought employment in the rural districts. She grew flax, assisted in the manufacture of linen, and took wool from the sheep's back, carding it into rolls, then warping and weaving it, and, as tailoress, making wearing apparel for men, women and children. In those days, she was regarded as an expert in cutting and fitting those suits that would scarcely wear out, and which were especially comfortable for the people of log cabins. Since her girlhood she has been a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has lived true to her religious faith. Her anxiety is now in the well-doing and well-being of her child grandchildren and great-grandchildren. When our subject was quite young, his mother came to Highland County, this State, and made her home with her father, where they remained until John W. was a lad of six years. They then moved to Ross County, where he grew to manhood on a farm and received a fair education in the district school, which was supplemented by attendance at the South Salem Academy and the Chillicothe Select School. Mr. Kellough began teaching when seventeen years of age and was thus employed during the fall and winter terms for six years. The lady to whom our subject was married June 5, 1862, was Miss Senith V., daughter of Henry and Mary (Vincenthaler) Poole. She was born in Bourneville, Ross County, April 6, 1841, and, after her marriage to Mr. Kellough, they lived on rented property in that county for some time. In 1863, our subject enlisted for service in the Civil War, as a member of Company F, Fifty-fifth Battalion National Guards, and was placed on duty at Cincinnati, taking part in the Morgan raid, at which time he commanded his company as Lieutenant, and he was also in the one hundred day service. In 1873, Mr. Kellough left the farm in Ross County which had been his home for ten years, and, on coming to this county, purchased his pleasant home of two hundred and four acres, which he has thoroughly drained, cleared and placed under the best of tillage. In 1882, he began the manufacture of brick by hand, and later, on account of the large demand for his product, he put in first-class machinery. He added the manufacture of tile in 1883, and six years later, hollow building blocks, giving employment to eight or ten hands and doing a business of $2,500 a year, besides the farm receipts. His manufactures are of the best quality and find a ready sale in the home market. To Mr. and Mrs. Kellough have been born ten children, nine of whom are living: Mamie A. is now Mrs. Will Dodridge, of Dayton, Ohio; Charles is teaching school, which is the occupation of Annie, who is residing in the Indian Territory; Nellie married Isaac Dixon, and lives in Washington C. H.; Sallie, William St. P., Paul, Katie and R. Wal- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 803 lace remain at home. Claudie died when seven years of age. Mr. Kellough cast his first Presidential vote in 1860 for Stephen A. Douglas. He has represented his township in the positions of Clerk, Trustee and Land Appraiser, and is actively interested in all measures which tend to the upbuilding of his community. With his wife and two children, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and has been an active worker in the Sunday-school. Alex McConnell, who is mentioned in the history of Ohio as a great Indian-fighter, was our subject's great-grandfather. Our subject's paternal grandfather, John Kellough, emigrated to America from his native heath, the region of the Grampian Hills, in Scotland, and settled in Kentucky, whence he removed to Highland County, this State, and, purchasing one thousand acres, stocked his land with blooded horses and cattle, and also erected a distillery. At one time he was very wealthy, but, engaging as contractor on the Ohio Canal, lost much of his money. He was an active, shrewd business man, and an enterprising farmer and stock-raiser. His death occurred in the Buckeye State, and he lies buried upon the banks of the Scioto River, near Waverly.   WILLIAM H. BLAIN. It is with pleasure that the biographer records the life work of William H. Blain, of whose brother, Joseph H., mention is made upon another page of this volume. The ancestry of the family is given at full length in the biography of the brother and will not be repeated here; it suffices to say that our subject inherits in like measure the excellent traits and sturdy character of those ancestors, and stands high in the community. Not only in his own person, but in that of his wife and family, is he worthy of honor, and his excellent management and untiring industry have made his farm one of the finest in Darby Township, Pickaway County. Mr. Vain was born in Darby Township December 10, 1848, and received his early school education in the rudely-built and scantily furnished log schoolhouse of that early day. His independent life work began at the age of twenty-one, but he continued with his father through the winter, and worked by the month until the spring of 1877, when he purchased one hundred and twenty-eight acres of his father. The land was at that time well cleared and partially drained, but there were no buildings upon it, and all the improvements which we see here to-day are the work of the present owner. The marriage of our subject, which took place January 23, 1884, united him with Miss Mary E. Deming, who was born in Washington County, Ohio, June 26, 1854, and to them have been born three children, Eddith E., Ernest D., and Ordie A. The beautiful frame farm-house which is now occupied by the family was erected by Mr. Blain in 1883, and the large frame barn was put up the following year. The condition of the farm is exceptionally good, as most thorough cultivation is placed upon the land and everything is kept up in neat order. Mixed farming is here carried on, and considerable attention devoted to both grain and stock. He has fed some cattle, but pays especial attention to raising hogs, of which he keeps a large number. The farm of Mr. Blain has been thoroughly tile-drained, and has now over two miles of drainage under its surface. All modern improvements which meet with the approval of this judicious farmer are here introduced, with the result that he has been extremely successful in all his work. A view of his place is shown elsewhere. His political views have brought him into sympathy and cooperation with the Republican party. His wife, whose character and ability bring her into the front rank among the ladies of Darby Township, is an earnest and devoted member of the Methodist Church. BURR E. CARPENTER. Canaan Township, which forms such an important part of the rich agricultural region of Madison County, is well represented by this gentleman, who is "a native to the manner born," and is one of its most competent and wide-awake farmers, having a 804 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. well-ordered farm four miles south of Plain City. He was born here July 14, 1850. He is a son of Wesley Carpenter, who many years occupied an important place among the farmers of this locality, and during his life was a factor in developing the agricultural resources of the county. The father of our subject was born and reared in one of the early pioneer homes of Delaware County, and, coming from there to Madison County in 1840, he cast in his lot with its farmers, and became a prosperous member of that class, improving a large and valuable estate. He was married in Darby Township, and immediately after located where our subject now resides, and there spent his remaining days, dying at the age of sixty-seven. His wife died at the age of forty-eight years. her maiden name was Sarah Smith, and she was a native of Darby Township, of which her father, Richard Smith, a Vermonter by birth, was an early settler. She was the mother of three children, two daughters and one son: Irena, wife of John Stolbird, of this county; Mary, wife of Benjamin Johnston, of Union County, and our subject, who is the second child and only son. His paternal grandfather was Benjamin Carpenter, who was a native of Pennsylvania and an early settler of Ohio. He was under the employ of the Government for a time during the War of 1812. Our subject was reared to a life of industry on the farm on which he now resides, and those principles that have made him a good citizen and an honorable man were instilled into his mind by his worthy parents. He attended the district school in his boyhood, and at other times helped in the farm work, becoming thoroughly familiar with every detail thereof. He continued to live with his father and mother until their death, when he came into possession of his share of the old homestead, and at once after his marriage took up his residence in his present home thereon. His farm of two hundred and thirty acres of land of exceptional fertility is mostly under cultivation and yields him abundant harvests, as well as affording sustenance in its rich pastures for fine stock of various kinds. The buildings are of a good class, and everything about the place wears an air of thrift and intelligent management. Mr. Carpenter was married Septetnber 26, 1875, to Miss Amelia Porter, who is also a native of Canaan Township, born here November 14, 1850, and she is the third daughter of Silas and Salinda (Beetler) Porter, who were natives respectively of Greene and Madison Counties, coming of the early pioneer stock of the State. Her father lived to be seventy-eight years old, and her mother to be seventy-five. Mr. and Mrs Carpenter have been blessed in their marriage by the birth of a son and a daughter: Stanley, born August 31, 1876, and Laura, September 16, 1880. Our subject and his amiable wife stand high in social and religious circles in their community. Both are exemplary members of the Darby Baptist Church in Canaan Township, and he belongs to Pleasant Valley Lodge No. 193, I. O. O. F., at Plain City. In politics, he is a thorough Republican and is steadfast in his allegiance to his party. ACOB HOWARD SCHRYVER, of Mt. Sterling, was born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, N. Y., October 21, 1820, and is a son of Martin I. and Hannah (Cole) Schryver. The father was born in Ulster County, N.Y., and was of German descent, while the mother was born in Dutchess County, and was descended from Dutch ancestry. Martin Schryver was a stone cutter by trade, but was employed as foreman on Gen. Armstrong's farm. His death occurred near Circleville, Ohio, October 5, 1865, at the age of sixty-seven years. When our subject was quite a young lad, he was employed on Gen. Armstrong's farm as a chore boy and to wait on the General. At the age of fifteen, he went to New York City, and for three years engaged in clerking in a grocery store, during which time he also studied book-keeping. He was then employed as a book-keeper in a wholesale and retail grocery house, with which he was connected until it went out of business in 1837. Mr. Schryver soon after emigrated to the West, locating in Pickaway County, Ohio, in 1840, after PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 805 which he engaged in teaching school, and was thus successfully employed for sixteen years. He bought land in Jackson and Wayne Townships, and during the summer months engaged in its cultivation. On the 13th of May, 1841, Mr. Schryver wedded Elizabeth Rose, of Pickaway County, and by their union six children were born, five of whom grew to mature years, while three are yet living: Edson Marion is a commission merchant of Baltimore, Md., and President of the Board of Police Commissioners; Martin is the next younger; and James Milton is Assistant General Passenger Agent in Baltimore, Md., having been in the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad for twenty years. The mother of this family died May 30, 1870. Mr. Schryver was again married in Milford, N. H., May 18, 1871, this time to Hannah E. French, of Milford, Hillsboro County, N. H. She was born March 19, 1847, and was a daughter of Phineas and Lydia (Hardy) French. Three children have been born of this union: Nellie Moore, who was born in Baltimore, June 25, 1875, and graduated from the Mt. Sterling High School in June, 1892; Anna Vista, born in Mt. Sterling, June 23, 1877; and Howard French, born April 9, 1885. The mother is a highly educated and refined lady. She was educated in Andover, Mass., at the Abbott Female Seminary, and at the age of sixteen began teaching. She followed that profession for a number of years, and met with excellent success. After his second marriage, Mr. Schryver removed to Baltimore, Md., where he resided from November, 1874, until July, 1875. He then took up his residence in London, Ohio, but came to Mt. Sterling in August, 1876, his wife being employed as a teacher in the public schools. She has now taught for nine years in the public schools of Mt. Sterling. Mr. Schryver lost much of his property by going security for others, losing in this way $16,000. While in Baltimore, he was attacked with paralysis, from which he has never fully recovered. Himself, wife and two daughters are members of the Presbyterian Church, of which he is an Elder, and for thirty-five years he was a member of the Odd Fellows' society. He cast his first ballot in 1844 for James K. Polk, and for some time as a Democrat, but is now an ardent Prohibitionist. He has held a number of public offices, discharging his various duties with promptness and fidelity. His upright life and sterling worth have won him high regard, and he has many friends throughout the community. MARTIN WESLEY SCHRYV ER, the senior member of the firm of Schryver & Son, is a leading business man of Mt. Sterling. He was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, October 12, 1846, and is a son of Jacob H. and Elizabeth (Rose) Schryver. His father is a native of Dutchess County, N. Y., and is of German descent. Our subject was reared on the farm until eleven years of age, and the next six years of his life were spent in attending school in Circleville, while his father was serving as Clerk of the Court. At the age of seventeen, he began teaching, and was thus employed until 1871, when he began editing the Mt. Sterling Review, the first paper published in this place. He continued that business for three years, but the town was too small to support the paper, and he sold out. He then resumed teaching, which he followed for five years, after which he embarked in business as a dealer in books and stationery. On the 1st of January, 1890, he admitted his son Robert to partnership, and in September, 1891, they added a stock of house-furnishing goods, including furniture, stoves, queensware, etc. On the 15th of October, 1868, Mr. Schryver was united in marriage with Barbara Campbell, who was born in Pickaway County, September 10, 1849. Six children have been born to this union: Robert H., who was born August 9, 1873, has been well educated, and is a young man of good business ability; Florence was born November 19, 1875; Guy H., in 1878; Clyde, in 1880; Helen, February 20, 1883; and Maud, March 19, 1885. Mr. Schryver has a home of twenty-five acres just outside the city of Mt. Sterling. In politics, he is a Democrat, but of late years has affiliated with the Prohibition party. He served as a mem- 806 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ber of the Council for three years, and was on the School Board for seven years, and the cause of education has found in him a warm friend. Himself and wife are members of the Methodist Church. He is a man of honest, upright character, worthy of the high esteem in which he is held. HENRY L. BENDEL, a prosperous merchant of Jeffersonville, Fayette County, was born in Richmond, Ind., August 21, 1867, to Edward H. and Carrie (Goldman) Bendel, the father a native of Albany, N. Y., and the mother of Chicago, Ill. The father located at Richmond, Ind., about the year 1866, and was there engaged in the mercantile business. Two years later, he came to Jeffersonville, and continued to carry on his former business in conection with his father-in-law, Louis Goldman, for some years. In 1887, he again moved to Richmond, and is now making his residence there, and is one of the prominent merchants of that place. He became the father of four children, three of whom are surviving: Henry L., Sarah and Bertha. Our subject was reared in Fayette County, and received his education in the public schools, after which he attended the Commercial College at Springfield, this State, and was graduated therefrom in 1885. In 1887, he went to Richmond, Ind., and traveled as a commercial salesman for Glaser, Kuder & Co., of Cincinnati, for about two years. In the winter of 1888, he embarked in the merchandise business for himself at Jeffersonville, in which he has since continued. The premises occupied embrace a fine business room, beside cellar and wareroom for storage and the display of stock. The general business room is fitted in metropolitan style, while the stock, in its completeness and attractions, will bear favorable comparison with the leading houses of its class in the county. The stock embraces the freshest goods, and the latest styles and novelties in ladies' dress goods, general dry goods and notions, boots and shoes and carpets. Exerting a marked influence upon the trade, this house is worthy of recognition as a leading house in this special department of trade, and a desirable one with which to hold business relations. This store is the only one of its kind in the town, and one of the best in the county. Miss Laura Gray became the life companion of the gentleman ,of whom this sketch is written October 20, 1886. Mrs. Bendel is a daughter of Edward and Rosa (Berryman) Gray, and is a native of Jeffersonville, Ohio. Three children have been born to her by this union, who bear the respective names of Mary, Helen and Louis G., all of whom are under the parental roof. Mr. Bendel is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and holds the positions in the latter of Treasurer and Senior and Junior Warden. Mrs. Bendel is a consistent and beloved member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Jeffersonville. HON. JOSEPH P. SMITH, of Circleville, was born in Toronto, Canada, in March, 1831, and is a son of Patrick and Rose (McQuinn) Smith, who are mentioned in connection with the sketch of Edward Smith on another page of this work. In 1837, he accompanied his parents to Lockport, N. Y., but afterward returned to Toronto with his aunt, and there remained until the family came to Circleville, Ohio. He remembers the mound and a part of the old circle from which the city gets its name. He improved every opportunity for securing an education, even attending school for two terms after he had attained his majority. After his father's death, he engaged in raising broom corn in connection with his brother. In 1856, Mr. Smith removed to Fairfield County, Ohio, and rented the farm of Thomas Ewing, father-in-law of Gen. William Sherman. He there remained three years, devoting his attention to the raising of broom corn. During that time, he was married, in November, 1856, in Lancaster, to Susan P. Bish, daughter of Martin and Magdelene Bish, both of whom were natives of Germany, and became early settlers of Lancaster, Ohio, where they PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 807 engaged in the hotel business. Ten children were born unto Mr. and Mrs. Smith, nine of whom grew to mature years: Edward died in Denver, Colo., at the age of thirty; Mary died in infancy; Frank is a popular merchant tailor of Circleville; Cecelia was graduated from St. Mary's school, of Columbus; Charles is a broker of Denver, Colo.; Susan was attending St. Mary's School but died at her home when sixteen years of age; William is a partner of his father; Anna is a student in a musical college of Cincinnati; and Joseph and Rose are at home. On returning to Pickaway County, Mr. Smith spent a year in Harrison Township and then returned to Circleville, forming a partnership with his brother, which continued up to a few years ago. They purchased altogether five hundred and thirty acres of land adjoining the city limits and raised broom corn. They also rented land, operating in all eight hundred acres. They pressed, baled and shipped their corn themselves, erecting on their farm large buildings, where they had presses, steam-scrapers, etc. Their large warehouse would hold five hundred tons, and they have sold as high as $400 a ton. In 1883, Mr. Smith bought his brother's interest in all but the land, and admitted his son Edward to partnership, under the firm name of J. P. Smith & Son, but, as before stated, Edward died in Colorado. In 1889,William was admitted to partnership. They are doing a good business, which is constantly increasing. The brothers divided the land in 1890, and our subject owns two hundred and sixty-one and one-half acres, but still operates the entire amount, of which eighty acres are planted in Indian corn, eighty acres in sweet corn and the remainder in broom corn. He formerly employed fifty hands throughout the whole season and three hundred and fifty during the time' of harvest. He operates the largest farm in broom corn in the county. Mr. Smith also owns some real estate in Circleville, including his beautiful residence on the corner of Scioto and Mound Streets. He was an organizer of, and is a director in, the Third National Bank and was a stockholder and worked hard to secure the Scioto Valley Railroad to this place. A person looking upon the Scioto River in one of its quiet moods could scarcely imagine that it ever becomes such a dangerous element as it is known to be. Mr. Smith on one occasion almost lost his life in the flood. The freshet of April, 1860, was one never to be forgotten. The land owned by Mr. Smith was all inundated and the whole country had the appearance of a vast lake. At a distance from the river, the water had surrounded some outbuildings, in which were stored a large quantity of valuable machinery. With Joseph Levering, William Monahan and Daniel Carroll, Mr. Smith started to see what could be done to prevent this property from being washed away. The force of the flood caused their skiff to strike against a bank and it sank. Mr. Smith struck out boldly for a box-elder tree which stood some distance off. The first branch which he reached broke, but he managed to grasp a second that sustained him, and he climbed into the tree and was saved. Mr. Levering tried to follow but was swept away by the current and drowned. Mr. Monahan tried to save himself by climbing on the levee, but the river washed him off, and he then made a desperate effort to reach a tree near Mr. Smith, but failed, and he too found a watery grave. Mr. Carroll managed to cling to a boat until help arrived and the two survivors were rescued from their perilous situation. For a long time afterward, whenever Mr. Smith closed his eyes he seemed to see the rushing river, the drowning men and himself and companion as in a picture. Mr. Smith was first a Whig and then a Republican until Grant's second term, since which time he has been a Democrat and has served in the county and State conventions of his party. He filled the office of City Alderman for two terms and was Trustee of Circleville Township for several terms. In 1882, he was appointed by Gov. Bishop as a member of the Board of Trustee of the Asylum for the Insane for three years,was then reappointed by Gov. Hoadley for five years, and on the expiration of that term was appointed by Gov. Campbell for five years, serving two years, and during the past two years has been President of the Board. Through his efforts, many valuable improvements have been made. A storeroom and ice houses have been built and artificial lakes made, and many other necessary conveniences have been added. 