450 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. Effie, wife of Winfield Scott, died Dec. 6, 1882, at the age of thirty years. May 23, 1860, Mr. Carnes married Miss Emily M. Bridge, of Nelsonville. They have two children—Ina May and Clara Amanda. Mr. and Mrs. Carnes are members of the Methodist Episcopal church of Nelsonville. Frank Gideon Cooley, only living son of Gideon L. and Harriet (Hull) Cooley, was born. Feb. 23, 1852, at Nelsonville, Ohio, where he was reared and educated in the Union School of that place. When nineteen years old he began to clerk in his father's store, and on attaining his majority he became a partner of the present mercantile firm of G. L. Cooley & Son, of Nelsonville. He was married Dec. 15, 1872, to Miss S. J. Riddle of Nelsonville. They are the parents of the following children—Hattie Olive, Sylvia Winnie, Lew Pierce and James Garfield. Mr. Cooley is a Master Mason and member of Philodorean Lodge, No. 157, at Nelsonville. Gideon Leonard Cooley, of the firm of Cooley & Son, merchants, of Nelsonville, Ohio, was born at Springfield, Mass., March 1, 1816 He is the sou of Jesse and Polly (Leonard) Cooley. His father dying before he was eight years old, he went to Allegany County, N. Y., near Angelica, where he lived with strangers until he was eighteen, when he returned to his birthplace in Massachusetts and remained a year. He then went to Troy, Bradford Co., Penn., where he lived over two years, employed on a farm. In the spring of 1839, he came to Ohio, and located at Nelsonville. He followed farming two years, and then worked in the coal mines thirty years. He then, in 1872, engaged in the mercantile business, and in the following year his son Frank became associated with him, the firm name being Cooley & Son. He has served three terms in the City Council of Nelsonville, and in the spring of 1861 was elected one of the Trustees of York Township, and served three years. July 3, 1840, he married Miss Harriet Hull, of Nelsonville. They have had four children, only one of whom, Frank, is living. John died June 30, 1844, aged two and a half years. Hattie, wife of W. W. Poston, died Nov. 18, 1870, aged twenty-five years; and Charles L. died April 21, 1880, aged thirty-three. Mr. and Mrs. Cooley are members of the Presbyterian church, of Nelsonville. Fletcher Stanton Coultrap entered the Ohio University of Athens in his eighteenth year (in 1869), and graduated in June, 1875. The following September he took charge of the Union schools of Wheelersburg, Ohio, and remained there two years. In September,' 1877, HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 451 he came to Nelsonville and accepted his present position as Superintendent of the Nelsonville Public Schools. He has been very successful, and is universally respected and esteemed, and, as an evidence of their appreciation, at the closing exercises of the schools in 1880, Rev. A. B. Brice, in behalf of the board, presented him. with an elaborate silver water pitcher and cup, on which was engraved: " Presented to Prof. F. S. Coultrap, by the Board of Education of the Nelsonville Union Schools, May 31, 1880." Charles Covert was born in Boone County, W. Va., Jan. 17, 1849, a son of John and Sarah Covert, his father a native of Butler County, Pa., and his mother of Boone County, W. Va. Our subject spent his youth in attending school, his father being a school teacher. In 1861, although a small boy, he took an active part in the Confederate service. His father and grandfather were both in that army, and were both taken prisoners, and held at Camp Chase. His grandfather died while a prisoner of war. After the war Mr. Covert went to farming, following that occupation until 1871, when he went to Kentucky and remained a year. He then came to Ohio and located in Lawrence County, and engaged in mining until 1878, when he came to Athens County and settled in Buchtel. He was married Oct. 8, 1874, to Miss Caroline Thompson, a native of Lawrence County. They have had four children, only three of whom are living—Albert S., John A. and Frank A. Mr. Covert is a member of the K. of L., Keystone Assembly, No. 1,516; K. of P., York Lodge, No. 75, and I. 0. 0. F., Buchtel Lodge, No. 712. James Wilson Crane, of the firm of Vorhes & Crane, brick.. makers, contractors and builders, Nelsonville, was born in the vicinity of Zanesville, Ohio, Aug. 13, 1830, where he lived with his parents, James and Mercy (Wartenbe) Crane, until he was eighteen years of age. In 1848 he came to Nelsonville, and was employed as a coal-miner in the mine of Van Wormer & Brooks, until 1864. Jan. 1, 1865, he was employed by W. B. Brooks as mine boss, re_ maining in his employ until February,1879. That year he became associated with W. H. Vorhes in brickmaking, contracting and build ing, under the firm name of Vorhes & Crane. He has been three times married. His first wife was Mary M. Crothers, of Nelsonville, whom he married Oct. 28, 1852. She died Jan. 20, 1864, leaving four children—Florence M., wife of Alfred Powell, of Muskingum County, Ohio; Lucinda E., wife of Vincent Green, of Hocking County ; Vesta M., wife of Charles W. Sanders, of Hocking County, 452 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. and Mercy C., unmarried. He married his second wife, Margaret E. Carnes. of Nelsonville, March 26, 1865. She died April 3, 1875, leaving five children—Sylva M., Eliza M., Charles W., James A., and William A. He married his third wife, Mrs. Margaret Davis, of Lancaster, Dec. 20, 1876. Mr. Crane is a Master and Royal Arch Mason, and has served as Senior and Junior Deacon and Senior and Junior Warden of his lodge. He is also an Odd Fellow, and is a Past Grand. Edward Homer Davis, proprietor of Davis's livery stables at Nelsonville, was born in York Township, Athens Co., 0., April 15, 1859. His parents were Joseph A. and Alvira (Judd) Davis. His father dying when he was a child, he lived with his mother on the homestead until her death, when he was fourteen. At that age he began to work for himself. In 1876 he traded his interest in his father's estate for the livery business, in which he is now engaged at Nelsonville. In the spring of 1882 he was elected a member of the Council of Nelsonville, and is now an incumbent of that office. Joseph A. Davis (deceased) was born in Athens County, Ohio, near the mouth of Monday Creek, Dec. 1, 1825. His parents were Rufus P. and Clarrissa (Allen) Davis. He was married to Alvira Judd, Oct. 24, 1850. They had seven children, five of whom are living —John F., Lizzie Armitage, Charles J., Edward H. and Clinton L. Seth P. died in childhood and Susan A. in infancy, Mr. Davis spent his whole life on the farm on which he was born, heiring part of the land and purchasing the balance, where he pursued farming up to his death, July 16, 1866. G. W. Devore is a native of York Township, Hocking Co., Ohio, born Nov. 28, 1843, a son of Henry and Nancy (McKee) Devore. He was reared on a farm and received his education in the common schools and at the Ohio University. He spent several of his vacations in teaching school. In 1868 he entered the employ of the Nelsonville Coal Company, and April 2, 1870, was employed by T. Longstreth. He has been promoted from time to time, and at present is Superintendent of the store and offices of this district of the Columbus & Hocking Coal and Iron Company. He was married, Oct. 14, 1869, to Carrie McGill. They have three children—Carrie C., Belford L. and George E. Mr. and Mrs. Devore are members of the Methodist church. James Dew, proprietor of the Dew House, Nelsonville, was born at Zanesville, Ohio, Sept. 6, 1839. In 1840 his parents, John HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 453 and Sarah (Zane) Dew, came to Athens County, and settled in York Township on a farm, where he was reared. His father was a pioneer of Athens County, and came with his brother, Thomas Dew, when eight years old from Cumberland, Md., in 1819. His mother was a descendant of the Zane family, founders of the city of Zanesville, Ohio. Our subject lived with