950 - HISTORY OF HOOKING VALLEY. dissolved partnership, Mr. Rippey wishing to engage in the real estate business, and also operate in iron and coal. In the spring of 1877 Mr. Oakley Case became his partner, the firm name being Friesner & Case. They continued the law practice till December, 1879, when Mr. Friesner, being elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, retired from the firm to accept that office. He was married Sept. 7, 1870, to Miss Hattie, daughter of William and Henrietta (Rochester) Gallagher, of Logan. They have three children living, viz.: Henrietta, Frederick McDonald and Katy Eveline. Three died in infancy. Simeon Friesner, deceased, farmer, son of Frederick and Leah (Fought) Friesner, was born in Perry County, Ohio, Oct. 4, 1823, and lived with his parents until manhood. He taught school a number of terms before he was twenty. one years of age. At the age of twenty-one years he purchased the` near Enterp rise, where his family resides and where he lived until his death. Sept. 16, 1847, he married Elizabeth A., daughter of Jacob and Catharine (Goss) Zeller. They had eight children, only three now living—Henry F., of Van Wert County, Ohio; Mary E., wife of Joseph Klinger, of Paulding County, Ohio; William E. at home. Lydia C., wife of William Knight, of Hocking County, died Feb. 13, 1873, aged twenty-five years; Jacob F., July 4, 1880, aged thirty years; Almeda J., Oct. 9, 1864, aged six years; Simeon E., Sept. 17, 1864, aged one year; John W., Oct. 8, 1882, aged eighteen years. Mrs. Friesner died Feb. 5, 1865, aged thirty-seven years. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. May 8, 1865, Mr. Friesner married Sarah, daughter of Jacob and Catharine (Goss) Zeller. They had one son—Simeon L. Mr. Friesner died March 22, 1867. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His widow and family now reside on the farm. Mrs. Friesner is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. William E. Friesner, school-teacher, third son of Simeon and Elizabeth A. (Zeller) Friesner, was born in Falls Township, Hocking County, Aug. 19, 1860, and lived with his parents until manhood, working on the farm. He received a common-school education and attended select school three terms. Since the age of nineteen years he has been teaching school. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. William Shields Friesner was born in Logan, Ohio, Aug. 19, 1838, the eldest of four sons of Daniel and Eliza (Shields) Friesner. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 951 of Logan, finishing it at Marietta College. He graduated in the class of 1861, receiving the degree of A. B., and in 1864 received the degree of A. M., as post graduate. On leaving college in 1861 he enlisted in Company D, Seventeenth Ohio Infantry, for three months. After his discharge, Aug. 11, 1861, he returned to Logan, and Oct. 9, 1861, enlisted in Company D, Sixty-first Ohio Infantry, for three years, and was elected First Lieutenant. Before entering the field his company was transferred to the Fifty-eighth Ohio Regiment, in order to fill up that regiment so that it could be sent to the field and take part in the battle of Fort Donelson. The company being raw recruits, having never been drilled, this had to be done while on the boat en route to the fort. Being in command of his company after the surrender of the fort, Mr. Friesner was left in charge of a portion of the enemy's works and surrendered arms. Oct. 3, 1862, he was promoted to Captain, and May 3, 1865, to Lieutenant-Colonel of his regiment. Ile served till Sept. 28, 1865. He returned to Logan, and in 1866, with his brother, John S. Friesner, engaged in the grocery business, remaining with him nearly two years. lie then taught school till the latter part of 1873, when he was employed at the Lick Run coal mines as weighmaster until the strike of that year. Having previously studied law to some extent he then completed the study and was admitted to the bar at Logan Aug. 31, 1874. In 1875 he became associated with Judge J. R. Grogan in the practice of his profession, remaining with him a year. In 1878 he abandoned the law and has since been teaching in Hocking and and Perry counties. During 1872-'73 he was Principal of the High School Department of the Union School of Logan. June 23, 1864, he married Philia R. Croaks, of Pine Grove, Hocking County. Mr. Friesner is a Master, Royal Arch, Council and Knight Templar Mason. He has served as Thrice Illustrious Master of the council, and High Priest of the chapter. He is also a member of the college fraternities Alpha Kappa and Alpha Pi Gamma, and of J. K. Rochester Post, No. 140, G. A. R. John Gallagher, policeman of the C., H. V. &.T. R. R., at Lo gan, was born in Green Township, Hocking County, July 7, 1846, son of Peter and Nancy (O'Brine) Gallagher. He was reared on a a farm, receiving his education in the common schools. He remained at home three or four years after becoming of age. He pursued farming till 1878 when he was appointed one of the guards of the Ohio Penitentiary at Columbus. In 1880 he resumed farm- 952 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY ing, but in 1881 was appointed to his present position by Governor Foster. Feb. 11, 1868, he married Miss Anna Wright, of Logan. They have five children---Nannie, Susie, Ella, Katie and John. Mr. Gallagher is a member of St. John's Catholic Church, Logan. Henry Gompf, gardener, was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, April 25, 1839. When ten years old he emigrated with his parents to the United States, they settling in Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio. He left home at the age of eighteen, and worked in the garden of his brother-in-law, Georg Saurbrunn, at Circleville for two years, when he became a gardener for himself at Circle- ville, remaining there till September, 1862. He then enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, to serve three years. He participated in many battles, among which were the battles of Chickasaw, Champion Hills and the charge on Vicksburg, May 22, 1863. After being discharged in 1865, he returned to Circleville, and soon after removed to Decatur, Ill., where he engaged in gardening, but not meeting with success he abandoned it, and was variously employed in different places until 1873. In that year he came to Logan, and engaged in his present business as a gardener, where he is meeting with success, having procured for himself and family a pleasant and substantial home. He was married April 8, 1861, to Miss Christina Loel, of Waverly. She died in September, 1872, leaving two children---Edward Frederick and Samuel John. He again married Jan. 8, 1873, Charlotta (Miller) Sanner, by whom he has had five children---Louisa, Frank, Clara, William and Robert. He and wife are members of the Lutheran Trinity Church of Logan, of which he is Elder. David Goss, cabinet-maker and undertaker, fourth son of Martin and Margaret (Strong) Goss, was born near Lancaster, Pa., March 27, 1813. When he was two years of age, his parents came to Hocking County, Ohio, and settled near Millville, where he lived until manhood, working on a farm and attending the common school. He began working at the cabinet trade when a boy, and when twenty-one years old opened a shop near Millville, where he worked three years. In 1837 he purchased the farm where be now resides, and worked at his trade until 1882. He has preserved measures of 2,500 coffins made by him during the time he has been engaged in the business. April 8, 1846, he married Magdalena, daughter of Frederick and Leah (Fought) Friesner, of Hock- HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 953   ing County. They had ten children, five living---Martin, of Hocking County; Ellen, wife of John Evans; Effie, Ida, and Edward at home. Israel died in infancy; Simeon, at eight years of age; Mary, at four years of age. Frederick was drowned in Hocking River, June 4, 1865, aged thirteen years; and Emma, June 3, 1878, in her twentieth year. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Goss was born March 18, 1827, and died July 22, 1871. She was a member of the Albright church. He and his daughters are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Martin Goss, farmer, cabinet-maker and undertaker, son of David and Magdalena (Friesner) Goss, was born in Falls Township, Hocking Co., Jan. 5, 1847, and lived with his parents until manhood. During his boyhood he worked for wages, and received a common-school education. At the age of seventeen years his father put him to work in his cabinet shop, where be remained until twenty-two years of age. In February, 1869, he purchased the farm where he resides, and has carried on farming in connection with his cabinet and undertaking business. He has preserved memoranda of his work, and has made 200 coffins. He has the most beautiful location and residence in the county. Oct. 8, 1868, he married Lucinda A., daughter of George and Annamary (Pontius) Hansel, who was born Dec. 10, 1847. They had one daughter ---Mary Magdalena, who died in infancy. They have an adopted daughter---Emma J. Goss. He and wife are members of the United Brethren church. He is Class-leader, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and Superintendent of the Sabbath-school. Lewis Green was born near St. Joseph, Perry Co., Ohio, Nov. 24, 1837. He was married June 24, 1873, to Annie McFadden, of Somerset, Ohio. In 1867 Mr. Green assisted in establishing the New Lexington Herald, and continued as its editor and proprietor till 1881. From 1870 till 1873 he was Representative from Perry County to the State Legislature, elected on the Democratic ticket. In 1872 be purchased the Hocking Sentinel, and removed to Logan in 1873. Hon. James Raymond Grogan, attorney at law at Logan, was born at Lockport, N. Y., Oct. 20, 1825. When one year old his parents, Thomas and Ruth (Bowes) Grogan, removed to Ohio, and settled near Straitsville, Perry County. He received an elementary education in the district schools, but obtained the greater part of his education by private study and at the Dominican Convent school of St. Joseph, Perry County, under the tutorship of Rev. Father James 954 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY   Whalen. Daring the winters of 1845-'46 he taught school and in 1846 began the study of law, which he pursued at intervals until he was admitted to the bar in the fall of 1849, but did not commence the practice of his profession till 1855, in which year he established himself permanently at Logan. In April, 1847, he was employed in the Quartermaster's Department of the United States Army, under Captain Webster, and served during the Mexican war, being stationed near Puebla, Mexico. After the war he returned to Ohio, and during the winters of 1848 -'49 he taught school at Gore, Hocking County. In October, 1849, he was elected Recorder of Hocking County, and re-elected in 1852, serving six years. In 1857 he became the proprietor and editor of the Hocking Sentinel a Democratic paper, which he disposed of in 1859, since when he has devoted himself wholly to his legal practice. In 1862 he was appointed Chairman of the Military Committee of Hocking County by George Todd, and aided in raising and organizing companies for the Union service, which position he held till the close of the war. In 1864 he was appointed Mayor of Logan to fill a vacancy, and was re-elected in 1865-'66. In August, 1866, he was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Hocking County, to fill a vacancy. In 1879 he added to his law business that of real estate. Noel William Hamblin, son of Cornelius and Sarah (Joseph) Hamblin, is a native of New York, being born near Bath, Steuben Co., N. Y., March 11, 1844. When he was ten years old his parents settled in Starr Township, Hocking Co., Ohio, where he was educated in the district schools and at the High School at Logan. At the age of seventeen he began to teach school in Hocking County, and taught there three winters. When he was nineteen he purchased a team and worked for the Five Mile Furnace Company two or three years. He then, with his father, purchased a farm in Falls Township where he pursued farming two years when he sold it, purchasing another farm in Starr Township where he farmed and mined iron ore, that being a deposit on his land. From 1870 till the fall of 1878 he followed farming exclusively in Starr Township, when he was elected County Treasurer of Hocking County, and was re-elected in 1881, this last term expiring September, 1883. March 13, 1865, he married Miss Lodema Skinner, of Starr Township. They have seven children---Edward C., Winnie, George G., Charles E., Blanche, Robert N. and Clara. Mr. Hamblin is an Odd Fellow of Hocking Valley Lodge, No. 362. HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 954   He and wife are members of the Berea Presbyterian church of Starr Township. In 1881 he bought a farm in the vicinity of Logan on which they now reside. Robert W. Hansen, ex-Deputy County Clerk, Logan, Ohio, was born in Hocking County, Ohio, Jane 24, 1859. At the age of fifteen he began teaching school in Laurel Township, and taught two years; then took a trip to Texas, traveled over Texas and then crossed the Indian Territory, stopping at various places; thence to Wichita, Kas.; then returned home and entered the High School and graduated in June, 1880. He then taught school in Laurel Township some four or five months, after which he was offered the Secretaryship of the Logan Joint Life Protection and Relief Association, which he accepted and remained with this company one year, when the company removed to Wheeling, W. Va. He then soon after was appointed civil engineer for the city of Logan, and some four months later was made assistant civil engineer for the consolidated coal and iron company at Floodwood, and held that position six months when the company dissolved. Mr. Hansen then returned to Logan and opened the largest grocery store in Logan, and engaged in business until he failed. He then began the study of medicine with Dr. J. H. Dye in Logan, with whom he still remains. Mr. Hansen was married to Emma H. Rochester Sept. 20, 1882. She was born in Logan, a daughter of Joseph Rochester, merchant of Logan. Mr. Hansen is a member of Logan Lodge, No. 119, K. of P., and is the present Vice Chancellor of the lodge. Is also a member of the A. O. U. W., Mingo Lodge, at Logan. In politics he is a Democrat. John Hansen, of the firm of Burgess & Hansen, attorneys at law, was born in Laurel Township, Hocking Co., Ohio, Dec. 8, 1838, a son of Samuel C. and Elizabeth (Kinser) Hansen. He was educated in the common schools, and when seventeen years of age commenced teaching, a vocation he followed at intervals for nineteen years. Oct. 5, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Fifty-eighth Ohio Infantry, for three years, and at the organization of the company was appointed Sergeant. In July, 1863, he was appointed First Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster and served in that capacity till his discharge, in January, 1865. He participated in the battles of Fort Donelson and Shiloh and many others of less importance. From September, 1862, till April, 1863, he was on detached duty as recruiting officer at Cincinnati, Ohio. After his return home he purchased a farm in Laurel Township, which he 956 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. carried on in connection with teaching. While teaching he for a number of years studied law privately and was admitted to the bar by the District Court at Logan, in December, 1879. In 1875 he was elected Clerk of the Courts of Hocking County, and served two terms of three years each. He was Justice of the Peace of Laurel Township five years. In February, 1882, he became associated with L. J. Burgess and commenced the practice of law. In 1870 he was appointed Assistant Deputy United States Marshal to take the census of one of the three districts of Hocking County. He has been a member of the Board of Education of Logan five years. In 1880, at the organization of the Hocking County Children's Home, he was elected a member of the Board of Trustees, and drew up the constitution and by-laws adopted