HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 325 liams) Humphres. They have five living children—Annie; Lizzie, wife of W. H. McGill, Columbus, O. ; Carrie May, Alfred Mintun and Leola Rosalie. Mr. Cooper is a Master Mason and member of Paramuthia Lodge, No. 25. He has filled the office of Senior Deacon two years, 1880 and 1881. Lewis William Connett, proprietor of the Stewart Flouring Mills, Athens, was born in Dover Township, Athens County, Aug. 23, 1851, a son of George and Lydia (Dorr) Connett. He was educated in the schools of his native county and at the Ohio University. His mother died when he was fourteen and he then began to work for himself. When nineteen years of age he went to Chauncey and clerked for J. C. McCracken a year. He then went to Greenfield, Ind., and engaged in the mercantile business there till 1874. In 1875 he came to Athens and was employed till 1877 as bookkeeper in the Grange store. He then engaged in the grocery business till 1881, when he rented the Stewart. Flouring Mill. He was married May 4, 1881, to Mary, daughter of Henry Brown, of Athens. They have one child—Lewis Henry. Mr. Connett is a member of the Methodist and his wife of the First Presbyterian Church, of Athens. He is a member of Lodge No. 104, K. of P., of which he is Chancellor Commander. John Everett Cornell, proprietor of the Cornell House, Athens, Ohio, was born at Chester, Meigs Co., Ohio, July 5, 1847. He lived with his parents, Frank and Amelia (Branch) Cornell, until his sixteenth year, when he was employed as a clerk in the wholesale hardware house of R. W. Booth & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, one year, and then as cashier in Hunt's dining rooms of the same city for nearly two years. He then went to Guysville, Ohio, where he clerked in the store of his father and uncle until 1868, when h removed with his father to New Vienna, Ohio, where he clerked for him until 1869. At that time he was employed as bookkeeper in the office of the C., H. & D. R. R. Company at Cincinnati until 1870. He then came to Athens County and engaged in farming in the vicinity of Athens until 1871, when he went to Washington C.-H., Fayette Co., Ohio, and kept a confectionery store and restaurant until August, 1872, when he returned to Athens and opened the Cornell House with his father, as F. Cornell & Son. In 1881 his father retired from the firm and he became sole proprietor. March 29, 1870, he was married to Miss Lizzie West, of Martinsville, Ohio. They have two children—Blanch and Adine. 326 - HISTORY OF HOOKING VALLEY. William Correll, farmer, is the second son of Eli and Elizabeth (Dilley) Cornell, and was born near Elizabethtown, Wood Co., W. Va., Aug. 17, 1836. When a small boy his parents came to Athens County, O., and purchased a farm near Salina, where he was reared, and was educated in the common schools. He began business for himself, mining coal at Salina, O., and was thus engaged for six years. In 1859 and 1860 he and his brother Rufus were engaged in farming. April, 1861, they enlisted in Company A, Twenty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as privates, for three months. At the expiration of his term of enlistment he was mustered out at Athens, O., and returned home, his brother Rufus enlisting in the First West Virginia Cavalry for three years. After remaining at home for a few months, he enlisted in Company I, Sixty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at Chillicothe, for three years, or during the war, as a private. At the organization of his regiment, he was elected First Lieutenant of his company, and served as such until July, 1863, when he was promoted to Captain of Company D, same regiment, and commanded the company until their term of service expired, Dec. 21, 1864. He was engaged in the battles of New Madrid, Island No. 10, Fort Pillow, Farmington, Parker's Cross Roads, Iuka, and Corinth, Miss. He was with Sherman to the sea, and was in the battles of Dallas, Kennesaw Mountain, Siege of Atlanta, and all the battles to Savannah, where his regiment was discharged. He has served as Trustee of his township for four years. He is a Master Mason and member of Paramuthia Lodge, No. 25, F. & A. M., Athens, O. He has been twice married. May, 1860, he married Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Barbara (Young) Wilson, of Athens Township. January, 1861, his wife died. Nov. 11, 1866, he was married to Annie C., daughter of Isaac and Christie Ann (Harper) Matheny. They have five children—Angie B., Cora D., Manley G., Russel R., Stella M., all living at home. Their daughter, Ella W., died April 9, 1882, in her eleventh year. Himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. His brother Rufus, of the West Virginia Cavalry, was killed while reconnoitering in front of the enemy near Antietam, Md., Sept. 4, 1862. David Colman Cornwell, jeweler, of Athens, was born near Athens, Oct. 15, 1844. He lived with his parents, John and Ann (Cowell), Cornwell, until manhood, and learned the jeweler's trade in his father's shop in Athens. After becoming of age he engaged in farming near Athens two years, when he went to Nelsonville HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 327 and worked at his trade nearly two years, which, not agreeing with his health, he abandoned and again pursued farming for two years. In 1871 he established his present business at Athens. He has been twice married. He married his first wife, Mary A. Tedrow, of' Athens, March 21, 1865. She died June 15, 1868, leaving two children—Mary Luella and Eber H. May 21, 1873, he married Sarah J., daughter of James Thomas, of Londonderry, Ross Co., Ohio. They have four children — David B., Alma E., Sadie T. and Clifford. Mr. and Mrs. Cornwell are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a member of Sereno Lodge, No. 479, I. O. O. F., of which he is Secretary. Politically he is an avowed Prohibitionist. During the late Rebellion, in 1865, he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Forty-first, O. N. G., for 100 days, and served on guard duty at Barboursville, Ky. John Cornwell was born in Hallowell, Prince Edward Co., Upper Canada, May 17, 1812. He is of English ancestry. His father, David Cornwell, and his mother, Phoebe Gilbert Goldsmith, emigrated from England and settled in Canada in early times. When five years of age our subject came, with his parents, to Ohio, settling near Gallipolis, where he lived with them until he was seventeen. After living in Meigs County two years, he, in 1831, came to Athens, where, after attending the Ohio University one year, he settled, and engaged in the jewelry business till 1852, when he went to California and mined for gold, and was variously employed until 1856. He then returned to Athens and resumed the jeweler's business, remaining here till 1871, when he removed to McArthur, Vinton County. April 20, 1837, he married Ann Cowell, who was born in Berkshire, England, Sept. 20, 1815. When four years of age she immigrated to America with her mother and relatives, her father being dead. They had nine children, five sons and four daughters. He resided at McArthur until the death of his wife, Feb. 20, 1878, when he began to live with his children. He is now living with his son, David C. Corn-well, at Athens. He experienced religion in 1830 and joined the Presbyterian church, from which he withdrew in 183i and joined the Methodist church. In 1851 he was ordained a Deacon. Ile has been a member of the church at Athens since 1868. Alanson Courtney, farmer, was born near Newport, Washing-ton Co., Ohio, Aug. 26, 1797. h is the oldest son of Neal and Mary (McLane) Courtney. He lived with his parents until manhood, receiving a common-school education. At the age of 328 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. twenty-one years he purchased a farm in Dover Township, Athens Co., Ohio, and has farmed it up to the present time. May, 1818, h married Nancy, daughter of Samuel and Mary Camby, of Athens County. They had nine children, seven now living—Mary, wife of Joseph Eten, of