his parents until manhood, and was given a common-school education. In his boyhood he was placed in charge of his father's farm, and did not begin to do any thing for himself until his father's death, in 1863. Receiving his share of his father's estate, he made no investments until 1878, when he built the Dew House, a brick structure in Nelsonville, which he rented until May, 1882, when, with his son Dudley, he took charge of it as James Dew & Son. In January, 1881, he purchased a farm of 530 acres in the vicinity of Frankford, Clinton Co., Ind., where he is also engaged in farming and stock-raising. In 1881 he was Trustee of York Township. In 1859 he married Miss Margaret Charlton, of Nelsonville. They have three children—Dudley, Capitola and Stanley. They have lost one son—Orlaf. Thomas Dew was born in July, 1815. He lived near Nelsonville, and was a farmer and stock-dealer. He enlisted in the late war and was a Captain of the Eighteenth Ohio Regiment, which position he held until his health failed, when he was obliged to resign and come home. He died at his home at Bessemer, Sept. 30, 1868, from disease contracted in the army. He left a family and a host of friends to mourn his loss. He was married to Miss Nancy Zane, daughter of Silas and Annie (Bland) Zane. Mr. Zane was the founder of Zanesville, Ohio, and was a very wealthy and influential man at that time. Mrs. Dew was born May 4, 1821, and is the only one of the family now living. Mr. and Mrs. Dew were the parents of eight children, three of which are living—Thomas E., Silas, and Mark; James, Joel, Isah, John and Orlaf are deceased. Charles Henry Doan, junior member of the firm of Lama & Doan, coal operators and merchants of Nelsonville, was born at Harveysburgh, Ohio, Jan. 7, 1852. When about four years old his parents, Nathan and Anna E. (Downing) Doan, moved to Richmond, Ind., where our subject remained till he was sixteen years of age. He was educated in the public schools and in Holing-worth's Commercial College at Richmond. In 1868 he was employed in a planing mill for a year, and afterward worked about 454 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. two years in a boot and shoe store. In 1870 he began operating in coal at Richmond till November of the following year, when he came to Nelsonville and accepted the position of general manager of the New York & Ohio Coal Company's stores at Nelsonville, which position he held till 1874. He was then engaged as bookkeeper till the following year in the store of Whitman & Bates. In March, 1875, he was employed as bookkeeper for the Nelsonville Mining Company, staying there till it was discontinued, in January, 1879. In 1881 he with J. E. Lama became the proprietors of the same mine in which they are now operating under the firm name of Lama & Doan. Previous to his becoming associated with Mr. ',Anna, he, in 1880, engaged in general merchandising at Nelsonville, which he carried on till December, 1881. June 23, 1873, he was married to Miss Jennie Austin, of Richmond, by whom he has two children—Robert A. and Frank C. Mr. Doan is an Odd Fellow, being Past Grand of Hockhocking Lodge, No. 339, and is also Past Chief of Nelsonville Encampment, No. 121. Levi McDowel, photographer, Nelsonville, was born in Muskingum County, 0., March 24,1848. He lived on his father's farm until he was twenty-one, when he engaged in the cattle and stock trade. In 1873 he went to Columbus, 0., and learned the photographer's trade, remaining at this point until 1874, when he went to Adamsville, Muskingum Co., 0., and some six months later went to Plainfield, 0., remaining there two years; then he located in Logan, 0., and one year later came to Nelsonville and established his present business, where he has one of the best galleries in the Hocking Valley. He was married to Miss Laura Risley May 26, 1881. She was born in Logan, 0., a daughter of James A. and S. A. (Prince) Risley, natives of Virginia and Maryland. Mr. and Mrs. Levi McDowel are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. John Dreany, merchant, of Nelsonville, was born Feb. 22, 1832, in County Armagh, in the north of Ireland, where he lived till he was twenty-one years old. He then emigrated to the United States, landing at New York in June, 1852. He first went to Pittsburg and engaged himself as a miner in the Sawmill Run coal mines until 1854, when he went to Virginia and worked as a miner till 1856. The same year he came to Nelsonville, where he was again engaged as a miner for one year, after which he became a coal operator and carried on the business until November, 1859. He then began boating on the Hocking Valley & Ohio Canal. and in July, 1863, HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 455 during the Morgan raid, his boat was burned and his best horses taken by Morgan's men. In 1870 he gave up boating and engaged in the mercantile business, which he still follows. March 27, 1865, he married Elizabeth Cawthorn, who died June 4, 1874, when he, Aug. 1, 1877, married Anna Matheny, who died Oct. 13 of the same year. In February of the following year he was again married, this time to Lavina Dashler, of Athens County. Mr. Dreany is a Master Mason of Philodorean Lodge, No. 157, of Nelsonville, and also an Odd Fellow, and belongs to Hockhocking Lodge, No. 339. Samuel Smith Dresback, of the firm of Dresback & Hall, grocers and coal operators, Nelsonville, was born at Bloomingville, Hocking Co., 0., Dec. 22, 1843, where he was reared a farmer and received a good common-school education. He lived with his parents, David and Jane (Smith) Dresback, until manhood. His father dying at about the time our subject became of age, he remained on the farm with his mother six years, and during that time taught school during the winter months. In 1870 he was employed by the Lick Run Coal Company as a bookkeeper, and was in their employ two and one-half years. In 1873 he was employed as assistant bookkeeper and weighmaster by T. Longstreth. In the spring of 1878 he engaged in the grocery business at Nelsonville. In October, 1882, George E. Hall became associated with him, under the firms name of Dresback & Hall, in the grocery business, and added that of operating in coal, their mines being in the vicinity of Nelsonville. Nov. 27, 1879, he was married to Jane Snyder, of Nelsonville. Himself and wife are members of the First Presbyterian Church. He has served both as Deacon and Ruling Elder for several years. Ellis Edwards was born in Flintshire, North Wales, in 1854. when he was eighteen years of age he went to Durham County, England, and worked in the coal mines thirteen years. While there, in 1858, he married Isabelle Caldwell, of Bowden Close, England. In 1865 he came to America and first located in Dunmore, Luzerne Co., Pa., where he worked in the coal mines a year. He then went to Wilkesbarre, Pa., and worked for Parish & Thomas a year. In 1867 he came to Ohio and worked in the railroad shops in Lancaster a year, and in 1868 came to Nelsonville and worked for Phillips & Powers four years. He then worked for W. B. Brooks most of the time till 1882 and since then has been employed by Johnson Bros. & Patterson. In 1864 his wife died very suddenly of heart disease, leaving four children—Joseph, Mary 456 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. Elizabeth (recently a graduate of Nelsonville High School), Isabella and Cora. In 1868 Mr. Edwards married Mrs. Emily McLaughlin of Nelsonville. They have one child—Stella L. Mr. Edwards is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Nelsonville. He has served as Deacon several years and is now a Ruling Elder. He is a member of Hockhocking Lodge, No. 339, I. 0. 