600 - HISTORY OF HOOKING VALLEY native of Greene County, Penn., born Feb. 2, 1830. They have three children—Sarah, born Dec. 19, 1857, now Mrs. G. W. Parker; Mary, born March 16, 1862, and George, born Dec. 5, 1868, Mr. Tedrow has 700 acres of fine land in Rome Township, his residence being on section 35. He makes a specialty of stock-raising. Mr. and Mrs. Tedrow and their daughters are members of the Presbyterian church. C. G. Tucker was born in Athens County, Ohio, Dec. 1, 1847. He was married April 19, 1879, to Margaret A. Jackson, a native of Athens County, born in 1851. They have two children—Jessie M., born Jan. 25, 1880, and Charles Guy, born Dec. 2, 1882. Mr. Tucker has been Constable of Rome Township twelve or fifteen years, and Township Assessor seven years. He has sixty-five acres of land where he resides, on fraction 24, and an interest in other land in this county, and also owns land in Iowa. he is now dealing in sewing-machines, and is special collector for Southern Ohio. Mrs. Tucker is a member of the Methodist church. Mr. Tucker's father, Nathan Tucker, was born in Maryland in 1814, and is now living on fraction 33, Rome Township. His mother, Barbara A. Tucker, was born in Somerset County, Penn., in 1805. She first married Joseph Tedrow. He died in 1833, leaving six children—Henry, Silas, Aaron, Joseph, Freeman and Susan. Aaron died in 1865. Freeman is a resident of Ohio; the others are living in Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Tucker are members el the Methodist church. Nehemiah, O. Warren was born Sept. 22, 1799, in Connecticut, and when twenty-one years of age went to Hudson, N. Y., where he was engaged in the live-stock business about five years. He then came to Athens County, Ohio, and located in Canaan Township, remaining there till 1871, engaged in various kinds of business. He established his first dry-goods store in 1840, in Guysville, and afterward started a store in Stewart. In 1871 he came to Rome Township, and now lives on a fine farm of 450 acres. In 1879 he discontinued his commercial career, and is now settling up his business with a view to living a more retired life. Mr. Warren claims to have bought and sold more horses than any other man in the county, and has probably borrowed more money and paid more interest than any other man. He at one time owned over 1,600 acres of land. He was married April 19, 1818, to Hannah Deway, a native of Connecticut, born June 27, 1800. They had a family of nine children, five now living—Jane, born 601 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. Feb. 2, 1819; Hannah, March 12, 1821; Levinda, April 16, 1831; Elizabeth, Sept. 14, 1833; Joseph W., July 30, 1838. Mrs..Warren died Jan. 31, 1866. Mr. Warren has been four times married. He was married the last time to Mary Frost, May 31, 1874. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Harvey Wright, carpenter and contractor, was born in Ames Township, Athens Co., Ohio, May 10, 1836. At the age of twelve he went to Washington County, Ohio, and remained eight years. At the expiration of that time he came to New England and lived two years, then went to Sugar Creek, Athens County, where he lived four years. In 1862 he again moved to New England, where he has since remained, building railroad bridges and Forking at the carpenter's trade. He married, Dec. 6, 1861, Susan Smith, who was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, Dec. 6, 1835. They are the parents of three children—Minnie M., born Nov. 6, 1864; Perley S., Jan. 4, 1868; William H., March 5, 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Wright are members of the Presbyterian church. Henry Wright, the father of Harvey, was born in New York in 1803, and died in 1867. His mother, Louisa (Otis) Wright, was born in New York in 1804, and is still living in Athens County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wright had a family of fifteen children, seven living—John N., Simeon M., Henry H., Harvey, Sophia, Electa and James 0. Thomas Smith, Mrs. Harvey Wright's father, was. born in Pennsylvania, in October, 1809, and died in 1879. Her mother, Sarah (Draper) Smith, was born in Pennsylvania in 1809, and is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have had seven children, six living—Julia A., Thomas D., Susan D., Celisa, Mary C. and Louisa B. CHAPTER XXI. LEE TOWNSHIP—SOMETHING OF OLDEN TIMES, AND THE NEGRO'S MECCA. ORGANIZATION—SOME OF THE OLD SETTLERS—POPULATION— ELECTIONS— TOWNS OFFICERS— ALBANY, THE NEGRO'S MECCA-POSTOFFICE AND POSTMASTERS—MAYORS OF A ALBANY—ATWOOD INSTITUTE, ITS HISTORY—GIFTS AND DONATIONS—ENTERPRISE INSTITUTES—ITS RISE AND PROGRESS--SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES —THE WELLS LIBRARY— LODG ES AND SOCIETIES—THE UNDER: GROUND RAILWAY RUN BY A FEW CITIZENS -OF ALB AN Y—BIOGRAPHICAL. ORGANIZATION. Lee Township was organized November, 1819, and her territory was taken from Alexander Township. It is the southwest township of the county, and in size the smallest, having but twenty-four sections of land, or two-thirds of a congressional township, being six miles north and south and four miles east and west, or 15,360 acres. It is bounded on the north by Waterloo Township, on the east by Alexander Township, south by Meigs County, and west by Vinton County. The land is generally rolling, and in some parts quite hilly, but nearly all portions suited for farming purposes, well suited for cultivation. The hills in some places are rather steep, but the soil is good and grasses grow luxuriantly. In fact there is very little waste land. The soil is not deep, neither is it very strong, but it is fertile enough to raise fair average crops. There are not many living streams of water, but then there are numerous springs, and water is reached by wells at from ten to forty feet. This spring water is pure and splendid for stock, and the farmers are giving largely of their attention to stock-raising, and to the best breeds. In this respect the farmers of Lee Township can boast, for her stock is the equal of any in the county. SOME OF THE SETTLERS. Among the earliest settlers of the township were: Captain John Martin, of Revolutionary fame; Phillip Smith, Henry Cassel, Ziba McVey, Daniel Knowlton, George Canney, Jno. Holdred, Will- - (602) - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 603 iam Brown, William Graham, Jacob Lentner, James McGonnegal, Francis Thomas, Samuel Luckey, Hiram Howlett and John Doughty. These settlers were characteristic of the times, earnest, progressive, honest and well educated, and they brought with them a strong determination to see that in respect to educational facilities their children should not suffer by settling in the wilderness of the West. Schools were therefore among the first provided for, and their efforts in this direction met with success. Their action in this regard is worthy of all commendation, and the erection of churches, school-houses and support of libraries, attests their devotion to these important elements of moral progress, and the culture and refinement everywhere exhibited at their homes. POPULATION, ETC. This township, like one or two others, has shown a slight decline the past ten years in its population.. In fact, its largest population was in 1860. The loss during the decade between 1860 and 1870 might be laid at the door of the late civil war, but there is no such excuse during the last, and it can possibly be attributed to too large a colored population. The population by decades from 1820 is here given: That year it was 342; in 1830, it was 418; in 1840, it was 848; in 1850, it was 961; in 1860, it was 1,301; in 1870, it was 1,146; in 1880, 1,086. This showing gives the township but 125 more in 1880 than it had in 1850, a period of thirty years. The organization being in November of 1819, the first election for township officers did not take place until the following April, 1820, and these officers and subsequent ones are recorded here. TOWNSHIP OFFICERS. 