HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 1175 during. the Civil war as a member of the 114th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and he now resides in the State of Colorado, his wife being deceased. George was a valiant soldier during the Civil war, in which he served as first lieutenant' of Company B, Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and. he was survived by his wife who later became the wife of Wm. Croy. Linnie became the wife of Isaiah Sane and both died at Mount Pleasant, Vinton County, leaving one. son. and one daughter. The .subject of this sketch. was the next in order of birth. Columbus was a member of the 144th. Ohio Volunteer Infantry and after the close of the war he married and established himself as a farmer of Vinton County. His first wife died and was survived by two daughters and three sons: Cynthia, who is now the wife of Levert Pearce of McArthur, judicial center of Vinton County; and Nancy, who is the wife of Harvey Karns, their home being in the State of Iowa and their only child being a. daughter. For his second Wife John. Dunkle, Sr., wedded Miss Margaret Hill, and concerning their children it may be recorded that Mrs. Alice Mains now resides with her daughter in the City of Chicago; Henry is a resident of Madison County, Ohio, and has a family; Eli resides near the City of Seattle, Washington, after having passed ten years in Alaska, and he is still a bachelor; and Fannie and her husband reside in the State f Texas. Purley B. Dunkle, the eleventh. in order of birth in the family .of fourteen children, was reared to. adult age on the old homestead (farm which was the place of his birth and he continued to be associated with its operation until there came 'the call of higher duty, when the Civil war was. precipitated on the nation. In April, 1861, a short time prior. to his seventeenth birthday anniversary, he enlisted in., Company D, Eighteenth:Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in response to President Lincoln's first call for volunteers. He served. With his command in guard duty until the expiration of his three months' term of enlistment and he then re-enlisted, as a member of the Second Virginia Cavalry, which was made up largely of Ohio men but which completed its organization in Virginia, where its officers received their commissions. With this gallant cavalry regiment Mr. Dunkle continued in service until the close of the war, having re-enlisted, as a veteran,. in Virginia, in December, 1863.. His original service was in the command of General Custer, in the Army of the Potomac, and thereafter he was for the greater part of the time in service under General Sheridan. He was promoted to the office of sergeant in the early part of the war, and he participated in many engagements marking the progress of the great conflict between. the North, and the South. Among the engagements in which he took part were these of Cedar Creek, Fisher's Hill, Saylor's Creek, Gravelly Run and Five- Forks, all in. Virginia, as well as other conflicts in the rear of 1176 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION the City of Richmond, that state. Sergeant Dunkle was fortunate in that he was never captured and in that he escaped wounds during the course of his long, and gallant service. His continued interest in his old comrades is indicated by his active affiliation with the Grand Army of the Republic. It may further be stated that he is a republican in politics and that he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church. After the close of the war Mr. Dunkle returned to Vinton County and resumed his active association with the. basic industry of agriculture, of which he has since continued a successful representative in Swan Township. For the. past thirty years he has resided on his well improved homestead farm., and in addition to the returns from the same, he receives from the government a pension of $30 a month, as a veteran of the Civil war. In October, 1867, 3/Ir. Dunkle wedded Miss Nancy Bray, who was born in Swan Township on the 6th of February, 1847, and who continued her residence until her death, which occurred on the 27th of February, 1912. She was a daughter of John and Catherine (Birley) Bray, who were pioneer settlers of Swan Township, where they resided until their death, both having been members of the Methodist Church and Mr. Bray having been a republican in his political adherence. Mrs. Dunkle is survived by one son, Carney C., who is now engaged in business as a teamster in the City of Chicago: he married Miss Catherine Smallwood and they have two daughters, Nancy M. and Daisy M., both of whom are capable bookkeepers and employed in Chicago business establishments. On the 21st of August, 1912, Mr. Dunkle contracted a second mar-riage, when Mrs. Mary E. (Smallwood) Hoffman, widow of John S. Hoffman, became his wife, no children having been born of her first marriage. Mrs. Dunkle was born in Harrison Township, Ross County, Ohio, on the 19th of March, 1852, and is a daughter f Gabriel and Rosanna (Trainer) Smallwood, the former of whom was born in that county and the latter of whom was born in Ireland, whence her parents emigrated to the United States when she was a child of five years, her father having died in Maryland and she having later come to Ohio in company with one of her uncles. Mr. and Mrs. Smallwood continued their residence in Ross County until their death, he having attained to the venerable age of eighty-three years and she having