808 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Mr. Smith has served longer than other members of the Board and his efforts in behalf of the school have been productive of much good. He is an active member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, is President of the Order of Knights of St. Joseph and the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association. His life has been well and worthily spent, and he is one of the most honored citizens of Circleville. His public duties have ever been faithfully performed and he is alike true to every private trust. HON. THOMAS D. McELWAIN, Judge of Probate for Fayette County, is numbered among the honored and well-known citizens of Washington C. H. To the position which he is now filling with credit to himself, he was first elected in the fall of 1887, assuming the duties of the office in February of the ensuing year. Two years later, he was reelected and entered upon his second term in February, 1891. His mental acquirements and judicial bent of character admirably adapt him for the successful and unprejudiced discharge of his official duties. Thomas D. McElwain was born July 29, 1843, in the city of which he is still a resident. He is the son of William and Maria C. (Nye) McElwain. His paternal grandparents, Robert and Jane (Taylor) McElwain, belonged to good old Kentucky families and were pioneers of Fayette County, coming hither in 1811, and settling in Good Hope when that now flourishing village was a wilderness. In the home they established in that place, they spent their remaining years and passed away at a good old age. Grandfather McElwain was a Captain in the War of 1812, and was a man of resolute character, determined will and unflinching purpose—a typical pioneer. William McElwain, father of our subject, was born in Kentucky in 1809, and was therefore only two years old when he was brought by his parents to the Buckeye State. He grew to manhood in Fayette County, where he was married to Miss Maria C., daughter of Ichabod Nye, Captain of a Light Horse Company in the War of 1812, and Master of Marietta Lodge, F. & A. M., in 1807-09, that being the first Masonic lodge in the State. After Isis marriage, William McElwain settled in Washington C. H., in the growth of which he became an important factor. He was a prominent business man and also dealt considerably in real estate, purchasing land adjoining the city and subdividing it into town lots, which he sold. His interest in the public affairs of the community was deep and unwavering, and he was one of the influential members of the Republican party. He served two terms as County Treasurer and was appointed to fill out a part of a third term. At his death, which occurred December 27, 1891, William McElwain left a family of seven children, viz: Capt. John N., of Washington, D. C.; Thomas D., of this sketch; Asenath U., the widow of Mason Blanchard; Eliza C., who married Robert Parker; Robert T.; Willie C., wife of B. F. Carmean, a merchant of Marysville, this State; and Eva, wife of John A. King. When less than eighteen years old, our subject enlisted in Company A, First Ohio Cavalry, as Bugler. The first squadron of said regiment, Companies A and C, was ordered to West Virginia, thence to Winchester, and later was with the Army of the Potomac. Our subject participated in the battles of Gettysburg, Antietam, Fredericksburg, South Mountain, and the principal engagements of the army in the East. In 1863, two years after his enlistment, the said companies joined the regiment with Gen. Wilson in the West, and his company there become noted for sendingut the spies who were with Jefferson Davis for a long time, and were chiefly instrumental in his capture. At the expiration of his term of enlistment, our subject returned home. During his service, he was wounded at the battle of Bull Run. After visiting Illinois, he commenced the study of law with the Hon. Mills Gardner at Washington C. H,, and was admitted to the Bar in 1869. Under the administration of President Arthur, he was appointed Postmaster, but resigned at the expiration of three years, and accepted a place on the Republican ticket as a candidate for the position of Judge of the Probate Courts. In p litical af- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 809 fairs, he has always been interested, and was Chairman of the Republican Central Committee for five years. Until he became Postmaster, he was an active practitioner and filled the office of City Solicitor for some time. Socially, the Judge is identified with Lodge No. 129, B. P. O. E.; the Knights of Pythias; John M. Bell Post, G. A. R., of which he has been Commander; Fayette Lodge and Fayette Chapter, F. & A. M., and is a Past Eminent Commander of Garfield Commandery; he is also a member of the Cincinnati Consistory, Scottish Rite. Mrs. McElwain bore the maiden name of Lydia K. Davis, and is the daughter of Dr. James M. and Catherine (Tibbs) Davis, of Missouri. Judge McElwain and his wife are the parents of two children: 'William and Mazie M., now the wife of William E. Shepherd, of Hartford, Conn. The daughter was given every opportunity to develop her talent for music and is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory of Music in both violin and elocution. JAMES JONES. President of the Farmers' Bank of Mt. Sterling and a member of the firm of Jones & Jones, dealers in grain, coal, salt and grass-seed, is a prominent business man of this place, having been connected with its leading enterprises for a number of years. He also has a wide acquaintance and is favorably known throughout the community. Mr. Jones was born in Madison Township, Fayette County, Ohio, October 8, 1836. His father, Isaac Jones, was a native of Ross County, and on attaining to mature years, wedded Unity Graham, a native of Fayette County. Beside our subject they had two children: Mrs. Mary E. Bostwick, who is now deceased, and Mrs. Sarah Taylor, who resides in Chicago, Ill., and has four children. Our subject spent his boyhood days upon his father's farm, and at the age of nineteen began working by the month. He was thus employed for three years, during which time he saved $300. He was married March 17, 1859, and then began farming on rented land. By his industry and economy, four years later he was able to purchase one hundred acres of land in Monroe Township, Pickaway County. Subsequently, he purchased one hundred and sixty-five acres of land in Madison Township, Fayette County, and another tract of one hundred and seventy acres in Monroe Township, Pickaway County. His first farm he has sold, but he still owns the other. As the years passed, he became interested in other business transactions and aided in organizing the first bank in Mt. Sterling. It became known as the Farmers' Bank. Mr. Jones served as Director for one year, three years after its organization was elected Vice-president and during the last two years before it was closed was its President. He was one of ten who took equal shares and organized the present Farmers' Bank, of which he was elected President in 1891. One of the original stockholders having died, the nine others purchased the interest and are still the only members of the company. In 1884, Mr. Jones entered into partnership with W. M. Jones, as dealers in coal, grain, salt and grass seed. They handle an average of one hundred thousand bushels of corn each year, fifty thousand bushels of wheat, sell two hundred car loads of coal and $2,500 worth of grass seed. They are the only dealers in this line in Mt. Sterling and do a flourishing business, which is constantly increasing. Mr. Jones cast his first vote for John C. Fremont, in 1856, and has since been a stalwart Republican, doing all in his power for the advancement of the party. He has served for more than a quarter of a century as School Director and the cause of education has found in him a warm friend. He is also a warm advocate of temperance principles and gives his aid to all enterprises calculated to prove of public benefit. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and himself, wife and daughters all belong to the Methodist Church, of which he is Steward, Class-leader and Trustee. Six children have been born unto Mr. and Mrs. Jones as follows: Mary, who was born in Monroe Township, Pickaway County; Luella, wife of Ernest Dreyfogle, of Darby Township, Pickaway 810 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. County, by whom she has two children; Willis, a grain dealer of Darby, Ohio; Melinda, wife of Warner Beale, Cashier of the Citizens' Bank of Mt. Sterling, and Anna and Unity, who are still at home. JOHN O. BECKETT. We have here one of the most widely-known and popular young men in this section of Pickaway County, who is esteemed by the people at Commercial Point not only on account of his own ability and character, but also for the sake of his respected father. He is a prominent merchant and a member of one of the oldest families in the county and was born at Commercial Point, October 22, 1852. The father, James A. Beckett, was born in Virginia, in 1821, and was the son of Wiley H. Beckett, also a native of the Old Dominion, and one of a family of German descent. The grandfather came to Ohio in 1830, by wagon over the mountains, and first located in this township, one quarter of a mile west of the village, buying a small tract of timber land and settling in a log cabin, when there were few other settlers here and when wolves and deer were plentiful. He bought and developed considerable land, and at one time three hundred and eighty-six acres here and sixteen hundred acres in the counties of Howell and Shannon, Mo. He died here at the age of eighty-five years, and although he began poor, had by hard work and good management attained a large and handsome property. This gain was made not by niggardliness nor by selfish methods of business, as he was noted for open-heartedness and his house was a home for everybody. He was an Elder in the Presbyterian Church and one of its founders. In politics, he was first a Whig and later a Democrat. The father of our subject, who was born in 1820, was only nine years old when he came to Ohio, and through his childhood he attended the primitive schools in the log schoolhouses. He farmed more or less during his life, and in 1844 established the merchandise business which our subject now carries on. In those early days, he used to go on horseback to Springfield and thence take the cars for Cincinnati in order to buy goods. He enjoyed a very large trade and continued in this business up to the close of his life. He was a man of generous feelings and trusted poor customers even when he knew that in all probability they could never pay him. He owned one hundred and eighteen acres here and one hundred and sixty acres in Missouri. For many years James A. Beckett was a Deacon in the Presbyterian Church, and in political matters he was a Democrat, and much interested in the welfare of his party. He held the offices of Township Treasurer for more than twenty-five years, beside some other minor offices, and was one of the founders of the Masonic order here. His death in 1884, at the age of sixty-four years, was esteemed a great loss to the community. His wife, Margaret, daughter of Anthony Coontz, a pioneer of this township, was born here in 1827. Of her five children four grew to maturity: Ella is now Mrs. Magley; Cornelia is Mrs. Durrett; the third child is John 0.; Clara is Mrs. Peters. Laura died at the age of three years. Their mother died at the age of fifty-nine, and she was greatly missed in social and church circles, in which she had been a valued member. John O. Beckett was reared in the village of Commercial Point, gaining his education in the village school. At the age of seventeen, he entered the Columbus Business College, from which he graduated in 1878. After serving his father in the store more or less, he began in 1875 to clerk for a percentage of the profits, and after completing his course in the Commercial College, he entered the business as a partner with his father, and brother-in-law, Mr. W. H. Magley. This partnership continued for three years at which time Mr. Magley withdrew, and the firm became Beckett & Son. At the death of the father, the business was sold out, but the son re-established it in 1886, and has since carried it on in a large three-story building which was built in 1881 by the father and son. The dimensions of the building are 24x50 feet, and the store occupies the two lower floors and cellar, beside occupying a large addition which has been PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 813 built, and in which is found a stove and tinware department. The main stock is in dry-goods, groceries, hardware, clothing, hats, caps, boots, shoes and wall paper. The marriage of Mr. Beckett and Miss Emilia Gray took place February 16, 1882. This lady was born in Scioto Township, January 16, 1856, and she is now the mother of four children: Miller, Clara, Hazel and James. Mr. Beckett has fifty acres of improved land adjoining the town, and owns the whole of the block upon which his business is situated, with the exception of that covered by the township building on the corner. Beside this, he has a house and lot across the street from his store, and two other vacant lots. Both he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and although he does not aspire to office, is a Democrat in his political views. ROBERT H. DEYO. The gentleman whose portrait and life sketch we here present, belongs to one of the oldest families of Pickaway County, occupies an important place among its foremost business men as an extensive dealer in grain, stock and wool, and is distinguished in its annals as one of the founders of the village of Derby, of which he is a resident. Our subject was born October 9, 1835, in Madison County, his birthplace being just over the line from Palestine. His father, Jeremiah Deyo, was born in this State, on what is known as the Benjamin Renick farm, in Darby Township, in the year 1808. He was the son of Jonas Deyo, who was a native of New York. The father of the latter came to this country from France before the Revolution, and settled in the State of New York, where he was engaged as a farmer and miller, and at length died there at a good old age. The grandfather of our subject was also a miller and a farmer. At an early day he came to Pickaway county, journeying thither in a wagon, and located north of Circleville, in the Scioto Valley, being among the first to settle in that region. He lived there a few years and then became a pioneer 39 of this township, where he bought a large tract of land. He subsequently sold it, and, moving to Harrisburgh, built what is yet known as the Chenoweth Mill, on Darby Creek, this being the second mill erected on this stream. He operated it thirty years, and at the same time carried on farming extensively, accumulating a valuable property, including five hundred acres of land. A stalwart, energetic man of surpassing ability and clear brain, he was positive in his opinions, and had a broad outlook on the world. In polities, he was an old-line Whig. and a Universalist in religion. He died at the age of seventy-two years, leaving behind him a life record of true manhood worthy of emulation. Jeremiah Deyo was reared to the life of a farmer amid pioneer environments, and was educated in the primitive log schoolhouses of the early years of the settlement of this county. When he began life for himself, he first settled across Deer Creek, opposite his birthplace, in Madison County, near Mt. Sterling, on one of his uncle's farms, which he carried on a few years. He then removed to Harrisburgh, Franklin County, where he kept a tavern for two years. At the end of that time, he came back to Darby Township and resumed farming, renting mostly. He finally bought land near this village, and farmed it three years; when his parents died, he sold the home farm and bought two hundred and four acres on Possum Run, cultivating the land until his death, which occurred at the age of fifty-four years. He was a hard worker, very ambitious and active, and one of the solid men of the township, in which he held the offices of Trustee and Assessor at different times. He was highly regarded by his neighbors and friends, who sought his counsel and valued his opinions. He was deeply interested in religious matters, and was influential in such as a member of the Christian Church. In politics, he was a Whig until the Republicans organized, and he then became one of them. The mother of our subject, whose maiden name was Hannah Alkire, was born in Madison County, across Deer Creek from this point. She is still living at Derby, and is bright and active for one of her advanced years. She is a member in high 814 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. standing of the Christian Church, and her daily life shows her to be true to the faith she professes. Her father, Robert Alkire, was born in Kentucky, and was a son of William Alkire, who was born and reared in that State. The Alkires originated in Germany, but the American branch of the family settled in this country many years ago. The maternal great-grandfather of our subject was a farmer, and came here in his old age, in the year 1800, from Kane Ridge, Ky., and died across the line in Madison County. His son Robert, who came here the same year, bought sixteen hundred acres of land, built a log cabin in the forests on what is now known as the Harvey Alkire farm, and became an extensive farmer. He died in middle life, in his home just across the line in Madison County. Robert Deyo, of this biographical review, is one of six children, of whom three grew to maturity beside himself: Elizabeth (Mrs. Mantle), Jane (Mrs. Anderson) and William. Our subject grew to a vigorous, self-reliant manhood under the wholesome influences of farm life. He was educated in the typical pioneer schoolhouse of the olden times, which in his boyhood had not been replaced by the neat modern structures of to-day. The building in which he acquired his knowledge of the "three R's" was made of logs, heated by means of a large fireplace, and furnished with slab benches, a slab against the wall serving as a writing desk; the floor was of puncheons, and greased paper served instead of glass to admit the light. At the age of seventeen, Mr. Deyo supplemented his district-school education by a short course in the college at Westerville. When he was twenty years old, he began life in earnest as a farmer, and had a part of the home farm under his charge until 1859. In that year, he moved to his father-in-law's farm, in Big Plain, Madison County. He remained there five years, and then returned to the old homestead, where he was actively engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1885. In the meantime, be became one of the company that bought the land and laid out the pretty and thriving village of Derby, in 1884. He bought an interest in the elevator here with Dr. C. W. Higgins, and they operated it together three years, under the firm name of Higgins & Deyo. They disposed of that elevator, when Deyo & Company built the elevator at Palestine, which is now managed under the name of C. Tanner & Co., our subject still being a member of the company. Mr. Deyo began buying grain in 1863, and has dealt in it ever since, and he buys all kinds of grain, which he ships to Eastern and Southern markets. He has likewise dealt in wool since 1863, selling on commission until 1885, and since then on his own account. He has a finely improved farm of two hundred and four acres, one mile northwest of Derby, which he rents to his son. A man of wealth and public spirit, he has materially aided in the progress of the county,.and has been one of the prime movers in the upbuilding of the village of Derby. He has been Trustee of the township, and for the past five years has held the office of Justice of the Peace. He is an impartial and strictly honest Judge, and has sustained the laws satisfactorily in the number of cases that have come under his jurisdiction. He is a Republican of unswerving loyalty to his party. All good causes find in him an advocate, and especially is he interested in educational matters, having always used his influence to procure good