Chauncey, Ohio; Caroline, wife of Peter Hixson, Ames Township; Louisa, wife of Robert Carpenter, of Monroe County, Ohio; Allen V. M., Rufus, Henrietta and Zimrode. His son, Alonzo Courtney, enlisted in Company A, Sixty-third Ohio Infantry, Oct. 20, 1861, as First Sergeant, and was with his regiment in all the battles from New Madrid, Mo., to Atlanta, Ga., and re-enlisted as a veteran in the same regiment, Dec. 22, 1863, as a private. He was taken prisoner near Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1864, and was confined in Andersonville Prison for a time, and from there to Florence, where he died Feb. 5, 1865, at the age of twenty-four years. His son William died May 21, 1875, at the age of forty-eight years. His wife died Aug. 31, 1851. March 24, 1856, he married Mrs. Mary Pyle, widow of Jesse Pyle, of Belmont County, Ohio. They had no children. She died May 10, 1861. Allen V. M. Courtney, farmer, of Dover Township, second son of Alanson and Nancy (Camby) Courtney, was born in Dover Township, Athens Co., Ohio, Oct. 22, 1828, and has lived with his father up to the present time. He was educated in the common schools. In May, 1863, he enlisted in the Fourty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Home Guards, Company A; remained with the regiment until Nov. 10, 1863, when h enlisted in Company H, Eighteenth Ohio Infantry, as a private, and served a short time, when he was transferred to Company A, same regiment. In July, 1864, he was appointed Military Postmaster's Clerk at Chattanooga, Tenn., and filled that position until Aug. 4, 1865. He then reported to his regiment at Augusta, Ga., where he was mustered out, receiving his discharge at Camp Chase, Ohio, Oct. 9, 1865. He then returned home and has continued farming up to this time. He is a Master Mason and member of Paramuthia Lodge, No. 25, F. & A. M., Athens, Ohio, and is also a member of the chapter. He is a member of the Methodist church. Eli Cushman Crippen, an old resident of Athens, was born Dec. 28, 1814, in that city, where h was reared and has lived all his life. His parents were Amos and Amelia (Steadman) Crippen. His father vas a man of some prominence, being at one time Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County, HISTORY OF HOCKING COUNTY - 329 and having served as Treasurer of the same county for eight years. He was also Postmaster of Athens a number of years. He was by trade a blacksmith, Eli learning the trade of him when a boy. After attaining his majority our subject became associated with his father in the business, under the firm name of Amos Crippen & Son. The firm existed until the death of the senior member, in February, 1856. Since then our subject has carried on the business alone. In 1865, he was appointed Postmaster of Athens by President Lincoln, and served as such three years, when, not meeting with approbation during President Johnson's administration, he was removed from office. Dec. 2, 1841, he married Kate C. Whipple, daughter of Jeremiah Whipple, residing near Athens. Mr. and Mrs. Crippen have three children living---Henry C., mail agent on the M. & C. R. R.; Carrie, wife of Rev. Silas Pruden, of Brownsville, Cal., and Celia A., wife of Rev. David Morgan, of St. Paul, Minn. They have lost two children---Willie C., who died in infancy, and Frank M., who died Feb. 4, 1875, at the age of seventeen. Mr. Crippen is a member of the Universalist church at Rutland, Meigs Co., Ohio; his wife, of the First Presbyterian Church at Athens. John K. Cackler, son of W. H. and Elizabeth Cuckler, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, Dec. 15, 1840. When he was eleven years of age his parents came to Athens County and located in Athens Township. During the late war he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Forty-first Ohio Infantry, and served four months. He was married Oct. 20, 1870, to Jennie Bartley, of Pike County, Ohio. They have three children—Minnie L., William B., and Maggie J. Mr. Cuckler has a fine farm of 150 acres and a good residence and farm buildings. He has one of the best orchards in this township. He has been Township Trustee four years. He is a member of the Methodist church. Judge Ebenezer Currier came to Athens in 1806, where he was. a leading citizen until his death, March 2, 1851. He was prominently connected with every laudable public enterprise during his time; was possessed of ample means, and was a most reliable man, especially in his time, when most of those about him were in poor circumstances. By his generosity and the interest he took in aiding the pioneer settlers to secure permanent homes he soon became known as the poor man's friend, to whom all looked with confidence when substantial aid was needed. We give an example of the way this man helped to promote the early development of the 330 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. country: He would furnish poor men the money to pay for land, and although securing himself with a mortgage, would accept, in some cases, 50 cents on the dollar or let the debts run forty years, or as he did some, until after his death, without foreclosing The mortgage. To such men as this too much credit can hardly be given for the success of new countries, and we feel justified in saying that no man deserves more credit for the success of Athens County than Judge Currier. He was born at Hempstead, Rockingham Co., N. H., Dec. 15, 1772. His early education was received at the public schools, afterward completed at Exeter, Mass., where he was a schoolmate of General Lewis Cass. He came to Marietta in 1804, and to Athens in 1806. His permanent business was that of a merchant, doing a large wholesale and retail business. Besides this he owned and superintended a farm and carried on a private banking business. He filled, during his lifetime, a number of minor offices, among them Justice of the Peace, County Treasurer and County Commissioner. He was for many years Treasurer of the Ohio University, taking great interest in the success of that institution. He was four times elected to the State Legislature, serving both as Senator and Member of the Lower House, and was Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for about twenty-one years. He was a great reader, devoting much of his time to the study of the science of government and to American politics. He took an active interest in both local and national politics, being the recognized leader of his party in his own county. He was married in 1807 to Miss Olive Crippen, who, with her mother, came from the East to Ohio in its earliest settlement. She survived her husband seventeen years John Perkins Dana, merchant, Athens, was born at Athens, Aug. 27, 1846, and is the son of Captain Joseph M. and Catharine F. (Perkins) Dana. His mother died when h was two years old. Tie lived with his father until manhood, and was educated at the Ohio University, at Athens, graduating in the class of 1867. When becoming of age, in 1867, he was employed as traveling salesman by the wholesale house of J. N. Harris & Co., of Cincinnati, and, with the exception of one year that he traveled for D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich., was employed by them until June, 1876. That year he visited the Centennial, at Philadelphia. In the fall of 1877 he was employed as clerk in the First National Bank, of Athens, where he remained until 1878, when he received the appointment of Deputy Revenue Collector, of the Fifteenth Revenue District, HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 331 of Ohio, and served until 1880. In 1863, while a student at the university, he became a member of Company B, One Hundred and forty-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served 100 ays on picket duty at Barboursville, Va. At the expiration f his time of service he served as First Lieutenant of a company in the Eighteenth Regiment, Ohio National Guards, and afterward as Captain of Company C, Second Regiment, Ohio. National guards, acting as Quartermaster until it was disbanded in 1881. He is a Master, Royal Arch, and