passed away at the age f seventy-six years. Mr. Smallwood was a republican in politics and his religious faith was that of the Universalist Church, his wife having been a communicant of the Catholic Church. HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 1177 ISAAC M. LANTZ. A substantial and honored citizen of large and varied capitalistic interests, Mr. Lantz is one of the representative business men of McArthur, the county seat of Vinton County, where he has been engaged in the hardware business for forty years and where he succeeded his father in this line of enterprise, so that his has been. the privilege of well maintaining the prestige of a family name that has been significantly prominent and influential in the annals of the county since the pioneer days. About seventy years ago his father, George Lantz, assumed ownership and management of the hardware business that had previously been conducted by Archibald Arnold, and the Lantz family is one of the oldest. and best known in this favored section of the Buckeye State, where the name has ever stood exemplar of broad usefulness in connection with the practical activities of life and also of the highest order of loyal and progressive citizenship. George Lantz was born at McArthur, in the year 1828, at which time the now thriving little city Isaawas a mere hamlet in the pioneer community. His father, Aaron Lantz, was a twin brother of Moses Lantz, and the two were born in the district of the River Rhine, their father having been of sterling German lineage and their mother of French ancestry. The parents passed their entire lives in the beautiful. and historic Rhine region of Germany, and there the twin sons were reared to adult age Aaron and Moses Lantz emigrated to the United States about a century ago, and both became pioneer settler's in what is now Elk Township, Vinton County, Ohio, though Moses eventually removed to the South; where he passed. the closing years of his life, after having married and reared a family f children. In the sylvan wilds of Vinton County the brothers erected a rude loghouse f the true pioneer type, and. it is a matter, of record that this little cabin had the puncheon floor, yawning fireplace and other primitive appurtenances which characterized the homes of the sparsely settled community. Aaron Lantz obtained from the government a tract of heavily timbered land and set to himself the herculean task of reclaiming a farm from the wilderness, his brother having removed to the South within a comparatively few years after they came to Vinton County. In this county was. solemnized the marriage of Aaron Lantz to Miss Leah Claypoole, and they endured the full tension of pioneer life, sustained and made content through mutual love and devotion and community of interests, so that with the passing years increasing prosperity crowned their earnest and indefatigable labors. After Vinton County was organized and the Village of McArthur was laid out as its judicial center, in 1851 they removed to the county seat and here Mr. Lantz erected an old-time inn or tavern, which became one f the landmarks of this section 1178 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION of the state, as well as a popular place for the entertainment of the way faring guests. As a matter of historical record it is interesting to recall that on the roof of the hotel was placed a bell, which was utilized to summon guests to dinner and other meals that were spread with true pioneer lavishness. After successfully conducting this hotel for several years Mi. Lantz died, at the age of forty-eight years. He was one of the vigorous, strong and worthy pioneers of Vinton County, did well his part in the furtherance of civic and material development and progress and his name merits enduring place on the roster of the sterling pioneers f the county, as does also that of his wife, who survived him by many years and who was eighty-six years of age at the time f her death. They became the parents of three son's and four daughters, and of the number only two are now living, David and Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton, both of whom maintain their home at McArthur and both of whom have reared their children to lives of honor and usefulness, further mention of Mrs. Hamilton being made on other pages of this work, in the sketch of her son, Harry S. Hamilton. George Lantz, father of the subject of this sketch, was the eldest of the seven children and was born at McArthur on the 6th Of March, 1828. He was reared to manhood in his native country, where he was afforded the advantages of the common schools of the pioneer era, though the major part a his education was acquired through self-discipline, his early reading having been principally compassed in the text of the New Testament, of which portion of the Bible he owned a copy that was virtually his constant companion in this formative period f character building. He became one of the resourceful and representative business men of McArthur and was a citizen whose influence was ever given in support of those things that contributed to the general well-being of the community. He ever held impregnable place in popular confidence and esteem and was called pon to serve in various local offices of public trust. He held-the office of county clerk for two terms, served one term as judge f the probate court of the county, and was postmaster of McArthur, during the administration of President Cleveland—a fact that indicates his staunch advocacy and support