for the government of the institution. Sept. 18, 1858, he married Mary M. Mc-Broom, of Laurel Township. They have six children—Robert W., Eudorah V., Charles M., Homer A., Jennie V. and John E. One child, Pearly C., died in 1871, aged one year. Mr. and Mrs. Hansen are members of the Methodist church. Mr. Hansen is a member of J. K. Rochester Post, No. 140, G. A. R. Solomon Harsh, farmer, second son of John and Christina (Stiverson) Harsh, was born in Falls Township, Hocking Co., Ohio, Feb. 14, 1822. At the age of twenty-one years he began farming for himself on his father's farm. In 1848 he purchased lands in Laurel Township, and in a short time sold and purchased the farm where he now resides. He owns and resides on the farm first settled by his grandfather. He remembers when the State road was first opened, his father and Uncle Daniel Harsh having the contract for opening the road. Also remembers the first horse-tracks seen on the new roads. He has resided on the farm he owns since his birth, and has always farmed for a livelihood. Dec.9, 1847, he married Mary A., daughter of Frederick and Barbara (Houseman) Elick, of Falls Township. They have had twelve children, six sons and three daughters now living—John S., of Wells County, Ind.; Emanuel C., of Mercer County, Ohio; Jacob F., at home; Daniel S., of Wells County, Ind.; George W. and Joel A., at home; Caroline, wife of Jacob Mathias, of Falls Township; Helena and Delilah, at home; William W., died at the age of thirty-four years in Cincinnati, Ohio; David A., at the age of twenty-three years; Lorenzo D. in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Harsh are members of the United Brethren church,. he being Trustee. HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 957 Rev. C. C. Hart, of Logan.—Joseph Hart was born in Botetourt Co., Va., J une 22, 1760. At about twenty years of age he removed to the colony of Tennessee and located on the French Broad River. In 1785 he was married to Miss Nancy Shanklin, of East Tennessee, and settled in Blount County near Maryville. To them were born five sons and one daughter. In 1810 the mother died, and the father married his second wire, Miss Mary Means, of Blount County, in the year 1812. To them were born five sons, The youngest, the subject of this sketch, Charles Coffin Hart, was born near Maryville, Tenn., March 29, 1820. In October, 1821, Mr. Hart, with his wife and four younger sons—one having died in infancy—emigrated to Indiana and settled on Clifty Creek, Bartholomew County, five miles east of Columbus. Here Charles was brought up, working on the farm in the summer and going to a loud school in the winter. In February, 1836, Charles went to Salem, Washington Co., Ind., and was indentured by his father as an apprentice to the cabinet-making business, in which capacity he served four years, until Feb. 10, 1840. For the next three years he worked as a journeyman at his trade. In May, 1843, he went to Marietta, Ohio, and entered the preparatory department of Marietta College. When he left his home in Indiana he had $50 in silver, which he had earned the winter previous by teaching school for $12.50 per month and "boarding round." He took his tools with him to Marietta and established a little shop near the college. For five years he studied and worked at his trade, earning money enough to pay his current expenses, which was not more than $160 per annum, including clothing. He graduated from college in the class of 1848. He entered Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati, September, 1848, where he studied and worked at his trade for two years. In May, 1850, he went to Columbus, Ind., and taught school ten months in the old " County Seminary." In September of that year he was examined and licensed as a probationer for the gospel ministry by the Presbytery of Madison, then in session at Columbus. In the spring of 1851 he visited Mississippi. Being an abolitionist in sentiment he wished to see slavery and some of its practical workings in its stronghold, and for this purpose he spent five months on the cotton plantations on the Yazoo and Big Black rivers. During this time he preached once in two weeks at the Madison Presbyterian church, Iodated twenty-five miles north of Jackson, and composed of planters. In October, 1851, he returned to Lane Seminary, pursuing 958 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY his theological studies and preaching at Cleves, near the old residence of General William H. garrison, and in June he graduated from the seminary in the class of 1852. In July following he returned to Mississippi to reside in the family of his brother, Samuel Hart, at Carrollton, where for nearly four years he preached at Carrollton, Middleton and Greenwood churches,' all in Carroll County. He was ordained to the work of the gospel ministry in Carrollton,' Jan. 1, 1853, by the Presbytery of New Lexington; and in the afternoon of the same day, in the presence of the Presbytery, he baptized his brother's son, Charles, and other children, and also several candidates for church membership. In September, 1853, he was married in St. Louis, Mo., to Miss Olivia P. Studley, of Boston. Miss Studley was the daughter of Dr. H. M. Studley, of Bradford, N. H., but being left an orphan when quite young, her brother, Edward A. Studley, who was doing business in Boston, educated her in the schools of that city. After completing her education she went to Livingston, Madison Co., Miss., in 1849, to teach in a private family. Here she continued for one year when she became a teacher in Bascom Female College, Grenada, Miss. Here she became acquainted with her future husband, and while on a visit to her brother, R. P. Studley, of St. Louis, Mo., was married, Sept. 6, 1853. Mr. Hart continued his ministi` terial services to the churches of Carroll County until February, 1856. At that time the politicians of the South, arranging for the presidential campaign of that year, took the ground (at least in the State of Mississippi) that slavery was a divine institution, like the family, and hence must be perpetuated; and that every preacher in the State must defend it from the Bible. But as Mr. Hart did not believe this doctrine, and could not advocate it, neither with nor without the Bible, he judged it to be his duty to leave the slave States. Consequently he, with his wife and son, Edward Studley Hart, took a steamboat Feb. 10, 1856, at Greenwood, on the Yazoo River, for Vicksburg and thence to St. Louis, which journey occupied eleven days. Leaving his little family in St. Louis, in the care of his brother-in-law, R. P. Studley, Mr. Hart set out, March 10, to look for a field for future labor. Rev. Marcus Hicks, of Columbus, Ohio, advised him to visit Logan. He reached Logan March 29, 1856, and found a town of about 1,400 inhabitants, a Presbyterian church of fifty members that had had no stated preaching for more than a year. He engaged to supply the church for one year, and continued to do so from year to year until Sept. HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 959 30, 1868, when the church at Shawneetown, Ill., gave him a call to become their pastor. He began his labors with that church on the first Sabbath of October, 1868, and continued to be their Pastor for three years, during which time 125 members were added to the church. The church at Logan being without a Pastor, Mr. Hart was invited to return to Logan, did so, and was installed Pastor of the church the 12th of November, 1871, returning to his old home where two sons and three daughters had been born, and where God had given him many spiritual sons and daughters, and where he has continued his labors to the present time, July 2, 1883. Rev. Henry Henkel, son. of John and Katherine (Plack) Henkel, was born in Hesse, Germany, Oct. 4, 1845, where he lived until his sixteenth year. In 1861 he emigrated to the United States, settling first at Germantown, Montgomery Co., Ohio, where he worked on a farm for three years, when his parents also came to the United States. He then went with them to Hancock County, near Pendleton, Ind., where