1820. — Trustees, Jacob Len tiler, James Mc Gonnegal and Ephraim Martin; Justice of the Peace, Isaac Baker. 1821.—Trustees, Francis Thomas, James McGonnegal and Elisha Chapman. 1822. — Trustees, Ephraim Martin, James. McGonnegal and Daniel Rowell; Justice of the Peace, Abner C. Martin. 1823.—Trustees, Joseph Wallace, Francis Thomas and Win. Brown ; Justice of the Peace, Isaac Baker. 1824.—Trustees, Ephraim Martin, Francis Thomas and James McGonnegal; Justice of the Peace, Joseph Wallace. 604 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. 1825.—Trustees, same as above; Justices of the Peace, McCowen Bean, Michael Canney and James McGee. 1826 and 1827.—Trustees, same as above. 1828.—Trustees, Samuel Martin, Francis Thomas and James MeGonnegal; Justice of the Peace, Jacob Lentner. 1829.—Trustees, James McGee, George Reeves and McCowen Bean. 1830.--Trustees, .same as above. 1831.—Trustees, Wm. Graham, Wm. Thompson and McCowen Bean ; Justices of the Peace, McCowen Bean and Abner C. Martin. 1832.—Trustees, Joseph Martin, Wm. Thompson and John Havener; Justice of the Peace, Jacob Lentner. 1833.—Trustees, Wm. Graham, James McGonnegal and Joseph Martin. 1834. —Trustees, same as above; Justice of the Peace, Abner C. Martin. 1835.—Trustees, same as above; Justice of the Peace, Jacob Lentner. 1836.—Trustees, Joseph Post, Win. Thompson and Nimrod Dailey. 1837.—Trustees, Win. Graham, Michael Canney and Nimrod Dailey; Justice of the Peace, Abner C. Martin. 1838.—Trustees, same as above; Justice of the Peace, John Dickson. 1839.—Trustees, same as above; Justice of the Peace, Lucius Beckley. 1840.—Trustees, same as above; Justice of the Peace, Abraham Enlow. 1841.—Trustees, John T. Winn, Joseph Post and Jacob Lentner; Justice of the Peace, A. Warner. 1842.—Trustees, same as above; Justice of the Peace, John T. W inn. 1843.—Trustees, Wm. Graham, Wm. Henderson and Jacob Lentner ; Justices of the Peace, George Means and Francis E. Clark. 1844.—Trustees, same as above; Justice of the Peace, Edmund Morse. 1845.—Trustees, F. E. Clark, A. G. Henderson and James Greathouse; Justices of the Peace, A. G. Henderson and Peter .M orse. 605 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. 1846.—Trustees, same as above; Justice of the Peace, Francis E. Clark. 1847.—Trustees, F. E. Clark, Travis Wilson and James Greathouse; Justice of the Peace, George Holdren. 1848.—Trustees, F. E. Clark, John Brown and George Holdren. 1849.—Trustees, Andrew Means, John Dewing and George Holdren; Justices of the Peace, D. M. Ross and F. E. Clark. 1850.—Trustees, F. E. Clark, D. M. Ross and A. W. Brown; Justice of the Peace, Joseph Post. 1851.—Trustees, F. E. Clark, Leonard Brown and D. M. Ross. 1852.—Trustees, James Holmes, B. Goodrich and John T. Winn; Justices of the Peace, James Clements and F. E. Clark. 1853.—Trustees, James Holmes, A. Enlow and John T. Winn; Justice of the Peace, Joseph Post. 1854.—Trustees, same as before; Justice of the Peace, George Johnson. 1855.—Trustees, James Holmes, Samuel Shuster and John T. Winn; Justices of the Peace, James Clements, John Brown and Jacob McVey. 1856.—Trustees, James Holmes, Jacob McVey and John T. Winn; Justice of the Peace, Harvey L. Graham. 1857.—Trustees, James Holmes, James Clements and John T. Winn. 1858.—Trustees, James Holmes, James Clements and Benjamin Rickey; Justices of the Peace, James Clements and Jacob McVey. 1859.—Trustees, James Holmes, James Clements and A. W. Brown; Justice of the Peace, Harvey L. Graham. 1860.—Trustees, James Holmes, W. W. Kurtz and A. W. Brown; Justice of the Peace, Peter Morse. 1861.—Trustees, James Holmes, A. Wilson and A. W. Brown; Justice of the Peace, E. R. Cooper. 1862.—Trustees, James Holmes, A. Jennings and A. W. Brown; Justice of the Peace, James M. Gorslene. 1863.—Trustees, same as above. 1864.—Trustees, James Holmes, A. Wilson and A. W. Brown; Justice of the Peace, E. R. Cooper. 1865.—Trustees, James Holmes, Wm. C. Lindley and Robert Dickson; Justice of the Peace, James M. Gorslene. 1866.—Trustees, Lemuel Cline, Jacob McVey and Robert Dickson. 606 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. 1867.—Trustees, same as above; Justices of the Peace, John Q: Mitchell and Isaac Friedlein. 1868.—Trustees, Albert Vorhes, Jacob McVey and Robert Dickson ; Justice of the Peace, Abraham Enlow. 1869.—Trustees, Jacob McVey, W. W. Blake and A. C. Daily; Clerk, A. Palmer; Treasurer, John Dewing. 1870.—Trustees, W. W. Blake, John Mollie'. and L. Cline; Clerk, A. Palmer; Treasurer, John Dewing. 1871.—Trustees, L. Cline, John H. Mother and Alpheus Wilson; ,Clerk, John P. Coe; Treasurer, S. R. Hibbard. 1872.—Trustees, J. H. Mother, W. C. Lindley and Thom* Daily; Clerk, John P. Coe; Treasurer, A. Palmer. 1873.—Trustees, W. C. Lindley, J. H. Molher and Thomas Daily; Clerk, John P. Coe; Treasurer, A. Palmer. 1874.—Trustees, W. C. Lindley, J. H. Molher and Abraham Crossen; Clerk, John P. Coe; Treasurer, A. Palmer. 1875.—Trustees, Abraham Crossen, Elias Graham and Hugh Fletcher; Clerk, John P. Coe; Treasurer, A. Palmer. 1876.—Trustees, A. Crossen, John Snyder and A. H. Holmes; Clerk, John P. Coe; Treasurer, A. Palmer. 1877.—Trustees, Jacob McVey, Elias Graham and Amos Knowlton; Clerk, John P. Coe; Treasurer, A. Palmer. 1878.—Trustees, Elias Graham, Jacob McVey and Amos Knowlton; Clerk, John P. Coe; Treasurer, A. Palmer. 1879.—Trustees, Jacob McVey, Elias Graham and James Sickles; Clerk, John P. Coe; Treasurer, A. Palmer. 1880.—Trustees, Elias Graham, James Sickles and J. N. Patterson; Clerk, W. Cline; Treasurer, A. C. Daily; Justices of the Peace, D. J. Canny and S. P. Armstrong. 1881.—Trustees, Elias Graham, J. N. Patterson and S. V. Knowlton; Clerk, W. W. Cline; Treasurer, A. C. Daily. 1882.—Trustees, Elias Graham, W. C. Lindley and James Sickles; Clerk, W. W. Cline; Treasurer, A. C. Daily. 1883.—Trustees, Jacob McVey, Win. C. Lindley and M. J. Dixon; Clerk, John Ritchie; Treasurer, S. T. Cline; Justice, D. J. Canny. ALBANY. The village of Albany is situated in the eastern part of the township, on the line of the Ohio Central Railroad. It was laid out into lots by Wm. Graham in 1832 or 1833, the first house in the village being built by Lucius R. Beckley on the ground now owned by 607 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. Cline & Daily and known as the old Brown store. In 1840 John Brown purchased this property and commenced selling goods. Albany has now a population of about 700 inhabitants, With the usual complement of business men and mechanics. The leading business establishments at present are J. H. Vorhes & Bro., Cline & Daily and W. A. Smith, dealers in general merchandise; J. C. P. Moore, dealer in hardware, and T. D. Moore, dealer in tinware and harness. Albany is a neat village, surrounded by a beautiful fanning country. It having been, until recently, an inland town, its business has been necessarily limited. The buildings are almost all of wood and generally of the style of farm buildings. It has two institutions of learning besides the