of the principles and cause f the democratic party. He was influential in political affairs in this section f the state and was a personal friend of a number of the leading men in public life in Ohio, including Senator Henry B. Payne, Hon. Allen G. Thurman and many other prominent figures in the Ohio ranks of the democratic party: He was a man of sperior intellectuality and of profound judgment—one well qualified for leadership in public thought and action. While serving as county clerk he applied himself diligently to the study of law and proved himself eligible for and was HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 1179 admitted to the bar of his native state. George Lantz was all in all a man of well balanced personality, ordered his course on a high plane of integrity and honor, was kindly and tolerant in his judgment and fully merited the high regard so uniformly accorded to him. Among his personal friends in the ranks of the democratic party was Governor Bishop, and many other representative members of the party looked upon him as a valuable and safe counselor in connection with matters of political and governmental importance. As a young man George Lantz wedded Miss Amanda B. Lottridge, who was a daughter of Isaac and Experience (Cross) Lottridge, her father having been a descendant of that historic character Anneke Jans, the Holland girl who became the wife of Domine Bogardus and whose former estate in New Amsterdam, now the City of New York, included much of the great property now held by the Trinity Church Corporation, the heirs of Anneke Jans having for many generations endeavored to gain their heritage from the now stupendous estate. Isaac Lottridge and his wife were likewise honored pioneers of Vinton County, where they continued to reside until their death, when well advanced in years. They were among those who came from Virginia to Ohio in an early day and after residing for some time in the eastern part of the Buckeye State they numbered themselves among the pioneers of Vinton County. Mrs. Amanda B. Lantz died in the year 1903, and her husband passed to the life eternal in 1904, she having been a devout member of the Christian Church. Of their seven sons and one daughter four of the sons and the one daughter attained to years of maturity. Aaron R. was a resident of McArthur at the time of his death and was survived by his wife and three daughters. Isaac M., of this review, was the next in order of birth. John met his death at the age of eighteen years, as the result of an accident. Edward B., who is now in the employ of his brother Isaac, whose name initiates this article, is married and has two sons and six daughters. Mary, who is the widow of Frank Austin, was graduated in one f the leading medical colleges of Ohio and is now assistant to the superintendent of the Ohio State Hospital for the Insane, at Gallipolis. Her husband died about ten years ago and she has no children. She has achieved marked success and prestige in her profession and is known as a skilled physician and surgeon. Frank V., who is the present post-master of McArthur, has one son and two daughters. Isaac M. Lantz not only conducts a large and well equipped hardware and implement establishment in his native city, but is the owner also of a modern planing mill and furniture factory at McArthur, so that he naturally has precedence as one of the leading factors in local business circles, as does he also as one of the broad-minded, loyal and pro- 1180 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION gressive citizens of his native county. He is the owner of four well improved farms in Vinton County and also an excellent farm in Morrow County, this state. In politics Mr. Lantz accords staunch allegiance to the democratic party, but he has never been troubled with aspiration for political office, as he is essentially a business man and believes that his potentiality for good lies more in the furtherance of his business affairs, as of direct value to the community, and through his liberal support of measures projected for the general good than through service in public office. He has consequently refused all overtures looking to his nomination for public office. He is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity and the Knights of the Modern Maccabees, and is a zealous member of the Christion Church in their home city. At Mount Gilead; the judicial center of Morrow County, Ohio, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Lantz to Miss Medora Belle Parrott, who was born in that county on the 18th of September, 1855. Mrs. Lantz is a daughter of Simeon and Mary (Heddleston) Parrott, both of whom passed their entire lives in Ohio, the father having been one f the representative farmers and influential citizens of Morrow County for many years prior to his demise. Mr. and Mrs. Lantz have no children, but their pleasant home is known for its generous hospitality, which is extended alike to young and old. CHARLES W. HARDEN is at the head of one of the best managed farm-ing estates and of one of the most esteemed families in Vinton County. His home is in Jackson Township, and his postoffice is McArthur. He has lived in Jackson Township all his life. His prosperity has been won from the capable management of a 183-acre farm, and among its conspicuous improvements are a large and comfortable house and substantial farm buildings, with a large barn 40x42 feet. It is Mr. Harden's testimony that the most substantial success to be gained as a farmer