Knight Templar Mason and member of the lodge, chapter, and commandery at Athens. He is a charter member of Columbus Golden Post, No. 89, G. A. R., and is one of the staff of the command of the State, as District Inspector, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain Joseph M. Dana, a descendant of an old Huguenot family, of which Richard Dana, who settled at Cambridge, Mass., about twenty years after the landing of the Mayflower, was the first representative in this country, was the son of Professor Joseph Dana, who long occupied the Chair of Languages in the Ohio University, and Anna C. Dana. He was born in Athens, Ohio, March 22, 1822, and this continued his place of residence during a life extending to nearly sixty years. Captain Dana was as favorably as he was widely known in this county and throughout this portion of the State. The warm, generous and social qualities which he early developed and which notably characterized his whole life, enlisted and preserved the friendly regard of all who had personal business relations with him. Beginning active business at the early age of sixteen as Deputy in the office of his father, the then Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, entire charge of the affairs of the office soon devolved upon him. Feb. 22, 1843, he was appointed his father's successor and retained the office, with great popularity, for a period of fifteen successive years, during which time he married Miss Catherine F. Perkins, daughter of one of the pioneers of the State, John Perkins, Esq., of Athens, Ohio, in September, 1845, who died in the faith of Christ, Jan. 28, 1848, regretted by all who knew her, leaving one child, John Perkins Dana. On the first day of May, 1851, he again married, Miss Ann E. Colwell, daughter of Judge A. R. Colwell, of Urbana, Ohio, by whom he had five children. Two died in infancy and three are still living—Mrs. Kate D. Cramer, Emma K. Dana and Joseph H. Dana. During his term in the clerk's office he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1862. He formed his first 332 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. partnership with Hon. Horace Wilson, now of Columbus, Ohio. In 1859 he was elected Treasurer of the county, during which incumbency and thereafter he continued to practice law until the breaking out of the Rebellion, when he promptly entered the military service of the United States, tendering the services of the Ohio State Guard, a local company of which he had. been for several years in command, which was accepted, and had the honor of being the first company from the county sending more soldiers to the war according to the population, than any in the State. Captain Dana's cornpany, was assigned to the Thirteenth Regiment, Ohio Infantry, and afterward, prior to leaving the State, was transferred to and became Company C, Third Regiment, Ohio Infantry. At the end of eight months, his health proving inadequate to the physical demands of active military service, he resigned his commission and resumed his law practice. In 1866 he entered into a law partnership with General C. H. Grosvenor, which continued fourteen or fifteen years. Among the positions in civil life which he honorably and creditably filled were those of Director of the Athens branch of the State Bank of Ohio; member of the Board of Education for twenty years or more, and Treasurer of the same for a long term of years ; Mayor for many consecutive terms; member of the Board of Trustees of the Ohio University, being Secretary and Auditor of that time-honored institution many years, resigning finally on account of infirm health, which rendered him unable to attend to the responsibility of its position. One of his most prominent and distinguished traits was his sterling and uncompromising integrity and honesty, which marked his every dealing in professional and business life, equally in small as in large affairs. As a Mason he was zealous and prominent, presiding many times in the different bodies. Was High Priest of Athens R. A. Chapter fifteen years, and Treasurer of all the bodies many years. He was a charter member of Athens Commandery of Knights Templar, No. 15, and for many years represented the different orders in the Grand Bodies, and took a very active part in their proceedings, usually being assigned to positions upon the most important committees. Captain Dana was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and was a zealous Republican. Of friends he had legions; of enemies none. He died at Athens, O., July 10, 1881. Jesse Davis was born in Cadiz, Harrison Co., Ohio, Jan. 30, 1828. When ten years of age he came with his brother Thomas to Athens, where he has since resided. His mother died when he HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 333 was five, and his father when he was twelve years of age. He was thus early thrown on his own resources. He received a common-school education, and when twelve years of age was apprenticed to learn the wool-carding business; but, not liking the business, at the end of his three years, began to learn the shoemaker's trade, which he afterward worked at ten years. Since then he has been in the grocery and mercantile business. July 3, 1850, he married Elizabeth Warren, of Canaan Township. They have eight children—Ambrose, George W., Fred, Lancaster, Lou, Jesse, Ida and Bee. Mrs. Davis is a member of the Methodist church of Athens. Mr. Davis is a member of Paramuthia Lodge, No. 25, Athens. He has served as Trustee of Athens Township four years, and as a member of the City Council two years. William Eben Dean, stone-mason, was born in Athens, Aug. 2, 1840, where he has lived all his life, excepting when serving in the Unon army. In April, 1861, he enlisted in Company C, Third Ohio Infantry, and served three months, when he again enlisted in Company D, Fourth W. Va. Infantry, and served until the spring of 1863, when he re-enlisted in the same company and regiment as a veteran and served until the close of the war, being discharged at Wheeling, Va., in March, 1865. He then returned to Athens, and was soon after appointed Postal Clerk in the House of Representatives at Washington, D. C., under Colonel Given, the Postmaster of that body, and served as such until the close of the session in 1867, when he returned to Athens, and has pursued the vocaton of a stone-mason ever since. May 2, 1868, he was married to Miss Martha Gabriel, daughter of William Gabriel, of Athens. They have two children—Frank C. and Minnie F. Mr. Dean is a member of Columbus Golden Post, No. 89, G. A. R. George Albert Dille, a dentist of Athens, was born near the village of Ontario, Ohio, May 3, 1849. He is the son of John R. and Nancy (Rogers) Dille, with whom he lived until he was twenty, and was given a good education. In his nineteenth year he began teaching school and taught for two years, when, in 1870, he began the study of dentistry in the office of Dr. F. D. Coleman, at La Salle, Ill., and studied under his tutorship eighteen months. He then went to Mansfield, Ohio, and studied eighteen months under Dr. L. W. Nevins, forming a co-partnership with him in dentistry at the end of that time, under the firm name of Nevins & Dille. The co-partnership was dissolved Nov. 1, 1875, Mr. Dille going to Lima, Ohio, where h practiced until June, 1879, 334 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. when he came to Athens and established his present practice. Oct. 14, 1875, he married Lou C., daughter of Esau W. Numbers, of Iberia, Ohio. They have three children—John Mar, Iva Pauline and Anna Helen. Mr. Dille and wife are members of time First Presbyterian Church at Athens, of which he is a Ruling Elder, and also Superintendent of the Sabbath-school. Hadley King Dorr, druggist of Athens, is a son of Joseph and Dorcas (Mathena) Dorr. He was born near Athens, Sept. 10, 1852; there lived with his parents until he was seventeen, and was educated in the common school and Ohio University. On leaving home, which h did in 1870, he became associated with his brother, Dr. Eber Dorr, in the drug