schooling. Religiously, both he and his wife, and all of their children, except Alfred, are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Deyo is blessed in his domestic relations by the best of wives, who fully understands the art of making home an attractive abiding-place. Mrs. Deyo bore the name of Mary A. Noland, was born in Madison County, and was married to our subject in November, 1855. Their union has been hallowed to them by the birth of five children: George W., Laura (Mrs. Hamet), Jeremiah, Alfred and Emma (Mrs. Young). DANIEL UCKER, a prominent and successful farmer and stock-raiser of Walnut Township, is actively performing his share in carrying forward the great agricultural interests of Pickaway County. He is a native of this PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 815 State, and first opened his eyes May 28, 1840, in a pioneer home in Fairfield County. He is a son of the late Andrew and Anne (Dum) Ucker, who were natives respectively of Germany and Pennsylvania, and were early settlers of Fairfield County. In the fall of 1864, they came to Pickaway County and settled in Walnut Township, where the father died November 7, 1879. He was a stanch Democrat in politics, and a true Catholic in religion, and was well known and greatly respected for his unswerving honesty and integrity. His venerable widow is still living in Walnut Township, and is now nearly eighty years old. They had a large family of children, of whom these twelve survive: Joseph, a resident of Missouri; Thomas, who lives in Circleville; Daniel, of Walnut Township; Samuel, of Circleville Township; William, a resident of Colorado; Benjamin, in Washington Township; Andrew, of Walnut Township; Amelia, widow of William Stout, of Circleville; Sarah A., wife of John Weaver, of Circleville; Julia, wife of Jerry O'Ryan, of Circleville, and Elizabeth, wife of A. Henry, of Circleville. Daniel Ucker was reared to the life of a farmer in his native county. He was educated in the local schools, and is a well-informed man, as he is fond of reading and has always kept himself well posted on general topics. He was wedded October 5, 1867, to Miss Susan Whiteman, and a congenial marriage has contributed much to his prosperity. Mrs. Ucker is a native of Pickaway County, born November 6, 1845, and a daughter of Henry and Ellen (McDonald) Whiteman. Her father was also a native of Pickaway County, born in Walnut Township, his father coming here from Pennsylvania, and becoming one of the first settlers of the township. He located in the woods, and had to endure many hardships while hewing out a farm from the forests. Mrs. Ucker is one of three children, of whom she and her sister, Nancy A., wife of Isaac Tobias, are the only survivors. Her father was prominent in the religious and public life of his community. He was a member of the Baptist Church, active in its work. He had served as Justice of the Peace and Township Trustee, and in his death, October 31, 1890, the county lost one of its most venerated citizens, as well as one of its earliest pioneers. When Mrs. Ucker was a few months old, her mother died, and she was cared for by her grandparents until she was seven years old, and then was reared in her father's family. Mrs. Ucker's grandfather was a Baptist in religion. Of the ten children born to Mr. and Mrs. Ucker, four are left to be the comfort and stay of their declining years: Alice A., Clara A., Mary E., and John A. Mr. Ucker has a good farm of ninety-three acres of land of exceeding fertility, which he cultivates after the methods best adapted to the soil. He has neat and roomy buildings, fine farming machinery, and everything about the place betokens systematic and skillful farming. Our subject possesses many sterling virtues of head and heart, is very much liked by the community, and enjoys the confidence of the business world. He has been School Director for his township, and never fails to promote its interests where he can.   JACOB MARTIN. Among the men who have been potent factors in the business activity of Madison County, mention should certainly be made of Jacob Martin, who is one of the prominent and progressive merchants of West Jefferson. He is the son of the late Augustus L. Martin, who was born in New Brunswick, N. J., while his mother, whose maiden name was Kate McNeal, was born in Carlisle, Pa. The elder Mr. Martin located in West Jefferson during the latter part of the '50s, where he was engaged in trade until his decease, in January, 1891, being preceded to the better land by his wife, who departed this life in 1860. The original of this sketch was born February 16, 1854, in West Jefferson, where he was reared, and educated in the common schools. In 1877, he launched out in the mercantile business in company with Benjamin Hoe, the firm style being Hoe & Martin. They built up a profitable business, and continued together until September, 1891, 816 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. when our subject purchased his partner's interest, and has since conducted affairs alone. His store is- well stocked with a choice line of goods, and by his course of honorable and straightforward dealing, enjoys an extensive trade. The lady to whom Mr. Martin was married October 17, 1877, was Miss Etta, daughter of Benjamin Hoe,' and to them was born one daughter, Eva. His chief prominence, outside of his business, lies in his political work, he being a leading member of the Democratic party, and has represented his fellow-townsmen four terms as Clerk, and as a member of the Village Council. In social matters, he is a member of West Jefferson Lodge No. 412, I. O. O. F., and is looked upon as one of the respected and useful citizens of the county. Mrs. Martin departed this life April 12, 1889, greatly mourned by her family and numerous friends. SAMUEL McCLINTOCK, M. D., a well-known physician and surgeon of Mt. Sterling, Ohio, was born on the 1st of February, 1821, in Pickaway County, Ohio, and is a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Bradley) McClintock. His father was a native of the Emerald Isle, and was brought to America when about two years of age. His mother was born in the Keystone State, and was of Dutch descent. The educational advantages which our subject received were only those afforded by the common schools. His boyhood days were mostly spent upon his father's farm. Having determined to engage in the practice of medicine, at the age of twenty he began reading medical works in the office of Dr. J. F. Wilson, of New Holland, near his father's home. He continued his studies in that way for three years, and in the winter of 1844-45, took a course of lectures in the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati. He received some money from his father and borrowed more in order to pay his tuition, and this he repaid in after years. In April, 1845, he began practice in Mt. Sterling, and in a few years had acquired a liberal patronage and did a large business. He has ever kept himself well informed by constant study and reading, and is well posted on everything connected with the sciences. On the 20th of May, 1847, Dr. McClintock led to the marriage altar Miss Louisa C. Kauffelt, of Palestine, Pickaway County, who was born in Fairfield County, Ohio. Four children have been born unto them, three of whom are still living: Elizabeth is the wife of D. B. Wheeler, of Mt. Sterling, and they have two children; Francenia became the wife of John McClay, of Indiana, and at her death left four children; Letitia is the wife of Edward Miller, of Chicago; and Lola completes the family. The Doctor was reared as an old-line Whig, but on attaining his majority, cast his first Presidential vote for James K. Polk, and has since been identified with the Democratic party. He has served as a delegate to its various conventions, and has filled the offices of Township and Village Treasurer, and Councilman, and at the present time is Corporation Treasurer. He has also served as a member of the School Board, doing effective work in the interests of education. Himself and wife are active and consistent members of the Presbyterian Church, in which the Doctor holds the office of Trustee. He is also connected with the Masonic lodge, serving as Treasurer, and Junior and Senior Warden. For many years he has made his home in Mt. Sterling, and is widely and favorably known throughout the community. He has ever been identified with the best interests of the place, and is recognized as a valued citizen. MILTON D. LAKIN has been so well prospered as a farmer that he has accumulated a comfortable property, and is now residing in a handsome brick residence in Jefferson Township, Madison County.. He is classed among the progressive citizens of this section, whose active work in developing its agricultural resources has so materially contributed to its welfare. Through energy and perseverance he has PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 817 placed the soil of his estate under excellent cultivation and erected ample accommodation for stock and crops. Daniel Lakin, the father of our subject, was a native of Frederick County, Md., while his mother, who was known in her maidenhood as Dorcas Flenniken, was born near Columbus, this State. She departed this life at the home of our subject in June, 1886, thus surviving her husband many years, he dying in Clinton Township, Franklin County, this State, in 1872. The parental family comprised five children, of whom the only daughter died when three years of age. Milton D. Lakin was the youngest member of the family and was born in Franklin County, February 1, 1850. He was reared on his father's farm and attended the district school, continuing to reside at home until 1880, when he came to Madison County and located on the Middle Pike, just north of West Jefferson, which is his home at the present time. He has erected on his estate a most beautiful brick residence, which is furnished in a manner that bespeaks the high standing of its owner. Mr. Lakin devotes his entire time and attention to general farming and is making a success of his calling on his three hundred and sixty acres of land. June 17, 1876, our subject and Miss Ida, daughter of the late James Davis, were united in marriage. Mrs. Lakin's mother bore the maiden name of Mildred C. Armstrong, and departed this life January 9, 1885, while the father died November 12, 1887. They were natives respectively of Madison County, this State, and Virginia, and after their marriage located in Franklin County, where they lived for a time and then removed to Jefferson Township and made their home a short distance from West Jefferson, where they were residing at the time of their decease. Mrs. Lakin, who was the youngest in a family of four children, was born June 22, 1856, and by her union with our subject has become the mother of two children, one of whom died in infancy. The surviving child, who bears the name of James Daniel, was born October 17, 1878. In politics, our subject is a believer in and a supporter of the principles advocated by the Repub lican party and takes an active interest in all local affairs. With his wife, he is a conscientious member of the Episcopal Church and socially is a prominent Mason, also a Knight Templar and Knight of Pythias. By his sincere and conscientious uprightness, he has gained the good-will and enjoys the respect of a large circle of friends who will be pleased to notice his biography in this volume. CLEMENT SHOCKLEY. Prominent in agricultural circles is the gentleman of whom we now write, and who was born in South Township, Clarke County, this State, May 17,1823. He is at present residing on a beautiful estate, located in Stokes Township, Madison County. He is a son of Clement and Elizabeth (Scott) Shockley, the former of whom was a native of this county, and the latter of Xenia, Ohio. The father of our subject came to this State from Maryland when a boy, and located in Xenia. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was at Detroit at the time of Hull's surrender, when he was taken prisoner. After his exchange, he returned to Xenia, and again joining the army, served throughout that entire struggle. After his marriage, Mr. Shockley removed to Clarke County, and was one of the three men who laid out the town of South Charleston. He became the proprietor of the first tanyard in that portion of the county, and became one of the wealthiest men in that section. The five children comprising the parental family are Catherine, Mrs. Andrew Hays, who is residing in Fayette County and has three children; our subject is the next in order of birth; Sarah w s first married to Samuel McCoy, and on his death became the wife of James McIntyre, and now makes her home in Montgomery County, Mo.; Daniel B. is a successful farmer in Kempton, Ind.; and Emeline, who married Dr. A. Seward, resides near Kokomo, Ind. Our subject was given a limited education, and when fourteen years of age went to Kentucky with one John Hedrick, his business being to take horses to near Lexing- 818 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ton. He later drove a herd of cattle to Pennsylvania with Peter Slaughter, walking the entire distance bare-footed. In 1840, he of whom we write began working out by the month on the farm which he now owns, but which was then in the possession of William Harpole. He was thus engaged for a period of four years, and November 5, 1843, was married to Miss Matilda Briggs. To them have been born three children, one of whom is deceased. Elizabeth is now Mrs. Eli Mock and makes her home in this county, and William resides east of South Solon. Sarah, who became the wife of Aaron McCalip, is deceased. At the time of his marriage, Mr. Shockley had saved enough money to purchase a team of horses, a wagon and some furniture. He then rented property and invested $50 which he had in hogs. At the expiration of a twelvemonth, he purchased one hundred and forty acres, for which he paid $1,400. Not having this amount of money, his former employer, William Harpole, went on his note, and in this way our subject borrowed capital and got his start in life. His first year on the new farm was rather discouraging, as his crops railed so that the interest on the money borrowed was carried over for the next year. Mr. Shockley drained his land and thereafter reaped a handsome increase from the soil. He later added one hundred and fifty acres to his possessions and, borrowing enough money to go to Indiana and buy cattle, he in that manner made enough money to meet his, payments, at the same time making the acquaintance of men of wealth who were glad to accommodate him in a monied way whenever necessary. Mr. Shockley continued to invest in cattle, which he drove through to Eastern markets and sold at handsome profits. His next purchase of land was a quarter-section, for which he paid $3,500 in cash. Our subject at one time owned fourteen hundred acres of land. He disposed of his first two farms, however, and in 1859 bought five hundred and eighteen acres where he now lives for which he paid $33,000. In addition to that, he bought one hundred acres in Fayette County, which he later gave to his daughter, now Mrs. Mock, and one hundred and four acres, which were also located in that county, he presented to his son. Mr. Shockley keeps his farm stocked with a good breed of cattle, his herd in 1884 selling for $30,000. About five years ago, he began the cultivation of a portion of his estate, and now devotes considerable attention to raising grain, and occupies an honorable place among the agriculturists of Madison County. In his political relations, our subject for many years voted the Democratic ticket, but now votes for the man instead of the party. JOEL HICKS. Noteworthy among the agriculturists and stock farmers of Range Township, Madison County, is the gentleman whose name we now give. He is a native of this State, having been born in Ross County, May 3, 1825, and is the son of William and Phoebe (Cook) Hicks. When twenty-two years of age, he accompanied his parents to this county, where his father was a farmer, to which calling he was also trained. He was given a fair education in the district school and when reaching his majority began for himself by working out on farms by the month. The lady to whom our subject was married in December, 1855, was Miss Hadessah McCune, of Chenoa, Ill., whither he had gone in the spring of that year. Mr. Hicks purchased a tract of four hundred and sixty acres of land in McLean County, which he improved into one of the best farms in that portion of the State. He met with financial reverses on account of going security for other parties and was obliged to forfeit his entire estate. He then rented the farm of which he had been the former owner and in 1881 returned to Ohio, and has been a resident of Range Township since that time. The five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hicks bear the respective names of Phoebe, John M., 'Sadie, Julia and Maggie. Formerly a Democrat in politics, he is now in sympathy with the Prohibition party, and while residing in the Prairie PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 819 State, served in the positions of Road Commissioner, School Trustee, Assessor, and member of the County Board. He is a devoted member of the Presbyterian Church, being identified with the church at Mt. Sterling. The father of our subject died in McLean County, in 1873, and the mother passed away in Saline County, Mo., in 1889, her home being with our subject's only sister, Mrs. Mary Harrison, of that county. While public-spirited and generous, the major part of his attention has always been paid to his farm, and he has made a specialty of raising stock, of which all kinds of the finer grades are to be found on his place. CHRISTIAN MICHEL, a farmer, lumber dealer and tile manufacturer, residing in Pleasant Township, Madison County, is a leading business man of this community. Since 1880, he has carried on business operations in this place, and has an excellent trade. He was born in Franklin County, Ohio, December 19, 1854, and is a son of Frederick and Mary (Layer) Michel. His father was a native of Germany, and emigrated to Pennsylvania with his parents when nine years of age. He there resided until after he had attained his majority, and married Miss Layer, who was born in the Keystone State, and was of German descent. For thirty-eight years, he engaged in blacksmithing, and also carried on farming. He and his wife are still residents of Rome, Franklin County, Ohio. Our subject was reared on his father's farm, and acquired his education in the common schools. At the age of twelve, he began working in the smithy, and followed the blacksmith's trade for about ten years, but not liking the business, determined to abandon it. His next venture was in manufacturing tile at Spring Hill, Franklin County. He did not have much capital, but was aided by his father, and at the end of a year he removed his works to his present location. He purchased seventy acres of land, and put id a plant in 1880. He is now doing a good business, makes a good grade of tile, and finds a ready sale for his products. In 1884 he erected his sawmill, and has since engaged in the lumber business. He has also erected a fine brick residence upon his farm, valued at $3,000. Mr. Michel was married March 31, 1880, to Miss Elizabeth Grenner, who was born in Alton, Franklin County, January 13, 1860. Their union has been blessed with four children, a son and three daughters: Christian, born April 3, 1881; Amelia, December 25, 1883; Louise, in December, 1884; and Sarah Frances, February 22, 1887. All were born in Pleasant Township, and the family circle yet remains unbroken. Mr. Michel and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church. He is a great lover of music, possesses considerable talent in that direction, and formerly served as leader of the choir in his church. He cast his first Presidential vote for Samuel J. Tilden, and has since been a Democrat. Mr. Michel is a man of good business ability, enterprising and progressive, and well deserves the success which has crowned his efforts. He is also a public-spirited man, and takes an active interest in all that pertains to the welfare of the community. SCHUYLER LEWIS, deceased. The traveler passing through Madison County invariably pauses to notice the elegant residence and fine estate in Somerford Township formerly the property of the gentleman whose biographical sketch is here represented. The farm, which comprises two thousand acres of excellent land, is due entirely to the exertions of Mr. Lewis and his worthy companion, for when they commenced the battle of life together, they had no capital except that represented by vigorous health, energetic disposition, and a determination to succeed. Our subject was born in Rensselaer County, N.Y., February 25, 1812, and was a lad of ten years when his father removed to Vermont. Mr. Lewis, when reaching mature years, was married in the Green Mountain State to Lydia Hazzard, and with her 820 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. came West to Madison County, this State, about 1835, locating in Somerford Township. Mrs. Lewis departed this life in 1864, and April 3, 1866, our subject was married to Eliza J. Candler, who was born in Clarke County January 28, 1844. She was the daughter of Jesse J. and Agnes (Dickason) Candler, natives of Virginia, whence they removed to Clarke County, and later to Madison County, this State, spending their last days in Somerford Township, the father dying January 13, 1871, and the mother surviving him until June 10, 1890. The parental family of Mrs. Lewis included seven children, of whom she was the youngest but one. To our subject and his estimable wife has been born one son, Howard A. The husband and father died at his home in Somerford Township, August 3, 1887, and thus Madison County lost one of her most prominent and progressive citizens. Our subject left a vast estate of two thousand acres; the place is adorned with buildings of every description necessary on a first-class farm, not the least among which is the elegant residence. Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Lewis has operated the farm in a most intelligent and profitable manner, and is very influential in her community, having those social qualities which prepossess people in her favor. MAJ. THOMAS JEFFERSON STEPHENS, contracting painter and decorator, was originally from Lancaster County, Pa., born in Columbia on the 2d of January, 1831. His parents, James and Mary (Otstot) Stephens, were natives of Lancaster County, Pa., the former of English, and the latter of German descent. The father followed carpentering in his native town, and there resided until 1833, when the great emigration to the Buckeye State tempted him to make his home within its borders. He came overland with a four-horse wagon, located in Columbus, and there followed contracting and building until his death, in 1859. He was a Democrat in politics, and was Marshall of Columbus four terms. The mother died in 1888, when eighty-six years of age. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Eleven of their twelve children grew to mature years, and became respected and valued citizens. Three sons were in the Civil War, and served their country faithfully. The subject of this notice was fifth in order of birth of the above-mentioned children. He was reared in Columbus, and received his scholastic training in the public schools of that city. He remembers seeing the canal built through Columbus, and his young eyes saw the first boat that sailed on its waters. When thirteen years of age, he worked two years for A. T. Stewart, a tailor, and at the age of fifteen he began clerking in James Westwater's queensware store, where he continued until seventeen years of age. From that time until eighteen years of age, be attended school, and in 1848 he was apprenticed to learn the painter's trade, remaining thus engaged until 1851. While in Columbus, he was in Company A, State Fencibles, organized July 4, 1855, and continued with this as Sergeant as long as he remained in the city, and is still a member. In 1851, he embarked in business for himself, contracting house painting for two years, and then went to Marietta, where he remained six months. From there he went to Pittsburg, and while there painted two boats, but later he returned to Marietta, and from there went to Columbus. In the spring of 1860, he located in Circleville, and was engaged as house painter until 1862, when he left his business and everything else to enter the army. In August, of that year, he volunteered as a private in Company A, Ninetieth Ohio Infantry, and two days later was raised to the rank of Second Lieutenant, to form a company for service. He went to work, and in a very short time had a company, which was afterward in the One Hundredth and Fourteenth Ohio Infantry. In October, he was sent South to Chickasaw Bluffs, Ark., and to Young's Point, when he was taken sick and compelled to resign. He came home in the spring of 1863, formed a company there, and was made Captain of the Ohio State Militia. In 1864, he was ordered out by Gov. Brough in Company A, Fifty-fifth Ohio Infantry, and was sent to PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 823 West Virginia, where he guarded the trains through to Washington City, and then went to Norfolk, Va., where he remained until September, 1864. He was mustered out at Camp Dennison. He saw much lively service, and was in many severe skirmishes, but participated in no large battles. He enjoyed the best of health all through camp, and led his command at all times. He had a number of miraculous escapes, but was never injured. After the war, he was continued as Captain of the County National Guards, and later was commissioned Major of the Ohio National Guards, holding that position until he resigned. Since the war, Maj. Stephens has followed his trade, and has finished some of the finest buildings in the city. He has also had considerable business all over the county, and is the oldest painter now here. He resides on High, near Court Street. He was married in Columbus, Ohio, November 3, 1853, to Miss Media Garner, a native of Columbus, and of the eight children born to this union, six are now living, namely: Charles; Mary, at home; Jennie, now Mrs. Moeller, of Circleville; Thomas B., who resides in Circleville; Joseph, painter and practical paper-hanger; and Edward, clerk in a grocery store. Maj. Stephens is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Columbus, also a member of the Knights of Pythias, and is a member of Groce Post No. 156, G. A. R., and is ex-Aide-de-Camp of the Post, and is a member of the Monumental Association. In politics, he is a true-blue Republican, and has been a delegate to conventions, etc. The Major is a member of the Methodist Church, and has been Trustee and Steward for fifteen years. GEORGE F. JEWETT, M. D. The calling of a physician is one that brings into play as many of the powers of the mind and body as any in which man can engage. The constant strain upon the mental faculties and the nervous energy can scarcely be estimated by one outside a physician's family, and necessarily requires a strong constitution as a foundation. The city of West Jefferson is the home of a number of men who are exerting themselves as practitioners, and who are doing a grand work in alleviating suffering and saving life. One of those who has been thus occupied here since 1890 is Dr. Jewett, of whose life history we propose to give a brief outline, and whose portrait is noticed on the opposite page. Dr. William H. Jewett, the father of our subject, was born in Franklin County, this State, October 2, 1831, and began the study of medicine in the office of Drs. Andrews di Johnson, of Worthington, this State, and later gained still further information in the science of medicine under the tutelage of Dr. Piney, of Dublin, Franklin County. Dr. Jewett then practiced for one year at Bell Point, and, on, the outbreak of the Civil War, entered the Union service as a member of Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Regiment, for fourteen months. Returning home in 1864, he again entered upon the practice of his profession, this time in Hilliards, where he remained until 1872, when he took up his abode in Amity. After a successful practice there of eighteen years, he removed to Elmwood, Franklin County, where he is living retired from active work of any kind. He of whom we write was the eldest son and second child in the parental family of ten children. He was born in Franklin County, March 17, 1857, and after obtaining a primary education in the common schools, entered the Ohio Central Normal School at Worthington, and later took a course in the State University of Ohio. Choosing the medical profession as his life work, our subject began the study of that science with his father at Amity, and was graduated in the Class of '82 from the Columbus Medical College. During the winter of 1885-86, he took a post-graduate course in New York City. He remained with his father twelve months after graduating, at the end of which time he located at Hilliards, where he resided for six years, and then came to West Jefferson, and has been engaged in active practice here since December, 1890. His ability and skill as a physician have been widely recognized, and in 1891 he was elected Professor of Physiology in the Columbus Medical College. The lady to whom our subject was married, 824 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. April 29, 1885, was Ida M. Forshee, who was born in Brown Township, Madison County, April 28, 1860. To them have been granted a family of three children, namely: Una, Ethel and Gladys. Religiously, Dr. Jewett is an active member of the Christian Church, while his wife holds membership with the Baptist Church. In politics,he is a Prohibitionist, and has done much towards furthering the cause of temperance in his locality. JOHN L. MILLIKIN, who is classed among the most prosperous farmers of Madison County, has a well-improved and well-stocked farm five and one-half miles north of West Jefferson in Canaan Township. Mr. Mil-likin is a Pennsylvanian by birth, born on Ten Mile Creek, Amwell Township, Washington County, August 18, 1842, the youngest child of John and Rachel (Bane) Millikin, of whom an account is given in the sketch of Robert Millikin. He was reared in his native place until he was fourteen years old, and obtained his first schooling there. At the age mentioned, he came to this county with his parents, and his education was completed in a district school in Canaan Township. He remained at home with his father and mother until he was thirty-one years old, affording his father valuable aid in carrying on his farm until he was twenty-one, and then engaging in agriculture on his own account. Soon after marriage, Mr. Millikin located one mile north of his present place of residence and farmed as a renter three years before he bought a farm. He lived for seven years on that farm, which was one mile north of his present homestead, and at the end of that time he purchased this. He has here one hundred and eleven acres, which are mostly under cultivation, and are well supplied with modern improvements. He devotes his time to mixed husbandry, and has his farm well stocked with horses; cattle, etc., of fine grades. Our subject is an open-hearted, fair-minded man, who is well liked by his neighbors and all who have dealings with him. He is upright and reliable, and his word is as good as his bond. In politics, he is a firm believer in the policy of the Democratic party and gives it his hearty support at the polls. Our subject was married, March 27, 1873, to Miss Elizabeth M., daughter of Rowland and Al-mira (Hall) Thomas. Her father was a native of Wales and her mother of Franklin County, Ohio. She is still living and resides in Jefferson Township, and is aged sixty-one years. After the death of her first husband, before the birth of her daughter, Mrs. Millikin, who was the only child of that union, she married Nathan Bidwell, of Jefferson Township, by whom she had two children, John and Mary. Mrs. Millikin was born in Jefferson Township, November 28, 1850. Her pleasant wedded life with our subject has been blessed to them by the birth of three sons and one daughter, whom they have named respectively Charles R., Wyatt L., Marvin S. and Maud.    DAVID E. ROBISON is engaged in general farming and stock-raising on the Circleville road, about a mile from Mt. Sterling. He was born in Clarke County, Ohio, September 21, 1821, and is a son of John and Mary (Edmonson) Robison, the former a native of South Carolina and the latter of Tennessee. His parents removed to Clarke County just before his birth, and when he was a lad of seven years returned to Madison County and purchased the farm on which our subject now resides. It continued to be their home for sixty years. The educational advantages which Mr. Robinson received were very limited, but by reading and observation he has become a well-in formed man. He was reared upon the farm and was early inured to the labors connected with agriculture. He remained at home and aided his father in managing his property until his marriage, which was celebrated on New Year's Day, 1850, Miss Jane Carr becoming his wife. After that time, his father made his home with our subject until his death, in 1877. His mother had previously been called to her PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 825 final rest. Six children were born unto Mr. and Mrs. Robison, all having been born and reared on the home farm: John, who was born in 1850, is married and with his wife and five children resides upon a farm in Pickaway County; Mrs. Caroline Whitlock is living in Pleasant Township and has seven children; Mrs. Mary Bennett, who resides in Pick-away County, has two children; Willis is married, and, with his wife and four children, makes his home upon a farm in Benton County, Ind.; Lincoln is married and resides with his family, which numbers two children, on his father's farm; Mrs. Sophronia Atkins is living in Fayette County and has three children. Mr. Robison followed in the political footsteps of his father and has been a stalwart supporter of the Republican party. He has served efficiently as Township Trustee for about twelve years, and by his faithful performance of duty has won the commendation of all. He, however, has never been an office-seeker, preferring to devote his time and attention to his business interests. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church and are people of sterling worth. Mr. Robison had less than one hundred acres of land given him by his father, and with this as a nucleus has constantly added to it and now owns over five hundred acres of valuable land. He is one of the substantial citizens of the community and a leading farmer and stock-raiser. GEORGE H. FLOWERS, residing at No. 214 Columbus Avenue, Washington C. H., is junior member of the firm of Flowers & Tobin, confectioners and bakers, at No. 212 East Court Street, who conduct a very profitable business in their line. Our subject was born in the town of Ewing, Hocking County, October 28, 1853, and is a son of Jacob Flowers,who was born and reared in Pennsylvania. He in turn was a son of Henry Flow-ers,who was a native of Germany, but came to this county and settled in Pennsylvania. Jacob Flowers was a man of good standing in his community and was a consistent member of the Catholic Church. In politics, he sympathized with the Democrats. He was one of the early settlers of Hocking County, locating in the forests and clearing a farm. He sold that property, and, removing to Ewing, engaged in the dry-goods and grocery business, continuing in that until his wife died. He then sold his store and stock and removed to Champaign County, Ill., where he bought a farm. He lived there two years, when his father, who had resided in Perry County, was taken ill, and he went to see him, was suddenly attacked by illness himself and died, while his father lived five years longer, dying in his ninety-ninth year, lacking but four months of rounding out a century of life. Jacob Flowers married Mary Bronstetter, who was a native of Germany and was brought to this country when she was five years old. They had a family of ten children, of whom five grew to maturity and are still living: Henry, a farmer in Illinois; Thomas, also a resident of Champaign County, that State; Albert, who is in the gardening business in Bloomington, Ill.; Eli, a resident of Washington C. H., and our subject, who is the youngest of the family. George H. Flowers was educated in the public schools of Illinois, whither he went with his father when a small boy. He was left an orphan at an early age, his mother dying when he was seven years old, and his father when he was ten years of age.. After he had completed his education, he learned the trade of a baker at Mahomet, Ill., and worked at it in that place four years. Returning then to his native State, he engaged in the bakery business at Sabina nine years. From there he came to Washington C. H. and established himself in business as baker and confectioner, in partnership with his brother Eli, under the firm name of Flowers Bros. They were together six years and then our subject bought his brother's share in the business and ran the store alone for two years. At the expiration of that time, he took Mr. Tobin into partnership and they have since been together under the firm name of Flowers & Tobin. They have a nicely fitted up establishment, in which everything is to be found that is sold in a first-class bakery and confectionery store and they carry a full line of cigars and tobacco. In connection with their bakery, they have a lunch counter and 826 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. they do a large business in the sale of ice cream, etc., besides having tastefully furnished and attractive parlors for parties and banquets and like gatherings Our subject was married in August, 1877, to Miss Emma Tobin, a daughter of Henry C. Tobin, a pioneer 'farmer of Fayette County,who is still living in Paint 'township. Mr. and Mrs. Flowers, are very pleasantly situated in a home where comfort, cheerfulness and true hospitality abound. Their marriage has been blessed to them by the birth of five children, as follows: Violet, fourteen years old; Roy, twelve years old; Clarence, ten years old the 12th of March, 1892; Asa, who was six years old March 8, 1892, and Albert, who was three years old November 25, 1891. Mr. Flowers remains a steadfast adherent of the religion of his fathers, and the Catholic Church finds in him a valued member and a generous contributor to its expenses. Politically, he is a solid Democrat. Socially, his relations are with the United Order of Red Men.               ANDREW REID. No matter in what business a man may engage, if he is industrious and fair in his dealings with his fellowmen, he is sure, sooner or later, to win confidence, respect and liking, and to become in time well-to-do in worldly goods. Mr. Reid possesses these qualities, and as a consequence stands remarkably high in the estimation of all who know him. He was born in Madison Township, Pickawaya County, Ohio, April 16, 1831, and is a son of Robert and Elizabeth Reid, the father a native of the Emerald Isle, and the mother of Virginia. The elder Reid left the land of his birth and emigrated to America when a young man. After reaching this country, he made his way to the fertile regions of Ohio, and settled in Pickaway County, Madison Township, where, like the average pioneer, he began housekeeping in a log cabin in a thickly timbered region. To his marriage were born nine children, of whom six are now living: John in Missouri; George in Madison Township, this county; James in Illinois; Andrew and Robert in Harrison Township, Picks-way County, and Nelson in Illinois. The father of these children was one of the honest, large-hearted men of the county, and was prominently identified with its growth and development. He held the office of Justice of the Peace for some time and discharged the duties incumbent on this office in a very satisfactory manner. Our subject became thoroughly familiar with pioneer life in boyhood, and assisted his father in clearing the farm of the heavy timber with which it was covered. Hard work was his portion in early life, and has been for the most part ever since, although he is so comfortably fixed at" the present time that hard work is no longer necessary. Like other pioneer children, he was educated in a log schoolhouse, very different from the fine structures of to-day, and in this he was taught " readin', ritin' and 'rithmetic," the three R's. Although his advantages for receiving an education were not of the best, he has improved his time since and is now a well-posted man on all the current topics of the day. He is a very extensive reader and is intelligent and progressive. As his future companion in life, he selected Miss Mary A. England, who was born on the 6th of June, 1837, and their marriage was solemnized on the 20th of April, 1854. Her parents were John and Hannah (Fate) England. The four children born to our subject and wife are as follows: James M., Francis M.; Hannah E., wife of James M. Schamerhorn, and Sarah S. For many years Mr. Reid has been a resident of Harrison Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, and has lived on his present farm since 1881. He owns eighty acres of land and is a self-made man in every sense of the term. For four years he served as Trustee of Harrison Township and discharged the duties of that office in a capable and efficient manner. In politics, he is a Democrat. Mrs. Reid's father was a native of Maryland and her mother of Perry County, Ohio. About 1853, they moved to Hocking County, Ohio, and later to Pickaway County, of that State, settling in Madison Township. The father subsequently PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 827 died in Franklin County, Ohio, January, 1892, and was then in his ninety-second year. The mother passed away in Pickaway County, Ohio, about 1873. Mr. England had been twice married, and of his children the following survive: Isaac; Catherine, wife of James Shannon; Mrs. Reid; Harriet, Mrs. Northington, a widow; William, Wesley, David, and Samantha, wife of Robert Smith. Mr. England was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as was also his wife, and both were well known throughout the county as honored and respected citizens. DR. EDGAR F. COLLINS, a practicing physician and surgeon of Mt. Sterling, is a native of this State. He was born in Highland County, August 29, 1850, and is a son of George W. Collins, a native of Maryland. He was a carpenter by trade, and when our subject was about two years old removed to Clinton County, Ind. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary Patton, was a native of Paris, Ky., and her father held an office under President Jackson. She was a relative of the Todds and Edgars, of that State, being a second cousin of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Collins spent two years in Clinton County, Ind., and then returned to South Salem, Ross County, where the father died in 1858. The mother was left with nothing but a little home and two acres of land, but 'she managed to keep her family together and provide for their support. Our subject was the third of four children. He was only seven years of age when his father died, and in 1861, at the age of eleven, he began carrying the mail between South Salem and Lyndon Station, making daily trips on foot. That work he continued for six years and at the same time attended South Salem Academy. After four years spent at that school, he began teaching, which profession he followed for nine years, and worked on a farm during the harvest season. He began reading medicine under Dr. A. J. Strain, of London, Ohio. At the age of twenty-five, he entered the Doctor's office, where he continued his studies for a year and a half. He then entered the Starling Medical College of Columbus, where he took a course of lectures, and then secured a position as attendant in an insane asylum, where at the same time he continued his studies. After completing the course, he was graduated, in the spring of 1879, and located in Stark County, Ohio, where he engaged in practice for three years. During that period, Dr. Collins was married, June 15, 1882, to Miss Edith Baker, of London, who was born in that place, and is a daughter of Nelson and Elizabeth (Starks) Baker. Two children have been born unto them: Inez, who was born Mt. Sterling, March 15, 1887; and Todd, born July 2, 1891. The Doctor continued to practice in Minerva, Stark County, until the fall of:1883, and met with excellent success, but his wife's health failed and he removed to Newport, Madison County, where he spent a year and a half. He then came to Mt. Sterling, where he has resided since 1885. He now has a good practice and his patronage is constantly increasing. He is a member of the Madison County Medical Society and ranks high among his professional brethren. In politics, he is a Republican, and in former years took an active part in political affairs, but owing to his increased practice does not now have the time to devote to it. He served as Township Clerk while living in Newport and is Health Officer in Mt. Sterling. He is still a student of his profession, and is a well-informed man. ED E. COCKERILL. This gentleman, who started out in life without money or influence, has by the exercise of fine executive ability succeeded in accumulating a comfortable competency. He is universally known throughout this vicinity as a progressive and wide-awake farmer, who is at present residing in Perry Township, Fayette County. Our subject is the third son of Thomas G. and Sylvitha (Cochran) Cockerill, residents of the above-named township. He was born January 22, 1837, in this township and is, therefore, greatly in- 828 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. terested in all measures that pertain to its welfare. He was reared on his father's farm and, like other pioneer youths, attended the school of his district. On starting out in life for himself, which he did at the age of twenty-one, Mr. Cockerill chose the occupation of a farmer, of which calling he has made so signal a success. October 11, 1859, Miss Herrissa, daughter of George Bincgar, became the wife of our subject. Mr. Bincgar, who is now deceased, was one of the early settlers in Perry Township, where he was held in high esteem. Mrs. Cockerill was born in 1841, and by her union with our subject have been born eleven children, nine of whom are living. Their names are as follows: Dennis C., Eldridge C., both deceased; Minnie A., Albert G., Carrie P., Orville P., Melvin L., Mary Almedia, Harry G., Rellie, and Willard. Minnie A. married Eugene Homey, lives in Dayton and has three children; Albert G. is married to Miss Naomi Marks, has two children and lives near the old homestead. Mr. Cockerill rented a farm until the outbreak of the Civil War, when' he enlisted in defense of his country's honor, and joined Company I, One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Ohio National Guards, and was mustered into service at Camp Dennison. With his company he was sent to Cynthiana, Ky., where they were captured by Gen. Morgan's force. Being paroled the succeeding day, the company was sent to Cincinnati and thence home. Mr. Cockerill, however, did guard duty at Lytle Barracks until the expiration of his term of enlistment, receiving his honorable discharge in September, 1864. On returning from the army, our subject was engaged on his father's farm until 1865, when he removed to Madison County, Iowa. After a stay there of eighteen months, he settled on a farm in Benton County, Mo., remaining there for a period of eight years, when he again returned to Fayette County. Mr. Cockerill purchased his present place in 1881; it comprises one hundred and fifty-six acres, upon which he has placed the best of improvements. He carries on general farming and by a proper rotation of crops reaps a handsome income. Mr. and Mrs. Cockerill are united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which society they are active workers, our subject being Superintendent of the Sunday-school. Socially, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Martins-burgh, and has filled all the Chairs of that body. The Republican party claims him as one of its influential members as he always casts his vote in favor of its candidates. He has been Trustee of Perry Township and at the present time (1892) is a candidate for County Commissioner. Both Mr. and Mrs. Cockerill are greatly esteemed in their community as honest, upright people, and we are pleased to be able to here present their sketch. J. F. SCHLEYER, coal dealer, Circleville, Ohio. Circleville and vicinity are conspicuous for the Germans, who predominate, and their superior methods in business are evident in the success they have achieved. Our subject is one of the large number of that nationality who have become prominent in their different callings, and he is now one of the substantial and successful coal dealers in Circleville. He was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, on the 16th of May, 1822, and his father, George Schleyer, was also a native of the Fatherland, born in 1798. Grandfather Casper Schleyer was born in Germany, and was a contractor of stone work on the pikes. He died in his native country. The father of our subject was also a contractor of stone work until the last years of his life, when he was engaged in farming. On the 1st of May, 1831, he left his native land for America, taking passage with his wife and two children from Havre, France, in a sailing-vessel, and was sixty-six days on the ocean. They landed in New York city, and from there went to Liverpool, Medina County, Ohio, and remained there until the spring of 1832, when they located in Chillicothe, Ohio. There the father resided until his death in 1865. He was a Lutheran in his religious views, and a Whig in politics. His wife, whose name was formerly Rosena Gunther, was born in Germany, and was PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 829 the daughter of Matthew Gunther, who was a weaver by trade, and who died in his native country, Germany. The mother of our subject received her final summons in Chillicothe. Of the nine children born to this couple, only four are now living. One son, Charles, was in an Ohio regiment as Captain of his company during the Civil War, and served until the close of hostilities. He then located at Sabina, Clinton County, Ohio, and was killed by lightning. J. F. Schleyer, the eldest of the above-mentioned children, attended the schools of his native country from the age of six years until he came with his parents to America. He attended school very little after reaching the States, for his parents were poor and he was obliged to assist in getting a livelihood. He first engaged in sawing wood, and afterwards worked at different occupations until seventeen years of age. At the last-mentioned age, he began learning the moulder's trade, and served an apprenticeship of three years with a Mr. Collins. He afterwards worked for this gentleman for one year, and then was with West & Collins for five years. Subsequently, he was head workman for Mr. Welch, remained with that gentleman ten years, and during that time cast thousands of mouldings. In 1859, he bought a farm in Ross County, Ohio, and after tilling the soil for four years, concluded to move where his children could have better educational facilities. In 1863, he located in Circleville, and, in partnership with Peter Schneider, started the wood and coal business in this place. In this he has been very successful, and is now the owner of considerable property in the city. He continued in partnership with Mr. Schneider for six years, when he bought his partner out, and then built a brick grocery store at the corner of Canal and Mounds Streets. This he conducted under the title of J. F. Schleyer & Son, his son William being in partnership with him, for about five years. He is one of the steady, industrious, business men of the city, and the oldest coal dealer in business here, His coal yards cover two blocks. Our subject was married in Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1844, to Miss Margaret Schneider, a native of Darmstadt, Germany, who came to America with her parents in 1840, and settled with them in Chillicothe, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Schleyer are the parents of five children, who are in the order of their birth as follows: William resides in Columbus, a real-estate man and ex-County Sheriff; Henry, a tinner by trade, resides in Circleville, and is in the coal business with his father; John, Prosecuting Attorney; Fred, clerk in a dry-goods store; and Gustavus A., Assistant Cashier in the Second National Bank. For years Mr. Schleyer has been a member of the Lutheran Church, assisted in building the church in this city, and is at the present time one of the Trustees. In politics, he is a Democrat. JOHN A. SIMMERMAN, a prominent merchant of South Solon, was born in Stokes Township, January 18, 1853. He is a son of Alexander and Sarah (Moon) Simmerman, the father, who was a farmer, still residing in Stokes Township, this county. John A. grew to manhood on the old homestead, and received a fair education in the schools of his district. When choosing an occupation for himself, he learned the carpenter's trade, serving an apprenticeship of four years. He received seventy-five cents a day as wages for his first six months' work, which was then raised to $1 a day, and the last year to $2.50. At the expiration of the four years above mentioned, Mr. Simmerman engaged to clerk for a Mr. Hayes in a general store at South Solon. Remaining with him but a short time, however, he opened up a small stock of goods in partnership with his father, the connection lasting until 1879, when our subject purchased the entire busihess, which he has managed successfully since that time. He is the proprietor of a store, which is stocked with a full supply of general merchandise, and in addition to that property owns a comfortable residence in the city. November 10, 1877, our subject and Miss Kate Shingledecker, of Cincinnati, were united in marriage. Mrs. Simmerman was born March 27, 1853, 830 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. and was the daughter of Isaac and Mary (Brown) Shingledecker, both of whom are now deceased. To our subject and his wife have been born one child, Gail, who was born in South Solon, September 15, 1878. In his political relations, our subject cast his first Presidential vote for Samuel J. Tilden. Although not a politician, he has represented his party as a delegate to various State and congressional conventions. Socially, he is an Odd Fellow, and in all points is looked upon as one of the prominent and progressive citizens of the county. GEORGE WOOD. One of the most pleasant homes for miles around is that which is to be found in Deer Creek Township, Pickaway County, a view of which is shown elsewhere in this volume. It is tastily furnished, and its inmates are surrounded by every refinement and comfort which their culture enables them to enjoy. The landed estate of Mr. Wood comprises about fifteen hundred acres of highly cultivated land, upon which may be found the embellishments of all first-class farms, and such improvements as indicate the owner to be a man of energy of character and perseverance. Born in Franklin County, Ohio, Mr. Wood is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Ramsey) Wood, natives of the Old Dominion. The father served in the War of 1812, being a noted scout and spy, well known for his skill and daring, and his unerring marksmanship with the rifle. About the beginning of the present century, he removed to Kentucky, and some years later came to Ohio. He and his good wife became the parents of five children, of whom the only survivors are Lewis C., who resides in Colorado; and George, who was the third in order of birth. When but a child, our subject was orphaned by the death of his parents, after which he was adopted by a bachelor uncle, George Wood, with whom he remained at Chillicothe, Ohio, until he attained his majority. In the year 1840, he accepted the position of clerk in a dry-goods estab lishment at Chillicothe, and remained for four years thus engaged. At the expiration of this time, he came to Pickaway County, and embarked in the cattle business and general farming. April 8, 1852, Mr. Wood was united in marriage with Miss Hannah I., daughter of Hezekiah Ingham, a native of Bucks County, Pa. They became the parents of six children, only two of whom are living, William I., and Mary M. The political belief of Mr. Wood accords with the principles of the Democratic party, to which he adheres. In his religious convictions, he is in sympathy with the doctrines of the Presbyterian Church, and is a man of genial and kindly nature, ever willing to extend his assistance to measures of public interest or private charity. Prior to his retirement from active farming operations, Mr. Wood was one of the most progressive agriculturists, as well as the most extensive stock-raiser, in Pickaway County. Some years since, he retired from business, and his son, William I., has entire supervision of the estate with all its interests. However, he still finds sufficient to occupy his attention, in the varied enterprises in which he is concerned. His geniality has won him a large circle of friends, and he maintains the respect of all his fellow-citizens. ISAAC F. BARGER. The agriculturists of Greene Township, Fayette County, have among their number many whose intelligence, activity and enterprise are a credit alike to themselves and the county in which they make their home. These help to give Fayette County a standing for productiveness and business ability which enriches every farmer within its bounds. Mr. Barger, who resides on section 3,984 of the above-named township, is the son of John Barger, who was born September 10, 1810, a native of this county. His grandfather, Philip Barger, was of German descent, emigrating to this county at an early day from Virginia, settling in Ohio in 1785, long before that then Territory was admitted into the Union. The maiden name of our subject's PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 833 mother was Elizabeth Pavey, a native of Kentucky, and the daughter of Isaac Pavey, who hailed from the Old Dominion. Her father, after residing for a time in Kentucky, came to Highland County, this State, some time in 1790. He was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and established a place of worship at Pleasant Hill. He met his death by being thrown from a horse many years ago. Miss Elizabeth Pavey was born December 24, 1799, and met and married the father of our subject in Highland County, this State, the ceremony being performed July 4, 1832. The parents of our subject soon after their marriage located upon the tract which is the present home of Isaac F., and where the father erected a log shanty, 12x14 feet in dimensions, and set about industriously the work of clearing and improving his purchase. Here they passed their last days, Mr. Barger dying May 28, 1877, being killed by a team of horses, and his good wife March 18, 1879. They were the parents of five children, all of whom are deceased with the exception of him of whom we write. The elder Mr. Barger left an estate at his death of seven hundred acres, almost all of which was under cultivation. They were both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which denomination the father held the position of Class-leader for many years. He was very prominent in agricultural circles, where his word was considered as good as his bond. The original of this sketch was born September 18, 1840, on the farm where he is residing at the present time. His primary studies were conducted in the common schools of that period, and were later supplemented by an attendance at Oberlin College and at Greenfield, this State. He remained under the parental roof until attaining his twenty-fourth year, when he was married, October 25, 1864, to Isabel A., daughter of Samuel and Rosana (Wilithong) Pavey, the father a native of Highland County, and the mother of Ross County, this State. Her grandparents on the paternal side were Jesse land Sallie (Stafford) Pavey, the former having been born January 14, 1814. The parents of Mrs. Barger were married in 1833, soon after which event they located in Highland County, 40 where the father was a well-to-do farmer. He passed from this life in 1859, his.good wife surviving him many years, dying May 3, 1879. Mrs. Barger was born January 2, 1846, in Highland County, where she was given a good education in the common schools. After her marriage with our subject, they made their home for a time on the old homestead of John Barger. Later, however, our subject's father presented him with a farm valued at $7,000, and upon the death of the latter he came into possession of the home farm. His landed estate now comprises nine hundred and sixty-nine acres, which bear all the latest improvements in the way of buildings and machinery. His present handsome residence was erected in 1880, at a cost of $7,500, and is the finest in the township. His elegant barn, 48x70 feet in dimensions, was built in 1887, and is supplied with all modern conveniences in the way of providing for his stock. His granary is 32x24 feet in size, and a barn which shelters twelve cows is 24x34 feet. His estate is thoroughly drained, having seventeen miles of tiling, one-third of which our subject caused to be laid. He carries on general farming, giving considerable attention to raising fine breeds of hogs and cattle, of which he has some fine specimens. Mr. and Mrs. Barger have been granted a family of four children: John W., born March 6, 1868, married Ida Kratzer, and resides in Leesburgh, being Assistant Cashier of the Leesburgh Bank; Harry Q. was born December 18, 1871; Leroy T., June 7, 1880, and Elizabeth Chloe, September 6, 1882. They are all being given good educations. Harry Q. attended the Portsmouth Military School for six months, and is now a student of the Ohio Wesleyan University. Mr. and Mrs. Barger are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which society our subject has been an active worker, serving in the capacity of Trustee, Steward and Class-leader. At the present time, he is Superintendent of the Sunday-school where his son John W. is Secretary and his wife a teacher. The latter is connected with the Woman's Foreign and Home Missionary Society, and is a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. he of whom we write has served on the School Board of 834 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. his district, and in politics votes the Prohibition ticket. He has been Township Trustee and was elected Justice of the Peace, but refused to qualify. The family have an extended circle of acquaintances in this section, where they are admired for their intelligence and uprightness of life. HON. NELSON J. TURNEY was one of the most prominent citizens that Pickaway County has ever known. The part which he has played in its development well entitles him to honorable mention in its history. He was born in Circleville, November 7, 1820, and died at his home in this city, March 4, 1883. Ile is a direct descendant of Daniel Turney, a French Huguenot, who, with his brothers, Peter and Adam, was driven from France in the latter part of the seventeenth century by papal persecution. They landed in Philadelphia in 1668. Henry Turney, son of David, was the grandfather of our subject. He removed to Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, Va., where he married Miss Embly, of German descent. They had six children, all of whom died young, with the exception of Daniel, father of Nelson, who was born in Shepherdstown August 15, 1786. The father, Henry, removed to Chillicothe, Ohio, about 1800, and followed the occupation of a potter. His death occurred in 1812. Dr. Daniel Turney was graduated from the Medical College of Philadelphia and began the practice of his profession in Jefferson, Ohio, in 1806. He was married, November 5,1816, to Jane Sirling, daughter of Gen. James Denny. They had four children, Henry, Nelson, Isabella and Samuel, all now deceased. Gen. Denny was one of the most prominent pioneers of the Northwestern Territory. He was born in Chester County, Pa., September 11, 1767, and was in the War of 1812. He was married to Isabel Barr, of Wheeling, W. Va., in 1797, and in a keel boat removed to Marietta, Ohio, long before the era of steam navigation. In Marietta, his daughter, Mrs. Turney, was born April 11, 1798. Gen. Denny moved to Chillicothe in 1799 and came to Piekaway County in 1807. He was a Government Surveyor and owned the Fredonia newspaper, the first newspaper published in Pick-away County. In 1813, he was Clerk of the Courts of this county. He entered the United States' service in the war with Great Britain as Major and rose to the rank of Major-General. He died in Philadelphia November 23, 1815. Few men of his time filled a more honorable position in Ohio than did Gen. Denny. The Huguenot emigrants to America contributed more, in proportion to their number, to the culture and prosperity of their adopted country than any other nation, and of his ancestry Mr. Turney of this sketch may well be proud. No less than three of the seven Presidents of the Philadelphia Convention during the Revolutionary War were of Huguenot parentage. The members of the Turney family became prominent in their various lines of business. Dr. Turney showed the superiority of the race in the skill, intelligence and energy with which he practiced his profession. He was a Surgeon in the War of 1812 and rapidly attained eminence. His distinguishing