public schools, five church societies, a public library, one Masonic lodge, two hotels kept by G. W. Hill and R. M. Figley, and two physicians, J. H. Winn and B. C. Vorhes. Albany was incorporated in 1844. At the first election for town officers John V. Brown was chosen Mayor and J. M. Gorslene, Clerk. For a number of years afterward there was no election, but since 1855 the elections have been regular. The Mayors have been as follows: John V. Brown, 1844 to 1855; Albert Vorhes, 1855 to 1857; A. Palmer, 1857 . to 1858; Almus Lindley, 1858 to 1859; W. B. Dickson, 1859 to 1860; S. M. Preshaw, 1860 to 1861; John Brown, 1861 to 1862; James M. Gorslene, 1862 to 1872; J. C. Woodyard, 1872 to 1874; George Bean, 1874 to 1876; J. M. Wood, 1876 to 1877; J. C. P. Moore, 1877 to 1882; A. C. Daily, 1882 to present time. The Postoffice at Albany (Lee P. O.) was first established in 1829, on the old Athens and Chillicothe mail road, about two and one-half miles northwest of the present village of Albany. It remained here until 1836, when it was removed to the village by James Wilson. The Postmasters, with their times of service, have been as follows: Jacob Lentner, 1829 to 1836; James Wilson, 1836 to 1837; Lucius R. Beckley, 1837 to 1840; J. McCully, 1840 to 1841; Jonathan Winn, 1841 to 1846; John V. Brown, 1846 to 1847; John Earhart, 1847 to 1849; Peter Morse, 1849 to 1853; James M. Gorslene, 1853 to 1861; Peter Morse, 1861 to 1865; W. W. Kurtz, 1865 to 1866; Augustus Palmer, 1866 to present time. It was made a money-order office Aug. 1, 1870, the first order being issued to P. C. Hewitt, payable to Jacob Wycoff, Mt. Ayr, Iowa, for the amount of $20. The office has issued 4,778 orders up to the present time. The sale of stamps for the year 1882 was about $720. 608 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. ATWOOD INSTITUTE. This Institute, located at Albany, was originally called the Albany Manual Labor University. A brief sketch of its origin is as follows: In 184.7 Mr. William S. Lewis removed with his family from Oberlin, Ohio, and settled at Albany. Soon after their arrival his daughter, Miss Lamina Lewis, opened a school for children in a part of their residence, the house now occupied by Mrs. Mitchell. In 1848 Mr. Lewis bought a lot and built upon it a house especially for school purposes. The school here soon became very prosperous, and in order to make room for the students a second story was added to the building. Students were admitted to this school regardless of color, caste or sex. Mr.. Lewis having assumed control of this school continued it in his own building until 1851, when others gave their influence and a joint-stock company was formed, made up of shares of $25 each. The first meeting of the executive board of this company was held Sept. 25, 1851, when the following officers were elected: John T. Winn, Chairman; John S. Lewis, Secretary, and George Hanger, Treasurer. It was this organization that gave to the school the name of the Albany Manual Labor University. The first plan adopted by the management was to require those borrowing money from the institution to give so many hours a week of manual employment to students of the University, the amount being regulated by the amount of money borrowed and the rate of interest paid. In 1852 Dr. J. A. Bingham, now a resident of Medina County, Ohio, a soldier of the war of 1812, and a man of great energy, was induced to act as traveling agent to secure funds for the University. A little later Rev. J. Cable was elected to solicit funds, and the success of both soon enabled the association to buy 300 acres of land which was converted to the use of the institution. The present building, now known as the Atwood Institute, was erected in 1857. It is a frame building, 40 x 100 feet in dimensions, and three stories high. From 1857 until 1862 the school was conducted by two men named McLanthin and Cable. Under them the school averaged about eighty students. In 1862 Prof. T. D. Garvin and James Dodd took charge of the school. They being members of the Christian church a sectarian element was introduced into the school, and the manual-labor feature was discontinued. Under this management the school had, at times, over 100 students. In 1866 the school fell into the hands of the Free. HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 609 Will Baptist church, by whom it is controlled at present. This change was, in effect, a revolution in the school's history. From this time colored students were denied admission, the school was placed on a firm footing by a donation from Mr. Nehemiah Atwood of $3,500, and its name was changed to the Atwood Institute. Others of the Free-Will Baptist denomination contributed liberally, and the school was transferred to the Athens Quarterly Meeting, under whose control it still remains. Lyman C. Chase, A. M., a graduate of Hillsdale College, Mich., was the first Principal under its present management. For three years, from 1866 to 1869, Mr. Chase, assisted by Rev. J. M. Rayser and Rev. M. W. Spencer, A. B., conducted a very prosperous school, the attendance ranging from seventy to over one hundred students. After Mr. Chase's resignation, in 1869, the school changed hands several times within the next ten years. For a number of years J. M. and J. P. Wood, now attorneys at Athens, Ohio, conducted the school in a successful manner. In 1880 the Board of Trustees called again L. C. Chase to the Principalship, and Mrs. Hattie Chase, Preceptress of the school, they having an attendance of fifty-three students the last term. Mr. Chase's health failing he retires from the school at the end of the present year, and through his aid the board has secured Mr. C. H. French, of Boston, Mass., as Principal, with Misses Maria Ward and Nellie B. Porter, assistants. Prominent among the donors, besides Mr. Atwood, in the early history of the Institute are: General John Brown, who gave $1,000; John T. Winn, who gave $500; Webber Wilson and H. L. Graham. The Enterprise Institute was first established in 1864. When the Atwood Institute came under the control of the denominational churches, colored students were denied admission and some of the more influential colored citizens conceived the idea of founding a school especially for colored pupils. Donations were solicited from wealthy men in this and other States, and among the liberal aids received were a gift of $3,000 worth of real estate from Thomas Carleton, of Syracuse, Ill., and an appropriation from the Freedmen's Bureau of $2,000. Many other liberal donations were received but these are the most important. Young colored people of both sexes were admitted, and for a time the school was very prosperous, receiving patronage from different parts of this State, and from adjoining ones. Mr. T. J. Ferguson, an able and well-educated colored gentleman, has been the principle teacher up to the pres- - 39 - 610 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. ent time. The school building is a two-story brick, the lower floor only being used for the school at present, the upper being used by the colored Baptist church for a place of worship. It is pleasantly situated on the outskirts of the village of Albany. The Village School for white children is a well-conducted school, occupying two rooms and having two teachers. The building is a good one, two stories high, situated on a high piece of ground in the center of the village. There is also in Albany a common school for colored