business at Athens, under the firm name of E. G. Dorr & Co. In 1873 the firm name was changed to H. K. Dorr & Co., his brother, though still associated with him, opening a drug store at Columbus, Ohio. In 1876 his brother retired from the firm. Since that time he has continued the business alone, at Athens. Mr. Dorr is a Mason and a member of Paramuthia Lodge, No. 25, and an Odd Fellow, and member of Sereno Lodge, No. 479, of Athens. Joseph Dorr, a resident of Athens, was born in the vicinity of Athens, June 1, 1816. He was reared a farmer and has pursued that avocation all his life in Athens Township, excepting one year, during which he lived in Dover Township. He worked as a farmhand until 1844, when he purchased a farm on Sugar Creek, three miles north of Athens, on which he lived until 1854, when he sold it and purchased a farm onWolf's Plains, three miles west of Athens. There he lived until 1871; since that year he has had it farmed by tenants and h himself has resided in Athens. March 1, 1844, he married Dorcas, daughter of John Mathena, of Athens. They have four children—Dr. Eber G., of Texas; Lucy C., now wife of David C. Casto, of West Virginia; Hadley K., druggist of Athens, and Laura Frances. Mr. Dorr is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Wolf's Plains. Joseph Eli Edmundson, dentist at Athens, was born July 25, 1840, in Pittsburg, Pa., where he was reared, and educated in the common schools until he was fifteen. He then attended the Iron City College of Pittsburg, for three years, and Duff's College, of the same city, one year. He then taught bookkeeping and pen manship in Ohio about one year, and then began the study of med icine and dentistry in private. In 1861 h entered the dental office of Dr. Jacob. Greenawalt, of Pittsburg, and was under his tutor. HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 335 ship some four years, in the meantime acting as an assistant' in the surgical hospital at Pittsburg. In 1865 he located on Smithfield street, Pittsburg, having formed a partnership in dentistry with Dr. Hoffman, under the firm name of Edmundson & Hoffman. Six months later he retired from the firm and traveled through Ohio and Pennsylvania until the spring of 1866, when he located at Plymouth, Ohio. In the spring of 1870 he removed to Athens and established his present dental practice. March 7, 1867, he married Margaret Black, of Pittsburg, six children being born to them—Mary E., William T., James L., Charles G., Clyde M. and Edith. Mr. Edmundson and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Athens. Our subject is an Odd Fellow, and a member of Sereno Lodge, No. 479, of Athens. Alexander Ewing, assistant in the Auditor's office at Athens, was born in Lancaster County, Pa., Aug. 23, 1824. When he was two years old his parents, Thomas and Mary (Gallaway) Ewing, removed to the region of Mount Pleasant, Ohio, where he was reared, receiving a common-school education. At the age of fifteen he began the woolen manufacturing trade in McKei's woolen mills near Mount Pleasant, where he worked until 1848. From 1849 until 1857 he was engaged in the livery business at Warrenton, Ohio. In 1858 he was elected. County Recorder of Jefferson County, and re-elected in 1861. From 1865 to 1868 he acted as insurance agent and traveling salesman. He came to Athens in April, 1868, and rented the Herrold Woolen Mills, manufacturing woolen goods until 1872. He entered the County Auditor's office at Athens as an assistant, December, 1872, and has remained there ever since. In March, 1849, he was married to Mary A. Moore, of Mount Pleasant, Ohio, three children being born to them— George Y., now station agent at McArthur's Junction; Jane, still at home, and John A., now telegraph operator at Big Springs, Texas. Mr. Ewing is an Odd Fellow, -a member of Goodwill Lodge, No. 143, Steubenville, Ohio, also a charter member of Athens Encampment, No. 175, of Athens. John Finsterwald, a farmer of Athens Township, was born in Ames Township, Athens County, Jan. 1, 1820. His parents, John and Catherine (Stalder) Finsterwald, came from Switzerland in 1819, and settled in Ames Township, where he was born. His father died when he was fifteen years of age and he lived with his mother until manhood. In April, 1842, he was married to Mary Ann, daughter of Jonathan Hill, of Ames Township. He farmed 336 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. as a miter until 1844, when he was employed by Judge B. Pruden to work in his salt works near Athens, nine years. He then purchased a farm in the vicinity of Athens and followed farming until 1858, when he was employed in the Ballard Salt Works until 1867. He then went to McCuneville, in Perry county, and worked in the McCune Salt Works until 1870, when he returned to his' farm, where he still resides. He has been Road Supervisor of Athens Township seven years. He has eight children --Catherine, wife of Pearson Duffy, of Perry County; Lucy, wife of Spence Hill, of the same county; Eliza, Ada, Peter, Marshall, of Athens; Henry, of Ludlow Grove, Ohio; Charles, of Athens Township, and John, an attendant of Athens Asylum for the Insane. Peter Finsterwald, Marshal of Athens, was born in Ames Township, Athens Co., Ohio, Feb. 23, 1843. He was reared a farmer and lived with his parents, John and Mary ( ) Finsterwald, until he was nineteen years of age, when, in 1862, he enlisted in Company A, Ninety-second Ohio Infantry, as a private. He participated in the battles of Mission Ridge, Chickamauga, Dalton, Kennesaw Mountain, Resaca, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Savannah, Charleston and Bentonville. He was discharged as a Sergeant at the expiration of his term of service at Washington, D. C., June 20, 1865. He then returned home and worked on the farm with his father until 1867, when he rented a farm where he lived till 1871. He then came to Athens and followed teaming until the spring of 1875, when he was elected Street Commissioner, and has held the office by re-election ever since. In 1882 he received the appointment of Marshal of Athens. He has been twice married. His first wife was Emma M. Bing, of Athens, whom he married in August, 1867, and who died in 1873, leaving four children—Frederick, Elsie, Carlos and William. In October, 1876, he was married to Mary 0. Crippen, of Rome Township, Athens County. They have two children—Artemus and Gertrude. Mr. Finsterwald is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of Colu-bus Golden Post, No. 89, G. A. R. Adolphus Benjamin Frame, M. D., was born in Coolville, Athens Co., Ohio, Jan. 4, 1840. He is the son of John and Mary ( Nesmith ) Frame. He remained at home until September, 1859, at which time he entered Marietta College, attending there until the fall of 1862, when he entered the Union Army as Second Lieutenant of Company I, One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 337 Infantry, being commissioned by Governor David Todd, Aug. 16, 1862. He was promoted to First Lieutenant, Jan. 31, 1863, and to Captain, Dec. 27, 1864. He served with his regiment in the Shenandoah Valley, under Generals Melroy, Seigle, Hunter, Crook and Sheridan, until December, 1864 when it was transferred to the Army of the James. March 1, 1865, he was honorably discharged, by order of the War Department, and on the following day was commissioned Adjutant of the One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served with this regiment in the Army of the Cumberland from March, 1865, until September of the same year, when the regiment was mustered out, at the close of the war. Immediately after quitting the service, he began the study of medicine with Dr. A. B. Monahan, at Jackson, Ohio. He graduated from the medical college at Cincinnati, in March , 1868, after taking two full courses of lectures. He then practiced at Coolville, Ohio, until May, 1872, when he came to Athens. Dec. 21, 1868, he married Miss Mary Elizabeth Morris, daughter of Charles Morris, of Athens. They have one child—Mary Lydia. Jan. 5, 1874, Mr. Frame was appointed United States Pension