in this section of the state is through live stock. He has been exceptionally proficient and successful in handling live stock, and has made his farm the headquarters for horses, cattle, swine and sheep. Sheep raising is his specialty. Charles W. Harden was born in Jackson Township of Vinton County, March 30, 1858, and was reared in this locality, where he gained an education in the local schools and since his marriage he has owned and operated two farms, both in the same township. Industry and close application to his work have been responsible for the means which he has accumulated and -which have enabled him to provide liberally for his children, most of whom are now in independent circumstances as workers in tire world. His parents were John R. and Priscilla J. (Cramlet) HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 1181 Harden, both of whom were born in No.ble County, Ohio. . The paternal grandfather was Benjamin Harden a.nd the maternal gra.ndfather Andrew Cramlet. Both the Hardens and Cramlets moved from Noble County to Hocking County when John R. Harden and Priscilla Cramlet were children. The grandparents spent the rest of their lives in that county and were quite old when they passed away. They were farmers and the family as a rule have followed the standard bearers of the democratic party in, politics. After their marriage John R. Harden and wife.started housekeeping in Hocking County. While they lived there three children were born: Harriet, who is married and lives in the State of Mississippi; William, who is married and lives in Jackson Township; and Homer B., who now lives at Salem in Ross County and is married and has a family. About 1.856 or 1857 the family came to Jackson Township in Vinton County, and here in the midst of the hills they worked hard to build up and improve a farm of eighty acres. The. wife and mother passed away on that homestead in 1888. John R. Hard.en subsequently lived with his son until his death on July 11, 1896. He was born December 2, 1827. While the parents lived in Vinton County the following children were born: Charles W.; Noah M., who lives in Jackson Township and by, his. marriage to Ella Morgan has a family of daughters; George B., who is a farmer in Jackson Township and married Martha Robinson; Darcy and Ida, ti,vins, who grew up and married, the former becoming the !other. of five children, and both are now deceased; Bundy W., who lives in Jackson Township and is married and has a family. On March 3, 1886, Charles W. Harden married Miss Melissa A. Johnston. She was born in Noble County, Ohio, July 2, 1859. Her parents George W. and Mary E.. (Beasley) Johnston, at the time of her birth lived at Batesville, but when she was eleven years of age she moved with an uncle to Jackson Township in Vinton Comity. Her parents both died when Mrs. Harden was a, little girl of five years of age. Her rather died in 1864 after several years of service as a bugler in an Ohio regiment during. the war.. Her mother was born October 28, 1836, at Baltimore, Maryland, while her father was born in Noble County, Ohio. Mrs. Harden had a brother Daniel L., who is. now an attorney at Omaha, Nebraska.. Daniel L. Johnston married Caroline C. Covey, who. was born Pottsdam, New York, and went west to Nebraska as a teacher, and before her marriage served as county superintendent of schools in a Nebraska. County. She was an educator as was also her husband, who is a graduate of the Ohio University at Athens, and during his career teacher also served as a superintendent of schools. Afterwards he became a lawyer and is now well established in practice. 1182 -HANGING ROCK IRON REGION Mr. and Mrs. Harden have had eight children born into their home in Vinton County. Erma A., born February 13, 1887, received her education in the country schools and is now the wife of Walter E. Freeman, a farmer at Hallsville in Fairfield County, Ohio; their children are named Ruth, Charles and Arthur D: Edith E., the second daughter, born March 24, 1889, also received a common school education, and is now the wife of George E. Dunkle, and they live on a farm in Jackson Township ; their children are Harry K., Mary A. and Estella M., Charles E., the oldest son, born December 3, 1890, after attending the district schools was a student during 1910,11 at the Rio Grande College in Ohio, went from there to Fremont, Nebraska, where he graduated from the commercial department of the, normal school, then entered a national bank at South Omaha for nine months and. spent two years in .the State Bank f Glenwood; Iowa, as assistant cashier, and is now cashier of the South Fork State Bank of Chambers, Nebraska ; he is still unmarried. Bundy A., who was born September 1, 1892; has been teacher, was a student in the Ohio University at Athens, and is now a member of the Freshman class in the. Ohio State University in the agricultural department, preparing for a career as a technical farmer ; he married Hazel Ankrom of Jackson Township, who was also a teacher and studied in the Ohio University at Athens, and they have a son named Arthur D., Elsie M., who was born March 31, 1895, received her education in the public schools, is the wife of Arthur J. Worthman, and they live in Hocking County. Carrie B., born August 14, 1898, has now completed the course in the local schools of Jackson Township. Milford H., was born October 1, 1902, and is still in school, as is also the youngest, Justice P., who was born November 2, 1905. The members of the Harden family are Protestant