children. CHURCHES. The Free-Will Baptist Church, of Albany, is the oldest church society in the village. It was founded about 1854 by Ira Z. Haning. Mr. Haning was followed in the pastorate by O. E. Baker, who conducted, in 1857, the most successful revival meeting in the history of the church, securing the addition of sixty persons to its membership. Mr. Baker was followed successively by Revs. S. E. Root, J. M. Kayser, M. W. Spencer, J. W. Martin, David Powell, A. Streamer and D. Powell again, the present Pastor. The society owns a good church building which was erected in 1857. The Methodist Episcopal Church, society, of Albany, was founded in the winter of 1876 by Rev. Elias Nichols. The society is a prosperous one, numbering at present about fifty-five members. Mr. Nichols was followed by Revs. James Ricketts, Mr. Murphy, B. F. Jackson, Edward Howe and Mr. Kendall. Mr. Jacob Spring is the present Class-Leader. The society has, up to the present time, rented the first floor of the Masonic Hall for a place of holding meetings. The Cumberland Presbyterian Church was founded at Albany, Aug. 25, 1880. A. Lindley, A. L. Patterson, A. Vorhes, S. P. Armstrong and Hugh Fletcher were elected Trustee's. Rev. R. J. P. Lemon was made the Pastor and remains such to the present time. The society finished a new church building in September, 1881, at a cost of $1,850. The Colored Churches at Albany are a Baptist and Methodist Episcopal, and are well attended by the colored brethren. The Wells Library is an institution of which the citizens of Albany are justly proud. It was founded by Mr. Henry Wells, who, dying in 1860, bequeathed $250 for the immediate purchase of books for a public library, and $1,000 to be a perpetual fund, the interest to be used for the purchase of new books and keeping in HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 611 repair the old ones. The money was securely invested in 1861, by Mr. E. H. Moore, of Athens, whom Mr. Wells made his trustee for this purpose. The proceeds averaging until recently about $70 a year, have been carefully expended for books until the library has been swelled to 1,124 volumes of well-selected miscellaneous works, besides a useful collection of public documents and books of reference. The expense of the library is kept up by a light tax laid upon the property of the incorporate village. For some time the library was kept in a room gratuitiously furnished by the Freemasons of Albany, but in March, 1868, Mrs. Mary Weethee, mother of the founder of the library, bequeathed a frame building to be used as a library room, provided the town should keep it in repair and pay the taxes. By the rules of the library, any family, living within the corporation may, for $1 a year, draw out two volumes at a time for not more than four weeks, and the library is open two hours every Thursday for members. The library is a settled and highly valued institution, and is a splendid example of a wise and useful disposition of property. Albany Lodge, No. 156, A. F. & A. M., was founded under the old dispensation, Feb. 15, 1848, at Hebbardsville, Ohio, where it remained' until 1855, under the name of the Hebbardsville Lodge. "The charter was obtained Sept. 27, 1848. The first officers were: Ziba Lindley, Jr., W. M.; Wm. Russell, S. W. ; J. B. Gray, J. W. ; Josiah Wilson, Treas.; Harvey Pratt, Sec. ; John Arnold, S. D.; A. Lindley, J. D., and John W. Drake, T. The following is a list of the Past Masters: Ziba Lindley, Jr., 1848-'49; J. B. Gray, 1850; John Arnold, 1851; J. B. Gray, 1852; John Arnold, 1853; A. B. Dickey, 1854; (1855-'56, no record); J. B. Gray, 1857; C. L. Wilson, 1858 to 1861; Joseph Jewett, 1862; A. D. Jaynes, 1863; C. L. Wilson, 1864; J. Q. Mitchell, 1865; James McClure, 1866-'7; J. Q. Mitchell, 1868; James McClure, 1869; J. L. Carpenter, 1870 to 1872; J. Q. Mitchell, 1873; Isaac Stanley, 1874-'75; J. L. Carpenter, 1876; R. S. Dent, 1877 to 1881; A. L. Rutherford, 1882. The lodge is in a prosperous condition and owns a good hall building. Before leaving the village of Albany something should be said of it as a station in the old " underground railway " system. In the days of great excitement rover the slave question, while the fugitive slave law was being enforced, and slaves were being transported secretly to Canada, no community of persons in this por- 612 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. tion of the State took a more active part in protecting the transfer than did the city of Albany in this humane but unlawful work. THE ALBANY ECHO. The Albany Echo is published at Albany (Lee postoffice), Athens County, by D. A'. R. McKinstry, editor and proprietor. It is a six-column weekly, published every Thursday. In politics it is independent. It was first published " semi-occasionally" on the cooperative plan, by D. A. R. McKinstry, of the Lee Insurance Company, as an advertising sheet. The .Echo was established as a weekly journal in January, 1877, by a joint stock company of which the late Dr. Alex. Richardson was President, J. H. Vorhes, Secretary, and A. C. Dailey, Treasurer. At the end of the first year, Mr. McKinstry and J. S. Black bought up these shares and became proprietors as well as editors. In October this partnership was dissolved by mutual consent, J. S. Black retiring. The paper has been well received from the first, maintaining a good circulation, and having a fair advertising patronage. BIOGRAPHICAL . John S. Black was born at Greenock, Scotland, June 5, 1826, and when quite young came to America alone. He landed in New York and remained there two years; then went to Canada West and lived four years; then spent a year in Pontiac, Mich., and from there went to Sheboygan, Wis. He learned the carriage-maker's trade, and worked at it a year in Wisconsin. In 1855 he came to Athens County, and located in Albany, where he has since been engaged in manufacturing carriages. In 1877, in company with D. A. R. McKinsley and J. P. Wood, he started the Echo. In 1878 Mr. Wood sold his interest, and two years later Mr. Black sold out. Mr. McKinstry is now managing the paper. He has been a member of the Board of Education for the past nine years. He has been Clerk of the corporation four years, and is at present a member of the Town Council. July 14, 1858, he married Rhoda E. Bissell, a native of Meigs County, born May 25, 1828. They have two children—Agnes S., born Dec. 17, 1859, and Elizabeth A., born Dee. 26, 1864. A. W. Brown, born in Ames Township, Aug. 21, 1814, was a son of William and Polly L. Brown, natives of Massachusetts, his father born Feb. 22, 1779, and his mother Sept. 14, 1782. His HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 613 father died Feb. 18, 1S59, and his mother Feb. 7, 1849. They had a family of nine children, five now living—Elizabeth, now Mrs. B. S. Williams; Lydia A., a resident of Woodbury, N. J. ; A. W.; Leonard, now living in Woodbury, N. J., and Daniel T., of Fort Madison, Iowa. Mr. Brown was married April 19, 1838, to Almira Van Vorhes, a native of Washington County, Penn., born May 3, 1818. They had four children, only one now living—Edwin A., burn Oct. 5, 1839. He was married in 1871 to Phoebe Brownlee, a native of Athens County, born Dec. 25, 1843. They have three children—Harry L., born in May, 1873; Nellie, in June, 1876, and Minnie M., in October, 1879. Edwin A. enlisted June 24, 1861, and served nearly four years; was in the battles of Lewisburg (where he was wounded), second Bull Run and Antietam. He