characteristics were firmness and courage, qualifications indispensable to the successful surgeon. To these he added remarkable energy and great love for his profession, and his skill and ability were widely recognized. he won a foremost rank among his professional brethren of the State, and his death, in 1827, was considered an irreparable loss to the community as well as to his family, which consisted of wife and four children, the eldest of whom was only ten years of age at the time of the father's death. One son, Dr. Samuel D., who died in 1878, was an eminent man in his profession and served with distinction as a Surgeon and Medical Director during the Rebellion, being breveted for his meritorious conduct. He was also Surgeon General of Ohio under Gov. Hayes, and was a prominent and popular member of the faculty of Columbus Medical College. Nelson J. Turney, whose name heads this sketch, was educated in the public schools and in Dr. Washburn's Academy in Franklin County. He was thrown upon his own resources when fifteen years of age and was employed as clerk in the Columbus postoffice under Belah Latham, an intimate friend PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 835 of his father, and the father of the Hon. Milton S. Latham, a millionaire in California. In 1837, he entered the house of Fay Kilbourne & Co., of Columbus, where he remained until 1840, when, with his mother and her family, he returned to his native town. He was employed by H. & W. Bell until appointed by the Board of Public Works as Collector of Tolls for the Ohio & Erie Canal at Circleville, holding the position until superseded at the time of a change in the political administration of this country. In 1843, he entered the employ of the celebrated firm of Neil, Moore & Co., the extensive and widely-known stage-coach proprietors. That was the day of stages. The coach wheeled through the village streets, its bugle awakening the echoes of the night, causing the inhabitants to start forth with more interest than a railway train ever occasions. While Mr. Turney was in the employ of the stage company, a difficulty occurred with a Missouri company and he was forthwith dispatched to Missouri with a full equipment of coaches and horses to run an opposition line in that State and bring the Western company to a realizing sense of their temerity in assuming to run counter to the will of the more powerful Ohio corporation. This prompt action of the Ohio company brought the Missouri company to terms when Mr. Turney had only reached Indianapolis, and he was at once ordered North with his outfit and distributed the horses and coaches along the Lake shore between Sandusky and Detroit. He established headquarters in Toledo and remained in charge until the spring of 1844, when he returned to Columbus. The following year, he removed to Philadelphia and spent about a year in the wholesale dry-goods house of Miller, Cooper & Co., after which he returned to the Buckeye State. About that time, Mr. Turney married Miss Dorothy, daughter of George Renick, of Chillicothe. He embarked in the mercantile business on his own account in Circleville and afterward sold out and went to Chillicothe. In 1850, he was again in Pickaway County and engaged in farming and stock-raising on an extensive scale. Twenty years after, with the intention of retiring from business, he sold his farm and removed to Circleville and there built a beautiful and commodious residence, which is still the home of his widow. He took a deep interest in agriculture for many years and tried to secure a higher standard of excellence in farm management. He was au active member of the County Agricultural, Society from its organiization and served for many years as its President. He was a prominent member of the State Board of Agriculture from 1862 until 1870, and was President of the Board from 1862 until 1863. He was much interested in the turnpike system and built the Circleville Pike to Darbyville. He was Superintendent of the building of the Masonic Temple and was Chairman of the committee on arrangements on the occasion of its dedication, June 2, 1879, an event long to be remembered. Few citizens of Ohio received a higher degree of respect and confidence than Mr. Turney. He ever discharged his duties with promptness and fidelity. He was appointed a member of the military committee of his county by the Governor in 1864, and performed his work in the most devoted and self-sacrificing way. He was active in providing for and raising and equipping troops, and otherwise aided in sustaining the State in the dark days of the Civil War. He never received any compensation for his public services, but did all for the love of the cause. In 1859 he declined a nomination for the Legislature. In 1868, he was the Republican candidate for Congress, but the Democratic majority was too great to be overcome. In 1872, he was a delegate to the Republican national convention in Philadelphia, which nominated Gen. Grant for a second term. In 1871, he was selected by the Secretary of the Interior to go as a special agent to investigate the business of the Indian agencies of the Upper Missouri River. In the fall of the same year, in company with the Hon. B. R. Cowan, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, and Col. J. J. Woods, of Kansas, he appraised the Cherokee lands in the Indian Territory. The following year, he visited Sitting Bull's tribe, and, after three months spent in Montana among the savages, without an escort or protection, he led away three thousand of Sitting Bull's warriors and brought about thirty of the most influential of his chiefs to Washington, D. C. He did other service in this line, all of which was most ably performed. In 836 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 1871, Mr. Turney was appointed by President Grant a member of the celebrated Brotherhood of Indian Commissioners, composed of men noted for their philanthropy, and did much to aid in the reform in the Indian service. He continued a member of the board until failing health compelled him to retire in 1875. Mr. Turney was appointed by Gov. Hayes as Trustee of the Cincinnati Asylum for the Insane. On account of his well-recognized business capacity and integrity, he was chosen assignee in the bankruptcy of Lemuel Steele's estate, one of the largest in the Scioto Valley. Unassuming in manner, he was undemonstrative in the expression of his opinions, but none the less firm in his convictions and unswerving in their support and advocacy. He was brave and generous to a fault, and was not bigoted or puritanical in his creed. No one doubted his integrity, and the sobriquet of "Old Honesty,"which was conferred upon him by his associate members in the State Board of Agriculture, was well deserved.. In his life were made evident the best traits of his Huguenot ancestry. Honors were conferred upon him because of his worth, and he became prominent because his ability entitled him to high rank.   REV. J. P. A. DICKEY. Although born in the neighboring county of Ross, Mr. Dickey has spent the greater portion of his active life in Fayette County, and since May, 1888, has resided in Washington C. H. For thirty-five years or more, he has been closely identified with the history of the county, and doubtless no citizen has accomplished larger results in the way of advancing the religious and moral status of his community. During almost the entire period of his residence in this county, he has served as Justice of the Peace, and has also occupied other positions of trust and responsibility. In 1867, Mr. Dickey was licensed to preach in the Presbyterian Church, since which time he has filled different charges, among them the pastorates at Bainbridge, Wilkesville, McArthur and Hamden, and at present is the minister in the last named church. Through careful study, he has become well versed in Biblical lore and his deep earnestness and broad knowledge admirably qualify him . for the laborious work of a preacher. Prior to his removal to Washington C. H., he made his home in Bloomingburgh, and still owns property in that village and a farm four miles distant. Born May 4, 1828, our subject is the son of Alexander and Jane (Henry) Dickey, natives of South Carolina. Removing from their native State, they resided for a time in Tennessee, thence removed to Kentucky, whence, after a short sojourn, they came to Ohio. Grandfather Dickey was the owner of a large plantation in South Carolina, which Lord Cornwallis used fora camp during the Revolution. Our subject gained the rudiments of his education in the district schools of Ross County, and later attended Salem Academy. His schooling finished, he commenced to farm, and removing to the northern part of Fayette County in 1857, followed agricultural pursuits. July 31, 1852, Mr. Dickey was married to Miss Hannah C., daughter of Col. Peterson, of Frankfort, Ross County, and they became the parents of seven children, as follows: Edith Eliza, who died in Delaware November 6, 1882, and Hattie May, who died in Delaware, November 26, 1882; Elizabeth J., whose death occurred August 23, 1878; one who died in infancy; Martin Luther, who is a farmer residing on the farm in the northern part of the county; Lieut.-Col. J. L., of West Point, Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Iowa, and now Professor of Tactics in Griswold (Iowa) College; and Nellie J., wife of Charles Sturgeon, of Washington C. H. The two daughters, Edith and Hattie, were lovely young ladies and were students in college at Delaware, Edith having almost finished the classical course of the Class of '83, when they were stricken with typhoid fever and died within twenty days of each other. Hattie was of the Class of '85. Mr. Dickey is a veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted August 15, 1862, in Company D, One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio Infantry. With the Thirteenth Army Corps, he marched to the South, took an active part in the siege of Vicks- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 837 burgh, and was discharged at Young's Point, in 1863, on account of general disability. He then resumed farming operations, but soon entered the mercantile business, which he continued until he was licensed to preach. It has ever been his aim to help his neighbors and friends with good counsel and substantial assistance, when it was possible, and it is safe to say that he is highly esteemed by everyone with whom business or social relations have brought him in contact. The following article from the Presbyterian Banner will be of interest to our readers: A ROMANTIC CAREER. One of the most interesting men in Washington C. H. is Rev. J. P. A. Dickey, J. P., supply of the Hamden Presbyterian Church of Vinton County, and who is called by his brethren in the Presbytery "The Bishop of Vinton County." The story of his life, as I heard it from his own lips, is decidedly unique in the ministerial annals of Presbyterianism. He is of South Carolina ancestry, and carries in his pocket a silver half-dollar whose date reminds him of the year of his birth, 1828. He says his father was very poor, and could only give him a long name, John Parsons Alexander, and as he has been a Justice of the Peace for thirty-five years, he has fairly purchased the degree, J. P., which he adds to his name. He became a member of the Presbyterian Church at the age of twelve years. He always wanted to preach, and used to stand on the fence back of the smokehouse and preach to the sheep, which, he says, used to listen with as much interest and attention as the people do now. Brother Dickey took his academic education at Salem Academy, but never went to college or a theological seminary. He says he is "a self-made man, and a little proud of the job." He served in the army during the Rebellion, and at its close was ordained to the ministry. His first field of service was in the Methodist Episcopal Church of Bainbridge, Ohio, for one year. He next supplied the. Piketon Presbyterian Church, in connection with Waverly, where he built a church. After six months' service in the field, he supplied the church at Mt. Sterling a few months. Thence he went to Carthage, Athens County, where he was one year, then to Wilkesville, where he built another church. He remained here as supply for five years, and then went to Hamden, where he has now been four years. He also supplied McArthur for six months, where he also built a church. He has occasionally had a little help from the Board of Home Missions, but for the most part has chiefly supported himself. He is highly respected by the whole community, is heard with pleasure in the Washington C. H. pulpits, and "dispenses justice" fully as much to the satisfaction of the people as did John Calvin himself, to whose picture 'Squire Dickey bears a striking resemblance. He does not wield the sword in vain, and is "a terror to evil-doers." 'Squire Dickey has never been to the General Assembly, because, he says, "the brethren always want to visit their relatives in the various cities, and I vote for them. But it is understood I am to go when the Assembly meets in Denver, as I want to see Pike's Peak." He has not taken a Presbyterian Church paper for twenty-five years, so that his vigorous views on Briggsism cannot be charged to the influence of the religious press, which a speaker at the Detroit Assembly held responsible for the whole trouble. However, as a subscriber to the PRESBYTERIAN BANNER from this on, he will be able to note more accurately the progress of the controversy. ANDREW CARY. Upon a beautiful and well-improved farm in Darby Township, Madison County, is situated the home of Mr. Cary. This handsome farm house' surrounded, as it is, by fine improvements and excellent buildings, is situated two and one-half miles east of Plain City. Mr. Cary was born in Canaan Township, this county, January 21, 1837, and is the son of Solomon Cary, who was born in 1809, in Madison County, and was there reared. His father, Abijah Cary, was a native of Pennsylvania, and came with his father, Luther Cary, to Ohio in 1790, and settled on Darby Creek in Canaan Township. There he died at the age of seventy. three years. Luther Cary's father, John Cary, came from Ireland. The mother of our subject was known in maidenhood as Anna Millikin, and was a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio with her parents, James and Elizabeth Millikin, when she was about sixteen years of age. It was in Canaan Township, Madison County, that she was united in marriage with Solomon Cary, in October, 1835, and they located on a farm there. It was not until 1856 that they moved into Darby Township, where they remained upon a farm until 1877, 838 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. when they moved to Plain City. Here they spent the remainder of their days, and both died at the age of seventy-three. They lie buried side by side in the old Plain City cemetery. Of their three children, the two sons are living, and the daughter died at the age of nine years. Our subject was the eldest child in his father's family, and his brother John, who now resides in Plain City, was born October 28, 1840. Mr. Cary's first schooling was in Darby and Canaan Townships, this county, and he afterward studied in Plain City. He remained with his father until he reached the age of majority, assisting him upon the farm, and was married October 7, 1858, to Flora E. Burnham, a native of Ohio, who was born near Rosedale. Immediately after marriage, the young couple made their home upon the farm where they now reside, a place upon which but scant improvement had been placed, and of which only about forty acres had been cleared. Upon this place were born their four sons and two daughters: Annie is now the wife of James B. Smith, of Monroe Township, Madison County; Henry is a farmer in Darby Township; Nettie E. 'is the wife of J. G. Holycross, a farmer of Darby Township; and Rodney, Burnham and Frank P. reside at home. Mr. Cary has six hundred and eighty-two acres of land in Darby Township, and across the line in Franklin County. His home farm consists of four hundred and fifty-seven and one-half acres, and his other place comprises two hundred and twenty-four and one-half acres. There was a dense forest upon his property in Darby Township, and with his own right arm he cleared most of this land. He has placed .as much as seven miles of tiling in the farm, beside the main outlets. He has been successful in carrying on a general line of farming, and has his place in an excellent state of cultivation. He has helped to make most of the pike roads in the county, and in various ways has helped forward matters of public interest. For many years he was School Director, and has been prominent as Trustee of the township of Darby. His political views are in accordance with the doctrines of the Democratic party, but he is in no sense a politician. Upon his farm he at one time made a specialty of raising fine stock, devoting himself particularly to Short-horn cattle, and Shropshire sheep, but his main business has been in the line of general farming. HON. WESLEY WORK, who has done conspicuous public service and is influential in all things pertaining to the welfare of the community with which he has been so long and closely identified, is a man of wide experience and of more than ordinary ability as a farmer and stockman who stands among the foremost representatives of the agricultural interests of Pick-away County, the farm on which he makes his home in Monroe Township being one of the best in its appointments and in the manner of its management in this part of the State. Our subject was born March 28, 1829, on the shores of Clear Creek, in Fairfield County. Joseph Work, his father, was born in Kishekockley Valley, northwest of Harrisburg, Pa., of which his father, David Work, was one of the first pioneer settlers. He was of Irish birth, and had come to this country after the Revolution. At frst, he lived near Harrisburg, Pa., and carried on his occupation as a farmer. He finally came to Ohio with his family in a wagon, and was an early settler of Fairfield County, where but few pioneers had preceded him, and there he spent his remaining days. He left a wife, who lived to be an old lady, and seven children, of whom the following are the names: Joseph, John, Henry, David, Robert, Elizabeth (Mrs. Carey), and Nancy (Mrs. Watson). Henry and David were tanners, and were among the early settlers of Ft. Wayne, Ind. Robert also located near that town on a farm, and became eminent in the public life of the county, which he represented in the State Legislature one term, and he was also Probate Judge. Joseph Work, the father of our subject, was a farmer and owned a quarter-section of fine land on Clear Creek, in Fairfield County, where he lived many years. He finally removed to Hock- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 839 ing Township, where he bought two hundred and forty acres of landed property. He was a hard worker, and was possessed of great mechanical genius, and besides attending to his farming interests, made plows and did some cabinet-work. He dealt in stock extensively, often buying cattle and driving them to Philadelphia, where he secured a good market for them. In him the Methodist Church had one of ifs most earliest and useful members. Politically, he was a Whig until the formation of the Republican party, and then he joined that. He was a well-known figure in the military circles of Fairfield County as Captain of a company of citizen-soldiers. The mother of our subject was Ann Harrison in her maiden days, and she was a native of Winchester, Va., whence she came to Ohio with her parents in the early years of the settlement of this State. She was the mother of these eight children: Mary (Mrs. Geiseman), Martha (Mrs. Walker), John, Silas, William, Wesley, Margaret (Mrs. Schleich) and James. The mother was a devoted Christian and a member of the Methodist Church. The subject of this biography passed his boyhood on his father's farm, working on it in the summer time as soon as large enough, and attending school winters in the primitive log house of pioneer times, furnished rudely with slab benches, and conducted under the rate-bill system. At the age of seventeen, our subject crossed the mountains on his way to Philadelphia, five hundred miles distant, with a drove of one hundred cattle, which was quite a responsible task for one so young. He continued as a drover until 1857, making his headquarters one year in Philadelphia, and driving cattle from there to New York. At the age of nineteen, his father gave him an interest in the stock business and he began life on his own account. In the year 1857, he located at Ashville, this county, and engaged in feeding hogs at the distillery for the ensuing two years. His next venture was to buy a distillery, which he operated until 1864, when he sold it and bought seven hundred and fifteen acres of land here. He has disposed of a part of that tract, and now has five hundred and thirty-five acres of fine farming land, nearly all of which is improved, and nearly all the improvements are the work of his own hand; neat fences have been put up to divide the land into convenient fields, which are well drained and highly cultivated, and substantial buildings for every needed purpose adorn the place, including a handsome and commodious brick residence that was built in 1867-68. Our subject has raised a great deal of grain, and also of stock, making somewhat of a specialty of thorough-bred Short-horn cattle. He sold a steer for $350, and it was taken to Trenton, N. J., to be slaughtered at a barbecue given in honor of the inauguration of Gov. Beadle, the first Democratic Governor of that State after the war. Mr. Work still has some fine Short-horns, but finds that the demand for this breed has decreased. He has raised some choice high-bred Norman and Hambletonians, as fine draft horses and roadsters as can be found in this vicinity. He had a young Norman gelding that weighed sixteen hundred and ninety pounds when it was only two years and two months old, and now at three years old weighs nineteen hundred and twenty-flue pounds and is sixteen and three-quarter hands high, and took first premium at the State Fair, September 13, 1892. In sheep, he raises the Cotswold, crossed with the. Shropshires. Mr. Work was united in marriage with Miss Catherine Grove September 8, 1859, and she has been to him all that the word wife implies. She is a woman of noble character, of intelligent mind and possesses a warm, generous heart, that makes her a true friend to all who come under her influence. Mrs. Work is a native of Pennsylvania, born January 26, 1836, and she was but two years old when her parents, Henry and Rachel (Betz) Grove, brought her to this county in 1838. Six of the seven children born of her marriage with our subject are living: Joseph S., Mary S., Pliney G., Jessie F., Claud W. and Taswell B. Rose M. died March 15,1875, in the fifteenth year of her age. Our subject is one of the leaders of the Democratic party in this section, and was selected by his fellow-citizens to represent this district in the State Legislature in the fall of 1883. He served 840 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD with honor four years, and his career as a legislator was marked with the same tact, accuracy, and far-seeing business policy that have always characterized his management of his private affairs. He was always found to be at his post during the sessions of the Legislature, and his public spirit and evident desire to help forward all plans devised for the improvement of county or State were an inspiration to his fellow-members. He was a member of the Committee on Public Buildings, and on Ditches, Drains, Watercourses and Public Ways; and he introduced the bill to authorize the building of the Soldiers' Monument at Circleville, also a bill to erect a schoolhouse at New Holland, besides some minor bills.               