HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 725 M. Pierce, born Sept. 29, 1823, in Meigs County, Ohio, is a son of Isaac and Fanny (Stout) Pierce. When three years of age he lost his father. When sixteen years of age he commenced to learn the tanner's and shoemaker's trades, at which he worked about six years. In 1845 he purchased the farm where he now resides, which he has brought under a good state of cultivation. He is now engaged in general farming and stock-raising. In September, 1845, he married Mercy Daily, daughter of Benjamin Daily, a pioneer of Athens County. They had a family of five children—Mary Jane, Florinda, Isaac, Louis Eldora and Emma Serilla. Mrs. Pierce died Jan. 6, 1875. Jan. 9, 1876, Mr. Pierce married Mrs. Mary (Day) Swarts. She has five children—Merzer, John, Israel, James and Mary Elizabeth. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce are members of the Christian church. He has been an Elder in the church several years. Elijah Runnion, born in Lewis County, W. Va., March 25, 1811, is a son of Samuel and Ann (Batty) Runnion. When eleven years of age his parents moved to Kanawha County, W. Va., and soon after to Jackson County, where he was reared and educated, remaining there till 1849. In the latter year he came to Ohio, settling first in Meigs County, and moved to Athens County in 1861, where he still resides. He was married Aug. 29, 1833, to Harriet B. Smith, a native of Virginia, and a daughter of John and Susan Smith. They have six children—Rebecca, Mary, Catherine, James, Milo and Alexander. Mr. Runnion has been a member of the Methodist church sixty years. Politically he is a Republican. M. M. Runnion, Carthage, was born March 14, 1817, a native of Virginia. He was reared on a farm and received his education in the common schools. At the age of sixteen he enlisted in Company F, Sixtieth Ohio Infantry. He was in several battles, and was discharged in August, 1865. Sept. 12, 1877, he married Ann Jane Elliott. They have two children—Lonna T. and Robert J. Mr. and Mrs. Runnion are members of the Methodist* Episcopal church. In politics Mr. Runnion is a Republican. James Russel, son of David Russel, was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, July 7, 1828, and came with his parents to Athens County in 1837. He lived at home till he arrived at manhood, receiving a limited education in the common schools. He was married Nov. 22, 1863, to Perezinda Price, a native of Athens County, and a daughter of James M. Price. They have seven children—Lincoln, 726 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. Sheridan, Adson, Clinton, Emma, Ada, Alma. Mr. Russel bought the farm where he now lives in 185S. He has 133 acres. Politically he is a Republican. John Russell, son of David Russell, of Troy Township, was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, Dec. 26, 1819. He came to Athens County with his parents in 1838, and lived in Troy Township till he was of age. He was married May 27, 1847, to Nancy Morrison, of Jefferson County, Ohio, daughter of John Morrison. They have seven children—Winfield, Hannah, Timothy, Eber, Grant, Lot and Mahlon. Mr. 'Russell has a fine farm of 218 acres, with a good two-story house and comfortable farm buildings. Politically he is a Republican. William Russell, a native of Coshocton County, Ohio, born May 19, 1824, is a son of David Russell. His parents came to Athens County when he was thirteen years old and settled in Troy Township, where his father still resides. Dec. 1, 1853, he married Mary Elliott, a daughter of William Elliott, a native of Ireland. They have four children--Almira, Selden C., David E. and William. Mr. Russell bought the farm where he now resides in 1854. He has 180 acres of good land with a good residence and farm buildings, where he has all the comforts of a home. He is a genial, whole-souled man and has the respect and confidence of all who know him. Amasa Saunders, a native of Delaware County, N. Y., and a son of Jonathan and Mary (Buck) Saunders, was born March 20, 1809. He was the second of a family of eight children. When he was nine years of age his parents came to Athens County,locating in Carthage Township, which at that time had but few voters. His early life was spent in helping to clear the heavily timbered land, and he received but a limited education in the subscription schools. April 16, 1834, he married Louise Alden. They have but one child, a son—A. N. Saunders, a prominent man of this township. Mr., Saunders has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church fifty-two years, and is one of its liberal supporters. he has one of the best farms in the township, and has acquired it by his industry and good management. A. N. Saunders, proprietor of Slade Valley stock farm, is a son of Amasa Saunders. He was born in Carthage Township, July 20, 1836, and was reared and educated in his native township. Nov. 29, 1860, he married Harriet A., daughter of Moses and Roxanna Flanders. They have three children—Arthur B., Ev HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 727 M. and Ida R. Mr. Saunders moved to his present farm in 1866. Hellas one of the best farms in the township, consisting of 690 acres, and makes a specialty of high grade and registered Spanish merino sheep. He spends both time and money for their improvement and is rewarded by being the owner of the best flock in Athens County, having taken the first premium wherever he has exhibited them. Politically he is a Republican. He is a member of the Methodist church. V. Smith, son of Frederick and Elizabeth Smith, was born Nov. 16, 1813, in Germany. He learned the weaver's trade in his native country and worked at it till 1843, when, wages being low, he determined to come to America. He landed in New York after a voyage of thirty-two days, and came to Athens County, settling in Lodi Township, where he now has a good farm of 150 acres. He has a store of general merchandise, having a good stock of dry goods, boots and shoes, etc., where he has a good trade. He was married in Germany to Miss P. Richport. They have eleven children—Anthony, Peter, John, Fred, George, Jacob, Phoebe, Sophia, Elizabeth, Mary and Michael. Politically, Mr. Smith is a Democrat. He is a member of the Catholic church. Aaron, Stout, Sr., was born near Trenton, N. J., June 2, 1768. He came to Ohio in 1806, settling in Meigs County. In 1814 he came to Athens County and settled on. section 19, Carthage Township. He married Sarah Praull, and to them were born nine children--Letitia, George, Abner, Fanny, Mary, Ruth, Charles, Aaron, and John. Aaron, Stout, Jr., was born in Meigs County, Ohio, July 6, 1810. When four years of age he came to Carthage Township, where he was reared and educated. He was married March 23, 1833, to Martha McIntyre, a native of Pennsylvania, born May 11, 1808. They had a family of six children—Lizzie, Ruth Ann, Sophia, Harrison, J. M. and Sarah Jane. Mr. Stout was a member of the Christian church. He died May 5, 1866. Charles Stout, son of George and Eliza Stout, was born on the farm where he now resides April 24, 1827. November, 1854, he was married to Ellen Gregory, of Carthage Township. Mrs. Stout died Nov. 11, 1868, leaving one child—Addie. Nov. 20, 1870, Mr. Stout married Louise Wiley, daughter of James Wiley, of Meigs County. They have one daughter—Mary Belle, born Oct. 19, 1876. Mr. Stout has 402 acres of well-improved land with a fine dwelling, well furnished, and surrounded by shade and ornamental trees. Politically he is a Republican. 