was transferred to the Army of the Cumberland, and was in the battles of Mission Ridge, and Chickamauga. Edwin A. is living on the home farm with his father. They have fifty acres of land on section 8, Lee Township, within the corporation of Albany. Mr. Brown's son, William V., was born Feb. 12, 1842. He learned the printer's trade and was foreman in the Athens Messenger office. He enlisted in Company D, Fourth Virginia Infantry, and died of small-pox at Vicksburg, Miss., March 9, 1863. Another son, D. N., born March 23, 1844, enlisted in 1863, and served one year in Virginia. After his return home he studied medicine, and graduated from the Cincinnati Medical College in 1869. He married, Oct. '11, 1870, Laura Graham. He died Feb. 10, 1873, leaving one child—Myra, born Feb. 7, 1872. A daughter, Emma J., born May 20, 1847, married Dr. W. A. Adair, Oct. 22, 1871, and died March 16, 1873. Mr. and Mrs. Brown and their daughter-in-law are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. Mrs. Brown's father, Abraham Van Vorhes, was born in Washington County, Penn., in December, 1793, and came to Ohio in 1831. He was the first editor of the: _Hocking Valley Gazette, now the Athens .Messenger. He was appointed by President Taylor Register of the first land office in Minnesota, and the last years of his life were spent in that State. In 1840 he was elected to the Lower House of the Ohio Legislature, and afterward was sent to the Senate four terms. He was County Surveyor of Athens County six years and County Treasurer one year. He was appointed Territorial Auditor by Governor Ramsey, and in 1860 was a Commissioner to locate the capitol and university lands appropriated by Congress. He was Postmaster at Stillwater several years. Major Van Vorhes's wife was Mary W. 614 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. Vorhes, a native of Washington County, Md. They had a family of eight children, five of whom are living—Almira, Jane, Elizabeth, Maria and Henry C. The son is now living in Stillwater, Minn. Lyman, C. Chase, A. M., Principal of Atwood Institute, was born Oct. 2, 1839, at Rutland, Meigs Co., Ohio. He was a son of Charles Chase, the latter being a son off Abel Chase, who emigrated from Bangor, Me., in 1807; his mother, before marriage was Miss Mary Holt, daughter of Rev. Aaron Holt, a Baptist minister, who emigrated from New Haven, Conn., in 1802, each being among the first settlers in that part of Ohio. Lyman resided at Rutland and attended the district school at Side Hill till, the spring of his fifteenth year. Early in the spring of this year he went to Prestonsburg, Ky., to visit his brother, Dr. 0. G. Chase, who at the time was a practicing physician in that town, and while there he engaged to teach his_ first school. Mr. Chase at this time rather hesitatingly assumed the control of the village school as he was only fifteen years old and some of the pupils, of whom there were about sixty, were several years older than himself. He, however, in early summer assumed the responsibilities of the school, entering upon his work with a determination to succeed. He finished his term and returned to Ohio in the fall. He attended the district school at home through the winter of 1856-'7, and the following summer taught in the same district. After this he attended school for a year and a half at Albany University, now known as Atwood Institute, and after several years of teaching and going to school, in February, 1860, being then twenty years old, he entered Hillsdale College. Dependent upon his own efforts in securing an education, he graduated with honors in 1866. In the month of June of that year he returned to his home in Rutland, and soon after, through the solicitations of Rev. I. Z. Haning, of Albany, he consented to take charge of Atwood Institute. This was a change in the plans of Mr. Chase somewhat, as he had contemplated the taking of a Theological course. However, Jan. 3, 1869, he was set apart to the work of the Christian ministry, according to the usages of the Free-Will Baptist denomination, and in June following he tendered his resignation as Principal of Atwood Institute. For some years subsequent to this he was engaged in the ministry. He held pastorates at Conneaut, Ohio, Cromwell, Iowa, and preached several years in Illinois. In the fall of '81 he resumed the Principalship of Atwood Institute, and on the 9th of March, 1882; he was mar- HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 615 ried to Miss Hattie Lawson who, for two years, had formerly been a student of Mr. Chase's in the Institute. This marriage took place in the church in which Mr. Chase was ordained to the gospel ministry about fourteen years before. At this writing Mr. Chase is still an occupant of Atwood Institute, is pastor of a church, but will shortly retire, for a time, from the duties of the institution, as health demands a change. S. T. Cline, born in Athens County, Ohio, Aug. 10, 1841, is a son of John and Elizabeth (Townsend) Cline, natives of Virginia, his father born March, 1818, and his mother Aug. 9, 1821. His parents had a family of seven children--S. T., Ruth and Rachel (twins), George, James, Arclisse and John E. When he was quite small his parents moved to Meigs County, and he lived there till 1879. He then came to Albany and bought a stock of drugs, boots and shoes, and has since added dry goods and groceries. He married, April 14, 1862, Lydia M. Gillogly, a native of Meigs County, born April 5, 1844. They have two children--Anna E., born Jan. 6, 1865, and John H., born May 31, 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Cline are members of the Methodist church. Mr. Cline is a member of Lodge NO. 156, A. F. & A. M. Mrs. Samantha Cline, born in Lee Township, May 11, 1830, is a daughter of Nimrod and Mary (Cottrill) Dailey. Her father was born in Virginia in 1800, and her mother in 1803. They have five children-Emily, Nancy, Samantha, Thomas and Andrew. Mrs. Cline was married Feb. 15, 1849, to Lemuel Cline, a native of Virginia, born July 10, 1827. They had a family of six children-Mary R., born Dec. 5, 1849; Sarah J., born Dec. 27, 1852; Nancy E., born Oct. 13, 1854; William W., born Aug. 24, 1856: Nimrod D., born March 11, 1859; Flora, born Jan. 10, 1863, and Howard, born April 12, 1869. Mr. Cline died in 1872. Mrs. Cline has a fine farm of 164 acres on section 19, Lee Township. She is a member of the Methodist church. John Dewing was born in Norfolk, Mass., Jan. 18, 1813. His father, Elijah Dewing, was born in Dover, Mass., July 11, 1761, and served at West Point during the Revolutionary war. He was at West Point about the time Benedict Arnold was trying to sur- render the fort to the British. He died in 1843, at Medway, Mass., aged eighty-three years. His wife, Betsey (Reed) Dewing, was born in Needham, Mass., in 1769, and died the same day as her husband, and they were buried in the same grave. Mr. Dewing came to Athens County in 1841, and located at Hebbardsville. In the lat- 616 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. ter part of 1844 he came to Albany, where he has since resided. He learned the trade of a cutler in Worcester, Mass., in 1830, in the first cutler's shop in America, and afterward learned to make spectacles, and was engaged in that business several years after coming here. Of late years he has been buying and collecting notes and doing a general brokerage business. He has sixty acres of land on section 11,. Lee Township, and considerable town