he remained and worked on the farm until January, 1868, after which he went to Columbus, Ohio, and entered the theological department of the Capitol University, which he attended three terms. He obtained his literary education by private study, having attended the schools in Germany till his fourteenth year. He was ordained to the ministry at Columbus, Ohio, May 2, 1869, Professor W. F. Lehmann, M. Loy. and E. Schmid officiating. His first charge was the Evangelical Lutheran Zion's Church at Springfield, Ohio, where he officiated three years, when in September, 1872, he received a call from the Evangelical Lutheran St. Matthew's Church at Logan, being Pastor there till October, 1881. About that time a division took place in his congregation on a theological question brought up in the Ohio Synod, when lie, with a part of his congregation, dissenting, withdrew and organized the Lutheran Trinity Church, of Logan, of which he is now Pastor. He was married Nov. 24, 1870, to Miss Minnie Meyer, of Woodsville, Ohio. They have five children, viz.: Ida S., Theodore H. T., Otto H. K., Theophil F. and Willie F. G. James Elder Huston, superintendent of the cabinet department and stockholder in the Logan Furniture Company, was born in Armagh, Indiana Co., Pa:, July 18, 1822, a son of John D. and Margaret (Elder) Huston. When he was three years of age his parents came to Ohio, settling in Putnam, but a year later removed to Madison, Perry County. He attended the common schools till 960 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY fifteen years of age, when he went to Norwich, Muskingum County, and became apprenticed to William Stephenson to learn the cabinet and chair-maker's trade, serving four years and five months. He then worked as a journeyman till 1842, when he opened a cabinet shop at Loudonville, Ohio. In 1848 he removed his business to Somerset, remaining there till 1857, when lie went to Lancaster and was employed as foreman of the painting department of the C. & M. R. R. shops. In 1873 lie came to Logan and became a stockholder in the Logan Manufacturing Company. In 188( he withdrew from the company, and with others organized the Logan Furniture Company, of which he was Secretary and Treasurer till 1882; since then he has been superintendent of the cabinet department. In May, 1844, Mr. Huston married Ann Prutzman, who died in June, 1866, leaving ten children, nine now living. He afterward married Mrs. Mary J. Jenkins, who died in April, 1872, leaving no children. His present wife was Miss Virlinda Bright, of Logan. They have two children. Mr. and Mrs. Huston are members of the Methodist church. He is a Master, Royal Arch, Council and Knight Templar Mason, a member of the lodge at New Salem, chapter and council at Logan, and commandery at Lancaster. He has passed the chairs of all excepting the comnmandery, of which lie has been Prelate. While in Somerset, Mr. Huston served as Mayor from 1851 till 1853. Jeremiah Iles, farmer and minister of Falls Township, Hocking Co., Ohio, sixth son of John and Elizabeth (Saunders) Iles, was born in Falls Township, Nov. 25, 1828, and lived with his parents, until manhood, working on his father's farm and receiving a common-school education. His mother was barn in the State of Pennsylvania in 1794, and his father in Rockingham County, Va., in. 1784. His mother moved with her parents to Hocking County and his father to Licking County, Ohio, among the first settlers, and about the year 1811 were joined in marriage and settled on a portion of uncultivated timber land along the Hocking Valley, three miles west of Logan; consequently they toiled hard in clearing off the land and endured the hardships and privations of pioneer life and became acquainted with the ways and doings of the red man; they were both favored with more than ordinary strength and ability to undergo these difficulties. They became members of the church at an early day, when services were held in cabin houses, and remained members till death. As the fruit of their marriage there were born unto them twelve children, nine sons and three HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 961 daughters, four of whom (three sons and one daughter) are still living. Jeremiah remained with his parents until their death; his mother died Oct. 19, 1844, aged fifty yearn and thirteen days; his father died Nov.16, 1851, aged sixty-seven years, nine months and eleven days. Their remains are sleeping in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Marion Township, Hocking Co., Ohio. He then, at the age of twenty-two years, began farming for himself, having inherited a portion of his father's farm. At the age of twenty-three years he joined the United Brethren church at Pleasant Hill chapel, and soon thereafter was licensed to preach, and in the year 1857 was appointed by the United Brethren Conference to Pickaway Circuit of Pickaway County, and the following year was appointed to and traveled the Gibisonville Circuit. He then traveled six months for his health through portions of New York, Canada, Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota and Missouri, and through the then unsurveyed portions of Kansas on foot. After his return home he was engaged in local ministerial work and farming until 1863. He was then appointed to the Portland Circuit in Meigs County, and preached eight months. His health having failed he returned to his farm and has been engaged in local ministerial work, farming and wool growing to the present time. March 30, 1880, he married Miss Lida, daughter of George W. and Mariah J. (Eaton) Gray, near Circleville, Ohio, who is also a member of the United Brethren church. In 1804 Mr. Iles's grandfather, Peter Saunders, first settled on the farm now owned by Wm. Westenhaver, including the present site of the fire-brick works, gas works, warehouse and furniture factory of Logan. Peter Saunders died April .5, 1834, in the seventy-first year of his age, and his wife, Elizabeth Saunders, died Jan. 19, 1831, in the fifty-ninth year of her age. They had two children—Elizabeth and Nancy. Their remains now rest in the cemetery at Logan. His grandfather, Henry Iles, was born and reared in England, and in the Revolutionary War was compelled to fight in favor of the British Government, and was taken as a prisoner of war in New York. Not being in sympathy with the British in opposing the liberty of the American people, and through his kindness to the guards of the prison he. obtained their good will, and was thereby enabled to make his escape and went on foot to Rockingham County, Va. He married Miss Mary M. Stine, of Reading, Pa.; as the fruit of their marriage there were born unto them ten children, eight sons and two daughters. About the year 1802 they moved to 962 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY Licking County, Ohio. His occupation was that of tailoring. He died Jan. 14, 1814, in the fifty-sixth year of his age. His wife, Mary M. (Stine) Iles, was born in Reading, Pa., and died Feb. 14, 1832, in the sixty-ninth year of her age. Their remains rest in the cemetery in Bennington Township, Licking Co. , Ohio. William Armstrong was born in County Cavan, Ireland, Dec. 23, 1809, and died Feb. 12, 1883, being the youngest of a family of four sons and four daughters who gained their majority. He with his parents emigrated to America in his fourth year, and settled in Stark County, Ohio. In the seventeenth year of his age he commenced a four years' apprenticeship at the tinning business in Steubenville, Ohio, and in 1834 engaged in the business in East Rushville, Fairfield Co., Ohio, and there was married to Miss Margaret J. Lacey, on the 18th of June, 1835, who, with four sons and one daughter, still survive him. Nov. 30, 1838, he moved to Logan Hocking Co., Ohio, where he resumed his occupation, giving it his personal attention during the time that his health would allow establishing an honest business reputation. As characteristic of his nationality, he was a man of warm and generous impulses, easily persuaded, but not easily driven; always ready to take his stand for the right. After