0. F. William Edward Evans, President of the Hocking Valley division of the Miners' Association of the State of Ohio, was born at Grayson, Ky., July 1, 1847, where he was reared and lived with his parents, David and Frances (Evans) Evans, until manhood. At the age of eighteen he began to work in the coal mines at Mandy Furnace, Ky., remaining there until he was of age, when he came to Ohio and was employed in the coal mines at Sheridan, Lawrence County. He afterward returned to Kentucky and worked in the mines at Coalton until 1874 when he came to Nelsonville and has been employed in the various mines at that place ever since. July 1, 1881, he was elected President of the Hocking Valley division of the Miners' Association of Ohio. Sept. 8, 1870, he married Elizabeth Rust, of Ironton, Lawrence Co., Ohio. They have six children—Charles Edward, William Henry, Frank, Harry, Stella and an infant. Mr. Evans is a member of Franklin Assembly, N o. 453, Knights of Labor, being at present Treasurer. He is also an Odd Fellow and member of Unity. Lodge, No. 568, of which he is Noble Grand, and of Nelsonville Encampment, No. 121. Christopher Findling was born in Germany, Sept. 12, 1849. When he was six years of age he came with his father's family to the United States and settled in Pomeroy, Meigs County, 0., where he was reared and received a limited education. During his youth he worked in the coal mines, and when he was seventeen years of age he went to work in the woolen mills at Middleton, where he remained two years. At the end of that time he came to Athens County and was employed in the coal mines at Nelsonville. In 1879 he came to Bessemer, where he has since resided, and has been engaged in the grocery business. He was married March 4, 1872, to Miss Corithine Rinestetter, a native of Hocking County. They had two children—Charley (died in 1877) and Lizzie. His wife died in 1875. He was married Nov. 4, 1880, to Miss Missouri Stuart of Athens County. They have had one child—Bertha, who died Sept. 2, 1881. Mr. Findling is a member of K. of P., York Lodge, No. 75. HISTORY OF HOOKING VALLEY - 457 Jacob William Frost, Postmaster of Nelsonville, was born in Athens, Ohio, Nov. 9, 1847, where he was reared and received a common-school education. He is the son of Jacob C. and Mary (McCabe) Frost, with whom he lived until manhood. His father being a tailor, he learned that trade in his boyhood. In the fall of 1863 he came to Nelsonville and engaged in tailoring until 1870, when, on account of his health, he was obliged to change his business, and was employed as a clerk in the stores of Nelsonville until 1878, when he received the appointment of Postmaster. He is a Master, Royal Arch, Council and Knight Templar Mason and member of the lodge at Nelsonville, and chapter and council at Logan, and commandery at Athens. He has served several terms as Senior Deacon of his Lodge. Charles Frederick Gilliam, M. D., Nelsonville, Ohio, was born in Logan, Ohio, Nov. 9, 1853. He is the son of William and Mary E. (Bryan) Gilliam. He began to support himself at the early age of thirteen by working in the nail factory of Clifton, W. Va. In his nineteenth year he was employed as a clerk at Middleport, and afterward at Nelsonville. When about twenty he began to clerk for his brother, Dr. D. T. Gilliam & James Dew, druggists at Nelsonville. He afterward succeeded Mr. Dew and was in business with his brother, under the firm name of Gilliam & Brother, until 1877, and during that time he studied medicine under his brother. Having a certificate to practice from the County Medical Society, Athens County, for several years, he was only required to take one course of lectures before graduating. He graduated from the Columbus Medical College in March, 1878, and established himself in his present practice at Nelsonville. From July, 1878, to September, 1881, he served as Township Physician of York Township. March 12, 1879, he married Mist Mattie Frost, daughter of J. C. Frost, of Nelsonville. They have one child--Charles Frederick, Jr. William B. Gilmore was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, Sept. 10, 1835. His youth was, spent in attending school. At Cie age of eighteen years he engaged in running an engine for a s, w-mill. About a year and a half later he went to the Vinton County furnaces and ran the engine for four years. At the breaking out of the Rebellion he enlisted in Company K, Eighth Ohio Cavalry. He participated in many hard-fought battles and remained in active duty until the close of the war, receiving an honorable discharge Aug. 7, 1865. He returned to Vinton County, and was 458 - HISTORY OF HOOKING VALLEY. in the employ of the Hamden Express Company for a year and a half. In the spring of 1867 he went to Stewart County, Tenn., where he engaged with the Lagrange Iron Company as engineer for four years. In August, 1871, he returned to Ohio, and for five years was employed by the Union Furnace Company, of Hocking Valley. In 1877, he came to Buchtel, where he has since been in the employ of the Akron Iron Company as engineer. He was married April 9, 1860, to Miss Caroline Cramer, a native of Vinton County, Ohio. They had two children—Addie and Annie. His wife died March 14, 1871. He was married Dec. 21, 1872, to Miss :Diantha Tucker, a native of Hocking County, Ohio. Mr. Gilmore is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., Hocking Valley Lodge, No. 262, and of Tom Dew Post, No. 288, G. A. R. J. T. Gray was born in Prince George County, Md., Nov. 23) 1825, a son of Elias and Delilah Gray. Mr. Gray received a common education in the public schools, and moved to Nelsonville in 1867, where he has since made his home. June 27, 1849, he was married to Eliza Specht, daughter of Peter Specht. They have two living children—Alice and Emma, both married. Jonas died at the age' of twenty years and one month. Mr. Gray enlisted first in the Ninety-second, and afterward in the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Ohio Regiment, under General Ben Butler. He has been a Mason for a number of years, and is at present Master of the Nelsonville Lodge, No. 157. He was also a member of the I. 0. 0. F. for a brief period. He has served as Village Counsel three terms of two years each. Mr. Gray is by trade a tanner. John Grimm is a native of Baden, Germany, born March 9, 1833. His father, Philip Grimm, was Secretary of State for twenty-seven years in his native country, and his three elder brothers were men of military rank. One was Major in the German army, and the other two were Captains in the regular service. Our subject came to the United States in 1848, landing in New York. He learned the blacksmith's trade in Brooklyn, serving three years as an apprentice and one year as journeyman VI the same shop. He then visited nearly all the principal cities of the United States, and in 1854 came to Ohio, and located in Cincinnati. Oct. 17, 1857, he married Miss Rachel Wollbrand, a native of Sleswick, Holstein, Germany. He resided in Cincinnati until November, 1859, when he removed to Meigs County, Ohio, and remained until the breaking out of the late civil war. In 1861 he enlisted in the Seventh Ohio Battery Light Artillery, as a soldier of the ranks, but was HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 459 soon promoted to Artificer of the blacksmith's department. June 6 he met with a serious accident by the fall of a horse, having his left leg and five ribs broken, and was confined to the hospital until October 23 following,when he was honorably discharged by a special order of General Sherman, but the following May he returned to his old regiment as a veteran, and received his former position, where he served until the close of the war. He was mustered out Aug. 27, 1865, and returned to his home in Meigs County, and there pursued his trade until 1876, when he carne to Athens County and lived at Stewart for one and a half years. He then came to Buchtel, where he has since resided, and has been foreman of the blacksmith shops for the Akron Iron Company. He was elected Justice of the Peace in 1880, and re-elected in 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Grimm are the parents of nine children, only seven of whom are living—Charles, Mary E., Florinda, Sophia, James, Augustus and Gustus (twins); John and Rachel, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Grimm are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Lodge No. 457, and of K. of L., Keystone Lodge, No. 1,516. W. J Hamilton, Postmaster, Buchtel, a son of Samuel and Mary( (O'Neal) Hamilton, was born in McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pa., June 17, 1848, where he was reared and educated. When he was old enough to work he engaged on the public works of the mines. He afterward clerked for his uncle, John O'Neal, at Pine Run, where he remained for seven years, after which he engaged in weighing coal for the same company two years. He then engaged as carpenter for the P. V. & C. R. R. Co., where he remained for about two years, and in the summer of 1877 came to Ohio and located at Buchtel, Athens County, where he has since resided. The first &x months he was engaged in the mines, after which he was weighmaster until April 1, 1882, when he received his appointment as Postmaster. He was married Jan. 16, 1875, to Lizzie Cawean, a native of West Elizabeth, Allegheny Co., Pa. They have two children—Cora B. and Norrinne. He is a member of I. 0. 