728 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. Cyrenus Stout, son of George and Eliza Stout, was born in Meigs County, Ohio, and came to Carthage Township, Athens County, when four years of age, where he was reared and educated. Nov. 18, 1841, he married Mary Childs, daughter of Seth and Dinah Frost Childs. They had three children—Leander, Elmedia and George W. In 1841 Mr. Stout settled on the farm where he now resides. He has 640 acres of good land which he has brought from a wild state to its present highly cultivated condition. He has a good residence, well furnished, where his family have all the comforts of a good home. Mr. Stout's present wife was Sarah M., daughter of Moses Elliott. They were married Nov. 3, 1859, and have three children—Horace, John and Jerome. Politically Mr. Stout is a Republican. He has held the offices of Township Trustee and Treasurer, and Assessor. George Stout, deceased, son of Aaron Stout, Sr., was born near Trenton, N. J., March 17, 1792. When fourteen years of age be came with his parents to Ohio. He was married in 1820 to Eliza Buzzard, a daughter of Peter Buzzard. In 1825 he came to Athens County and settled on section 19, Carthage Township, which at that time was wild timbered land, but he went bravely to work and brought it under a good state of cultivation. Mr. and Mrs. Stout had a family of three children—Cyrenus, Charles and Fannie (Mrs. Hecox). Mr. Stout was a member of the Christian church for over thirty years. He died April 21, 1875, aged eighty-three years. Mrs. Stout died Aug. 17, 1869. J. M. Stout, son of Aaron and Martha Stout, was born in Carthage Township, Sept. 19, 1842, where he was reared and educated. Aug. 12, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio Infantry, and was in all the regiment's engagements except the fight round Petersburg, when he was detailed at headquarters. He enlisted as private, and was discharged as Duty Sergeant June 23, 1865. July 4, 1867, he married Lulinda Hecox, daughter of Truman Hecox, of Meigs County. They have five children—Adella Moselle, Emerson, Elmont, Mrytie Jeanette and. Elmy. Mr. Stout has a goo] farm of 182 acres, and is engaged in general farming and stock-raising. He is a member of the Christian church. Politically, he is a Republican. He has never been an aspirant for office, though frequently urged by his friends to accept one. Selden C. Stout was born in Carthage Township, July 7, 1833. He received a good education in the common schools and at Cool- HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 729 ville Seminary. When twenty-six years of age he married Mary Jane, daughter of J. Davies, of Meigs County. he first settled on section 25, where he lived seven years. He then bought a farm on section 32 where he still resides. He has 460 acres of good land, well improved, and is engaged in general farming and stock-raising. In August, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Ohio Infantry, and was discharged at the close of the war. Mr. and Mrs. Stout have four children—Anna S., Ida Rosilla, Elmer C. and Dora Aurilla. Mr. Stout's father, Charles Stout, came to Carthage Township in 1814 and lived here till his death, July 2, 1856. He married Roxy Childs, and to them were born three children—Selden C., Marinda and Samantha. W. O. Stout was born in Meigs County, Ohio, Dec. 15, 1851, a eon of Aaron and Mary (Hoffman) Stout. His education was received in the common district schools and at Tripper's Plains Seminary. When twenty years of age he embarked in the mercantile business at Osage, and five years later came to Carthage. In 1879 he moved to his brother-in-law's farm, which contains 260 acres of land under a good state of cultivation, with good buildings, and is engaged in general farming and stock-raising. Oct. 1, 1873, he married Mary A., daughter of John Lawrence. They have two children—Nora May and Charles Leslie. Politically, Mr. Stout is a Republican, and is at present Clerk of Carthage Township. He is a member of the Methodist church. Francis Tibbles, son of John and Jane Tibbles, was born in Carthage Township, Athens Co., Ohio, Jan. 26, 1826. His youth was spent in assisting his father to improve the farm, receiving but a limited education in the subscription schools. He now owns a fine farm of 200 acres, all well improved. May 21, 1856, he married E. J. Elliot, a native of Ireland, and a daughter of William Elliot, who settled in Athens County in 1842. They have three children—Elza G., Sarah Frances and William E. One son, Albert, died in 1861; another, Addison B., died April 2, 1883, and a daughter, Nellie, died in 1882. Politically, Mr. Tibbles is a Democrat. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. John Tibbles, deceased, was born in Pennsylvania, Sept. 16, 1796, a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Hayes) Tibbles. He was reared in his native State, and in 1817 came to Athens County, Ohio, and settled on the farm now owned by his son Francis. It was wild, heavily timbered land, the nearest house being four miles east of it. he improved a farm of 130 acres, and, being a 730 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. brick-maker by trade, made the brick of which his residence is built. He was married in 1818 to Jane Caldwell, a native of Ireland, who came to America when five years of age. They had a family of six children—James, Alexander, Francs, Elizabeth, John, Joseph. Joseph and Alexander were members of the Seventy. fifth Ohio Infantry and died in the service in 1862 and 1863. Mr. Tibbles died Jan. 4, 1866, and his wife, April 19, 1878. Daniel Walker, born in Indiana County, Pa., Oct. 11, 1800, was a son of Adam and Hester (Chance) Walker. His father died in 1813, of yellow fever. When fifteen years of age he came to Jefferson County, Ohio, and resided about five years. May 1, 1820, he was hired to drive a four-horse team to Orange Township, Meigs County. Jan. 28, 1825, he married Mary Ryther, a native of Ohio, who died Aug. 28, 1876, leaving two children—Sarah Ann and R. Becky. In the fall of 1826 Mr. Walker bought a farm on section 25, where he lived five years and then traded it for 100 acres in the southwestern part of the section where he still resides. June 10, 1880, he married Mrs. Ruth (Wingate) Frost, a native of Pennsylvania. She has two children—Olive and Angeline. Mr. Walker has an adopted son—Charles Albert Sarson. Politically he is a Democrat. He has held the office of Township. Trustee a number of years. In religious faith he is a Methodist. CHAPTER XXVII DOVER AND TRIMBLE TOWNSHIPS. OUTLINE-EARLY SETTLERS-TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS --SUNDAY CREEK VALLEY-MINERAL RESOURCES- -SOCIAL PERIODS--BIOGRAPHICAL. Every locality, however contracted, or, in the estimation of the masses, without anything worthy of note, has its historical materials that deserve to be collected, and accurately written and faithfully preserved. Such is strictly true of the territory whose history we propose to sketch. But few pages of this history are occupied with the Dover and Trimble divisions, and Sunday Creek Valley plays a very subordinate part in the county affairs, while worthy of a far more extended notice. OUTLINE VIEW OF THE WHOLE DISTRICT. There is a high elevation, like a natural mound, in southern Trimble, which throws within your horizon the whole territory, including the valleys of Sugar Creek, Hocking and Lower Sunday Creek, with its eastern and western tributaries. The scenery from this elevated position is exceedingly varied and beautiful. Nature, in this landscape, has evidently scouted at every feature of dull monotony. She has scattered profusely