Examining Surgeon, by the Government. March 7, 1877, he was appointed a Trustee of the Athens Asylum for the Insane, by Governor Thomas L Young. He is a member of the Paramuthia Lodge, No. 25, A. F. & A. M., at Athens, and also one of the charter members of the Columbus Golden Post, No. 89, G. A.. R., he being Surgeon of the post and Deputy of Ohio. John Adrian Frame, M. D., was born at Coolville, Athens County, Feb. 26, 1850, and is a son of John and Mary (Nesmith) Frame. He lived; with his parents until manhood at his birth_ place, and was educated in the High School of that place. In October, 1879, he began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. G. W. Harman, at Coolville, and was under his preceptorship for three years. He graduated as M. D. from the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati—after taking two courses—in 1872. He then began his practice in Coolville, where he remained until 1875,when h went to Jacksonville, Ohio, and practiced nine months. He then came to Athens and established himself in his present practice. June 3, 1874, he married Miss Elizabeth Morrison, daughter of Alfred Morrison, of Athens County. They have one child—Adrienne. John Friday, of the firm of D. Zenner & Co., merchants of Athens, was born near Nuremberg, Bavaria, June 11, 1834. He - 22 - 338 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. was educated in the schools of Nuremberg up to the year 1849, when, at the age of fourteen, He emigrated to America. He was employed as clerk in stores at Cincinnati, Ohio, and Rushville, Ind., until 1853. He then engaged in the mercantile business at Salem, Ohio, Rochester, Ind., and Wellsville, Ohio, until 1858, when h removed to Steubenville, Ohio. Here he engaged in the mercantile business until 1867, when he came to Athens and became associated with D. Zenner, under the firm name of D. Zenner & Co. In October, 1868, he married Miss Rebecca Zenner, daughter of D. Zenner, of Athens. He is a dernitted Mason, a member of Good Will Lodge, No. 143, and Nimrod Encampment, No. 3, I. 0. 0. F., at Steubenville, Ohto. Leopold Friday, of the firm of D. Zenner & Co., of Athens, was born near Nuremberg, Bavaria, July 13, 1812. At the age of fifteen he was apprenticed to learn the mercantile business at Bayreuth, serving three years. He then clerked for his father until he reached his majority. In 1861 h emigrated to America. He was employed as stockman in a wholesale house at Cincinnati for about six months, at very low wages; then went to N ashville, Tenn., and clerked one year. He then went to Memphis and thence to St. Louis; not finding employment, went to Dakota Territory, where he worked at manual labor, enduring all the hardships and privations of a frontier life for three years. He returned to Ohio. in 1869 and was employed for some six months as a farm hand by D. Zenner, living near Athens, when by the advice of his relatives and friends h entered, as a clerk, the store of D. Zenner & Co., his brother being the company. By hard work and attention to business he became a member of the firm in 1875. June 14, 1876, he was married to Julia, daughter of D. Zenner. He is a Master, Royal Arch and Council Mason, and a member of the lodge, chapter and council at Logan, Ohio. He is a member of Sereno Lodge, No. 479, and Athenian Encampment, No. 175, I. 0. 0. F.,at Athens, and has passed all the chairs in both subordinate lodges and encampments. He is also a member of Hockhocking Lodge, No. 1,880, K. of P., of Logan. James B. .Fulton, grocer, Athens, was born in Athens.Township, Nov. 10, 1855, where he was reared and educated. He is the youngest of three sons of Robert and Elizabeth (Robinson) Fulton. He began business for himself in 1878, by dealing in wool. During 1880 he was employed as clerk in the grocery store of J. 0. Whipple, Athens. In 1882 he opened the store where he is now HISTORY OF HOOKING VALLEY - 339 doing a good business. Nov. 8, 1882, he married Etta Wilson, of Vinton County, O. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Fulton is a member of Sereno Lodge, No. 479, I. 0. 0. F., Athens. Reason Gabriel, born Sept. 28, 1815, in Alexander Township, Athens Co., Ohio, is the third of four sons of Abram and Polly (Higgins) Gabriel. Dec. 31, 1835, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Tederman Allen, of Philadelphia, Pa. He purchased a farm in Waterloo Township where he lived three years; then sold it and bought one in Athens Township, which he still owns. In 1855 he moved into Athens, where he still resides, his farm being carried on by tenants. Mrs. Gabriel died Oct. 25, 1862. They had seven children—Sarah A., now Mrs. Asa Love, of Athens; Abram, of Athens; Mary M., now Mrs. C. S. Rose, of Columbus; Orpha, now Mrs. John Wyland, of Columbus; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Henry Kilburn, of Columbus; Charles, of Columbus, and one who died in infancy. Jan. 10, 1875, Mr. Gabriel married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Serena (Andrew) Clutter, of Washington, Pa. Mrs. Gabriel is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Athens. James Gilly, son of William and Frances Gilly, was born Nov. 22, 1815, on the farm where he now resides. His youth was spent in working on the farm and attending the common schools of the neighborhood. He was married when twenty yews of age to Sarah Johnson, of this township. They have two children—Luella arid Tabitha. Mr. and Mrs. Gilly are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Gilly has a good farm of 118 acres, all well improved. William Gilly, son of William and Sarah Gilly, was born in. Pennsylvania, Dec. 15, 1816. When he was twelve years of age his parents came to Ohio, settling in Alexander Township, Athens County. He was married when twenty years of age to Frances Hill, of Athens County. Their children are—Calvin, Frank, Henry, William, Becky, Frances, James and Elizabeth. Mr. Gilly has a fine farm of 740 acres, which he has acquired by his frugality and industry. C. Dent Gist was born Muskingum County, 0., Jan. 13, 1844. He is the second son of Charles W. and Melinda (Wilson) Gist, his father a native of Frederick County, Md., and his mother of Muskingum County. Our subject was reared on a farm and received his early education in the common schools, and completed it 340 - HISTORY OF HOCKING. VALLEY. at New Plymouth Academy, Vinton County. He enlisted as a private in Company F, One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio Infantry, Aug. 22, 1862, and during his service was promoted to Commissary Sergeant. He participated in many of the hard-fought battles of the Rebellion, and bravely performed the duties of a soldier until the close of the war, and was mustered out at Houston, Texas, July 17, 1865. He then returned home and became engaged in the mercantile business, which he has since pursued. He was married Nov. 30, 1871, to Susie Allen, daughter of David and Mary J. Allen, who were among the pioneers of Athens. By this union are three. children—Dollie, born Sept. 1, 1872; Gracie, born March 28, 1875.; John D., born Oct. 7, 1878. Mr. Gist is a member of the G. A. R., Columbus Golden Post, No. 89, which is located at Athens, Ohio. Major Elmer Golden, grocer, was born in Alexander Township, Athens Co., Ohio, April 12, 1835, the son of William and Jane (Crossen) Golden. He was reared in Athens County. At the age of twelve years he began to clerk in the store of Oliver Pickering, and afterward clerked in different stores in Athens until 1855, when he became associated with D. Zenner in the mercantile business, the firm name being Zenner & Golden. In July, 1862, he received a recruiting commission as Captain, and in ten days' time recruited 143 men; out of that number Company A,.. Ninety-second Ohio Infantry, was organized, of which he was elected Captain, The excess of men were transferred to other companies. He served as Captain until March, 1863, when he was promoted to Major of his regiment. He was discharged Dec. 8, 1863, for disability, and returned to Athens. He participated in the battles