0. F., Buchtel Lodge, No.712, being a charter member, and the encampment at West Elizabeth, No. 212; also a member of the K. of P., York Lodge, No. 75.. W. J. Haybson was born in Hamden, Vinton Co., 0., Sept., 30, 1844, a son of Richard and Rachel (Gregory) Haybson, where he was reared and received his education in the common school. His youth was spent in working on a farm and attending school 460 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. until he was sixteen years of age when he went to learn the blacksmith's trade with Wm. Newton in his native county, where he remained one and a half years. He then went to work for the M. & C. R. R. for two years, after which he went into the railroad shops at Zaleski, Ohio, where he served eight years. In the spring of 1877, he came to Athens County and located in Buchtel and engaged with the Akron Iron Company, where he has since been employed. He was married Oct. 6, 1868, to Ellen Robb, a native of Clarion County, Pa. They have three children—Irenos J., Franklin and Ira S. Mr. Haybson is a member of the K. of P., Bachtel Lodge, No. 78. He is also a member of the Blue Lodge, Nelsonville, No. 157; Logan Chapter, No. 75, and Hockhocking Council, No. 39, A. F. & A. M., and Knights of Labor, Keystone Assembly, 1,516. He holds the office of Township Trustee of York Township, elected in 1882. Wesley Clark Hickman was born near Chesterville, Knox Co., Ohio, Dec. 30, 1832, a son of Robert F. and Harriet (Nichols) Hickman, his father a native of Chester County, Pa., and his mother of Leesburg, Va. When he was four years of age his parents removed to Mt. Vernon, Ohio, remaining there till the fall of 1842, when they went to Somerset, Perry County. In 1843 he went into his father's printing office to learn the trade, working part of the time and attending school the rest of the time for six years. Early in 1849 he left home and worked as a jour printer in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan for three or four years, spending part of the time, however, in attending school in Somerset, to Rev. A. J. Weddell. In the latter part of 1852 he began the study of law, and was admitted to the bar in 1854. In the spring of 1855 he was married to Catherine M., daughter of James and Amelia (Kelley) Porter, of Fultonham, Ohio, who died in 1856, leaving two children, a son and a daughter. The son, James Robert, still lives; the daughter died at the age of four and a half months. After the death of his wife he served two years as Deputy Clerk of Probate Court of Perry County, his father being Probate Judge. He then assumed the control of the Somerset Review, but it proved unsuccessful, and through that and other unsuccessful business ventures he found himself involved in debt. He closed his office and went to Cincinnati and entered an office as compositor, and from the fall of 1859 till April, 1861, worked at the case, principally in the office of the Daily Times. Heathen enlisted in Company I, Fifth Ohio Infantry, for three months. The company HISTORY OF HOOKING VALLEY - 461 organized under the name of Franklin Guards, and was composed almost wholly of " typos." In June, 1861, the regiment reorganized as a three years' regiment, and Mr. Hickman re-enlisted. He served in the ranks as a non-commissioned officer till August, 1863, when, on account of failing health, he was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps. Objecting to the transfer which was made against his will, he only remained with the " reserves " till Sept. 27, 1863, when he rejoined his regiment at Washington, D. C., and accompanied his old command to Tennessee. He remained with his regiment till Dec. 23, when an order for his arrest was forwarded to his regiment and he was returned to Washington and the charge of " desertion " preferred against him by the Captain of the Seventh Company, Second Battalion, V. R. C., Emil Sturmfels. After being kept in the guard house a few days he was put on trial as a " deserter" before a general court martial, Colonel Guile, of Philadelphia, presiding, but before the result of the trial was announced the Adjutant General graciously removed the charge and remanded him to duty. During his military service he was in the campaigns of West Virginia in 1861, and in the Shenandoah Valley in 1862, participating in the engagements at Winchester, Port Republic, Cedar Mountain and others, and did duty as scout a short time. He was in the service thirty-eight months, being with the Fifth Ohio two years, in the hospital seven months (as patient part of the time and about four months as clerk at Harper's Ferry General Hospital), and about six months in the Veteran Reserve Corps. In June, 1864, he returned to Perry County, and rest, resumed the practice of law. In June, 1866, he was appointed Clerk of Courts of Perry County, but at ti e election was beaten by his Democratic competitor by a majority of 145. In October, 1867, he came to Nelsonville. He served one term as Justice of the Peace of York Township, from 1869–'72, but refused re-election at the en .1 of tho term. In 1875 he was again elected and still holds the office. In September, 1865, he married Kate, daughter of Hixson and Ann (Pruner) Hunt. They have had six children born to them, only three now living—Paul H., Katie and John M. Fletcher died at the age of five months, Annie H. at the age of two years, and Sam aged one year. Willis Gaylord Hickman, County Commissioner of Athens County, and druggist of Nelsonville, was born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, Oct. 16, 1839. He is the son of Robert F. and Harriet (Nichols) Hickman. His mother died at Somerset when he was 462 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. three years of age, and he lived with his father until he was seventeen, and was given a common-school education. He worked at the printers trade until he was eighteen, but not liking that trade began to learn the blacksmith's trade, and worked at it for four years, when, in March, 1862, he enlisted in Company E, of the First Battalion of the Eighteenth U. S. Infantry, and served three years, being discharged at Lookout Mountain, Tenn., March 27, 1865. He participated in the battles of Corinth, Perrysville, Stone River, Hoover's Gap, Tullahoma, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Dalton, Resaca, Burnt Hickory, Kennesaw Mountain, Smyrna Church, Peach Tree Creek, Chattahoochee, the siege and capture of Atlanta and Jonesboro. After being discharged he returned to New Lexington, Ohio, where his father had removed while he was in the service, and from there he went to Lebanon, Ohio, and attended the Southwestern Normal School for nearly two years. He then returned to New Lexington, and was deputy clerk under his father in the probate office at that place one year, when in May, 1868, he came to Nelsonville and engaged in the drug business, being associated with his brother, W. C. Hickman, under the firm name of Hickman Brothers. In 1873 Joseph Smith became his brother's successor, and changed the firm to Hickman & Smith. In July, 1876, Mr. Smith retired from the firm, and since then Mr. Hickman has carried on the business alone. In the spring of 1878 he was elected Treasurer of the village of Nelsonville for a term of two years, and re-elected in the spring of 1882. He served as Township Trustee of York Township during 1878–'79, and on the School Board of Nelsonville from 1881 to 1883. In 1880 he was elected one of the Commissioners of Athens County for a term of three years. Nov. 2, 1871, he married Miss Lorana L. Wolf, of Hocking County, Ohio, who died at Nelsonville, May 31, 1878, leaving two children — Robert D. and Perley W. He married Miss Dora Wolf, of Nelsonville, Aug. 8, 1880. They have one child—Emma E. Mr. Hickman is a member of Philodorean Lodge, No. 157, A. F. & A. M.; of Hockhocking Lodge, No. 339, I. 0. 