her hills and dales. The eastern and western ridges with their numerous spurs have formed a very interesting kaleidoscope. The eye never tires with views so constantly changing. South Dover, including ,some five or six sections situated on both sides of Hocking, constitutes the river division. Wolf's Plains, together with Chauncey and Salina with their surroundings, are flat, being covered with gravel beds of the drift period. These river sections are rich in soil, and valuable. The plains are noted for their immense tumuli, covering the remains of great warriors that fell in battle. Along this part of Hocking were located the rude mills that supplied the early inhabitants with flour and corn meal. The salt works of Chauncey and Salina were very productive for many years, being a source of considerable revenue to their proprietors, and giving employment to - (731) - 732 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. many hands. Through South Dover down the Hocking Valley are now two completed railroads, the Hocking Valley and the Ohio Central. These railways will, in time, make this district quite valuable. Should Chauncey and Salina be occupied by a new class of enterprising capitalists who shall turn their attention to coal and iron, these towns would soon enter upon their resurrection life. Within this district is located the County Infirmary. It has a farm of about 130 acres. It is a valuable tract, situated principally on the river bottom, and aids the county materially to sustain her poor. This institution is a creditable specimen of county infirmaries. IN SOUTH DOVER are situated two villages—Chauncey and Salina. Chauncey is situated on a level plot of ground forming a tongue of land between the mouth of Sunday Creek and Hocking. It has been a town of considerable trade, especially during those years of the active manufacture of salt. Its location is favorable for the building up of a large town. There is ample building room for 20,000 inhabitants. Should some of our Eastern capitalists make Chauncey a center of operation in coal-mining and iron making, there would soon gather into its locality a large and thriving population. It being situated on the Ohio Central and at the terminus of Sun. day Creek Valley, it would have the advantages of two valleys, Hocking and Sunday Creek. Salina is located on Hocking River, about one mile above Chauncey. It has been noted for its salt manufactures under Gould & Green. It was a thriving village while those enterprising citizens had the management of the salt interests. Like Chauncey, it is now in a transition state. The time may soon come when Salina shall wake up and grow with the growth of the surrounding country, and be ranked among the noted towns of the Hocking Valley. NORTH DOVER AND TRIMBLE, OR LOWER SUNDAY CREEK VALLEY. Before entering upon a description of Lower Sunday Creek Val' ley, it will be in place to sketch some statistics of Dover and Trimble townships. Dover was cut off from the western part of Ames and organized into a township April 4, 1811. The act that passed the Board of County Commissioners was the following: " Ordered that so much of the township of Ames as lies west of' the thirteenth range be HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 733 erected into a separate township by the name of Dover. Ordered, further, that the Clerk of the board notify the inhabitants of the township of Dover to meet at the house of Othniel Tuttle, in said township, on Saturday, the 20th of April instant, for the purpose of electing township officers." Dover then included the present townships of Ward, Green and Starr, of hocking County, and Trimble, York and Dover, in Athens County. The principal settlements were, at that early date, on the waters of Sunday Creek. The early settlers of Dover Township are mostly contained in the following list: Daniel Weethee, on sections 12 and 18, in Sun, day Creek Valley; Josiah True, on sections 18 and 24; Abraham Pugsley, the father of a large family, settling in the same valley; Azel Johnson, joining farm of Daniel Weethee; Henry O'Neill, Samuel Tannehill, Barney J. Robinson, Cornelius Shoemaker, Ne hemiah Davis (known as Elder Davis), James Pickett, Jeremiah Cass, Jonathan Watkins (father of a numerous family that settled on Sunday Creek), the Nye family, Reuben J. Davis, Resolved Fuller and brother, George Wilson, Benjamin Davis, Uriah Nash, Eliphalet Wheeler, Reuben Hurlbut, Samuel Stacey, Thomas Smith, Uriah Tippee, Abner Connett and others. The geological and geographical features will be noticed under the head of Lower Sunday Creek Valley. These families were principally of the New England States; hardy pioneers who left comfortable homes in the East for the companionship of wild beasts and savages, in a distant wilderness. Such materials are required for successful frontier life. Dover Township has three villages, two of which (Chauncey and Salina) have already been described. Millfield is located very pleasantly on the west bank of Sunday Creek, on sections 16 and 17. The town can number its half century of years, yet there being in it no distinguished manufactories its growth has not been very satisfactory. It has a flour-mill, two dry-goods stores, a blacksmith shop, an excellent school-house, two shoe shops, a postoffice, a wagon-maker's shop, and some other public buildings. The Ohio Central Railroad has a station in Millfield. Should capitalists open coal works in that village it might soon be a very thriving town. After the division of what is called the " Coonskin library," which took place January, 1816, the Dover division was removed to the residence of Josiah True, near Millfield, where it continued to repose in comparative slumber till .1876, when it was waked up to become a unit of curiosity in the Centennial. The entire separa- 734 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. tion and removal did not take place, however, till Dec. 21, 1830, at which time " Dover Library Association " was incorporated with Daniel Weethee, Alanson Hibbard, Azariah Pratt, Sr., Josiah 'true, John B. Johnson, William Hyde and John Pugsley, the original proprietor of Millfield, as the original incorporators, and Daniel Weethee, Alanson Hibbard and Azariah Pratt as Directors for the first year. TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES FROM 1825 TO 1883. 1825, Resolved Fuller, Daniel Weethee and Samuel B. Johnson; 1826, Jonathan Allen, Simon H. Mansfield and William Bagley; 1827, Jeremiah Morris, Simon H. Mansfield and Josiah True; 1828, Resolved Fuller, Simon H. Mansfield and Josiah True; 1829, Jeremiah Morris, Simon H. Mansfield and Horace Carter; 1830, Daniel Weethee, Simon H. Mansfield and Josiah True; 1831, Samuel Stephens, Jeremiah Morris and Josiah True; 1832-'33, Samuel Stephens, Robert Conn and Josiah True; 1834, John Armstrong, Robert Conn and Josiah True; 1835, Jeremiah Morris, Jonathan Connett and Josiah. True; 1836-'37, John Armstrong, S. R. Fox and Josiah True; 1838, record lost; 1839, John Armstrong, Matthew McCune and David Tarrned; 1840, Mason B. Brown, Harry Clark and Josiah True; 1841, Jeremiah Morris, Matthew McCune and Josiah True; 1842, John Armstrong, Matthew McCune and Josiah True; 1843-'44, Albert Harper, Matthew McCune and Josiah True; 1845, William Hyde, Matthew McCune and Josiah True; 1846, Azariah Pratt, Matthew McCune and Josiah True; 1847, Henry Brown, Matthew McCune and Josiah True; 1848, Azariah Pratt, Matthew McCune and Josiah True; 1849, William Edwards, Austin Fuller,Josiah True; 1850-'51, Matthew McCune, Austin Fuller and W. S. Hyde; 1852, Matthew