Methodists in church affairs. Mr. Harden in addition to his strenuous work as a farmer and stock raiser and the responsibilities of a large family, has also participated actively in local politics, and affairs, and gave nine years of his time and ability to the office of township trustee and for many years served on the local school board. LINNIE A. ARNOLD. Though she has not yet attained to the age of thirty years, Miss Arnold has been for seven years an able and popular representative of the pedagogic profession in the fine little City of McArthur, the judicial center of Vinton County, and her entire period of service in this exacting mid important vocation covers an interval of ten years. Her success has been on a parity with het earnest devotion and unequivocal Personal popularity and she is known as a young woman. of high intellectual attainments, gracious presence and marked ability as HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 1183 a teacher and executive, her deep interest in the profession of her choice being significantly manifested in the enthuSiasm which she brings to bear in its work. Miss Arnold became a teacher in the McArthur High School in 1908 and since 1911. she has held the position of principal of the same, her administration in this capacity having been marked by high scholastic ideals and progressive policies, so that the results have inured to raising the work of the high school to specially high standard, further interest attaching to her service here by reason of the fact that in 1902 she herself was graduated in the McArthur High School. Her gentle and winning personality and unfailing kindliness and consideration retain to her the affectionate regard of those who receive instruction under her direction, and it may with all of consistency be said that her circle of friends is limited only by that of her acquaintances. She is a representative of a sterling family whose name has been worthily linked with civic and material interests in this section of Ohio for many years, and while her kinsfolk in both the paternal and maternal lines have not in the present or earlier generations been persons of wealth or special prominence, they have stood exponent of staunch and loyal citizenship, of the highest principle, of abiding Christian faith and of usefulness and inde-pendence in connection with the practical affairs of life, so that the ancestral record, exemplifying the best of American ideals, is one in which she may properly take pride and satisfaction. After her graduation in the high school Miss Arnold entered Ohio Wesleyan University in the City of Delaware, and in this admirable institution she was graduated as a member of the class of 1906 and with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In the summer of 1912 she completed an effective post-graduate course in the Universty of Minnesota, at Minneapolis, and she is indefatigable in constantly broadening her intellectual horizon through, well ordered study and reading. After teaching two years in the public schools of Nelsonville, Athens County, Miss Arnold became a teacher in the high school at McArthur, and three years later she was advanced to her present position, that of principal of the school, in which office she has made an admirable record that gives her prestige as one of the prominent and influential representatives of her profession in this section of her native state. Miss Arnold was born in Clinton County, Ohio; but was. only three years of age when her parents established their home at McArthur, where she was reared to maturity and where she continued her studies in the public schools until she had completed the curriculum of the high school of which she is now the efficient and popular principal. She is a daughter of William H. and Emma (Kennard) Arnold,. both of whom were born, reared. and educated in Vinton County, where they have continued their HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 1185 James H. continued as the skilled, successful blacksmith of Vinton County's judicial center for many years, was known for his great heart and strong and worthy manhood, and continued his activities at his trade until he retired in favor of his son, two years prior to his death, which occurred in February, 1910, his birth year having been 1834 and he having survived his venerable father by about four years. His son William was associated with him in the blacksmith business from youth and succeeded to the full control f the pioneer business in 1908. William H. Arnold is thus the third f the n.ame and of the third generation of the family to exemplify at McArthur the brawn and skill demanded in connection with the blacksmith trade, and he has in every sense pheld the prestige of the honored name which he bears. His mother, whose maiden name was Tryphenia Westcoat, was born in Elk Township, Vinton County, Ohio, about the year 1837, and she still maintains her home at McArthur, well preserved in physical and mental powers, and a loved pioneer woman of the county. She is a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which her husband attended and liberally spported, and the latter was a stalwart republican in his political proclivities. Of their children eight are still living and all are married and well' established in life. William Henry Arnold, father of the subject of this review, was a young man at the time of his marriage, in 1885, to Miss Emma Kennard, who was born at Locust Grove, Vinton County, on the 4th of October, 1862, a