several months of protracted suffering, and arranging his temporal matters, he awaited his summons to call him from labor to rest, and peacefully passed away. Charles Worth James, a retired merchant of Logan, was born near Winchester, Va., Dec. 25, 1811. When about nine years old he went with his parents, Elijah and Margaret (Didenhover) James, to Loudoun County, Va., settling near Union. He was educated in the ordinary subscription schools of that day. On leaving home he was employed as clerk in the store of John Francis, at Mountsville, Va., remaining with him over one year, when he was employed in a country store in Loudoun County, by Joseph W. Richardson, with whom he remained eighteen months, when, in November, 1832, his employer removed his goods to Logan, Ohio, and Mr. James was sent in charge of them. He carried on the mercantile business for Mr. Richardson, who remained in Virginia until 1835, when the store was sold and our subject was engaged in settling up the business. In 1835 he was elected Recorder of Hocking County, and re-elected in 1836, filling the position six years. In 1837 he was appointed by the Associate Judges of Hocking County, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for a term of seven years. At the expiration of his term in 1844 he was re-appointed HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 963   for a term of seven years. In 1850 he was elected Representative of Hocking County to the General Assembly of Ohio, and resigned his clerkship to accept the office. In the fall of 1850 he was re-elected Representative. In the Assembly of 1851 the time of office of Representative was made two years instead of one, so Mr. James served as Representative three sessions. Nov. 1, 1832, he was married to Martha Brown, of Beaver Dam, Loudoun Co., Va. They have eight children---William Franklin, a clerk in Logan; Mary Ellen, relict of A. J. Smith, of Logan; Charles Wesley, also a clerk of Logan; Martha Ann, wife of C. C. Norton, of Greenfield, Ohio; Thomas E., of Logan; James Henry, of Columbus, Ohio; John Clinton and Alfred Cushing, of Logan. Mr. and Mrs. James have been members of the Methodist Episcopal church of Logan since 1834. He is a Master, Royal Arch and Council Mason, and is a member of Mingo Lodge, No. 171, and of Logan Chapter, No. 75, of which he is Principal Sojourner, and is Past High Priest. He is also a member of Hockhocking Council, No. 39, of which he was Thrice Illustrious Master for seven years. He is also an Odd Fellow, and a member of Hocking Valley Lodge, No. 162, of which he is Past Grand. For several years he was associated with J. L. Collins in the mercantile business at Logan, under the firm name of J. L. Collins & Co. In 1860 he gave his interest to his two sons, William T., and Charles W., and retired from that business. He afterward became associated with William Dewar, and purchased a partial interest in the Hocking Falls flouring mills at Logan, and was engaged in milling some two or three years, when the mill burned. They then rebuilt and continued business some time, when it was sold on partition, and they then built the present Hocking Mills, being associated with William Dewar and A. J. Wright. He afterward sold his interest and retired from that business, when he purchased a farm in the vicinity of Logan, where he pursued farming until 1881, when he sold his farm, retired from business, and took up his residence at Logan. Jacob Keller, grocer, was born near Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, March 20, 1820. In his seventeenth year he came to the United States with his parents, John and Elizabeth (Rozman) Keller, locating on a farm near Logan. Feb. 12, 1841, he married Sarah Hensel, of Hocking County, and settled on a farm in Falls Township. In 1853 he sold his farm, and in 1854 came to Logan and engaged in the grocery business. In May, 1854, his wife died, leaving one child---Susannah now Mrs. Jacob Keller, of Lancaster. May 31, 964 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY   1855, he married Elizabeth Rauber, of Logan. They have one child---Tena, wife of Charles Tergansmeyer, of Hocking County. Mr. and Mrs. Keller are members of the Lutheran church. Lewis F. Keller, merchant, Postmaster and station agent at Webb Summit, Hocking County, was born near Lancaster Fairfield Co., Ohio, June 34, 1848. He was educated at Pleasanville, Fairfield County, and enlisted in the late war, Company I, Seventeenth Ohio Infantry, where he served nineteen months, participating in fourteen battles during that time. The most impotant of these were Resaca, Dallas, Kennesaw Mountain, Atlanta and Savannah. He spent three years and a half in Illinois, and was married Oct. 22, 1872, to Mattie, daughter of John C. Beery. They have one child---Mary Forest. Mr. Keller kept a hotel in Bremen from 1875 to 1878, and in the latter year came to Webb Summit, where he succeeded Isaac Elder in the mercantile business which he has since carried on with good success. William P. Kennedy, blacksmith at the Gore coal mines of the Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron Company, was born in Perry County, Ohio, May 8, 1832, a son of William Kennedy, deceased, who was a native of Pennsylvania. Our subject enlisted in the late war in Company C, Sixty-second Ohio Infantry, and participated in many hard-fought battles; among them were: Fort Wagner, Deep Bottom, Petersburg, Richmond, Wilderness and Winchester. .He was married in December, 1855, to Margaret, daughter of Eli Spohn (deceased). They were the parents of nine children, seven of whom survive---Alice A., Josephus, Edward, Hannah, John, Frank and Nelly Blanche. Mr. Kennedy is a member of the I. O. O. F., and belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. Joseph Nicholas Kessler, of the firm of J. N. Kessler & Son, jewelers, and proprietor of the Tivola saloon, was born in Prussia, March 20, 1835. When two years old his parents emigrated to the United States, where they settled on a farm in Marion Township, Hocking County, where he was reared, and his father, being a cooper, he also learned that trade. In 1859 he came to Logan and established a cooper shop, but discontinued that business in 1864, when he opened a saloon. In 1880 his son William became associated with him in his present jewelry business at Logan, his son having the management of that business. He has served five years on the City Council. May 1, 1860, he was married to Miss Charlotte Weinheimer, of Marietta, Ohio, by whom he has seven HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 963   children, viz.: William F., Henry Peter, Anna, Edward, Flora, Mary, Lawrence. Himself and wife are members of St. John the Evangelist's Catholic Church of Logan. Nicholas Kessler, one of the old settlers of Hocking County, was born in the village of Outwaeler, Prussia, March 7, 1804, where he was reared and learned the cooper's trade. In 1837 he emigrated to America and settled on a farm in Marion Township, Hocking County, where he farmed and worked at his trade till 1867, when he retired from business and came to Logan to reside near his children. In January, 1830, he married Maria Blasseus. They have eight children living, viz.: John, in Fairfield County, Ohio; Joseph N., of Logan; Nicholas, in Fairfield County; Elizabeth, wife of Peter Weinheimer, of Washington County; Mary and Kate, milliners, in Logan; Barbara, at home, and Frank at Logan. His wife died Dec. 16, 1879, and at the time of her death was a member of St. John the Evangelist's Church of Logan, Mr. Kessler being also a member of that church. Joel Kittsmiller, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Kittsmiller, was born near Carl, Fairfield Co., Ohio, July 10, 1820. When ten years old he came with his parents to Ohio, they settling on a farm near the Falls Mills. On becoming of age he began to act for himself and followed farming five years. In 1846 he came to Logan and was employed in the store of J. Rochester & Sons, with whom he clerked thirty-three years. In 1879 he became associated with his son Robert in the grocery business, in which he still