McCune, Austin Fuller and James Culver; 1853, Seth Fuller, Austin Fuller and John Spencer; 1854, Seth Fuller, W. S. Hyde and John Spencer; 1855, Samuel Angus-tine, W. S. Hyde and Woodruff Connett; 1856-'57, John Cradle. baugh, W. S. Hyde and Austin Fuller; 1858, John Cradlebaugh, W. S. Hyde and E. D: Harper; 1859-'60, John Cradlebaugh, Austin Fuller and O. G. Burge; 1861, Alexander Stephenson, Austin Fuller and O. G. Burge; 1862, Ebenezer Pratt, Joseph Tippy and W. S. Hyde; 1863, O. G. Burge, Joseph Tippy and W. S. Hyde; 1864, O. G. Burge, J. W. P. Cook and W. S. Hyde; 1865-'66, O. G. Burge, J. W. P. Cook and W. S. Hyde; 1867, O. G. Burge, R. HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 735 N. Fuller and W. S. Hyde; 1868, George Connett, Samuel Augustine and Ebenezer Pratt; 1869, Henry Brown, Woodruff Con-nett and F. L. Junod; 1870, Woodruff Connett, O. G. Barge and F. L. Junod; 1871, F. L. Junod, William Edwards and O. G. Burge; 1872, William M. Edwards, H. Connett and Ebenezer Pratt; 1873, William M. Edwards, William Cornell and Hiram Fuller; 1874, Hiram Fuller, William M. Edwards and William Connett; 1875, George Connett, A. B. White and L. A. Sprague; 1876, A. B. White, D. H. Cunningham and Henry Martin ; 1877, Henry Martin, Ezra Cornell and J. W. P. Cook; 1878, Henry Martin, J. W. P. Cook and Hiram Fuller; 1879, Henry Martin, J. W. P. Cook and A. B. White; 1880, Austin True, F. L. Junod and Nathan Picket; 1881, Joel Sanders, Silas H. Stephenson and Samuel Augustine; 1882, Joel Sanders, Silas H. Stephenson and Samuel Augustine; 1883, Silas H. Stephenson, Daniel Fulton and John Brawley. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FROM 1825 TO 1883. 1826, D. Herrold; 1827-'31, Josiah True; 1832-'33, Simon H. Mansfield; 1834-'37, Josiah True; 1839, Frederick Cradlebaugh; 1841, John Armstrong; 1843, Josiah True; 1845, Charles R. Smith; 1846, Hiram Fuller; 1851, Charles R. Smith; 1852, J. W. P. Cook; 1853, Hiram Fuller; 1854, William Edwards; 1855, E. D. Varner; 1856, Hiram Fuller and C. R. Smith; 1858, Josephus Calvert; 1859, Hiram Fuller and John Smith; 1862, J. W. P. Cook, Hiram Fuller and John Smith; 1865, Job S. King; 1868, Hiram Fuller, Charles R. Smith and John Smith; 1871, Hiram Fuller, John Smith and Job S. King; 1874, Hiram Fuller, William M. Edwards and Job S. King; 1876, Hiram Fuller; 1877, Job S. King; 1878, John Cradlebaugh; 1879, Hiram Fuller and J. A. McKee; 1880, Andrew J. Learned; 1881, Silas H. Stephenson; 1882-'83, J. A. McKee. A postoffice was established at Millfield in 1834, and at Chauncey in 1838. TRIMBLE TOWNSHIP. Trimble Township, so named from a former Governor of Ohio, was a part of Ames Township till 1811, and of Dover till 1827, at which time it was organized into a separate township. On its north, east and west are the counties of Perry, Morgan and Hocking; on the south is Dover Township. It is drained principally 736 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. by the northern branches of Sunday Creek. Its original white settlers located their claims on the east and west branches, near the north and northwest limits of the township. Solomon Tuttle, Sr., with his son, Cyrus Tuttle, and his brother, Nial Tuttle, from Vermont, settled on the east branch of Sunday Creek in 1802, In their vicinity soon after, Joseph McDaniel and William Morrow located their families. William Bagley and his brother John Bagley, leaving Vermont in 1820, settled on the west branch of Sunday Creek, near the present Hartleyville. John Bagley erected a factory and grist-mill. They were rude specimens, but they supplied the wants of the people. William Bagley settled on school section No. 16; farmed some and was associated with his brother John in the milling and factory business. Another brother, Samuel Bagley, being a tanner, erected the first tannery (the only one) in the township, 1822. In 1822 a school was taught, near the forks of the creak (the present location of Sedalia) by Nancy Bagley, of Vermont, a sister of William, John and Samuel Bagley. This was the first school in the township. About 1824 John Morrow taught a school on the east branch, in the Tuttle, Morrow and Dew settlement. The school-house was a fair specimen of those pioneer buildings. It was a house 12 x 15 feet, composed of round logs, the ground for its floor; one log cut out on each side for light, oiled paper instead of glass. Door three feet by five, on wooden hinges, with a wooden latch, moved by a tow or leather string. In the end opposite to the door was the fireplace, occupying the principal part of the end, with a chimney composed of unhewn stone, or sticks and mud. In this rude specimen of the early seminaries, on one of its high wooden leg rough puncheon benches, sat our distinguished and honorable citizen, E. H. Moore, book in hand, legs dangling (being too short to reach the floor), eyes intent on spelling out the words of his lesson. In 1832 Mr. Moore taught school in the same place. The Christian religion has always had a place on Sunday Creek, and Trimble Township has shared in its divine munificence. Time Baptist, Methodist, and Christian denominations were the first to occupy the attention of the people. They are still the leading organizations. Other views have been proclaimed but have not been productive of any flattering results. The principal mill of Trimble Township was commenced at Oxford, now Trimble, by Jonathan Watkins in 1825. It was burned in 1865. After some years it was rebuilt, and continued as a water-mill till 1882. Since HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 737 then it has been changed into a steam mill, and is furnished with all modern improvements in the flour-making line, and is doing an excellent business. Agriculture is still, as it always has been, the chief occupation of its citizens. Mining of coal, however, has been such as to supply the home demand. In the future, mining will perhaps take the first rank. The minerals of the valley will be more fully noticed under the head of Sunday Creek Valley. TOWNSHIP OFFICERS. The first election for township officers was held at the residence of William Bagley, James Price, James Bosworth, and Jeremiah Cass being the Judges, and Samuel B. Johnson and Cyrus Tuttle, Clerks. TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES. 1827, William Bagley, James-Bosworth, Solomon Newton ; 1828, Jeremiah Cass, Elijah Alderman, Solomon Newton; 1829, Joseph McDonald, James Price, Solomon Newton; 1830, David Eggleston, James Price, Solomon Newton; 1831, Jonathan Watkins, James Price, Solomon Newton; 1832, wanting; 1833, Elijah Alderman, Thomas Dew, John Ivers; 1834, Elijah Alderman, Luther Mingus, Enoch Rutter; 1835, wanting; 1836, Solomon Newton, Andrew McKee, William Shatter; 1837, Jonathan Watkins, Andrew McKee, William Snarler; 1838, Solomon Newton, Andrew McKee, Ebenezer Shaner; 1839, William McKee, Andrew McKee, John Ivers; 1840, Thomas L. Love, Andrew Rutter, wanting; 1841, James Hoge, W. J. Hartley, wanting; 1842, James Hoge, John B. Johnson, wanting; 1843, James Hoge, Isaac N. Joseph, William J. Hartley; 1844, William McClellan, Isaac N. Joseph, William J. Hartley; 1845, Andrew McKee, Caleb Carter, Isaac Blackwood; 1846, wanting; 1847, William McClellan, Andrew Dew, J. D. Davis, 1848, Andrew McKee, Andrew Dow, J. D. Davis; 1849-'50, William McClellan, Andrew Dew, J. D. Davis; 1851, William McClellan, William H. Peugh, S. T. Grow; 1852, wanting; 1853, James Hoge, John Ivers, wanting; 1854, Andrew Dew, John Ivers, William McClellan; 1855, wanting; 1856, Joseph Allen, B. Worrell, Andrew Dew; 1857, Benjamin