property. In 1819 he went to California via the isthmus, and remained eighteen months. He has been Township Assessor six years. He is a member of Albany Lodge, No. 156, A. F. & A. M. Jan. 13, 1836, he married Mindwell R. Cleveland, a native of Harwinton, Conn., born Sept. 17, 1817. They have one daughter—Mary M., now Mrs. James H. Holmes. She has one child--Angie G., born Aug. 4, 1881. Mr. Dewing has the record of his father's ancestors from 1644 to the present time. Andrew Dewing, one of the first settlers of Needham, was a member of the ancient artillery of Boston in 1644. S. Fauts, contractor and bridge builder, was born in Morgan County, Ohio, Aug. 15, 1824, and lived there till twenty-two years of age. From 1846 to 1852 he was engaged in manufacturing windmills in Ohio and Illinois. From 1853 to 1861 he was engaged in general contracting and building. May 15, 1862, he enlisted in Company H, Eighty-seventh Ohio Infantry, and served five months. He was taken prisoner at Harper's Ferry, Va., in September, 1862. In 1863 he came to Albany, and took charge of the wood work in the colored school building, and has since that time been engaged in contracting and bridge building. He has a pleasant home in Albany, where his family are surrounded with the comforts of life. He was married July 4, 1847, to Catharine Neff, a native of Pickaway County, Ohio, born May 2, 1830. They have three children—Cydnor T., Charles W. and Mary A. Mr. and Mrs. Fauts are members of the Methodist church. He belongs to Columbus Golden Post, No. 89, G. A. R., Athens. Hugh Fletcher was born in County Donegal, Ireland, May 13, 1809, and came to America in 1824. He landed in New Jersey and went direct to Greene County, Penn. In 1836 he came to Athens County, Ohio, and located in Alexander Township. In 1838 he went back to Europe but returned again to America in 1840 and settled in Lee Township. In 1843 he went to Wisconsin, and in the fall of 1846 went again to Europe. In 1851 be came again to Lee Township. He bought a farm in Waterloo Town- HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 617 ship and lived there till 1857, when he came to Albany, where he has since resided. He was married Jan. 17, 1855, to Margaret Entsler, a native of Vinton County, Ohio. They have two children-Charles E., born April 1, 1856, and Mary E., born March 14, 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. Elias Graham, born in Albany, May 8, 1825, was a son of William and Nancy (Cassel) Graham. His father was born July 2, 1783, and died May 31, 1854. His mother was born Feb. 14, 1788, and died March 26, 1851. They had a family of twelve children Henry (the second male child born in Lee Township), Elizabeth, Sophia, Ivy, William, James, Samuel, Hannah, Elias, Martha, Wilson and Nancy. Elias was married April 24, 1838, to Diantha Martin, a native of this township. Four children were born to them, only three now living-Rebecca J. Martha and William T. Mr. Graham has 190 acres of good land and is engaged in farming and stock-raising, making a specialty of the latter. He is a member of Lee Grange. His father built the first hotel in Athens in 1800. E. C. Humphrey, carpenter, was born in Washington County, Ohio, May 3, 1823, and in 1846 came to Lee Township, Athens County. He was married in September, 1846, to Sarah Rigg, a native of Pennsylvania, born May 29, 1826. They have had four children, only two now living-William E. and Joseph E. Their eldest son, John A., enlisted in the late war, and at the battle of Winchester, July 24, 1864, he was shot through the thigh, and as the Union forces ].eft the field to the rebels, he fell into their hands and is supposed to have died as he has never since been heard from. Mr. Humphrey enlisted Feb. 1, 1862, in Company C, Seventy-fourth Ohio Infantry, and was discharged Nov. 5, 1862, on account of disability. March 11 1864, he raised a company to take a wagon train to Cumberland Gap. On their arrival at Camp Nelson, Ky., it was formed into a pack-mule train, and he was appointed its Captain. During the John Morgan raid in Ohio he enlisted in the State Militia and served till after Morgan's capture. Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey are both members of the Free-Will Baptist church. George Jones was born in Belmont County, Ohio, Jan. 19, 1821, When ten years old he went to Morgan County, and in 1846 came to Athens County, where he has since resided. He has eighty-eight acres of good land on section 33, Lee Township. He was married June, 1846, to Hannah Jackson, a native of Delaware 618 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. County, Ohio, born in 1814. They have six children—James H., Jesse (now in Washington Territory), George W., Eliza J., Sarah and Libbie. Mr. and Mrs. Jones and three of their children are members of the Christian church. Mrs. Alice Kerr was born in Pennsylvania June 13, 1807. She was married Jan. 19, 1836, to David Kerr, a native of Pennsylvania, born Dec. 17, 1804. They moved to Virginia in 1837, and in 1842 came to Ohio and settled on section 2, Lee Township, where Mr. Kerr died Dec. 9, 1880, and where Mrs. Kerr now resides. Mrs. Kerr has six children—Salome, born Nov. 5, 1836; H. Huston, Jan. 16, 1838; Mary L., Oct. 31, 1839; Margaret, March 16, 1841; Rebecca, Dec. 8, 1842, and Phoebe A., Dec. 16,1.844. Mr. and Mrs. Kerr were both members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. The children are all members of the Free-Will Baptist church. Mrs. Kerr's daughter, Mary L., commenced to teach school when sixteen years of age and taught sixteen years, in Ohio, Illinois and Nebraska. For the past three years she has been managing the home farm. Rev. R. J. Lemmon, pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, was born in Dubois County, Ind., Feb. 12, 1832. Nov. 6, 1856, he married Miss Jane Turner, a native of Bloomfield, Ind., born Feb. 8, 1833. They have five children—Jessie, now first assistant in the graded schools of Taylorville, Ill.; D. Donnell, R Bell, Annie D., and Fannie Grace. After his marriage Mr. Lemmon took charge of the church in Bloomfield. In 1860 he went to Dale, Ind., and in connection with his pastoral work was employed to raise money to build an academy. At the breaking out of the late war the project was abandoned, and in 1863 he was called to the pastorate of the church in Taylorville, Ill. His health failing he resigned in 1866 and was appointed agent to obtain funds to endow Lincoln University, Lincoln, Ill. In 1869 he assumed the charge of the church at Albion, Ill. He afterward went to Newbury, Ind., and remained two years, when his health again being delicate, he was sent by the Board of Missions of the church to California, and remained there two years and a half. He was then called to the general financial management of the Waynesburg College, Waynesburg, Pa. In 1880 he came to Athens County, and in August of that year organized the church at Albany, and was instrumental in building the church in addition to his other pastoral labors. Mr. Lemmon has been a very prominent man in his church and has been an earnest worker in its behalf. HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 619 Hugh Laughlin, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, May 5, 1825. He was married in September, 1864, to Margaret Beveridge, a native of Athens County, born in 1821. They have had six children, only three now living—Mary, now Mrs. John Bowman; Nancy and Albert. Mr. Laughlin has fourteen acres of good