continues. Mr. Kittsmiller has been married three times, his first wife leaving him one child---Robert. He has had seven children by his third wife, viz.: James; Mace, wife of William Armstrong, of Hocking County; Emma; Murt, Frank, Grace and Effie. Mr. Kittsmiller and wife are members of the M. E. church, of Logan. Samuel C. Kreider, M. D., deceased, fifth son of Daniel and Salome (Carpenter) Kreider, was born in Huntingdon County, Penn., July 24, 1816. When eight years of age he and three brothers came to Royalton, Fairfield Co., Ohio, on foot. He made his home and studied medicine with his brother, Dr. M. Z. Kreider. From Royalton he removed to Lancaster, Ohio, where he completed his studies and was Deputy County Clerk. He then began practicing medicine at Pleasantville, Ohio, and remained there one year; thence to Geneva and practiced seven years, and from there to Lancaster for a few months. He then located at Sugar Grove and remained four years. He then established a drug 966 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY store in connection with his practice at Dresden, Ohio, but remained there only a few months. He then came to Logan, Hocking County, and had a drug store and practiced four years. He then removed to South Perry and was there two years. He then, purchased a farm in Falls Township where he lived two years. He then removed to Tarlton, Pickaway County, and practiced two years, and then returned to his farm and lived ten years; then lived in Perry Township a year, and returned again to his farm and practiced until 1881, his sons carrying on the farm. May 2, 1838, he married Rebecca S., daughter of Peter and Susan (Herdle) Weldy, of Hocking County. They had eight children, five living—Peter W., of Laurel Township; Minerva S., wife of Samuel Love, Macon County, Mo.; Susan E., widow of John Robinson, of Seneca County, Ohio; Charlotte and Emmit, at home. Michael Z., Edmund S. and Flavius P. died in infancy. Dr. Kreider died April 16, 1881. He was a member of the United Brethren church. His widow and three children reside on the farm. Mrs: Kreider is a member of the United Brethren church. Michael Krieg, Logan, Ohio, born near. Sarbourg, department of Mansi, in northeastern part of France, Feb. 15, 1825, came with parents to United States in 1830, landing at Wilmington, Del. The family removed to Ohio after six weeks, in their own wagon, and located on a farm in Wayne County. In 1839 family removed to farm in Perry County. From here Michael Krieg came to Logan and apprenticed himself to learn cabinet trade with David Goss, served three years; went to McConnelsville and worked in shop there a few months, then to Zanesville, Ohio. At both places commanded highest wages paid to first-class workmen. When he went to Zanesville had opportunity to see the finest work known to the trade, making of pianos, etc., and determined to master that and become a master mechanic. He engaged to work under instruction at $6 per month when he could have had $18 per week had he been content to stop short of complete mastery of the trade. After six months considered himself full master of the trade. Came to New Lexington, Perry County, and started cabinet shop. Furniture went down so that he gave this up in 1852 and came to Logan. Engaged in carpenter's work, contracting and building, until 1866, most of this time in connection with a brother. In 1869 he in connection with four other gentlemen of Logan formed the manufacturing company known by the name of Houston, Krieg & Co., manufacturers of furniture, building material etc. T his HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 967 was chartered as a joint stock company, in January, 1874, and called the Logan Manufacturing Company. It remains by this name to the present time although he and another of the stockholders, D. White, bought, in 1879, all of the stock except ten shares. Mr. Krieg is the superintendent of this large manufacturing establishment at the present time. He was married in 1855, to Leah Friesner, of Hocking County. Has nine children living, seven boys and two girls. His father was a soldier under Napolean I. throughout most of his wars in Europe . George Lantz, of Falls-Gore, was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, Oct. 22, 1844, a son of James R Lantz, of Wellston, Jackson Co., Ohio. He was reared mostly at Hamden Furnace, Vinton Co., Ohio, and educated at the common schools. Since he grew to manhood he has spent the greater part of the time as a teamster. In August, 1882, he engaged in saw-milling, which he has followed with considerable success, May 16, 1873, he was married to Susan, daughter of John Humphres. They are the parents of five children—Emily, John, Caroline, Jennie and Katie. Henry Lutz, engineer of the fire department of Logan, was born in Germany Oct. 1, 1841. When six years old he came with his parents, George and Catherine (Schrable) Lutz, to the United States, when they settled on a farm in Washington Township, Hocking Co., Ohio, living there till 1850. They then moved to Fairfield County, where he lived with them until he was sixteen years of age, when he went to Lancaster and began to learn the machinist's trade with Jaynes & Son. In 1859 he came to Logan and worked in the machine shop of Raymond Belt until 1873. In 1870 he was chosen engineer of the fire department of Logan, and owing to his being so far from the engine-house he was obliged to leave the employ of Mr. Belt in 1873. to take full charge of the steam engine in the engine house. He has been married three times, his first wife being Catherine Barnhart, whom lie married in 1863. She died in 1864. He was married to his second wife, Susan Walters, in 1867, who died leaving one child, William H., an employe in the Motherwell Iron and Steel Works at Logan, when he was married to Christiana Bruney, by whom he has two children—Charles Rodolph and Maggie. Mr. Lutz is a member of Hocking Valley. Lodge, No. 262, 1. 0. 0. F., and of Lodge No. 119, It. of P., of Logan. Augustus Magoon,, son of John and Mary (Browman) Magoon, was born near Gallipolis, Ohio, Oct. 5, 1847. He lived in Gallia, Jackson and Vinton until he was fourteen years old, attending the 968 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. common schools till twelve years of age, but by private reading and study in, after years he has acquired a good business education. His father being a machinist he also learned that trade in early boyhood, and on leaving home he worked at the Buckeye Furnace in Jackson County for three years, as an engineer, after which he worked one year in the same capacity at Hope Furnace, in Vinton County. He next worked one year in Zanesville, and in 1867 he came to Logan, where he was employed as engineer in the Logan Furnace, which he followed till 1871, when he was placed in charge of the foundry of the Logan Furnace, as foundryman, until 1873. In that year he was promoted superintendent of the furnace, and held that position until 1876. He was then employed by the Winona Iron Company of Hocking County to superintend the building of the Winona Furnace, and after its completion, in 1877, was retained by the same company till 1879, as superintendent. He was then engaged in the different furnaces in the Hocking Valley until 1880, when he was again employed as superintendent of the Logan Furnace until January, 1883, when he became superintendent of the New York and Straitsville Coal and Iron Company, but the company discontinuing soon after, lie was thrown out of work. In April, 1883, lie became associated with A. A. Price, under the name of Magoon & Price, contractors and builders, at Logan. He was married July 9, 1868, to Miss Ruth Woodward, of Logan. He is a Master and Royal Arch Mason, and member of the lodge and chapter at Logan. William Dean Mansfield, M. D., was born in Athens, Ohio, Jan. 23, 1843, a son of George and Catherine (Dean) Mansfield. He was educated at the Ohio University at Athens. In 1861 he was appointed a detective in the secret service of the United States Army by General Fry, Provost Marshal. In 1865 lie began the publication of the