Norris, John M. Johnson, Andrew Dew; 1858-'59, William H. Peugh, William McClellan, S. P. Grow; 1860-'61, William H. Peugh, William McClellan, L. H. Rhinehart; 1862, William H. Peugh, William McClellan,,  - 47 - 738 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. Samuel Woodworth; 1863, Samuel Banks, John Shaner, Samuel Woodworth; 1864, Samuel Banks, John Gift, Dorsey McClellan; 1865-'66, Milton Monroe, John Gift, J. C. Lefever; 1867, William H. Peugh, Isaac Blackwood, Lemuel Bethel; 1868, Samuel Banks, J. AL Amos, Joseph Allen, 1869; Samuel. Backs, E. H. Watkins, William Biddison; 1870, Samuel Banks, James S. Jennings, William Biddison; 1871, S. H. Johnson, J. W. Jones, Isaac Blackwood; 1872, David Glenn, William H. Peugh, Joshua Sands; 1873-'75, William H. Peugh, Joseph Allen, Jacob L. Wyatt; 1876, A. B. Johnson, William H. Peugh, Jacob L., Wyatt; 1877, William H. Peugh, A. B. Johnson, Jacob L. Wyatt; 1878, Jacob L. Wyatt, James H. Jones, James F. Kempton; 1879, James H. Jones, William H. Peugh, W. W. Anderson; 1880-'81, James H. Jones, William Biddison, William H. Peugh; 1882-'83, James H. Jones, Richard Daniels, William H. Peugh. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FROM 1827 TO 1883. 1827, William Bagley; 1830, James Price and Jeremiah Cass; 1833, Daniel Frazer and Samuel Mills; 1834, Emory Newton; 1836, Seth Pratt and Samuel Mills; 1838, Solomon Newton; 1839, Samuel Mills; 1840, David Allen; 1841, John Ivers; 1842, Morris Bryson; 1841, John Ivers; 1845, Morris Bryson; 1847, Isaac N. Joseph; 1848, George W. Roberts; 1850, Aquilla Norris and Benjamin Norris; 1851, Benjamin Norris and George W. Roberts; 1853, Alexander McClellan ; 1854, William Biddison; 1856, Isaac N. Joseph; 1857, John M. Johnson (resigned Feb. 3, 1858); 1858, Morris Bryson; 1859, William H. Peugh ; 1861, Morris Bryson; 1862, Lemuel Bethel; 1861, William Biddison ; 1865, William Koons; 1867, J. S. Dew; 1868, Samuel Banks; 1869, James F. Kempton, resigned; 1870, James Rutter; 1871, J. L. Porter; 1874, E. N. Alderman; 1876, William H. Johnston; 1877, James Rutter; 1878, W. H. Johnston; 1880, W. W. Anderson; 1882, James N. Sands; 1883, Joseph W. Jones. SUNDAY CREEK VALLEY. Under this head will be included all that remains to be said of Trimble and North Dover, except such general remarks as will be appropriate to notice in the scientific chapter of the " History of Hocking Valley." Under the above caption will be given a brief view of its topog- HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 739 raphy, geological structure and its resources, together with its past history. Our space is too limited to enter into detail. We must leave the reader to amplify our thoughts and outline sketches as his knowledge and interest may dictate. Sunday Creek Valley is fan-shaped, with its axis at Chauncey, near the mouth of the creek, and its radiating parts spreading out so as to include all the territory drained by Sunday Creek and its branches. The springs which give rise to the extreme branches of Sunday Creek are wider apart than its head and mouth—wider than long. Sunday Creek Valley has its bottom lands, yet they do not form one of its distinctive features. It is composed, principally, of ridges, spurs, inclined plains, ravines, gulches and valleys. It has a face for every point in the heavens. It has vastly more surface than sky. Its base is contracted, but the sum of its surfaces is very considerable. Though we thus truthfully describe its territory, we are happy to say that it has but a few rods of waste land. Sunday Creek Valley has every variety of soil and exposure. Its bottom lands are, in spots, composed of sand, produced by the disintegration of its sand rocks; in other localities they are alluvial; in other parts, clay, with a great variety of mixtures. Oar northern surfaces are often steep, the strata not being dissolved by the extremes of heat and cold, or by storms. Our northern slopes are generally the most productive. Our southern hillsides are often rather poor, yet they have their special uses. Our east and west exposures are quite productive. Sunday Creek Valley has its agricultural resources, still agriculture is not its specialty. Its soil produces fair crops of wheat, rye, Indian corn, potatoes, grass, turnips, and all kinds of vegetables suited to its latitude. Its hills are suited to the rearing of sheep, cattle, and all kinds of stock. It is a land adapted to vine ant' fruit culture: One advantage it has, worthy of special note; such is its variety of soil and exposures that there is scarcely ever a season without fruit, either on the ridges, on the. slopes, in the ravines, or on the bottom lands. The soil, it' scientifically cultivated, is quite productive, capable of sustaining a dense population. MINERAL RESOURCES OF SUNDAY CREEK VALLEY. Its mineral deposits are the most noted feature of Sunday Creek Valley. In its coal deposits it is, perhaps, superior to any other 740 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. territory of equal size in the State. This will appear by an examination of its geological structure, which we proceed, briefly, to investigate. Sunday Creek Valley is an erosion of the lower coal measures, there being no discoverable marks of volcanic action. In the gulches, ravines and valleys, the strata are in place on opposite sides—a proof that running water formed them. These depressions therefore, are erosions, and the entire valley is a " wash-out" o past ages: The process is still in progress, every flood wafting tons of disintegrated rocks and minerals toward the Mexican Gulf. It will be readily seen that the main stream and its tributaries are increasing in length, are becoming wider from bank to bank. while their flow decreases in velocity. The waters are lowering the dividing ridges and spurs, while they are filling up deep cavities and evening the inclined planes at the bottoms of the principal streams. The washing-down process would, in time, make plain of the valley. In the gulches, ravines and valleys, the stra for 600 feet are vertically exposed. Shafts have been sunk the fire-clay under the great seam of coal, and salt wells ha penetrated 400 feet further. The strata are, therefore, known a vertical section of 1,100 feet. We are more particularly con corned with the strata of the upper 700 feet. Beginning our examination of this vertical section twenty-six feet below the Nelsonville coal seam (great seam) we find our lowest coal vein two feet and six inches thick. This is a rich, gas-producing coal. Twenty-six feet above this vein is the great coal seam. In fir wells its average thickness is nine feet three inches. In three shaft its average is about the same. This is for the entire surface o 35,000 acres. Seventy-five feet above the great vein is the Bailey's Run coal. In the lower Sunday Creek Valley this seam lies at the bases of our hills. its average thickness is four feet six inches. Very excellent coke has been made from this seam of coal. It is an excellent gas-making and parlor coal. This coal is mined b drifting. The following analysis of a sample of this coal from se tion 34, Dover, was ma le by Prof. AV ormley (State Chemist): "Specific gravity, 1.309; moisture 4.20; ash, 2.00; volatile combustible matter, 35.20; fire carbon, 5S.00; total, 100.00 parts. Sulphur, 1.04; sulphur left in coke, 0.41; percentage of sulphur in cake, 0.67; gas per pound in cubic foot, 3.97; color of ash, gray; coke compact." The State Geologist makes the following remark: " This shows a very excellent coal. The ash is small and the fixed HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 741 carbon is large, and the amount of gas is also large. The coal loses so much of its sulphur in coking that the coke is relatively free from it." Thirty-seven feet above the Bailey's Run coal seam, with a thick vein of iron ore between, is a vein of about two feet of coal. About seventy-five feet above this seam is another vein of coal two and one-half feet thick. About .200 feet above the last is the Pittsburg, or Pomeroy, coal vein, from four to eight feet thick. In this vertical section of 700 feet we can count thirteen horizons of iron ore and eleven horizons of limestone. Sunday Creek Valley contains a vast amount of excellent sand rock for glass-making and building purposes. It has large quarries of flagstone. Its deposits of fire-clay are immense. Oar six coal seams will aggregate about twenty-seven feet. Our two workable seams average thirteen feet. Such is a brief outline of the mineral resources of Sunday Creek Valley. This is claimed of the valley, that, for variety of 'minerals; amount and quality, as a whole, its peer cannot be found. Trimble Township and North Dover have more mineral wealth than can be found under an equal area (35,000 acres) anywhere else in Ohio, or perhaps in the world. We shall have occasion to strengthen these statements when the mineral resources of Hocking Valley are investigated. We shall now take up the history of this valley from the time that it began to be settled by the whites. We have already given its civil history. Its schools, its social and religious history demand further attention. Society is the normal state of all living beings. Man is no exception to this general law. The world has been peopled by groups; groups have formed societies; societies have been gathered into villages, towns, cities, States, kingdoms and empires. Thus was America peopled; thus was Ohio settled; and by the same law Sunday Creek Valley received its first white inhabitants. The Ohio Company's purchase gave cast to the first settlers of the valley. Those that had a desire to go West from the New England States, hearing such flattering accounts of the district now forming Southeastern Ohio, purchased lands of that company, and moved West to occupy them. Sunday Creek Valley, therefore, received its first white population from New England. They brought with them, as a matter of necessity, their religion, manners, customs and educational spirit. But the valley to whin they removed was truly a " howling wilderness." Savages occupied the lands that they had purchased, and, with various wild beasts, disputed with them the right of possession. 742 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. A change in their manner of living was a necessary consequence. New thoughts followed, and, consequently, a new course of action. In a few years they were comparatively a new people—Wilderness Yankees. They formed new ideas in every department of human thought. With minds as free as their breathing apparatus, they began to entertain new religious notions. They read their Bibles and did their own thinking. So soon as they were sufficiently numerous to have religious assemblies and form churches, the fruits of independent thinking were clearly seen. No New England churches were ever formed in Sunday Creek Valley. The inhabitants were principally what were called " New Lights," and afterward " Christians," more usually denominated " Disciples," and by their enemies, " Campbellites." Methodist and Baptist churches have often been formed, but their prosperity has not been very satisfactory. Schools have always been sustained. Education belongs to New England life. A love for it is inherent in their very being. The branches taught were at first few, imperfectly understood, and unskillfully taught. In the early settlements, teachers knew nothing of geography, but little of English grammar, taught reading, writing and spelling. All higher branches of science were the great unknown. SOCIAL PERIODS OF SUNDAY CREEK VALLEY. These will be the better illustrated by examining their materials of dress. For the sake of convenience, we divide its past history into periods, named after the chief article of clothing. 1. Buckskin Period.—When the people had worn out their Eastern wardrobes, to replenish with like articles was impossible. They were, therefore, obliged to go like the savages, or clothe themselves with some domestic production. They tanned deer-skins, fashioned garments, and clothed their nakedness. Some tall courtships and interesting marriages belong to this primitive age. 2. Linsey-Woolsey Period.—The age of primitive simplicity soon began to yield to the march of Yankee progress. Flax and wool were combined and woven into cloth. Garments made of these materials became the fashionable wear of this advanced period; not, however, without the cry of " pride " and " extravagance." 3. The Modern, or Silk Period. —This period was never fully adopted, except by the " upper tens." The calico period is the HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 743 popular one of the valley. These four periods—the Buckskin, Linsey-Woolsey, Calico and Silk, mark the progress of society in unday Creek Valley. BIOGRAPHICAL-DOVER. William Bell, section 30, Dover Township, was born in Leicestershire, England, April 11, 1841, and came to America in 1864 and settled in this county, where he has since lived. Mr. Bell cleared thirty-three acres of land on middle branch of Bailey's Run. he moved to his present farm April 3, 1883. He was married May 2, 1869, to Jane R. Price, daughter of Abel C. Price, of Trimble Township. Mr. and Mrs. Bell have had five children, of whom two are living—William A. and Rebecca A. The deceased were—Sarah A., Frances E. and Lucy A. Mr. Bell owns 125 acres of land and is engaged in raising stock. Mrs. Bell was born in Dover Township near Kidwell's mill, Oct. 1, 1839, the same year Kidwell's mill was built. Hiram Bingham, late of Salina, now of Athens Township, was born near Athens, July 22, 1826. He was brought up on a farm and educated in Athens. In 1851 he went to California and mined about three years; was then engaged in the dairy business, and afterward ran a meat market six years. He. then went to Idaho where he lived two years, then resided one year in Wallawalla, Washington Territory. The steamer (Independence) that he and family took for the Golden State, wrecked off the coast of Jamaica Island, but they pulled in to Kingston and were all rescued. They were taken to Panama, where they remained a month, then went by steamer to San Francisco, arriving there March 6, 1852. They returned by the Nicaraugua route in 1866. Mr. Bingham has since resided in Athens County, except four years, when he was in Columbus, Ohio, in the grocery business. He engaged in the grocery business in Athens for two years. During the years of 1881 and 1882 he engaged in the manufacture of salt at Salina, Athens County, and in the spring of 1883 he bought a farm in Athens Township, where he removed about the first of April. He was first married to Lovina Lamb, daughter of Sylvanus Lamb. They had two children, one living—Surges. Mrs. Bingham died in 1848, and he married Miss Salama Weis, daughter of Jacob Weis, a native of Germany, who came to this county in 1819, and still resides here, at the age of eighty-five years. Mr. Bingham owns property in Athens. 