land on section 12, Lee Township, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising, making a specialty of raising cattle. He was at one time a member of the Methodist church, but for the past eighteen years has not been connected with any denomination. John Masten was born in Ritchie County, W. Va., Oct. 4, 1845. He came to Lee Township in 1864 Sand has since resided here engaged in farming. He now has sixty acres of good land on section 12. In October, 1873, he obtained a patent for his Climax churn, which has taken the premium at several county fairs, and also at the Ohio State Fair in 1878. Mr. Masten's address is Lee, Athens Co., Ohio, and he will be pleased to correspond with any one wishing a good churn. He was married April 21, 1866, to Catherine Llewellen, a native of Lee Township. They have eight children—Charles, Nora, Ora, Perley, Lucy, John, Rawliegh and Leander. Andrew McClelland was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, Aug. 23, 1813, and when eight years of age went to Pennsylvania. When sixteen years of age he commenced to learn the shoemaker's trade and served an apprenticeship of four years. He was married Nov. 9, 1834, to Nancy Pratt, a native of Pennsylvania. They have had nine children, only seven now living—Mary, Sarah, Harriet, Eliza, Catherine, Rebecca M. and Salina. In 1847 Mr. McClellan came to Ohio and lived seven years in Hebbardsville, and in 1854 came to Albany. He enlisted Dec. 18, 1861, in the Seventy-ninth Ohio Infantry, afterward consolidated with the Seventy-fifth Ohio, and served three years; was in the battles at McDowell, second Bull Run, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. He is a member of Albany Lodge, No. 156, A. F. & A. M. A. D. Minear was born in Lee Township, Dec. 10, 1838. He enlisted in the late war in Company A, Ninety-second Ohio infantry, and served three years. He participated in the battles at Chickamauga and Mission Ridge; was shot through the hips at the latter place and lay in the hospital three months, then received a furlough of a month, and returned to his regiment at Ringgold, Ga. From there went to Atlanta, Savannah, the Carolinas, Richmond and Washington, where he was mustered out; thence to Colum- 620 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. bus, Ohio, for discharge. He returned to Lee Township and has since been engaged in farming and stock-raising. Ile has fine farm of 345 acres, his residence being on section 16. He was married Dec. 10, 1865, to Sarah J. Cooper, a native of Ohio, born in 1847. She died Sept. 21, 1879, leaving two children—Aldo Z., born Jan. 3, 1868, and Holland M., born March 2, 1874. Mr. Minear is a member of the Methodist church. He is prominently associated with the Patrons of Husbandry. E. C. Moler was born in Perry County, Ohio, June 7, 1847, and when six years old went to Vinton County. He came to Athens County in the spring of 1868 and settled in Lee Township, where he now has a fine farm of sixty acres on fraction 36, and seven acres in the limits of Albany. He is engaged in buying and selling stock in connection with farming. He was married in September, 1868, to Celestia A. Means, a native of Athens County, born Feb. 4, 1819. They have five children—Herbert, Cora, James, Jennie and Minnie. J. W. Morris, carpenter, was born in Kent County, Md., Dec. 27, 1841. Oct. 11, 1869, he left Maryland and went to Cincinnati, and from there to Meigs County, but in 1870 came to Athens County and located in Albany. He was married in 1874 to E. M. Martin, a native of Meigs County, born in February, 1852. They have one child—C. R, born July 26, 1880. Mr. Morris's father, William Morris, was born in Maryland in 1811, and was killed by lightning in 1861. His mother, S. A. (Kankey) Morris, was born in 1808, and died in 1869. There was a family of seven children —C. K., J. H., W. T., E. S., G. W., J. W. and Anna Jane. Joseph Oliver, farmer, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, May 19, 1828. In 1859 he came to Athens County and lived in Alexander Township eighteen months, and then came to Lee Township. He has nine acres of good land in the corporation of Albany. For fifteen years he drove a hack from Albany to Marshfield, and a part of the time to Pomeroy. Three years of the time he was United States mail carrier, and was also employed during this time by the Adams Express Company. He was married Feb. 3, 1853, to Rebecca B., daughter of William and Margaret Figley, a native of Harrison County, Ohio, born Aug. 30, 1827. They have had seven children, five now living—Mary, J. D., Lizzie J., John M. and Addie M. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver and their daughter Mary are members of the Free-Will Baptist church. Mr. Oliver's father, Jesse Oliver, was born in Virginia in 1799, and is now liv- HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 621 ing in Noble County, Ohio. His mother, Rebecca Oliver, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, March 25, 1805, and died March 15, 1882. There was a family of nine children, seven of whom are living—Leven, L. B., Joseph, William, Maria, Martha and Mary. Mrs. Oliver's father was born in Harrison County, Ohio, in 1800, and died in January, 1881. Her mother died when Mrs. Oliver was only three years old, leaving three children—Margaret A., Rebecca B. and Martha J. Augustus Palmer, Postmaster, was born in Washington County, Ohio, Jan. 26, 1827. He learned the saddler's trade in 1846, in Plymouth and then came to Albany and opened a shop. Five years later he sold out and went into the mercantile business with Charles Lindley, but after two years sold out to Brown & Jaynes. In 1866 he was appointed Postmaster of Lee, and has served in that capacity longer than any other man in Athens County. He was married in 1858 to Samarie, daughter of Jabez and Margaret (Simpson) Hubbell. She was born in Meigs County, Dec. 28, 1831. They have no children. Mr. Palmer's father, J. F. Palmer, was born in Vermont, Aug. 31, 1787, and died in Washington County, Ohio, in 1843. His mother, Lydia (Brown) Palmer, was born Nov. 1, 1789, and died in 1856. They had three children—Harriet, born Dec. 17, 1822, and died in Missouri in 1874; John, born Feb. 12, 1825, and Augustus. Isaac Ream was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, July 2, 1812. In 1840 he came to Athens County and made four miles of the Hocking Canal. He was then overseer at Judge Pruden's salt works ten years. In £854 he followed boating on the canal. The next six years he kept a dairy, having sixty cows. In 1870 he went to Vinton County and worked for a stock importer four years. He then bought a farm in Vinton County and remained there till 1882. In April of that year he bought a farm of eighty acres in Alexander Township, Athens County, where he now resides. He was married in 1839, to Elizabeth Williamson, of Fairfield County, Ohio, a native of Virginia, born in 1815. They have two children —Ellen, now Mrs. D. M. Cooper, born April 3, 1853, and Sarah, now Mrs. Charles Martin, born Sept. 3, 1859. Mr. Ream enlisted in 1862, in Company E, Seventy-sixth Ohio Infantry, and served three years. He participated in the battle of the Wilderness; both battles at Bull Run, Gettysburg, and was eight months in front of Charleston, S. C. His regiment was mounted and sent to Florida. He was discharged at Hilton Head, Fla., and returned to Athens 622 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. County. He participated in twenty-six