Register at Point Pleasant, Va. He had been studying medicine in private for some time, and in the latter part - of 1866 began to study under the preceptorship of Dr. E. Anthony, of Guysville (now Professor of Surgery and Dean of the Medical College at Indianapolis). He attended his first course of lectures at the Cincinnati Medical College in the winter of 1867-'68. He then practiced in New England, Athens County, till 1870, and in the winter of 1870-‘71 took another course at the Cincinnati college, graduating in the spring of 1871. In the spring of 1874 lie came to Logan and now has an extensive practice in both city and country, making chronic diseases a specialty. In 1878 he was ap- HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 969 pointed Physician of the Hocking County Infirmary, serving till 1881. In 1883 he was appointed to the same position and also Physician of the Children's Home. In 1883 lie was a delegate to the National Medical Association at Indianapolis, Ind. In 1866 Dr Mansfield married Josephine M. Centers, of Point Pleasant, W. Va. She died in March, 1874, leaving two children—Stanley E. and Jessie L. Dec. 24, 1881, lie married Mattie Castell, of Sugar Grove, Fairfield Co., Ohio. Dr. Mansfield is a member of Paramuthia Lodge, No. 25, A. F. & A. M., Athens, and James K. Rochester Post; No. 140, G. A. R., Logan. Isaac Mathias, breeder and dealer in short horn cattle and Chester white hogs, Enterprise, Hocking Co., Ohio, eldest son of Abraham and Christina (Zeller) Mathias, was born in Falls Township, Hocking Co., Ohio, Jan. 25, 1827. He lived with his parents till manhood, receiving a common-school education. At the age of twenty-two years he purchased the farm first settled and cleared by his grandfather, Jacob Zeller, who settled on the land in 1805. On this farm is an apple-tree of the Penick variety transplanted in 1808, which measures ten feet in circumference five feet from the ground; a pear-tree planted at the same time now measures six feet seven inches in circumference five from ground. These trees are regular bearers of fine fruit at the present time. In April, 1850, Mr. Mathias removed to the farm where he now resides. He also owns other lands in this township. In April, 1850, lie married Margaret A., daughter of John and Mary (Havener) Lanham, of Falls Township. They have five children—Lewis A., a physician; William P., a school teacher and member of the Board of County School Examiners; Sarah E., Joel B. and Edward S. at home. Mary E. died at the age of twenty-six years; Amos L., in his second year, and a son and daughter died in infancy. Mrs. Mathias died Jan. 6, 1878, in her fiftieth year. She was a member of the United Brethren church. April 27, 1882, he married' Mrs. Martha Amerine, widow of Joseph Arnerine and daughter of Jacob and Martha (Kelley) Reddick, of Washington Township. Mr. and Mrs. Mathias are members of the United Brethren church. Thomas Foster McCarthy, Sheriff of Hocking County, Ohio, was born in Logan, Oct. 18, 1853, a son of Dennis and Alcinda (Gallagher) McCarthy. When he was five years of age his parents removed to a farm in the vicinity of Logan, and when lie was four. teen years of age his father died. He remained with his mother till he was eighteen years of age, when he was employed as assistant 970 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. freight agent, for the C., H. V. & T. Railroad, under his uncle, William Gallagher. In the spring of 1872, having saved his earn. ings, he went to Springfield, Ohio, and attended the Wittenberg College till the spring of 1873. Soon after return home he was employed as weighmaster and assistant superintendent of the Lick Run Mining Company, in Athens. In the spring of 1874 he took the contract to supply the workmen on the abutments of the Columbus & Hocking Valley Railroad bridge at Logan with stone. In the fall of that year he made a Western trip, prospecting; went to Madison, Wis., and was employed by Colonel Thomas Reynolds in the United States Pension Office two months; was then in the office of the Secretary of State five months; then went to St. Louis, Kansas City and San Francisco, returning to Chicago, where he was employed in the wholesale store of Field, Leiter & Co., and by them sent to Valparaiso, Ind., to work in the retail store of C. H. Osgood. In the fall of 1875 he returned to Logan and worked on his mother's farm till the spring of 1877, when he took the contract to furnish the stone curbing for the streets of Logan, and the following fall returned to the farm. In the fall of 1879 he was appointed Deputy Sheriff by Sheriff J. M. Acker, and in the fall of 1881 was elected Sheriff of Hocking County, his term expiring in December, 1883. April 21, 1881, Mr.. McCarthy married Ida M. Murphy, of Logan. They have two children—Corean and Idean, twins. Mr. McCarthy is a member of Logan Lodge, No. 119, K. of P., and Mingo Lodge, No. 171, A. F. & A. M. William D. McCarthy, deceased, contractor and superintendent of the Ohio and Hocking Canal, second son of Patrick and Catharine (McBride) McCarthy, was born in the Parish of Drumlise, Ireland, March 4, 1812. He attended common schools for a time, and being ambitious and of a progressive turn he used all available means to procure money, and attended select schools, studying geometry, trigonometry, and the higher braches of mathematics late at night by a fire of a few bits of turf. When eighteen years of age he came to the United States and first settled in the city of New York and remained there six months; from there to Honesdale, Penn., where he was engaged in civil engineering for two years. He then contracted to construct a bridge at Maysville, Ky., and after completing his contract he went to Logansport, Ind., and contracted to construct a canal. He was then superintendent of construction of that portion of the Hocking Canal known as the side cut, west of Lancaster. He had charge of the work of con- HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 971 structing the dam at Falls Mill, near Logan, in August, 1840. In 1846 lie purchased a farm near Logan. In 1848 he made a trip to California, and was engaged mining in the San Juan Valley a year. He then returned home and purchased the Worthington lands, where he resided to the time of his death. When he returned from California he again superintended the canal till it was leased by the State to McCarthy, Stewart, Cooper & Co. for ten years. When their term of lease was up he again superintended it until 1865, when he resigned, and in 1866 was elected Treasurer of Hocking County, and re-elected at the close of his first term. He was a Master Mason—a charter member of Mingo Lodge, No. 171, F. & A. M. Feb. 10, 1845, he married Alcinda, dughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Lewis) Gallagher. She is of Virginian parentage. Seven living children are the fruit of their union—Charles and William, of Logan; Thomas F., Sheriff of Hocking County; Frances, wife of Richard S. Weitzell; Mary A., Katie and Alma H., at home. Kate, their first daughter, died Aug. 7, 1851, aged six years. W. D. McCarthy died Jan. 22, 1868. He was of the Presbyterian faith. Mrs. Alcinda McCarthy, widow of deceased, is living on the farm, her three daughters being with her. She is a member of the Presbyterian church. William Williamson McCray, son of William and Sarah (Williamson) McCray, was born near Lancaster, Fairfield Co., Ohio, Sept. 26, 1833, where he was reared. He was educated in the district schools and by private study, and at the age of twenty began to teach in the district schools of the county during the winter terms and farming the remainder of the year till 1864. In that year he accepted the position of teacher in the "A" grammar department of the Union Schools of Logan, which he filled for five years. In 1869 he was promoted to the superintendency of the same school, in which position he still continues. Oct. 2, 1861, he married Miss Emmaletta, daughter of Jones Gibbony, of Fairfield County. They have six children living,viz.: Minnette May, Rachel Lillian, Bertha Virginia, Sarah Miranda, Mary Emmaletta and Clarence Gibbony. The eldest child, William, died Oat. 8, 1864, at the age of two years and three months. Himself and wife are members of the First Presbyterian Church of Logan. He is an Odd Fellow and member of Hocking Valley Lodge, No. 262, and of Mineral Encampment, No. 91, of Logan, and is Past Grand and Past Patriarch. 