of Chickamauga, Mission Ridge and others of less importance. In 1865 he retired from the firm of Zenner & Golden and was employed as salesman in the wholesale dry goods house of Thompson & Keen, of Cincinnati. In 1866 he engaged in the hardware business at Jackson, Ohio. In 1868 he removed with his stock of hardware to Garnett, Kan., where he remained until March, 1874, when, discontinuing the business, he returned to Athens and became proprietor of the Brown Hotel. In May, 1878, he took charge of the Warren House, which he kept until November, 1882. March 1, 1882, he engaged in his present grocery business. Dec. 6, 1856, he was married to Miss Mary B. Cooley, of Athens, who died March 13, 1862, leaving two children—Will B., a clerk in the Bank of Athens, and Bessie P., wife of Dr. Charles A. Cable, of Logan. He was again married, Sept. 20, 1866, HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 341 to Miss Hattie A. Butin, of Logan, Ohio. Major Golden is a Freemason, demitted from the lodge at Jackson, Ohio. He is a member of Columbus Golden Post, No. 89, G. A. R., of Athens, of which he is Junior Vice-Commander. William Golden, Esq., Justice of the Peace of Athens, was born near Lewistown, Pa., Oct. 5, 1799. He is the son of Barnabas and Mary (Campbell) Golden. His mother died when he was an infant and he was left in the care of an uncle in Mifflin County, Pa., with whom he lived, receiving a common-school education, until he was fourteen; at that age he began to maintain himself by various employments. In his seventeenth year he went to Allenville, Mifflin County, and was apprenticed to learn the trade of plasterer, serving three years, when, in 1818, he came to Ohio and worked at his trade in Wooster, Wayne County, until 1820. During the winter, when he could not work at his trade, he taught school. He then went to Perry County, living there until 1823, when he came 'to Athens, working there as a plasterer till 1829, when he purchased a farm in Alexander Township, five miles south of Athens, where he farmed until 1843. Being at that time elected Sheriff of Athens County, he removed to Athens. He held this office two terms of two years each. In 1847 he was elected Treasurer of Athens County, and held this position, by re-election, for six years. While living in Alexander Township he served as Justice of the Peace for six years. He is now Justice of the Peace of Athens Township, and has held that position since 1864. He also served as Mayor of Athens eight years. Nov.28, 1822, he married Miss Jane Crossen, of Perry County, 0. She died at Athens, April 17, 1876. They had nine children, only three of whom are now living—John C., of Texas; Sarah A., wife of Lewis Steinrod, of Nelsonville, and Major Elmer Golden, of Athens. His children all lived to maturity excepting one that died in infancy. His son, Columbus Golden, in honor of whom the Grand Army of the Republic of Athens named their post, died from wounds received at Sugar Creek, Ark., in 1862. He was the first resident of Athens County who fell in that war. Mr. Golden is the oldest Freemason in Athens County. He has taken the Master, Royal Arch, Council and Knight Templar degrees, and is a member of the lodge, chapter, council and commandery at Athens. He has also held high positions in these bodies for many years. Hon. William Reed Golden's career was among the men of to-day. As a lawyer and a politician his abilities have been seldom excelled, 342 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. if ever, in this portion of the State. He was born at Athens, April 11, 1827, where he died Feb. 17, 1880, aged nearly fifty-three years. He passed his boyhood on his father's farm in Alexander Township, where he attended the district school. He afterward, for three years following 1846, attended the Ohio University. He then studied law in Athens with Hon. Lot L. Smith, and after two terms in the National Law School at Ballston, N. Y., graduated from it and was admitted t(, .e bar in 1851. He at once began the practice of law in Athens, meeting with good success from the start. He was married in May, 1852, to Miss Kate K. Foster, to whom was born six children, five of them surviving the father. He was twice elected to the Ohio State Senate, in 1865 and 1868, serving four years, representing the district composed of Athens, Hocking and Fairfield counties. In this body he was an able and important member. In the dark days of the Republic, although from a natural defect unable to take up arms, he was, in sympathy, true to his country. His career as a politician was that of an honorable. patriotic and shrewd gentleman. For many years he was the leading spirit in his, the Democratic, party in this part of the State, and whether on the stump or in the committee room was a formidable adversary to his party opponents. As a lawyer he was polite as those about him, and exceptionally shrewd in the conduct of a case. He was not only shrewd, but well informed on the substantial principles of the science of law, being able to conduct his business in a prompt and masterly way. His natural ability was, however, generally supposed to be far in advance of his real attainments. Being of a careless disposition, he let his impulsive nature take its course, unrestrained by a desire for self-improvement or by moral precept. But for all this, he never forgot the instincts of honor to his fellowmen and to the laws of his country. He was of a genial and cordial disposition, steadfast to his friends, and honorable toward all. His faults were the weaknesses of human nature, in which he injured none so much as himself. He made no pretension to be other than what he was—equally as honorable and outspoken in this as in his public and professional business. He was highly respected and honored as an able and genial companion by his associates at the bar. Charles William Goodspeed, a farmer of Athens Township, where he was born Sept. 17, 1829, is a son of David and Clarissa (Baker) Goodspeed. After becoming of age he lived on the homestead with his parents until his marriage with Nancy Coats, HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 343 daughter of Arthur Coats, of Athens, June 27, 1858, when he settled on a farm he had purchased in Athens Township, on which he lived twelve years. In 1870 he returned to the homestead, which he now owns. His farm, in all, embraces 500 acres. With farming he does an extensive teaming business by contract. He is now a Trustee of Athens Township and has served as such several years. He has served nine years as Assessor and one year as Land Appraiser. He has three children—George Elza and Mary Elma (twins), and Mattie Florence, all still at home. He is a Master, Royal Arch, Council and Knight Templar Mason, and member of the lodge, chapter, council and commandery at Athens. Joseph McKendree Goodspeed, Superintendent of the Union Public Schools of Athens, was born near Athens, June 20, 1834. He is the only son of Ezra and Matilda (Rose) Goodspeed, with whom he lived until manhood, and was given a classical education. He graduated from the Ohio' University in the class of 1859. He had, however, taught school several terms before his graduation, and afterward, during 1859 and 1860, he taught the school in Mid deport, Meigs County. In September, 1860, he accepted the po sition of Principal of the Carrollton College at Carrolton, Ky. At the breaking out of the war, in 1861, he resigned his position and, returning to Ohio, was commissioned a Second Lieutenant and recruited Company E, Seventy-fifth Infantry, Ohio Volunteers. Upon the organization of the company he was elected First Lieutenant and so commissioned, serving as such until November, 1862, when he resigned his commission on account of failing health. While serving he participated in the engagements at McDowell, Strasburgh, Slaughter Mountain, Freeman's Ford and Second Bull Run. In May, 1864, he went out with the One Hundred and Forty-first Regiment, 0. N. G., as Adjutant. He served 100 days, and then served with his regiment on guard duty at Barboursville, W. Va., until the expiration of his term of service. In the fall of 1864 he was employed in the commission house of R. H. Stewart at Cincinnati, and while there, Jan. 14, 1865, he was married to Mary C. Clark, daughter of Rev. J. W. Clark, of that city. He then returned to Athens County and farmed his father's farm until September, 1866, when he 'was elected Superintendent of the Union Public Schools of Athens, by the Athens Board of Education, and has filled that position seventeen. years. April 1, 1874, his wife died at Athens, aged twenty-eight years, leaving him two children—Gertrude and Eliza, the latter dying in October, 1877. 