744 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. Orrin B. Birge, Superintendent of the Agricultural Department at the Athens County Infirmary, and brother of O. G. Burge, of Chauncey, was born in Litchfield, Conn., Aug. 30, 1833. He was brought up and partially educated in his native town. The family removed to Cuyahoga County, Ohio, when Orrin was a boy. He has spent; his life thus far on a farm. He came to Athens County about 1852. He was married Jan. 15, 1857, to Jane C., daughter of James Stephenson. They have but one child—James J. Mr. Birge has held his present position for the past ten years. He is a member of the Christian church. Tobias Boudinot, section 17, Dover Township, was born in Meigs. County, Ohio, March 27, 1822, and is a son of John Boudinot, of Knox County, Ohio, and a native of New Jersey. He was reared on the farm, and received a common-school education. He came to this township in 1839, where he has since lived. He was married Aug. 14, 1844, to Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Southerton, who came to this county in 1832. They had seven children, three living—Jennie E., Tobias T., and Cassius H. One son, Elmer H., died Jan. 29, 1882, in his twenty-first year. A daughter, Mrs. Lucy J. Peters, died at the age of twenty-two years and left two children. Mr. Boudinot owns 147 acres in this county and 320 acres in Carter County, Mo., and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was Infirmary Director for three years, and Township Trustee one term. He is a member of the Christian or Disciple church. His father is now ninety-three years old. He came to this county in 1839 and resided here until within the last few years. fie was a soldier in the war of 1812. Our subject's grandfather's brother, Hon. Elias Boudinot, LL. D., was George Washington's private secretary ; was President of the first Bible Society that ever assembled in the United States and was President of the first Continental Congress that ever assembled in America. He was also renowned for his generosity: he donated 339 acres of land adjoining Philadelphia to the American Bible Society, and gave $10,000 in cash to the same society, $13,000 to the poor, and $5,000 to purchase spectacles for the poor. He was of French descent. John W. Brawley, section 13, was born in this township June 15, 1831, and is a son of James Brawley, who came to Athens unty with his parents when a small boy and died here in April, 1873. Our subject was reared on a farm and received a common-school education. He was married July 4, 1859, to Susan, daughter HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 745 of Hiram Fuller. They have four children—Nellie, Clarence, Ida and Mary. Nelhe married George Merry. Mr. Brawley owns a farm of 118 acres and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. Ormond G. Burge.—The Burge family differ in their spelling of the family name; our subject spells it with a " u," while his brother, Orrin R., and some others spell it with an " i." The subject of this sketch was born in Litchfield, Conn., July 7, 1820, and is a son of Orrin Burge, deceased, also a native of Litchfield, and of English descent. He brought his family to Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1830. Our subject came first to Athens County in 1838, and bought land in Waterloo Township. He remained in Nelsonville in the boot and shoe business from 1841 until 1846. He then came to Dover Township, where he has since resided and operated his farm at Chauncey. In 1856 he married Emily Coe, daughter of John Coe, a pioneer of Athens County. They have had six children—Lemuel, Caroline, Leanora, Wallace, Jane and Cora. Mrs. Burge died June 7, 1867. She was a member of the Free-Will Baptist church. Mr. Burge is a member of the Christian church. Mr. Burge held the office of Township Trustee of Dover Township for twelve years, and Assessor four or five years. He has recently sold his farm and resides with his son Lemuel in Chauncey. William W Burge, son of O. G. Burge, of Chauncey, was born in Dover Township, this county, June 5, 1855. He was reared on the farm and educated in Weethee's College at Mt. Auburn, this township. He married Ida M. Lapham Aug. 31, 1.879. She is a daughter of Simon Lapham, of Cleveland. They have one child—Clara M., a bright-eyed little girl of two years. Mr. Burge is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He is a member of the Suns of Temperance and of the Christian church. Simeon W. Cass was born in Dover Township, Oct. 11, 1821, and is a son- of Jeremiah Cass, a native of Rhode Island, and an early settler at Amestown, this county. He was one of the party that cut the first; road through the wilderness from Marietta to Amestown. He was a single man then and lived with a Mr. Wyatt. He married Sarah Wright, by whom he had eleven children. They reared three boys and seven girls. His father, Amos Cass, came to Marietta with his son and settled on Sunday Creek where he died many years ago. Jeremiah Cass removed with his family to Trimble Township, this county, when Simeon was an infant, and when he was about fifteen years old returned to Dover 746 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. Township. Mr. Cass was a soldier in the late war in Company H, One Hundred and Forty-first Ohio National Guards. He was married April 30, 1843, to Eisie J. Hailing, daughter •of Aaron Balling. They had five children, of whom three are living—Sarah, Emily and Adelaide C. One daughter, Mrs. Rhoda Davis, left nine children, and the other, Mrs. Mary J. Gibson, left two children. Mrs. Cass died Aug. 3, 1878: April 2, 1879, Mr. Cass married Sarah Simons, daughter of Admatha Simons, of England. They have had two children—Blanche G., deceased, and Susan F. Mr. Cass has been a member of the Christian church about twenty-five years, and has been Elder since the fall of 1863. His mother still lives in this township at the age of ninety-three years. Charles P. Clester, section 7, was born in this township Oct. 2, 1848, and is a son of Samuel Clester, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Athens County over forty years ago, where he died in 1869. Our subject was reared on the farm and educated at Weethee's College in this township. He was married in November, 1869, to Carrie McAfee, daughter of John McAfee, of this county. They have two children—Sadie and Carrie, aged twelve and nine years respectively. Mr. Clester owns 155 acres of land and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He is a member of the Sugar Creek Methodist Episcopal church. Hyrcanus Connett was barn in this township Feb. 26, 1844. He was educated in the Ohio University at Athens. He worked for M. M. Green & Co. at Salina about eight years, then returned to the farm. He was married in March, 1871, to Elzina Bean, daughter of Isaiah Than, of Pleasanton, Ohio. They have one child—Della May. Mr. Connett owns 160 acres of valuable land in Athens Township, but resides at present on the old home place in Dover Township. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Woodruff Connett, the father of the above, was born in Athens Township, this county, March 6, 1810, and is a son of Abner Connett, who came to this county in 1798 from Pennsylvania. He was reared on the farm and educated in a subscription school and has always been a farmer. He was married March 22,1833, to Lucy P. Dorr, by whom he had two children—Lydia (now Mrs. Isaac Bassett) and Hyrcanus. Mrs. Con nett died Jan. 22, 1881. Mr. Connett and his son own over 300 acres of valuable land. Daniel Coots (originally spelled Lutz) was born in Somerset County, Pa., March 29, 1827, and is a son of David Coots, deceased, a native of Bedford County, Pa., who brought his family to Athens HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 747 County in 1837. They witnessed the building of the Hocking Canal, and saw some of the Irish rows among the hands employed on that work. Mr. Coots was reared on the farm, and for eighteen years was one of the most extensive farmers of the county. For the past four years he has had the mail route between Chauncey and Salina. He was married Feb. 14, 1855, to Frances R. Nye, daughter of Thedorus Nye, deceased. She was born in Chester, Meigs Co., Ohio. They have had eight children, four living—Ella M., Mary M., Frank T. and Emma B. The family are all members of the Methodist church. John Coulson, section 8, Dover Township, was born in this township, Oct. 9, 1846. He was reared on the farm and educated at Weethee's College and at New Plymouth, Ohio. He learned the carpenter's trade when a boy, and still works some at building railroad bridges. He also learned surveying, and has followed that business more or less for the past fifteen years. He owns eighty-six acres of valuable land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. Mr. Coulson's father, James Coulson, was born in Washington County, Pa., Feb. 14, 1817, and came to this county in 1844. He was married in 1844, just before starting West, to Sarah A. Mountz, by whom he had seven children, four of whom are living —John, Samuel, Nancy and Daniel. There are 200 acres in the old home place, where his widow now lives. He died March 15, 1883. The deceased was twice elected and once appointed to the office of County Surveyor of Athens County. He was a Quaker in religious belief'. He was an industrious and useful mm, and a kind husband and father. Ebenezer Dains, section 30, Dover Township, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, May 10, 1820. He came to this county in 1831 with his parents, where he has since resided, with the exception of four years—one year in Perry County, Ohio, and three in Indiana. His father, Jacob B. Dains (deceased), was a native of New Jersey. Mr. Dains owns 133 acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was married July 15, 1841, to Catherine Dewitt, daughter of James Dewitt. They have had thirteen children, of whom ten are living—George W., Jasper N., Mary, Elizabeth, James, Lydia, Sarah, William, Thomas and Eliza J. One son, John, died in his seventeenth year. Joseph B. Doughty, druggist, of Chauncey, was born in Granville, Licking Co., Ohio, Jan. 19, 1846, and is a son of Rev. Richard Doughty, a Methodist Episcopal minister. Mr. Doughty began 748 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. taking care of himself at the age of ten years; he worked on the farm, in coal mines, and clerked in stores several years. He was a soldier in the late war, in Company H, Eighty-fifth Ohio Infantry, and helped chase Morgan through Kentucky in 1863. He was discharged and then enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Ohio Infantry, in the spring of 1864, and served for about ten months; eight months of the time he was in prison (having been captured at North Mountain) and was a part of the time in Andersonville. He went to Noblesville, Ind., in 1866, where he remained two years, and came to Hocking County in 1868. In 1871 he helped build the Straitsville branch of the Hocking Valley Railroad. Caine to Chauncey in 1873, and in 1874 went to Perry County, Ohio. He returned to Chauncey in 1877, where he has since been engaged in the drug business. He was married in December, 1872, to Kate, daughter of Dr. A. J. Shrader, of Nelsonville. They have four children—Blanche M., Jessie S., Richard D. and Sarah I. Thomas Ellis, a prominent farmer of Dover Township, is a native of Lincolnshire, England, and was born in the city of Grantham, May 21, 1817. His father, Richard Ellis, was a native of Doddington, England. Mr. Ellis emigrated from his native land to Dover Township in 1842, where he has since lived. Tie was married March 2, 1846, to Mary A. White, a daughter of John S. White. They had three children, two living—Mary and Sarah. For twenty-two years Mr. Ellis carried on a blacksmith shop in Millfield, when he sold out and bought his present farm on Sunday Creek, one mile north of Chauncey. It consisted of 510 acres, 160 of which he gave his daughter. He is now engaged in farming and stock-raising. Mr. Ellis still has in his possession a piece of the first carriage that was run in the Sunday Creek Valley. It was built by Mr. Reynolds, from Nova Scotia, in 1843. Austin Fuller, deceased, late of Millfield, was born in Dover Township, this county, May 14, 1814, and was a son of Resolved Fuller. He was brought up on the farm, and educated in a sub. scription school. he was always a farmer. Oct. 19, 1835, he married Miss Mary Pratt, daughter of Azariah Pratt, and sister of Ebenezer Pratt, of this township. They had twelve children born to them, of whom eight are living—George, Resolved, Dudley, Carlin L., Abigail, Mary, Eva and Flavius. Abigail is the wife of Rev. Ephraim Way roan, of Chillicothe, Ill. Eva is the wife of Elder Samuel W. Brown, of Washington, Pa. One HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 749 daughter, Mrs. Sarah Fuller Wyatt, died and left four children. A. son, Melzer N., was also married, and left two children at his death. Mr. Fuller was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Dudley D. Fuller, of Millfield, was born March 4, 1847, son of Austin Fuller. He was reared on a farm, and educated in a common school and Weethee's College. He followed farming for some time. He enlisted in the late war in Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Ohio Infantry, and served nine months; was discharged and enlisted in the Navy Department, in which he served on the United States steamer Huntress until the close of the war. Mr. Fuller was married Oct. 8, 1876, to Mary J. Wyatt, daughter of George Wyatt. They have had four children, one living—Edith A. Mr. Fuller was appointed Postmaster at Millfield in March, 1879. He keeps a general store, doing an annual business of $8,000. Russell N. Fuller, M. D., was born in this township Jan. 3, 1817. His father, Resolved Fuller, was a native of Connecticut, and came to this county in 1796. He walked the entire distance from Connecticut to this county with another boy. He was born in 1780, and was therefore but sixteen years old at that time. When he reached this then wilderness he had just three shillings, or 37 1/2 cents. He was industrious and economical, worked hard and grew wealthy. He bored the Chauncey salt well, and owned and operated the salt works there for some time. At one time he owned all the land where Chauncey now stands. He had a family of nine children, but two of whom are living—Russell N. and Hiram, of Marshfield, this county. The subject of this sketch was married in 1840 to Eliza B. Cooley, daughter of Caleb Cooley. They have eight children--Charles, Mary, Emma, Kate, Esther, John R., Milton and Henry H. The Doctor was Assessor of this township two terms, Township Trustee one term, and Township Treasurer one term. He commenced the practice of medicine in 1845, but has given up most of his practice of late. He owns a farm of 360 acres and is engaged in farming- and stock-raising. Daniel Fulton, section 29, Dover Township, was born in Alexander Township, this county, Aug. 21, 1822. His father, Loammia Fulton, was a native of Pennsylvania, and came with his parents to Athens County when about five years old, and settled in the woods among wolves, deer, panthers, wildcats and Indians. The subject of this sketch was reared on the farm and educated in a subscription school. He commenced to learn the carpenter's