0. F., and of Nelsonville Encampment, No. 121. He is Past Grand of the subordinate lodge, and Past Worthy Patriarch of the encampment. He is also &member of Phil Kearney Post, G. A. R. Jacob James Hoodlet, blacksmith, of Nelsonville, was born near Somerset, Ohio, April 7, 1835. He lived with his parents, Peter and Catherine (Klise) Hoodlet, in Perry and Hocking counties HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 463 until manhood. At font teen years of age he began to learn the blacksmith's trade with Jam es Edington, at Old Straitsville, Perry County, with whom he worked some three years, after which he worked for his brother, John Hoodlet, at Gore, Hocking County, until 1857. He then returned to Old Straitsville and began business for himself, remaining in that place till 1862, when he came to Nelsonville and established the shop in which he still continues to work. He was married Aug. 6, 1856, to Miss Elizabeth JohannahJohnson, of Hocking County, who has borne him twelve children, nine of whom survive, viz. : Henry P., John W., Mary A., Charles L., Isaac P., Ella L., Maria J., Kate L. and Nancy M. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church of Nelsonville, of which he is Steward. Mr. Hoodlet served as Councilman of Nelsonville in 1867. He is an Odd Fellow, being a member of Unity Lodge, No. 568, of Nelsonville. In 1864 he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Forty-fourth Regiment, 0. N. G., and served on guard duty at Barboursville, Va., four months. John Wesley Jackson, of the firm of Wilson & Jackson, proprietors of the Central Meat Market at Nelsonville, was born in Manchester Township, Morgan County, April 30, 1829. At an early age he came with his parents, Robert and Rebecca (Hollister) Jackson, to York Township, Athens County, where he lived until he was fifteen years old, after which he went with them to Ward Township; Rocking County, where his father died in 1845. Soon after he returned with his mother to York Township. He was reared as a farmer, and educated in the district schools. At twenty-two years of age he rented the homestead of his mother, and began to farm for himself. After a short time he and his brother-in-law bought the interest of the other heirs, and he became owner of the portion on which he lived for twenty-eight years. In 1879 he rented his farm, removed to Nelsonville and formed his present partnership with Clark Wilson. He was married April 14, 1864, to Miss Kate S. White, of Athens. They have two children living, viz.: Robert Hiram and Harry Hays. Lizzie Lillian died at Nelsonville, April 30, 1880, at the age of fifteen years. Mr. Jackson was elected Township Assessor of York Township in 1878, and served one year. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church of Nelsonville, of which he is Trustee and Steward. Thomas Johnson, of the firm of Johnson Brothers & Patterson, consisting of Thomas, Edward and Charles Johnson, Joseph Slater 464 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. and David Patterson, coal miners and dealers, of Nelsonville, was born near Birmingham, England, Dec. 6, 1853. When he was about eight years of age he came to the United States with his parents, Thomas and Ann (Slater) Johnson, first settling at Niles, Ohio. He lived with them there, at Sharon, Pa., and Akron, Ohio, until 1873, when he, with his brother Charles, came to Nelsonville. He was given only a common-school education and was brought up a miner. He followed that avocation at Nelsonville until 1879 when he and his brothers, Charles and Edward, and half brother, Joseph Slater, leased the Salt Well Hollow coal mines at Nelsonville and began to mine and ship coal. In August, 1881, David Patterson, of Columbus, Ohio, became associated with them and formed the present firm of Johnson Brothers & Patterson. Oct. 4, 1881, he married Mary Zephyr, daughter of A. H. Carnes, of Nelsonville. They have one child—Thomas Alfred. Mr. Johnson is a Master Mason and member Philodorean Lodge, No. 157. Andrew Jackson Juniper was born in York Township, Athens County, on Nov. 2, 1853, and at the age of four years accompanied his parents, Thomas and Charlotte (Taylor) Juniper, to Wisconsin. They returned from there to Athens County in 1861, where he was educated in the schools of Nelsonville. At the age of twenty he began to work as a coal miner for W. B. Brooks, and continued to do so for five years. In 1878 he was employed by John W. Scott as Superintendent of the Lick River coal mines for one year, after which he was engaged as a clerk in the store of the Flood-wood Coal Company about one year. In 1860 he came to Nelsonville and engaged in merchandising, and in 1881 he also began operating in coal. In December of the latter year his brother, Abner Juniper, became associated with him under the firm name of Juniper Brothers. They employ some seventy-five miners annually and are permanently located in Nelsonville. Dec. 17, 1871, he was married to Miss Anna More, of Nelsonville, and they are the parents of two children, viz.: Ida and Edward. Wallace Washington Knight, an old resident of Nelsonville, was born Nov. 13, 1825, on the spot where he now resides. He is a son of James and Sarah (Redmond) Knight, who emigrated from England and settled in Nelsonville in July, 1821. His father died Aug. 26, 1836, and his mother, Aug. 6, 1867. Our subject received his education in the district school. At the age of fifteen he began to learn the tanner's trade, working at it six or seven years, but not liking that trade he was variously employed HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 465 until 1868, when he retired from active business. Oct. 11, 1857, he married Miss Josephine Everts, of Athens County, daughter of Eli and Oril (Howe) Everts. She was born in Canada, and came-to Athens County with her parents when she was quite young. They have two children—James S., a clerk with C. A. Cable & Co., and Wallace Wade, attending school. Solomon Charles Kontner, proprietor of meat market, Nelson.. vine, Ohio, was born at Deavertown, Morgan Co., Ohio, Nov. 29, 1832. When about six years of age he came with his parents, Solomon and Mary (Bagley) Kontner, to Nelsonville, where he was reared. His father dying when he was sixteen years old he began to maintain himself. He was employed as a driver on the Hocking Valley & Ohio Canal during the summer season, until 1857; has served in all the positions, from driver to captain. Since 1857 he has been engaged in his present business at Nelson ville, with the exception of three years, when he was operating in mining coal. He has served as Marshal of Nelsonville nine years, and Councilman five years. March 15, 1855, he married Mary A. Lazarus, of Deavertown. They have five children—Ida, Addle (wife of Dr. S. E. Butt), Charles S., Cora and Verna. Mr. Kontner is an Odd Fellow and member of the Hockhocking Lodge, No 339, and Nelsonville Encampment, No. 121. Joseph, J. Lane, mechanic, Buchtel, was born in Washington County, Pa., June 7, 1839, a son of Joseph and Margaret (McKeever) Lane. His youth was spent in assisting his father in a cabinet shop, and attending school. When sixteen years of age he went to Ripley, Brown Co., Ohio, and