344 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. Mr. Goodspeed is a prominent Mason and has taken the degrees up to thirty-second of the Scottish rite. From 1869 to 1875 h was Worshipful Master of Paramuthia Lodge, No. 25, of Athens; High Priest of Athens Chapter, No. 39, from 1874 to the present time; Eminent Commander of Athens Commandery from 1874 to 1876, also from 18'i7 to the present time (1883). During 1880 and 1881 he was Most Illustrious Master of the Grand Council of Ohio, and during the same years was Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Ohio. In 1882 he was elected Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ohio and now holds that positon. Mr. Goodspeed is a Director of the First National Bank of Athens, and Pre .cent of both the Citizens Building and Loan Association and the Home Building Association, of Athens. Granville Lucius Gorslene, M. D., of Athens, was born at Athens, July 16, 1837. He is the son of James M. and Maria (Quimby) Gorslene. He was educated by taking an irregular course at the Manual Labor School, at Albany, now the Atwood Institute. At the age of twenty he began the study of medicine under the tutorship of Dr. C. L. Wilson, at Albany, with whom. he studied and practiced four years. He then practiced and studied at Hamden, Vinton County. He graduated as M. D. from the Starling Medical College, at Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 28, 1865. Ire continued his practice at Hamden until 1873, when he came to Athens and became associated with Dr. H. M. Lash, under the firm name of Lash & Gorslene. Two years later he withdrew from the firm and practiced alone until 1876, when he removed to Austin, Texas, and practiced there one year, when, on account of impaired health, he returned to Ohio and practiced at Hamden until 1879, when h again came to Athens and established his present practice. In April, 1882, he was appointed one of the Board of Examiners at Athens by the Pension Commissioner. May 29, 1862, he married Miss Mary Charlotte Strahl, daughter of John and Hannah ( Snitt ) Strahl. They have two children--James M., a student Df the Ohio University, and Clara Lula.. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Athens and has served as Ruling Elder since 1874. He is a Master, Royal Arch and Council Mason, and a member of the lodge at Hamden and of the chapter and council at Athens. George T. Gould, of Athens, was born at Kennebunk Port, a oast town in the State of Maine, Nov. 24, 1825. His, father, Thomas F. Gould, of Scotch ancestry, was, a sea captain, and finally HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 345 lost at sea. his mother, Lyntha Miller, was of English descent. George T. Gould was educated in the public schools at Lewiston, Maine, where the family moved when he was yet a child. He came to Oho in November, 1852, brought hither by the construction of the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad, on which he was a contractor. After the completion of this road, he, in connection with M. M. Green, of Columbus, engaged in business at Salina, where they invested a large amount of capital and carried on various businesses, including salt-making, coal-mining, pork-packing, and dealing in grain, wool and general merchandise. After a residence at Salina of twelve or fourteen years he removed to Lancaster when the Columbus & Hocking Valley Railroad was being built, and on which he had a contract for the construction from Lancaster to Athens. A number of years previous to the close of business at Salina, Mr. Green had withdrawn and Mr. Gould was alone. In 1878 he went to South America, where he was, for a time, superintendent of the mines of the Telimbia Mining Company, of which he was a member. For .a few years following this he was in California superintending mines, a part of the time havi g as many as four different mines under his control. For the last few years he has been engaged in various pursuits. Few men have had so wide an experience in business pursuits as Mr. Gould. To mention in detail all of his business relations would, in his own language, " make a book of itself. " In this short sketch we have only noticed those pursuits in which he was more permanently established. More than as many more in which he has been to a great or less extent engaged, might be mentioned. In his business pursuits he has traveled through more than two thirds of the States and Territories of the Union, and through a greater part of both Upper and Lower Canada and parts of South America. He was married Oct. 24, 1855, to Miss Minerva Brown, daughter of the late John B. Brown, of Ames Township. They have six children, five daughters and one son, all living. Finley Perry Graham, photographer at Athens, was born near McKeesport, Pa., Nov. 28, 1842. He lived with his parents, George and Mary Jane (Maines) Graham, until he was nineteen, when he joined the Union army, enlisting in Company F, Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving three years. He participated in a number of battles and skirmishes, the most important being South Mountain, Antietam (being wounded at the battle), Hoover's Gap and Kernstown. At the battle of Kernstown he was 346 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. taken prisoner and imprisoned at Winchester, Lynchburg, Danville and Libby Prison, making in all seven months of imprisonnent; at the end of this time he was exchanged at Annapolis. He was then granted a furlough, his health being impaired by his prison life, when he returned to Ohio to gain strength. He reoined his regiment at Winchester, Va., and served until his discharge at the expiration of his term of service, June, 1865. He ;hen returned to his father, at Plymouth, Washington Co., Ohio. The following August he went to Chesterfield, Ohio, And began learning the art of photographing, with his uncle, William 3. Waugh, remaining with him four months, when he returned to Plymouth, where he did photographing until 1872. He afterward tarried on the same business at Lexington and Logan until 1874, when he came to Athens and established his present gallery. Nov. 3, 1866, he married Hattie T. Selby, of Athens County, Ohio. {they have four children—George H., Clarence Arthur, Mabel L. and Lulu Selby. They lost one by death—Ida A., who died at Cagan, Aug. 5, 1873, at the age of nine months. Mr. Graham tnd wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Athens. Our subject is a member of Columbus Golden Post, No. 39, G. A. R. James Grim was born April 4, 1835, near New Lisbon, Ohio. When fifteen years of age he went to Salem and learned the mold, trade, serving an apprenticeship with Samuel Taylor. In L853 he went to Cleveland and worked in the foundry of Merchant 4L Ingersoll a year. In 1856 he came to Athens and was employed Ls molder in the foundry of W. W. Love until 1866, being absent )nly 100 days, while serving in Company B, One Hundred and Forty-first Regiment, 0. N. G. In 1867 he engaged in the huckstering business with John Davis, under the name of Davis & Grim. [n 1868 Mr. Davis withdrew and Mr. Grim continued the business ;ill 1872. From 1872 to 1877 he was in the grocery business, but :old out and was variously employed till August, 1880, when he Became established in the livery business. In September, 1862, he married Eliza J. Pierce, of Athens. They have seven children—Emma F., Robert T., Charles A., James C., Eliza