GEORGE V. REGGIN, of Monroe Township, a farmer of progressive qualifications, occupied a position of some prominence in the social and political circles of Pickaway County, was born in Madison Township, Fayette County, May 21, 1850. His father, Jeremiah Reggin, was born in Delaware December 1, 1816. He was a son of William C. Reggin, who was also a native of Delaware, born February 22, 1789, and of English descent. He was a shipman and owned a vessel, which plied on the Delaware River. He also owned and managed a farm of finely improved land at Cannon's Ferry. He finally disposed of his property in his native State, and, coming to this county in 1831, located at Williamsport, having made the journey thither with a team in eight weeks. He subsequently went to Illinois and made investments, but continued his residence here for many years. His wife died here in the prime of life and he never remarried. His last years were spent with his children in Moultrie County, Ill., where he died at the age of eighty-four. He reared a family of seven children, as follows: Isaac C., who is living in Moultrie County, Ill., at the age of eighty-six years; Emeline, Mrs. Timmons, aged eighty-four years, who is also living in that county; Deborah, deceased; Jeremiah .J.; Ellen, Mrs. Huitt, deceased; Charles, deceased; and William. Jeremiah J. Reggin was sixteen years old when he accompanied his parents to their new home in this State. He became one of the most prosperous farmers of this section, carrying on a good business as a mixed farmer, and he owned over two hundred acres of land in Fayette and Pickaway Counties. He was a driving, pushing, ambitious man, who knew just how to manage his affairs in the best manner. He was one of the truest and most loyal of men, with a deep and abiding patriotism, as was shown by his course in the late war, and no nobler or braver soldier went forth to help fight his country's battles than he. In August, 1862, he was busily stacking wheat when several of his neighbors called upon him, and said that if he would enlist they would. His immediate response as he descended from the rick was "Come on, boys," and he at once went to Mt. Sterling and enrolled his name as a member of Company G, One Hundred and Thirteenth Ohio Infantry. He served nearly three years, was always at the front in every battle in which his regiment took part, and at all times displayed a true soldierly spirit, which would have won him high honors had he not modestly declined promotion. At Chickamauga, he captured the rebel flag after three men had been shot in making the attempt, and for that gallant act he was offered a commission, but he refused it, preferring to remain in the ranks, and on two other occasions bravery would have received like reward if he would have accepted. He passed unscathed through the heat of many a battle, and endured the hardships of the long march with Sherman to the sea and other campaigns without his health giving way so seriously as to necessitate his going to a hospital. He was a Republican to the heart's core, and took a deep interest in politics, though he never cared for office. Religiously, he was a Methodist, and was one of three members to build the church at Waterloo. Mr. Reggin was twice married. His first wife, a Miss Ritchie, of this county, died in 1846, a year after marriage, leaving no issue. His second marriage, which took place in 1847, was with Miss PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 841 Mary Davis, who is still living on the old farm in Fayette County. She is a native of that county, born October 24, 1823, in the pioneer home of Jonathan and Mary (Van Doler) Davis, who were natives of Pennsylvania. The Van Dolers were among the earliest settlers of Ohio, coming to this State in 1796, as was also the Davis family which came at about the same time. Mrs. Reggin's father was a farmer, and owned considerable land in Fayette County, where he always lived after he came to Ohio, and there he died in 1834. Besides his property here, he had some real estate in Illinois. He had but one child by his second marriage, Mrs. Reggin, but he had three children by a former marriage. Mrs. Reggin has five children, all living, as follows: William, George V., John 0., Lawson D., and Eber A. George V. Reggin of this biographical review was given educational advantages in the village school at Waterloo, Ohio, and in the Normal School at Lebanon, also in the Normal at Bloomington, Ill., which he attended in 1873. He entered the profession of teacher, and was engaged at it some twenty-five terms, teaching two terms in Macon County, Ill., one term in Douglas County, Kan., and the remainder of the time in Fayette and Pickaway Counties. He was married August 29, 1876, to Miss Alice McCafferty, whose father is represented in this volume. Mrs. Reggin was born in this county October 24, 1851. Mr. Reggin farmed in Fayette County for a year after marriage, but in 1877 he came to Pickaway County to live with his father-in-law, and he has ever since managed his farm, engaging in general farming. He tills about three hundred acres of land, and last year had one hundred acres in corn and sixty acres in wheat. He is also interested in stock, and has fifty head of fine cattle. Our subject is one of the tried and true Repub licans of this district, and is looked to by his fellow Republicans at the county seat to make poll of the votes cast in this township on election days, and to look after the political fences of the party in general. He was Assessor of the township two years, and was Township Clerk three years. In his social relations, he is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows' lodges at Mt. Sterling, being a member of the Royal Arch and Knight Templar lodges at Washington C. H. Religiously, both he and his amiable wife are members in high standing of the Methodist Church, and take an active interest in its welfare. He is Steward and Trustee of the Church, an& for three years he was Superintendent of the Sunday-school. DANIEL A. COUNTS owns and operates three hundred and fifteen acres of valuable land a mile and a half from Midway. He was born in his present home, December 19, 1826, and is a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Walker) Counts. His father was born November 30, 1780, in Rockingham County, Va., and, when a young man, emigrated to Ross County, Ohio. He afterward came to Range Township, Madison County, where, by his industry and good management, he became owner of over three thousand acres of land in Ohio, seven hundred in Vermillion County, Ill., and three hundred in Kansas. He died January 22, 1873. His family numbered thirteen children, all of whom grew to mature years, while twelve of the children married. Our subject grew to manhood in this locality, and, at the age of eighteen, started out in life for himself. He cleared land for his father for the use of it for several years, and in this way got a start in life. He was married, April 28, 1863, to Miss Rachel L. Tracey, of Range Township, who was born in Fayette County, August 12, 1838. Previously, he had purchased some land from the Government, and also had eighty acres in Livingston County, Ill., upon which was a sawmill, but he never made his home there. After his marriage, he removed to his present place of residence. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Counts were born eight children, seven yet living: Laura A., born November 18, 1863, is the wife of William Dorn, and has two children; Jennie B., born November 28, 1864, is the wife of Charles Myers, and has two children; Frank L., born January 1, 1866, is at home; Charles W., born April 8, 1867, died November 2, 1886; Edward S., born August 10, 1869; Angie L., Feb- 842 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ruary 3, 1872; Harry A., January 22, 1874; Orestes S., January 5, 1876; and Lewis, October 9,1877. The mother died October 4, 1886. For the benefit of the reader who may be unfamiliar with the matter, we give a brief account of the trouble which arose in Range Township, and which resulted in law suits, and the stirring up of ill feelings and enmity which it will take a generation to wipe out of existence. About 1873, one Solomon Crittenham came into the township and called upon Mr. Counts, desiring to rent a place for the year. Mr. Counts told him that his land was all rented, but he could occupy one of his houses, which was at that time empty, and the man moved into that place. He was hired by Mr. Counts to cut a ditch, which he did, but the ditch having no fall, our subject graded it. When Mr. Crittenham finished the work, he presented a bill to Mr. Counts, which included the labor of the latter gentleman, and demanded pay for the entire job. Mr. Counts naturally refused to pay for his own work, at which Mr. Crittenham sued him, being advised by the "Squire" that it was a good chance to make some money. Evidence of an immaterial nature, not at all connected with the case, was introduced, and the suit resulted in favor of Mr. Crittenham, and Mr. Counts was obliged to pay the costs and lose all his own work on the ditch besides. Then Crittenham commenced throwing down fences, letting stock into the fields, destroying the grain, hauling off rails, and in every way trying to injure Mr. Counts. Daniel Counts, Sr., died January 22, 1873, and in dividing up the estate, which was done by the Commissioners and the Court, Joseph Counts, one of the heirs, was dissatisfied with the division because they awarded land to Daniel A. that he himself desired. Finding that the Judge, constable and lawyers were in favor of Crittenham, he came over to their side, and united with them in an effort to secure one hundred and ten acres of our subject. In the spring of 1874, the Crittenham "ring" was formed, and when Mr. Counts gave Mr. Crit-tenham notice to leave the place, this ring made a plot among the tenants to change houses on the night previous, and when the constable came with his writ, nothing could be done. For another year, Crittenham held forcible possession, continuing his underhand meanness, and one night Mr. Counts' mill, with everything in it, was burned to the ground. Believing this to be the work of his enemy, the owner had Crittenham arrested, but when the trial was held, the Judge wanted Mr. Counts to prove beyond doubt that Crittenham was the incendiary, which, of course, Mr. Counts could not do. The case was therefore gained by the defendant, and Mr. Counts had all the costs to pay. Upon renting his share of the estate to James Lyons, Joseph Counts and Crittenham debarred the tenant and our subject from the land with injunctions for two years. This made Mr. Lyons so indignant, that, meeting Crittenham at London, he struck the man, and was thereupon arrested, and would have been put in jail had not our subject gone on his bond and paid all costs. Some of the neighbors, disgusted with Crittenham, attempted to get him to leave the country, but he had them arrested, and in the trial it appeared that the matter was originated by two men named Timons and Thompson. Finding that the case was going against them, they swore that D. A. Counts asked them to go to Crittenham's, and stated that the fact could be proved by a man in the court house. The man was put on the witness stand and gave his evidence that D. A. Counts did not get him to go to Crittenham's, whereupon the lawyer inquired why he went, and he replied that he went to see what the others were going to do. Other witnesses swore that Mr. Counts had a supper as a means of persuading them to go. This was done in order to get out of trouble themselves, and have Mr. Counts responsible for the costs, and they were successful in the attempt, for the costs, about $1,200, were put on our subject. By this time Mr. Counts had lost not only his money, but part of his stock, in law suits, and, being unable to pay his indebtedness, the Squire issued a warrant to have him put in jail, but as there was no law permitting a man to be imprisoned for debt, he levied on some stock that was advertise for sale. Before the day of the sale, however, the amount was paid. The Commissioners of the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 843 estate of Daniel Counts, deceased, opened a country road across the land for the benefit of the heirs, but the Crittenham "ring" fenced the road up at night, hauled the rails away, and threw them in the creek. The judge, suspecting the perjury of witnesses, charged the jury, if they were doubtful of the evidence, to take it for what it was worth, but no attention was paid to the charge, and the case was decided in favor of Crittenham. Mr. Counts brought action before Squire McCormick at London, but his lawyer failed to appear at the trial until the lawyer employed by Crittenham had gained the case, and the costs, amounting to $35, had to be paid by our subject. Mr. Lyons and others getting into trouble with the same man, and losing the case, the costs, $226.94, were paid by Mr. Counts. Our subject next brought action at Circleville before the Judge to dissolve the injunction, and gained the case. In the spring of 1875, he gave Crittenham notice to leave his place, but the man proved by his "ring" that he had rented of Mr. Counts, and so staid for another year, continuing his wicked deeds with the usual fine harvest for squires, constables and lawyers. Mr. Counts brought action before the Judge to try the rights of the land, and in the trial the "ring" produced a note against Daniel Counts, deceased, of $4,000 or $5.000 to cover the land in dispute, but the note was pronounced a forgery, and was laid on one side by the Judge. This suit was gained by Mr. Counts. In the spring of 1876, Mr. Counts gave Crittenham another notice to leave his place, and on the day of the trial, the man removed his goods from the house, which was immediately taken possession of by one of Mr. Counts' farm hands. The "ring" forthwith cut down timber on his land, with which they built Crittenham a house on land belonging to Joseph Counts, and again commenced cutting down timber, hauling off rails, etc. Mr. Counts had them arrested and brought action against them for two years' rent, but in the trial they proved the land was valueless, so the suit was decided against Mr. Counts, although he had proved that the land was worth $50 per acre. Seeing that there was no more business for him there, Crittenham left the neighborhood and removed to Fayette County. where he was soon injured in a fight. Having no friends there, he returned to Range Township, but his old partners had found that there was no money in him, but considerable danger of getting into trouble, so they would have nothing to do with him. He then packed his goods for the North, and the last heard of him was that he was killed in a smokehouse while in the act of stealing meat. Thus terminated the career of a scoundrel. We may mention that Daniel A. and Joseph Counts were good friends until the Commissioners and Court awarded a piece of land to the former that the latter desired; also that not one of the heirs gave anything to our subject for his loss and trouble. Politically, Mr. Counts was a stanch Democrat; until his friends in that party united with Crittenham in the effort to swindle him, when he left the party and never expects to vote the Democratic ticket again. His place is among the most progressive farmers of his community, and his farm is in a high state of cultivation and well improved. THOMAS S. WORTHINGTON. Among the representative and successful farmers and stock-raisers of Concord Township, Fayette County, the name of Mr. Worthington may well appear, as his magnificent estate of fourteen hundred acres bears every mark of the hand of a progressive and systematic farmer. He is the eldest son of Joseph C. Worthington, his birth occurring in Highland County, this State, August 18,1829. He was reared on his father's farm and attended school in the log cabin of that early day. His advantages were very limited, however, but being an apt pupil, he gained sufficient knowledge to give him an impetus to go on by himself. Thomas S. Worthington remained under the parental roof until reaching his twentieth year, at which time he formed a partnership with his father and brother Robert, and carried on farming for ten years in a partnership. He has given his entire 844 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. time and attention to cultivating the soil, carrying on mixed husbandry. His possessions, as has already been stated, comprise fourteen hundred acres, four hundred of which are under the plow. his place is constantly stocked with the best grades of cattle, Mr. Worthington keeping on hand about two hundred and fifty head. He also deals extensively in horses, sheep and swine, of which he has some fine specimens. The original of this sketch when starting out on his own responsibility had three hundred and thirty-two acres of land. The remainder of his land has been obtained by his persistent industry and good management. He is one of the largest land-holders and stock-raisers in Fayette County, and thus ranks among the wealthy and progressive business men of this section, where he is so widely and favorably known. He of whom we write served in the Morgan raid during the Civil War, and in his political belief is a strong Republican. He has made Concord Township his home since eighteen years of age and through his own efforts has-attained an enviable position in the agricultural community, where his word is considered as good as his bond. MARTIN E. DREISBACH has been a resident of Pickaway County since he came here, a boy of five years, in 1831. He is now engaged, in the implement and seed business at Circleville, and also superintends the management of the valuable farming lands which he owns. He was born near Lewisburg, Union County, Pa., September 8, 1826, and traces his ancestry to the holders of the earldom of Witgenstein, Germany, where his great-grandfather, Martin Dreisbach, was born in 1717. That gentleman married Anna Eve Hoffman, and with her emigrated to the United States in 1746, buying a farm in Lancaster County, Pa., and there engaging as a blacksmith and miller. In 1763, he removed to Berks County, Pa., and ten years later purchased a farm in Buffalo Valley, Union County. The Valley was at that time a frontier settlement, and three years after settling there, the great-grandparents of our subject were compelled to flee from the place, in order to escape the Indians' tomahawk. When danger was past, they returned to their home, where the wife died in March, 1789, and the husband in February, 1799. Their sons were Jacob, Henry, John and Martin, and their daughters, Margaret and Catharine. Martin married Sabina F. Bucks, and their children were John, Anna Eve, Susannah, Leah, Elizabeth and Martin. It is with the history of John, the father of our subject, that we are particularly interested. He was born .in Berks County, Pa., June 5, 1789, the eldest of six children. He was the son of pious parents, both of whom were for many years members of the Evangelical Association, and it was therefore but natural that the son should inherit a deeply religious nature. He obtained a rudimentary education, and at an early age exhibited those traits of character which grew stronger as he grew older, and which made him one of the great forces in building up the Evangelical Association. He gave himself to his life work with enthusiasm and zeal, and every page of the history of the Association bears tribute to his influence and ability. He entered the ministry of the Association in Pennsylvania when eighteen years old, as is asserted by some of his descendants, but according to the early records of the church in Pennsylvania, at the age of seventeen. One year after entering the ministry, Rev. John Dreisbach went out as a traveling preacher, and thus began his career of widely-extended usefulness. He was the fifth itinerant appointed, and during his first service in that capacity, was often accompanied by the famous founder of the Association, the brave, zealous and much-maligned