served an apprenticeship of four years at the machinist's trade. At the breaking out of the late civil war, he was the first man in Washington County Pa.,to offer his services in defense of his country, enlisting on the 12th day of April 1861, in the three months' service. He served in the Eastern army until his term of enlistment expired, after which he re-enlisted in the Ringgold Cavalry, an independent battalion, where he served until the close of the war. He participated in many hard-fought battles; among some of the most prominent. were : Winchester, Cedar Creek, Gettysburg and Knoxville. He enlisted as a soldier of the ranks, but received promotion through all the non-commissioned offices, and in February, 1864, received the commission of Second Lieutenant. He was honorably discharged Dec. 12, 1865, thus serving his country faithfully for a period of nearly five years. After being mustered out he returned to his - 30 - 466 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. native county. In 1867 he came to Ohio and settled in New Lexington, and went to work at carpentering, remaining there until 1880, when be came to Buchtel, where he has since resided. He was married Nov. 4, 1862, to Miss Martha Wilkins, a native of Washington County, Pa. They have had five children, only four of whom are living—Maggie, Lulu A., Samuel S. and Nora. Mr. Lane is a member of Buchtel Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., No. 712, and of the To Dew Post, No. 288, G. A. R., Buchtel. H. T. Lee, M. D., was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, Jan. 26, 1856, a son of James H. and Rachel (Baldwin)Lee. He received his early education in the common schools, and completed it at the Atwood Institute, Albany, Athens Co., Ohio. After leaving school he engaged in teaching for about four years. He began the study of medicine in April, 1878, under the preceptorship of Dr. A. C. Allen, of Straitsville, Ohio. He took his first course of lectures in the winter of 1879–'80, at the Ohio Medical College, after which be returned to Straitsville, and remained with his preceptor until the next winter, when he took his second course of lectures, and graduated in 1882, at the same college, after which he located in Buchtel, where by strict attention to his profession he has built up a large practice, and met with remarkable success. He is a member of the K. of P., Buchtel Lodge, No. 78. He is also a member of the I. 0. 0. F., Buchtel Lodge, No. 712. Barnet Columbus Lefever, Superintendent of the Nelsonville Planing Mill Company, was born at Butler, Butler Co., Pa., May 27, 1830. In his sixth year he came with his parents, Isaac and Elizabeth (Step)Lefever, to Ohio and lived in Trimble Township till he attained the age of manhood. At the age of twenty he be. gan to learn the carpenter's trade with James M. Bishop, of Morgan County, with whom he worked about two years. He next worked as a journeyman at different places in Athens, Hocking and Morgan counties for three years, and in 1855 he located in Albany, Athens County, where he lived one year, when he removed to a farm in York Township, where he pursued farming with his trade till 1871. In that year he came to Nelsonville and engaged as a contractor and builder and undertaker, in which he is still engaged. In January, 1882, at the organization of the Nelsonville Planing Mill Company, he became a stockholder and was elected Superintendent, and still holds that,position. In 1875 he was elected one of the Athens County Infirmary Directors for a term of three years; has also served as Councilman of Nelsonville two terms; as HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 467 member of the School Board one term, and on the School Board of York Township about ten years. He was married Jan. 19, 1855, to Miss Rebecca Miranda, daughter of Robert and Rebecca Jackson, of York Township, Athens County. They have had six children, but Edmund Burns is the only one living at present. Three died in infancy. Thomas Orlando died in 1872, at the age of sixteen, and Charles Welch in 1874, aged over three years. Mr. Lefever is a Master Mason and member of Philodorean Lodge, No. 157; an Odd Fellow, a member of Hockhocking Lodge, No. 339, of which he is Past Grand. Hoses Lewis, deceased, was born in Athens County, Ohio, April 19, 1816, a son of Samuel Lewis, who was a son of Daniel Lewis, and came to Athens County among the early settlers. He was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. he was married May 9, 1843, to Miss Sarah Harrington, a daughter of Samuel K. Harrington, a native of New York. Soon after our subject's marriage he moved on the farm, where his widow now resides. They were the parents of fifteen children, eight of which are still living. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Lewis held the office of Justice of the Peace for about eight years besides many other local offices of trust and responsibility. 113 departed this life May 29, 1882. Mrs. Lewis has a large farm of 336 acres of well-cultivated land. Henry J. Ley was born in Alsace, Germany, Nov. 14, 1855, where he was reared and educated. He came to the United States in 1873, and located in Akron, Summit Co., Ohio. In 1876 he came to Bessemer and worked at the stone-mason's trade about three months, when he went to work in the iron mines. He was married June 2, 1881, to Miss Josephine Gross, a native of Lawrence County, Ohio. They have one child—Henry P. Mr. Ley is a member of the K. of L., Keystone Assembly, No. 1,516, and of the K. of P., York Lodge, No. 75. Thomas Manning Linton, a miner in the coal mines of Nelsonville, was born near Frederick City, Frederick Co., Md., Aug. 12, 1838, where he lived until he was ten years of age. In the fall of 1848 he came with his parents to Ohio, settling near Maxville, where they lived until 1850, when they came to Hocking County and located on Monday Creek. In 1858 he came to Nelsonville and engaged in mining, which he followed until April 21, 1861, when he enlisted in Company B, Twenty-second Ohio In- 468 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. fantry, for three months. He served until Aug. 19, 1861. Oct. 2, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Eighteenth Ohio Infantry, for three years. He was discharged at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 9, 1864. He participated in the battles of Athens, Ala., LaVergne, Tenn., Stone River,Tenn., Elk River, Chattanooga, Davis Cross Roads, Chickamauga, Rossville, Brown's Ferry, Missionary Ridge and Pulaski. In January, 1863, he was promoted to Duty Sergeant., and served as such until his discharge. After his discharge he returned to Nelsonville and resumed mining, and has been connected with that business ever since. Jan. 13, 1868, he married Emma Tedrow, of Nelsonville. They have four children. Eugene M., Emma May, Flora and Purley. Mr. and Mrs. Linton are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a member off Philodorean Lodge, No. 157, A. F. & A. M., and of Hockhocking Lodge, No. 339, I. 0. 