hard-fought battles besides skirmishes, and was never wounded. T. K Rossetter was born in New Hartford, Conn., Sept. 14, 1822. When sixteen years old he came to Ohio and settled on Shade Creek, Alexander Township, Athens County, where he lived twenty-two years. He then came to Albany, Lee Township, and now has a farm of 170 acres on section 4. He was married in 1847 to Matilda J. Wheeler, a native of Athens County, born in 1827. They have four children—Chandler M., Mary M., Hattie A. and Lou T. Mr. Rossetter is a member of Albany Lodge, No. 156, A. F. & A. M. Mrs. Amy Shrader, daughter of Samuel and Almira (Tracy) McCune, was born in Athens County, Jan. 26, 1826. Her father is a native of Canaan Township, this county, and was born Aug. 9, 1798. Her mother is a native of New York, born June 7, 1808. They have twelve children, all married—Amy, Henry, Jane, George, Susan, Levi, Charles, William, Eliza, Sarah, Lucy and Samuel R. The subject of this sketch was married in February, 1845, to David Shrader, a native of Washington County, Ohio, born July 21, 1825. Six children were born to them, only four now living—Henry, born June 23, 1850; Jennie, born April 14, 1859; Maggie E., born March 15, 1861; D. M. born Sept. 5, 1863. Maggie E. has been teaching school since fourteen years of age in Athens and Vinton counties. Mrs. Shrader has been a member of the United Brethren church thirty-four years. James Sickels was born in Waterloo Township, Athens Co., Ohio, May 5, 1835. In 1854 he was employed by the M. & C. R. R. contractors in getting out timber for the road; worked 200 days for one man. In 1855 he went to Illinois and remained fourteen months. He then returned to Ohio, and in Chillicothe met his father who had started for Kansas, and wanted James to accompany him. When they reached St. Louis they found that the Missouri River was frozen over, so turned their course downward and went to Louisiana. From there they, went to Natchez and Vicksburg, Miss. When they arrived at Paducah, Ky., on their way home, the Ohio River was frozen over and they had to abandon the boat, the captain returning the money for the remainder of the trip. Mr. Sickels then went to Tennessee, from there to St. Louis, Peoria and Galesburg, Ill., and returned to Ohio in April, 1858. Since 1868 he has been engaged in the lumber business, furnishing large quantities of lumber and timber to HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 623 the railroad as well as to the general public. He was married Oct. 29, 1858, to Sarah Ann Hawk, a native of New Jersey, born in 1836. They have nine children—Albert L., J. E., William L., George E., Julietta, Anna E., Jane,. Mary and James H. Mr. and Mrs. Sickels are members of the Protestant Methodist church. William A. Smith was born in Beaver County, Penn., Feb. 7, 1844. He worked on the farm with his father and attended school till twenty years of age. He then taught every winter for ten years, and in the spring of 1874 attended the commercial college at Pittsburg. In the fall of 1874 he came to Ohio, and Nov. 1 located in Wilkesville, Vinton County. He was employed as clerk in the mercantile house of John Wilson, afterward changed to J. & H. S. Wilson, four years. In 1879 he opened a store of his own in Wilkesville, and in 1882 moved his stock of goods to Albany, where he is now doing a good business. He was married Mardi 2, 1876, to Susan E. Riggs, a native of Washington County, Ohio, born March 16, 1846. They have two children—Ira Dwight, born Aug. 20, 1878, and Norma A., born Sept. 24, 1881. Mr. Smith was reared in the United Presbyterian church, and Mrs. Smith in the Methodist church, but since coming to Albany have joined the Cumberland Presbyterian church. Mr. Smith's father, Jacob Smith, was born in Allegheny County, Penn., in 1818 and his mother, Sophia (Alexander) Smith, in Lawrence County, Penn., in 1818. They are now living in Beaver County, his father being Postmaster at Rome. They had three children, only two now living—William A. and Calvin A. Mrs. Smith's parents, Hezekiah and Elizabeth (Moreland) Riggs, were natives. of Pleasant County, W. Va., and Washington County, Ohio. They have had nine children, only five living—James W., Mary R., Susan E., Ellen and Perlina E. Mrs. Emma N. Stmson was born in Washington County, Ohio, Feb. 22, 1852, and when four years of age came to Lee Township, where she was reared and educated. She taught twenty-seven terms of school in Athens and Vinton counties. She was married Oct. 24, 1877, to Dr. Stephen H. Stimson, a native of Alexandria, Licking Co., Ohio, born in 1849. He was a son of Dr. B. C. Stimson, of Alexandria. Dr. Stimson was killed Oct. 15, 1879, by falling from a pile of lumber in Athens, where he had gone to rejoice with thousands of others over the election of Oct. 14. Dr. Stimson was a skillful physician, a sympathetic, pleasant counselor at the sick-bed, and his services have been sadly missed. He was young 624 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. and his prospects were bright for a brilliant future. His friends were legion, and many were the sad hearts that followed him to his. last resting place. Mrs. Stimson has two sons—Chauncey M., born Nov. 4, 1878, and Stephen H., born Jan. 15, 1880. Albert Vorhes, a native of Washington County, Penn., born Nov. 29, 1818, was a son of Peter and Elizabeth (Burnett) Vorhes, natives of New Jersey, his father born in January, 1791, and his mother Sept. 2, 1792. His father died Sept. 13, 1851, and his mother Nov. 8, 1862. They had a family of seven children—John, Sarah, Albert, Maria, William, Peter and Andrew. Andrew died Dec. 4, 1875. Mr. Vorhes lived on a farm till 1853, when he located in Albany, and established the mercantile house now in charge of his sons. Ile retired from active business in 1876, and the firm since that time has been J. H. Vorhes & Bros. He has a farm of 120 acres where he now resides, enjoying the benefits of an active early life. He. was married in 1846 to Jane Morse, a native of Lawrence County, Ohio, born March 16, 1825. She died Feb. 2, 1866, leaving seven children. Mr. Vorhes afterward married Ollie Gorslene, a native of Athens County. He is a member of the Presbyterian and his wife of the Baptist church. He belongs to Albany Lodge, No. 56, A. F. & A. M. The firm of J. H. Vorhes & Bros. do an annual business of $75,000. In 1871 and '72 they handled over 200,000 pounds of wool. John Vorhes was born in Greene County, Penn., Aug. 7, 1815. When twenty-one years of age he came to Athens County and set: tied in Alexander Township, and five years later came to Lee Township and lived on a farm on section untill 1849. He moved into Albany in November of that year, and opened a dry-goods store. In 1864 he sold out to Isaac Stanley, and since then has been operating largely in real estate. He has been Town Councilman and Treasurer several terms. In August, 1841, he married E. M. McGrath, a native of Watertown, N. Y., born in 1823. They have had eight children, only five now living—A. W., Elizabeth, Albert, B. C., and F. Ellen. Mr. Vorhes has 1,000 acres of fine land, 200 acres being near Albany. John T. Winn was born in Canada West, Oct. 7, 1812. In 1816 he moved to Meigs County, Ohio, and in September, 1834, came to Athens County, and has since lived in Lee Township. He owns. 300 acres in this township and 130 acres in Knox Township, Vinton County. He was married June 2, 1840, to Mary A. Graham, a native of Meigs County, born March 12, 1820. They had four