J., Myrtle A., Ind Holly H., all living at home. Hon. Charles H. Grosvenor, attorney at law and a member of ;he law firm of Grosvenor & Jones, at Athens, and Grosvenor Vorhes, at Pomeroy, was born at Pomfret, Conn., Sept. 20, 1833. At the age of five he came with his parents, Peter and Ann HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 347 (Chase) Grosvenor, into Athens County, where they settled in 1838. He is of English ancestry, being a descendant of John Grosvenor, who died at Roxbury, Mass., in 1696, from whom, it is believed, have descended all who bear his name in America. His grandfather, Thomas Grosvenor, served on the personal staff of General Washington during the Revolutionary War, with the rank of Colonel. He was afterward Judge of the Circuit Court of Connecticut. His father served in the war of 1812, and was promoted to the rank of Major of Militia. Our subject received his rudimentary education in the district schools of Athens County, and, being thrown upon his own resources at an early age, he was obliged to teach school, tend store and work on a farm in order to obtain means to further pursue his studies. In his private study he was assisted by his mother, an amiable and intelligent lady, to whom the marked characteristics that distinguish Mr. Grosvenor as a lawyer and advocate are largely due. He studied law under the tutorship of Hon. Lot L. Smith, and was admitted to the bar by the District Court at Athens in 1857, and at once began the practice of his profession. In 1858 he formed a law partnership with Hon. S. S. Knowles. During the war h enlisted in the Eighteenth Ohio Infantry, and was soon promoted to Major of his regiment. In June, 1863, he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel, and in April, 1865, to Colonel, with the brevet title of Brigadier: General, he having commanded a brigade at the battle of Nashville, and having been recommended by General Steedman, on account of gallant action on the field. The recommendation was endorsed by General George H. Thomas as follows : "Respectfully forwarded and earnestly recommended. Lieutenant-Colonel Grosvenor has served under my command since November, 1862, and has on all occasions performed his duties with intelligence and zeal. " At the close of the war he returned to Athens and resumed the practice of law, becoming associated with J. M. Dana, Esq., under the firm name of Grosvenor & Dana, this co-partnership lasting nearly fourteen years. Besides being a prominent lawyer, with an extensive practice in the Supreme Court of Ohio, and all the lower courts in this section of the State, he has the reputation of being an eloquent orator, a successful campaign speaker and a formidable opponent. During the hotly contested Maine campaign of 1879 his assistance was earnestly requested by Hon. James G. Blaine and other distinguished Republicans of that State. Accepting the 348 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. invitation, he made his first speech at Portland, Aug. 13. He made in all thirty speeches, his stay covering a period of several weeks, he fully vindicating his reputation as an eloquent and popular speaker. In 1872 he was elected one of the Republican 1 Presidential E' ,ors, and was chosen to carry the returns from Ohio to Washington. In 1880 he was elected Presidential Elector at large oil the Republican ticket, and took an active part in that campaign, making speeches in five States. Dec. 2 of that year the Republican Presidential Electors and other distinguished citizens of Ohio visited President-elect Garfield to tender him their congratulations on the successful issue of the campaign just closed, and Mr. Grosvenor was chosen spokesman. In 1873 he was elected a member of the House of Representatives, from Athens County, and while a member of that body formed one of several important committees. He was re-elected in 1875, and at its organizaton was chosen Speaker of the House. Mr. Grosvenor is now a member of the law firms of Grosvenor & Jones, Athens, and Grosvenor & Vorhees, Pomeroy; the latter firm has existed since 1868. Dec. 1, 1858, he married Samantha Stewart, of Athens County. She died April 2, 1866, leaving one daughter. He was again married, May 21, 1867, to Louise H. Currier, also a native of Athens County. They have two daughters. Isaac Half, upholsterer and dealer in furniture and carpetings, of Athens, was born in Hagueneaw, Alsace, July 17, 1842. He was educated in the schools of his native city and Strasbourg, where he went at the age of thirteen, and attended the industrial School four years. He then, 1860, emigrated to the United States, landing in New York City, July 4. He was first employed in the upholstery house of M. Steinhous, where he remained until the fall of 1861, when he came to Athens and was employed as a clerk in the store of 1. Selig & Co. He was employed by the same at Athens, Albany and Logan until 1864, when he, with L. Selig, purchased the stock of I. Selig & Co., and established themselves in the mercantile business at Athens, under the firm name of L. Selig & Co. In 1868 M. and A. Selig became associated with them, changing the firm name to M. Selig & Co. The firm dissolving in December, 1882, Mr. Half, the following February, established himself in his present business. He has been a member of the Board of Education of Athens for seven years. He is a Master, Royal Arch and Council Mason and also an Odd Fellow. He is, by birth and education, a Hebrew, and has always adhered to that HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 349 faith. February, 1865, he married Eva Selig, of Philadelphia, seven children being born to them—Filx, Gertrude, Rodolph, Morris, Samuel, Sophia and Leopold. Robert Emmett Hamblin, Steward and Financial Manager of the Athens Asylum for the Insane, born in Logan, Hocking Co., Ohio, Aug. 14, 1852, is the son of Emmett and Celestia (Cook) Hamblin. He received his literary education in the schools of Logan and took a commercial course in the Zanesville Business College in 1872. At the age of nineteen he began to teach school, and taught until July, 1874, when he received the appointment of Steward of the Athens Asylum for the Insane. In May, 1878, on account of a change of administration, he was superseded by another. In May, 1880, without being solicited, he was again appointed Steward of the asylum and still holds the position. He is a Master, Royal Arch and Knight Templar Mason and member of the lodge, chapter and commandery. at Athens. William Hunter Harris, Superintendent and Secretary of the Athens Gas Light Company, was born at Clarksville, W. Va., Sept. 8, 1845, where he lived with his parents, James W. and Permelia (Burton) Harris, until he was eighteen years of age. He attended schools in Clarksville until his sixteenth year, when he was employed as a clerk in the store of B. F. Shuttleworth for two years. He then came to Athens with his parents and, with his father, engaged in the marble business until 1873, when he became , Superintendent and Secretary of the Athens Gas Light Company and has since held that position. Oct. 27, 1869, he married Miss Bettie, daughter of the late George Putnam, of Athens. They had two children—May Putnam and Bessie. Mr. and Mrs. Harris are members of the First Presbyterian Church of Athens. He is a member of Paramuthia Lodge, No. 25, A. F. A. M. Lafayette Hawk, Recorder of Athens, was born at Wilksville, Vinton Co., Ohio, Aug. 24, 1843, where he was reared, and lived with his parents until his seventeenth year. He was educated in the common schools. When first leaving home he enlisted in Company C, Thirty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; he served as a private about two years, when he was promoted to Corporal, and three months after, in July, 1863, to Duty Sergeant. July 18, 1864, he was detailed as Sergeant-Major of his regiment. In September of that year he was taken prisoner while in an engagement at Kernstown, in the Shenandoah Valley, and was imprisoned at Danville, Va., until Oct. 10, when he, with others, made his escape