0. F. Thomas Porter Marshall, of the Maple Hill Coal Company, Nelsonville, was born May 30, 1827, in Philadelphia, Pa., a son of William and Rebecca (Beaty) Marshall. When he was two years of age his parents removed to Darlington, Pa., where he was reared and educated. When he was twenty years of age he went to work for J. C. Hartman to learn the trade of a millwright, serving an apprenticeship of three and a half years, and in 1854 became associated with his employer in business. In 1854 they went to Iowa and worked in Marshall and Hardin counties till 1861. In August, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Thirteenth Iowa Infantry, and was elected Captain of his company. He was afterward promoted to Major of the regiment. He participated in the battles of Shiloh, siege of Corinth, second battle of Corinth, siege and capture of Vicksburg, and was in the Atlanta campaign. After the fall of Atlanta, while at home on furlough, he was assigned to General Thomas's command, Army of the Cumberland, stationed at Nashville, Tenn ., and placed in command of a regiment of the provisional division of the Army of the Tennessee, and while there participated in the two days' battle before Nashville. He remained in command of the regiment till its disbandment in April, 1865, when he returned to his own regiment at Goldsboro, and after the surrender of Johnston went to Washington, and was discharged April 9, 1865, after a service of nearly four years. He returned to his old home in Beaver Co., Pa., his family having moved there in his absence. He was engaged in the oil business two years, and in 1867 began operating in and mining coal. In October, 1873, HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 469 he came to Nelsonville and was appointed Superintendent of the Laurel Hill Coal Company, of Columbus, remaining with them till Feb. 28, 1882. March 6, 1882, he was employed as Superintendent of the Maple Hill mines. April 1, 1883, a new organization was formed, and called the Maple Hill Coal Company. Mr. Marshall became a member of the company, still retaining the position of Superintendent. In 1857–'58, he was Justice of the Peace of Greencastle Township, Marshall Co., Iowa, and was Coroner of that county in 1859. In 1880–'81 he was Councilman of Nelsonville, and since 1881 has been a member of the Board of Education, being at present President of the Board. Nov. 10, 1852, he married Rachel Dawson, of Columbiana Co., 0., who died Sept. 6, 1873, leaving three children—William Dawson, Almira H. and Etta Florella. In December, 1875, Mr. Marshall married Rachel Snyder, of Zaleski, 0. They have two children—Ralph Everett and Ethel Ida. Mr. Marshall belongs to the Masonic fraternity, and is a member of Philodorean Lodge, No. 157, of Nelsonville, and Liverpool Chapter, No. 100, of East Liverpool; an Odd Fellow and a member of Hockhocking Lodge, No. 339, and Nell sonville Encampment, No. 121, and also of York Lodge, No. 15; K. of P. James Monroe Martin, watchman in the coal mines of W. B. Brooks, was born in Lancaster, Fairfield Co., Ohio, April 7, 1818, where he lived for thirty years. When eighteen years of age, in 1836, he became apprenticed to George Ring, of Lancaster, to learn the woolen manufacturer's trade, which he followed till 1878, carrying it on at Nelsonville from 1848 until 1878, being associated with J. J. Robbins. From 1878 till 1881 he was not in any active business, but since then has been employed in his present position. He has held the office of Councilman of Nelsonville one term. March 25, 1841, he was married to Mary Moutice, of Lancaster, who died April 21, 1864, at Nelsonville, leaving two children—Joseph C. and William Scott, both of Nelsonville. June 25, 1865, he was married to Mrs. Susan A. Bates, of Nelsonville, who died Sept. 20, 1879. Mr. Martin is an Odd Fellow and member of Hockhocking Lodge, No. 339, of which he is Past Grand. Lindley Alonzo Maxwell, station agent of the C., H. V. & T. R. R. at Nelsonville, was born near Malaga, Monroe Co., 0., March 31, 1854, a son of John L. and Phoebe J. (Carlton) Maxwell. He attended school till fifteen years of age and then clerked in, a store at Lancaster a year, after which he went into the office of the C., H. 470 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. V. & T. R. R., at Lancaster, and learned telegraphy. He was employed in the office as extra operator about six months, and then as night operator eight months. From Lancaster he went to Columbus, Ohio, and was employed as extra operator there and afterward in other places till Nov. 9, 1873, when he received the appointment of day operator at Nelsonville, and Aug. 4, 1881, he was promoted to station agent. Sept. 11, 1878, he married Sarah I. Smith, of Nelsonville. They have two children—Charles L. and Lula J. Mr. Maxwell is a member of York Lodge, No. 75, K. of P., of which he is now Past Chancellor. John Perry McGill, junior member of the mercantile firm of Parker & McGill, Nelsonville, was born in Canaan Township, Athens Co., 0., May 3, 1837, where he lived with his parents, John and Susan (Mansfield) McGill, until he was eight years old, when they moved to Waterloo Township. In 1847 they removed to Hamley Run, in Dover Township, and when he was eighteen to York Township, and in 1857, to Starr Township, Hocking County, where he lived four years. He remained with his father's family, his father being a cripple, until he was twenty-seven years of age. Sept. 5, 1864, he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Ohio Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He then returned to Athens County, and in the fall of that year engaged in saw-milling and farming at Mineral City, carrying on that business until the following year. He then went on the M. & C. R working in different capacities until 1869, when he took charge of the telegraph wires on the Columbus & Hocking Valley Road, having charge of the lines from Athens to Columbus. His father died Dec. 24, 1869, at Mineral City. In March, 1883, he became associated with J. M. Parker in the general mercantile business at Nelsonville. Aug. 17, 1865, he was married to Elvira Burlingame, of Albany, Athens County. They have one daughter—Flora. Himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is an Odd Fellow and member of Hockhocking Lodge, No. 339, cf Nelsonville. Hosea McC. Miller was born in Preston County, W. Va., Feb. 19, 1846. He was reared on a farm and received his education in the common schools, living with his parents until he grew to manhood. After he reached his majority he learned the blacksmith's trade with his father, working with him three years. He then went to Grafton, W. Va., And worked in the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad shops two years. In 1873 he came to Hocking County, O., and HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 471 worked at the Union Furnaces until May 9, 1877, when he came to Buchtel, where he has since been in the employ of the Akron Iron Company. He was married Sept. 22, 1868, to Mary M. Rodeheaver, a native of Preston County, W. Va. They have two children—Frank G. and Clarence W. Mr. Miller is a member of the K. of P., York Lodge, No. 75. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Alexander Warden Nelson, real estate agent, was born in Nelsonville, Sept. 4, 1825. He is the second of three sons of Daniel and Sarah (Smith) Nelson. His father was the original owner of the site of Nelsonville and an extensive land owner. He laid out the plot of Nelsonville in 1818. Our subject was reared and has spent his whole life at Nelsonville. His father dying when he was ten years of age he was thrown upon his own resources. In his boyhood he began to work on the Hocking Valley & Ohio Canal by driving a cart-horse, and after its completion followed canaling, from driver to captain, until 1861. In that year he assisted in recruiting soldiers for the Union army, he being a staunch Union man. In the latter part of that year he enlisted in Company G, Eighteenth Ohio Infantry, and served only eighteen months when he was discharged at Huntsville, Ala., for disability caused by diseased eyes, having at that time nearly lost his eyesight. He then returned home, and although still afflicted, assisted in raising recruits. He has been under treatment for years but has not fully recovered his sight. He for a time tried to work in the coal mines, but was obliged to abandon it. He was then variously employed until 1875, when he engaged in the real estate business and lately became associated with J. F. Camp, under the firm name of Camp Sr, Nelson. July 18, 1850, he was married to Miss Alpha Steinrod, of Muskingum County, 0. They have eight children—Josephine, wife of Albert Riggs; Ella, Douglas Ward, Orilla, Daniel, Alpha, Amos and Angie. They have lost one—Louisa, who died at the age of seventeen years. Mr. Nelson is a member of Phil Kearney Post, No. 38, G. A. R., of Nelsonville. Alonzo Pugsley Newton, Street Commissioner of Nelsonville, was born at Nelsonville, Oct. 10, 1835. He is the son of