Rev. Jacob Albright. In his later years, Mr. Dreisbach wrote of that co-laborer as follows: " I derived much benefit from his paternal instruction and pious example, as well as from his fervent prayers, childlike confidence in God and his humble resignation to His holy will. All this made deep impression on my mind, and was highly useful to me afterward in my calling as a Christian and minister of the Gospel." PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 845 In 1807, Mr. Dreisbach was stationed with another minister, George Miller, upon a circuit which embraced about twenty appointments and included parts of the counties of Dauphin, Lebanon, Lancaster, Berks, Bucks, Montgomery, Northampton, Lehigh and Schuylkill. The next year, he was transferred to the Northumberland circuit where his duties were difficult and attended with great disadvantages. About that time, there arose a powerful storm of opposition, persecution and calumny against the Association and those who labored in the cause. The storm was directed principally against the Methodists, who were increasing very rapidly at that time, but the people generally understood by the term Methodist the Evangelical Association also and all who held the same or similar views. Libels were uttered, violence was often threatened, and some even declared their willingness to take up arms against the struggling church, if it were not contrary to law. An incident in the life of the Rev. Mr. Dreisbach confirms what has been said of the bitterness against the preaching of the Association. The facts as here recorded are taken from Rev. W. W. Orwig's " History of the Evangelical Association." In the month of August, 1808, it appears that the preacher returned from a general meeting in order to fill an appointment at Jonestown, Lebanon County, Pa. As he bad been disturbed while preaching there before, it was his intention to bold services on that occasion among his friends, without giving any public notice. " From fear, not of the Jews, but of the heathen-like Christians," the doors were locked and the window shutters fastened on the inside before the services commenced. After singing and prayer, Mr. Dreisbach began his sermon, but the preliminary exercises had been heard by some of their enemies, who began to gather outside the house, and, forcing the doors and shutters open, entered the room, making a great noise and giving utterance to violent imprecations. The preacher went among the crowd to restore order, but was seized by several ruffians and dragged toward the door. The lights were extinguished and he was very roughly treated. The men who had seized him called to their compan ions who were outside, " Boys, open the door; we have got him," and they replied, " Give it to him! kill the priest!" Mr. Dreisbach was apprehensive of the worst, and, concentrating his strength by a sudden effort, he freed himself from the men, but he was still in the midst of the crowd in the intense darkness. As his assailants were groping around for him, cursing his escape, they accidentally bestowed several blows upon each other, and while they were thus engaged, he slipped out of the crowd and escaped. The ringleaders of the mob were arrested. Mr. Dreisbach continued to preach in the Lancaster, Northumberland and Lebanon circuit for many years. He received a tempting offer from Bishop Asbury, of the Methodist Episcopal- Church, to join that denomination, but declined on account of his affection for the Association. His allegiance to the organization was unwavering, although he could have improved his financial condition by joining a church of similar faith. The pay was small for a number of years, first $30 and later $50, which seems insufficient to support a man and his family. In 1812, Mr. Dreisbach was placed in charge of the mission of New York, and while there passed through many trials and suffered much from physical ailments, but soon gained renewed strength for his enlarged responsibilities. After 1812, the affairs of the Association devolved upon him, and he was thereafter engaged in laying out new circuits in the West. In 1814, the Conference elected him Presiding Elder. During 1815, he preached several times in Philadelphia, and in the following year traveled Westward as far as Buffalo and Niagara Falls, preaching there and in Canada. From that time onward, Mr. Dreisbach's sphere constantly enlarged. He completed a catechism which came into general use, and in conjunction with a brother minister, arranged the German hymn book and rearranged and improved the Articles of Faith and Discipline. He enjoyed an ever-increasing popularity both as preacher and citizen. In 1828-29, he was a member of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, and at a later period his name was mentioned as candidate for Governor of that State, but he had no ambition for official distinction and no enthusiasm for any labor except that 846 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. which would advance the interest of the church and the cause of Christianity. In 1831, he removed to Ohio, and bought a farm in Pickaway County. However, he paid only little attention to it, but continued his labors as minister, beginning among his neighbors and afterward having charge of the circuit of Pickaway County. For a time, he was stationed at Dayton and Chillicothe, and for several years was editor of the Evangelical Messenger, the organ of the Association at Cleveland, Ohio. His life was one of unremitting activity, and after he had ceased preaching on account of the infirmities of age, his pen was constantly employed in furnishing religious articles for the press. With scarcely a thought for himself, but seeking the advancement of the Church and the spiritual good of his neighbors and humanity in general, he labored on day after day until his life was brought to a close August 20, 1871, at Circleville. The first marriage of Mr. Dreisbach united him with Catharine Eyer, who died leaving two children. The second marriage was to a sister of the first wife, Fannie Eyer, who died in 1876, at the age of eighty-five years. Our subject was the eighth in order of birth among the children of the second union. At the age of five years, he accompanied his parents from Pennsylvania to Ohio, where he received a common-school education. When twenty-one years old, his father assisted him to buy one hundred and sixty acres on section 17, Pickaway Township. He cleared the most of the land, erected fine buildings, and added to it until he owned one hundred and eighty-seven acres. In 1863, our subject enlisted in the Ohio State Militia, and in May of the following year, was mustered in at Camp Dennison, becoming a member of Company A, One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Ohio Infantry. He did garrison duty at Norfolk, Va., City Point, Whitehouse Landing and Martinsburg, Va., and at the expiration of his term of service returned home. He resumed his farming operations, and in 1874 bought a farm of one hundred and seventy-three acres on section 18, Pickaway Township, thus becoming the owner of three hundred and sixty acres of fine land. In 1876, he rented his farms and located in Circleville, where he has since been engaged in the implement and seed business on Main Street near Court. In 1886, he built an elegant residence on Court and Union Streets, valued at $10,000, which in 1890 he deeded to his only daughter. He still owns a one-half interest in a farm of one hundred and seventy acres in Monroe Township. In 1885, he assisted in organizing the Third National Bank, but sold his stock a few years later. In 1848, Mr. Dreisbach was married to Miss Elizabeth, daughter .of Michael Reedy, and they became the parents of three children, namely: Sarah F., Mrs. Fellows, who died in 1876; Josiah, who died in 1855, when three years old; and Arista, who married H. P. Lorbach, a jeweler at Circleville. Mr. Dreisbach served as Township Trustee six years and Assessor two years. He has been District Deputy of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a charter member and Past Commander of Groce Post No. 156, G. A. R., and has attended the National Encampments of the Order at Denver, Colo., Portland, Me., San Francisco, Cal., St. Louis, Mo., and Columbus, Ohio. For forty years he was a member of the Evangelical Association, but in 1884 united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is Class-leader and Steward. In his political belief, he is a stanch Republican, and has served his party in. various positions of trust. JAMES WALKER, We have here one of the most prominent residents and one of the very oldest settlers of Scioto Township, ) Pickaway County, as there is hardly any one now living who came to this county earlier than he. He was born in Albemarle County, Va., near Charlottesville, the county seat, September 6, 1818, and his father, John Walker, was born on the farm once owned by Thomas Jefferson, at a place called Shadwell, in June, 1786. The grandfather was born in England, and came to America when a young man, working at his trade, which was that of a carpenter, for Thomas Jefferson. He married a Miss Turner at PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 847 Shadwell, and spent the remainder of his life there. His three children were Thomas, Sarah and John, respectively, the latter being the father of our subject. His widow resided with her mother, whose second husband, a Mr. Morgan, carried on a mill belonging to Thomas Jefferson at Old Shadwell. At that place the father of our subject grew to manhood, and soon after leaving there helped to build a large mill at Charlottesville. He then served an apprenticeship as a miller, and in 1816 became head miller, holding that position until 1822. At that time, he bought a mill and carried it on in that county, on Meecham's River, until he came to Ohio in 1834. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, belonging to a cavalry corps which was stationed at Norfolk, Va., to protect the coast against the landing of the British. John Walker came to Ohio in 1834, traveling by team and wagon over the mountains, making the journey of five hundred miles to Columbus in twenty-one days, and located in the township of Scioto, Pickaway County, on land which now adjoins the farm owned by our subject. He improved considerable land, and at one time owned over four hundred acres, building up his property by industry and economy, for he was poor when he came to this State. He was a man of excellent judgment, was highly esteemed, and was a Democrat in his political views. He died in November, 1861. Elizabeth Wertenbaker became the wife of John Walker in June, 1816. She was born in Albemarle County, Va., in 1800, and became the mother of sixteen children, fourteen of whom grew to maturity. They were by name: Mary, James, William, John, Sarah, Susan, Thomas, Adeline, Richard, Benjamin Franklin, Charles, Louisa, Milf red, Meriwether L., and Melissa, respectively, and one who died in infancy. The mother of this numerous family lived to reach her eighty-second year, and died near Salina, Kan., where she had gone to live with her son, Benjamin F. Our subject came here in his seventeenth year, and well recollects the journey over the mountains. He drove a team on the journey, and soon began to help in subduing the land in the new home, although he gained some additional schooling in the primitive schools after coining here. The country was practically a wilderness, there being but one improved place between Commercial Point and Darby Creek, six miles west. At the age of twenty-three, he began for himself, and, as he was the oldest of the boys and the family was large, he had been accustomed to much responsibility. After working out by the month in Champaign County for a year, he put up a log cabin on his father's farm and was married in 1843. After farming there for two years, he moved to Georgesville, Franklin County, where for five years he carried on a general store, which he finally sold, and took an interest in Mr. Beckett's store, at Commercial Point, but two years later sold out his share in this business on account of his health. Mr. Walker next bought seventy-five acres of land, where James Hewitt now resides, and after living on it from 1853 to 1857, he gave up farming and located at Commercial Point, because he had been elected Justice of the Peace and had so much public business to attend to that he could not carry on his farm. He was also made Postmaster, and served from 1858 to 1864, at which time he opened a store, which he disposed of two years later to Mr. Harsh, the present owner. The farm which he now owns was purchased in 1864 and he has put upon it many valuable improvements. Sarah A. Fretwell became the wife of James Walker, December 6, 1843. She was born in Virginia, May 3, 1822, and came here with her parents seven years later. Her five children are Margaret M., William D., Robert R., John F. and Mary L. With the exception of $600 which Mr. Walker received from his father's estate, he has made all his property unaided and now owns some three hundred acres of finely improved land, upon which he carries on mixed farming, making a specialty of sheep, of which he keeps a large number. He built a fine large frame barn in 1883 and has an excellent frame house. As might well be expected, our subject is a Democrat and he says that he was rocked in .the Jeffersonian cradle of Democracy, having been born and reared near the home of that illustrious statesman, Thomas Jefferson, who was so truly revered by his 848 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. father and grandfather. In his service as Justice of the Peace for nine years, he tried numerous cases and never had a decision reversed, which is a record of which he may well feel proud. He has also served as Trustee of the township for many years and in that capacity has aided much in the development of this section.   JOHN MORRIS. The name of Morris is indissolubly connected with the agricultural development of Pickaway County, and with its advancement in other directions, since the very early days of its settlement. The subject of this biographical review is distinguished in its history as one of its first-born sons, who was prominent and influential as a farmer and as a citizen of Walnut Township, his birthplace, during a long and honorable life. He was born July 1806, and was a son of John and Elizabeth (Wells) Morris, who were among the first to take up their abode in the primeval forests of this section. The Morris family was an old and distinguished family of New Jersey, and Morristown of that State was named from our subject's grandfather. The father of our subject migrated from his native State to Ohio at an early day, and was one of the original settlers of Walnut Township, where he entered land from the Government on section 33, and proceeded to b,uild up a home for himself and his family in the primeval forests of Pickaway County. They had to move into a log cabin, and suffered the usual privations and hardships incidental to frontier life. The father died February 20, 1842, at a ripe old age. He had fifteen children, of whom fourteen grew to maturity. John Morris was reared to man's estate amid pioneer environments, and was early inured to hard work. Before the time of railways, he used to take a load of flour, or other merchandise, to Zanesville, and bring back dry goods and other commodities in exchange for the Circleville merchants, when that city was a small town. He became one of the leading farmers of his native township, and by his activity and shrewd man agement acquired a goodly amount of property and left his family in comfortable circumstances. He was for many years an important figure in the official life of Walnut Township, which he served for many terms as a Trustee and Treasurer. He was also Justice of the Peace for several years, and for three years he was County Commissioner. In politics, he was a loyal Democrat. He was enterprising not only in conducting his own affairs, but also when he had civic interests to look after, and favored whatsoever was for the good of his native township and county. He was a sensible man, who was capable of wise discrimination, and was accurate in his judgments, and his advice was often sought in weighty matters. He was often called upon to settle estates in various parts of the county, and was noted for the fidelity and strict integrity with which he discharged his duties as an administrator. He departed this life June 5, 1877, greatly lamented by his family, to whom he had been a devoted husband and father, and by a large circle of acquaintances, among whom he had many warm friends. He was greatly missed by the church to which he belonged, the United Brethren, which he had been partly instrumental in upbuilding. Before there was any church of that denomination here, he had often given the use of his house for services, and he was one of the leading officials of the church after its establishment for many years. Mr. Morris married Miss Delilah Bowman in 1831, and she still survives him. She is familiarly called "Aunt Lilah" by those who know and love her, and she is a noble representative of the pioneer daughters of Pickaway County. She was born near Newark, this State, May 11, 1814, and still retains her health and mental faculties to a remarkable degree for one of her venerable age. She is a daughter of William and Barbara Bowman, who were early settlers of Washington Township, Pickaway County, whither they came when very young, the Bowman family originating in Virginia. For many years she has been a consistent member of the United Brethren Church, and is truly a Christian. She is the mother of fourteen children, of whom all but one grew to manhood and womanhood. A son, John T., died at the age PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 849 of sixteen years, and a daughter, Elizabeth, is dead. The twelve surviving children are Samuel; Lydia, wife of Thomas Wells; Melinda, wife of John Lincoln; Mary, wife of Caleb Hall; Henry B.; Jane, wife of John Wholaver; Kate; Sophia; Milton; Lewis I.; Charles E.; and Flora E., wife of N. A. Warner. Our subject's son Lewis was born in Walnut Township August 15,1853, and was reared on the old family homestead, on which he still lives. He was a bright scholar in his youth, had the advantages of a good education, and for some five years engaged in the profession of teaching. His sister Sophia and brothers, with the exception of John, also taught school successfully. He has devoted himself mainly to agricultural pursuits, and stands among the wide-awake, well-to-do farmers and stock-raisers of his native township. The home farm contains two hundred and seventy-seven acres of valuable land, which are under fine tillage, and are replete with modern improvements. Mr. Morris is a man of sound understanding and good business habits, and his fellow-citizens, appreciating his fitness for office, have called him to assist in the management of public affairs, and he is now serving as a Trustee of the township. He is identified with the Democrats in politics, and socially, is a Knight of Pythias. CHARLES W. HIGGINS, the popular and well-known physician, has borne a conspicuous part in the rise and growth of the village of Derby, materially as a business man, and socially, educationally and religiously as a public-spirited citizen, who has the good of the community at heart. A native of Ohio, the Doctor was born in Franklin County, November 1, 1838. His father, whose given name was also Charles, was born in Maryland, in 1809, and he was the son of another Charles Higgins, who is supposed to have been a native of Maryland. The family is of English origin, and settled in this country in Colonial times, where its various members have followed dif- 41 ferent professions and occupations. The grandfather of our subject was a farmer. In 1811, he abandoned his old home in Maryland, and with his wife and children journeyed with a team across the mountains, to found a new home in the forest wilds of Ohio, being several months on the way. He at last arrived in Franklin County, where he secured several thousand acres of land by means of military claims, and he took up his abode in a log house, or double log cabin, in which he kept a hotel, which was a favorite stopping place for new-comers, and often as many as forty teams of the emigrants would stop there at one time. He was on intimate terms with the Indians who lived near him. The country was wild and sparsely settled, with plenty of wild game, deer often being seen in droves, and a haunch of venison procured by his hand would sometimes regale his guests. he was widely known, and his death at the age of sixty was lamented by his fellow-pioneers. In politics, he was a Whig, and always stood firmly by his party. After his father's death, the father of our subject managed the hotel and farmed at the same time, having a fine farm of two hundred and fifteen acres, whose value he so increased by substantial improvements and good cultivation, that it was worth $50 an acre at the time of his death, which occurred in 1855, at the age of forty-nine years. He was a man of remarkable energy and pronounced force of character, who rose early and worked late, and his death was a serious blow to the interests of his township, whose growth he had variously promoted. his political convictions were strong, and he sided with the Whigs. He was greatly aided in his life work by a capable, industrious wife, whose maiden name was Drusilla Ball. She was born in Fayette County, Pa., in 1805, and in 1811 came to Ohio with her mother and step-father, Mr. Manning, her own father having died in Pennsylvania when she was an infant. She was a consistent Christian in word and deed, and in her death, at the age of fifty years, the Methodist Episcopal Church lost one of its most efficient members. She was the mother of eight children, of whom seven grew to maturity, namely: Lauretta, Charlotte, Elizabeth, Julia, Samuel C., Charles W. and Jane A.