972 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY William W. McDonald, farmer, fourth son of Robert and Mary A. (Starrett) McDonald, was born near Hemlock, Perry Co., Ohio Dec. 4, 1848, where he lived until fifteen years of age, working on farm and attending the common schools. In his sixteenth year, February, 1864, he enlisted in Company A, Thirty-first Ohio Infantry, at New Lexington, Ohio, as a private, for three years He, with his command, was for a time at Camp Chase, thence via Cincinnati to Nashville, Tenn; from there to Chattanooga. Was with Sherman in the battles of Resaca, Dallas, Kennesaw Mountain, Marietta, and the siege and capture of Atlanta. After the capture of Atlanta he was with his command in pursuit of Hood as far north as Rome and Kingston, Ga. From Kingston they returned to Atlanta, and while foraging near Milledgeville Ga., he was taken prisoner and was confined in Augusta prison for a short time, thence to Columbia. S. C., and from Columbia to the stockade prison at Florence, S. C., where he suffered all the privations of thirst and hunger endured by so many in the Southern prisons. He was held in Florence two months, then a few days in Wilmington, N. C., then to Goldsborough, where he was paroled and returned to the Federal forces near Wilmington, and was sent to Annapolis, Md., where he was discharged June 1, 1865. He then returned home to Perry County, and at twenty years of age began teaching school; taught during winter and attended school during the summer of two years. In the spring of 1870 he made a trip through the West and homesteaded a piece of land in Kansas. He returned and taught school the following winter, and in the spring of 1873 removed to his land in Kansas. In 1879 he rented out his farm and returned to Falls Township and lived two years on a farm he there purchased, when he sold out and purchased the farm where he now resides. He is a member of Hocking Valley Lodge No. 262, I. O. O. F., Logan, Ohio. Dec. 31, 1872, he married Isabel, daughter of John W. and Jane (Hazleton) Ball, of Falls Township. They have three children---George B., Lewis A. and Winford W., all at home. Carl R. died in infancy. Abraham McLain, photographer, is the son of Charles and Nancy (Spearlock) McLain, and was born Dec. 3, 1834, in Jackson Township, Perry County, but when three years old he moved to Starr Township, Hocking County, where he was reared on a farm and educated. In October, 1854, he went to Jefferson County, Iowa, remaining there a year when he returned to Hocking County and resumed farming in Starr Township. Dec. 10, 1861, he en- HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 973   listed in Company H, Sixty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, to serve three years, and in January, 1864, he re-enlisted in the same company and regiment, serving till July, 1865, when he was discharged at Louisville, Ky. He participated in the battles of New Madrid, Island No. 10, Corinth, and was with Sherman from Resaca to the sea. After his discharge he returned to Hocking County and farmed till 1866, when he engaged in farming near Rockport, Atchison Co., Mo., until the latter part of 1867. He then returned to Starr Township and followed farming till April, 1883, when he came to Logan and with his son, John D., established McLain's Photograph Gallery. He was married Oct. 4, 1854, to Miss Priscilla Crawford, of Starr Township, by whom he has had four children, three of whom are living---John D., Charles Wesley and James Finley; Emma died Sept. 26, 1864, at the age of eight years. Mr. McLain and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Logan. J. D. McLain, of McLain & Beery, leading photographers of Logan, was born near Fairfield, Iowa, March 11, 1856. When one year old he came with his parents to Hocking County. With the exception of one year, when the family were in Rockport, Atchison Co., Mo., he lived on his father's farm in Starr Township. Young McLain attended school until twenty-one, then came to Logan and worked at the marble-cutter's trade three years. He then began the study of painting portraits in Logan under D. D. Beardsley, of New York, for one year. He then followed portrait painting in oil and water colors until February, 1872, when he began to learn photography under J. M. Graham. Four months after he bought out Mr. Graham, and has improved his studio from time to time, adding the latest and best photographic instruments, until he has one of the finest and most complete studios in Hocking Valley. On June 15, 1883, Mr. McLain took Mr. G. W. Beery, artist, into partnership, and they are now prepared to do all kinds of first-class photography. Mr. McLain married Miss Alma Beagle, May 7, 1879. She was born in Hocking County. Mr. and Mrs. McLain have one daugher, Naomi, born April 11, 1880. Robert Dallas McManigal, operator in iron ore, was born near McVeytown, Mifflin Co., Pa, March 16, 1844, and is the fourth of six sons of Robert and Elizabeth (Bell) McManigal. His father died when he was thirteen years old, and he remained with his mother till sixteen years of age, receiving an education at the pub- 974 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY lic schools. On leaving home he went to Washington City, D.' C., where he was employed as a clerk in the dry-goods and fancy store of Alexander Morrison for eighteen months, when he returned to the homestead and engaged in farming till June, 1862. He then enlisted for a three months' service in Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-first Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, returning home after the expiration of his term of service. Soon after :he went to Brown County, Ohio, and was in the store of C. Newkirk until August, 1864, when he enlisted in the Fourth Ohio Independent Company Cavalry to serve one year-, but served only till July, 1865, or till the close of the war. His company was assigned to duty in the Fifteenth and Seventeenth Army Corps as escort to General 0. 0. Howard. He was detailed dispatch bearer under General Howard from December, 1864, until his discharge. .He was with Sherman in his celebrated march from Atlanta to the sea, and from Savannah, Georgia, to Washington City, D. C. After his discharge at Camp Dennison he visited his old home in Pennsylvania, after which he returned to Ohio, where he was employed as store-keeper by J. C. Garrett & Co., proprietors of the furnace at Union Furnace, Hocking County, with whom he remained till 1868, and then by their successors in Hocking Valley Iron Company as bookkeeper till 1872, when that company was succeeded by Brooks & Houston, of Columbus, by whom he was engaged as general manager until 1878. He then returned to Nelsonville and was employed a year as superintendent of the Akron Iron Company's Furnace, at Buchtel. In May, 1880, he came to Logan, engaging in his present business. On Oct. 16, 1870, he was married to Miss Clara M., daughter of John W. and Elizabeth (Fielding) Work, of Logan. They have been blessed with five children, viz.:. Lizzie Bell, Charles Fielding, Frank Garrett, Bertha Work and Ella Williams. He and wife are members of the First Presbyterian Church. He is a member of Hocking Valley Lodge, No. 262, and Mineral Encampment, No. 91, I. 0. 0. F., of Logan. D. A. Miller, merchant of Logan, is a native of Ohio and was born in Jackson, Jackson County, April 25, 1835, He attended school there. At ten years of age he began to learn the printer's trade and worked on the Jackson Standard as a compositor until 1859, when he came to Logan and worked on the Logan Republican as manager and foreman until 1861, when he enlisted in Company H, Seventy-fifth Ohio Infantry; enlisted as a private but was promoted to Sergeant, then First Lieutenant. He was shot through