Gershom and Clarissa (Fisk) Newton, with whom he lived until he was eight years old, when he was taken by his uncle, Aaron Lewis, living with him until he was twenty-one. He then engaged in boating on the Hocking Valley & Ohio Canal until 1861, when, Oct. 9, he en_ listed in Company G, Eighteenth Ohio Infantry, and served three 472 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. years. He was in the battles of Athens, Ala., Pulaski, Tenn., and Stone River. He was discharged at Camp Chase, Ohio, Nov. 4, 1864. He then returned to Nelsonville and was employed in the coal mines until 1879, when he was elected Street Commissioner of Nelsonville, and has held that position by re-election ever since. Jan. 29, 1865, he married Miss Rebecca Anders, of Nelsonville. They have four children—Ella, Berta, Minnie and Fred. Mr. Newton is a member of Phil Kearney Post, No. 38, G. A. R., of which he is Senior Commander. James Milton Parker, senior member of the firm of Parker & McGill, merchants, Nelsonville, was born near Logan, Hocking Co., Ohio, May 26, 1843, where he was reared and lived with his parents, Albert and Malinda, nee Bancroft, Parker, until manhood, and was given a common-school education. After becoming of age he was variously employed until 1871, when he was employed as a clerk in the store of W. B. Brooks, of Nelsonville, until 1882, when he became associated with John P. McGill in the mercantile business, under the firm name of Parker & McGill. Sept. 12, 1865, he was married to Miss Lydia Woodard, daughter of Nathan B. and Sarah (Nelson) Woodard. Her grandmother was a descendant of Daniel Nelson, the founder of Nelsonville. They have had two children; one died in infancy, and the other, Luetta, died at Nelsonville, Feb. 26, 1871. Mr. and Mrs. Parker are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of Nelsonville, of which he has been Steward eleven years, Class-Leader two years, and Sabbath-school Superintendent eight years. John Calvin Parker, salesman for Charles Robbins, Nelsonville, was born near Deavertown, Ohio, April 4, 1839, a son of Albert and Malinda (Bancroft) Parker. He was reared in Logan, Hocking County, where he received his elementary education, completing it in the Union School, Lexington, Ohio. He began teaching when twenty years of age, and taught five winters in Starr Township, Hocking County. In June, 1864, he came to Nelsonville and opened a photograph gallery, but the next June sold out and became associated with M. W. Benson in the mercantile business. In November, 1867, he retired from the firm and entered the employ of Charles Robbins. Since 1873 he has been dealing in real estate, and since his boyhood he has dealt in horses, being one of the best judges of that animal in the county. He was elected Township Clerk in 1868, serving a year; has served as Township Treasurer ten years; a member of the Board of Education of HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 473 Nelsonville seven years, and Treasurer of the village School Board nine years. May 30, 1860, he married Sarah A. Woodard, a descendant of Daniel Nelson, the founder of Nelsonville. They have one child—Orilla M., wife of Fred. W. Bull, of Buchtel. Mr. and Mrs. Parker are members of the Methodist church. He is a member of Philodorean Lodge, No. 157, A. F. & A. M., and of Hockhocking Lodge, No. 339, I. 0. O. F. Ashford Poston was born near Hanging Rock, Hampshire Co., Va., Nov. 7, 1814, the eldest of three sons of Richard and Elizabeth (Thompson) Poston. He was reared on his father's farm, and received but a limited education in the ordinary subscription schools of that day. The year he was twenty-one he came to Ohio with his parents, locating in the vicinity of Zanesville, where he began to work for himself, and was variously employed till 1837, when he became established in the grocery business with his cousin, E. S. Poston, in Nelsonville, the firm name being E. S. & A. Poston. Four years later they added general merchandise to their stock of groceries. He was also engaged in driving horses and cattle to the Philadelphia and Baltimore markets until 1844, when he retired from the mercantile and stock business, and engaged in boating on the Hocking Valley & Ohio Canal, and in buying and selling produce. In 1856 he retired from active business, but in 1863 became interested in mining and shipping coal, and was thus engaged until 1881. In connection with mining, in 1873 he was in the hardware and furniture business with S. N. Poston, the firm name being A. & S. N. Poston. In 1876 he purchased a dry-goods house, but in 1880 rented his coal mine and retired from all active business. Since 1858 he has been an extensive dealer in real estate. Although not actively engaged in business he is a member of the Nelsonville Planing Mill Company, of which he is President, Treasurer and Director. Duping the many years of his residence in Nelsonville he has served in most of the offices of its municipal and township organization. He has been twice married. His first wife was Margaret Parkinson, of Athens County, whom he married in 1838, and who died in 1842, leaving two children—Mary E. (now Mrs. Abraham Williams), and William B. Dec. 2, 1857, he married Miss M. C. Butt. They have three children—Maggie L., wife of William H. Hatch; Dennie A., widow of Cassius Dew, and Emma May. They have lost two children—Allie Monema, died March 3, 1869, aged ten years, and Annie, died in infancy. 474 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. Lorenzo Dow Poston was born in Hampshire County, Va., March 22, 1812, and moved to Athens County in 1830 and engaged in buying and selling cattle until about 1835, when he moved to Nelsonville and went into the mercantile business. He owned a large tract of land in and near Nelsonville, and in 1852 went into the mining business, in which he was very successful. Nov. 26, 1835, he was married to Martha Wilson, who only lived about two years. Sept. 26,.1838, he married Lucinda Parkinson. They had five children, two of which are living—William W., and Lucinda, wife of E. P. Pendleton. In 1852 he was married to Miss Hannah Scott. They had three children—Winfield, Irvin and Clarence E. Mr. Poston died Dec. 16, 1875. He was a man of fine business talent, and his death was mourned by all that knew him. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for many years before his death, and had been Class-Leader several years.. When a young man he used to work by the month at any kind of work he could obtain, but when he died he was one of the wealthiest men in the county. He obtained it all by his own good management and hard work. Mrs. Hannah Poston, wife of the deceased, was born Sept. 15, 1830, in England, and came to America with her parents when she was about three and one-half years old. They settled on the Ohio River and lived there until she was about ten years old, when they moved to Nelsonville. Webster Wesley Poston, of the firm of Steenrod & Poston, pro- prietors of Eagle Flouring Mills, of Nelsonville, and also ,a member of the Nelsonville Planing Mill Company, and of the Nelsonville Foundry and Machine Company, was born in Nelsonville, June 29, 1844, where he was reared and educated. He lived with his parents, Wesley W. and Mary E. (Dew) Poston, until manhood. At the age of fourteen he entered the store of his father and was variously employed until the death of his father, Feb. 2, 1875. After his death he, with his brother, James D., settled up the estate. He then engaged in business with Amos Steenrod, and purchased the Eagle Flouring Mills. In 1881 he became a stockholder in the Nelsonville Foundry and Machine Company, of which he is Treasurer, and in 1882 became a member of the Nelsonville Planing Mill Company, of which he is one of the Directors. He is also largely interested in coal lands now being worked by leasers. He has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Hattie 0., daughter of G. L. Cooley, of Nelsonville, whom he married Nov. 26, 1865, and who died in October, 1869, leaving two children-