daughter. of William J. and Martha (Culbertson) Kennard, both of whom were born and reared in Ohio, their marriage having been solemnized in Licking County. Mr. and Mrs. Kennard maintain their residence in McArthur and are well known and highly esteemed citizens who are now venerable in years, Mr. Kennard having long been a successful contractor and builder by vocation. He is a staunch republican in politics and has served in various local offices of public trust. Both he and his wife are zealous and influential members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at McArthur, and he. has been one f its officers for many years, being at the present time a member of its board of trustees. William H. and Emma (Kennard) Arnold hold membership in the Methodist Church in their home city, as does also their daughter Linnie A., of this review, who is the elder of their two children. The younger of the children is James Frederick, who was born in the year 1890 and who now maintains his residence in the City of St. Paul, Minnesota. He was graduated from McArthur High School in 1908 and attended the Ohio Northern University, at Ada. He married Miss Charlotte Pond, of Clinton County, Ohio. Miss Linnie A. Arnold is not only a suc- 1186 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION cessful teacher along academic lines but also serves as a teacher in the Sunday school of the Methodist Episcopal Church of McArthur. GEORGE B. M. ANDRE, M. D. Engaged in. the successful practice of his profession at Wheelersburg, Scioto County, Doctor Andre is numbered among the representative physicians f his native county and is a scion of a well known pioneer family of this section f the state. He was born on a farm near Powellsville, Scioto County, on what is locally designated as the French Grant, and in the same neighborhood were born and reared his parents, his father having been one of the substantial farmers and influential citizens of Scioto County at the time of his death and the mother still maintaining her home in this county. Of the ten children the following brief data may be consistently given: William V. is a successful farmer of Scioto County; Joseph C. is engaged in farming in Lawrence County; Doctor Andre, of this review, was the next in order of birth ; Clarence L. is a substantial farmer of Scioto County ; Carrie is the widow of William Hamerstein and still resides in this county ; Andrew J. likewise is a progressive agriculturist of the old home county ; Lillian is the wife of Luther Wheeler, likewise of Scioto County, her husband being a farmer and also operator of a saw mill and a threshing outfit ; James C. is also to be designated as one of the effective exponents of the agricultural industry in his native county ; Blanche C. is the wife of Thomas S. Collet and Bertha is the wife of William Emory, both f Scioto County. Doctor Andre was reared under the sturdy discipline of the home farm and that he made good use of the advantages afforded him in the public schools of his native county is shown by the fact that at the age of twenty-one years he proved himself eligible for pedagogic honors and became a successful teacher in the schools of Scioto County. He was thus engaged for seven years, at the expiration of which he was able to follow out the course of his ambition and well formulated plans, by entering Miami Medical College, in the City f Cincinnati, in the year 1894. He completed the prescribed curriculum of this excellent institution, in which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1897 and from which he received his degree of Doctor of Medicine. He began the practice of his profession in the Village of South Webster, Scioto County; where he remained fifteen years, within which his practice became inclusive and representative throughout that. part of the county and his earnest and effective work gave to him high standing among his confreres in this section of the state. In 1912 the doctor established his residence and professional headquarters at Wheelersburg, where he has fully maintained his success and popularity both as a physician and as HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 1187 a citizen of progressiveness and sterling worth. Doctor Andre is actively identified with the Scioto County Medical Society and the Ohio State Medical Society ; is affiliated with Western Sun Lodge, No. 91, Free and Accepted Masons; is a charter member of Wheelersburg Lodge of the Knights of Pythias; and in politics he is aligned as a loyal supporter f the principles and policies for which the democratic party stands sponsor. On the 7th of November, 1901, was solemnized the marriage of Doctor Andre to Miss Alice Gifford, who likewise was born and reared in Scioto County. Of the five children all are living except the third, Alma May. The surviving children who form a bright coterie in the happy home circle are Edna M., Earl R., Ralph G. and George E. JOHN L. SCHACHLEITER. Gastronomical facilities are a matter of deep concern to the average human being, and in every populous community there is imperative demand for restaurants that will accord effective service. In the City of Ironton, Lawrence County, such pro-vision is most effectively made by the well equipped and popular restaurant and cafe conducted by Mr. Schachleiter at No. 13 North Third Street. Special interest attaches to this establishment, as. it was founded, in the same location, nearly sixty years ago, by the honored father of the subject of this review, and during the long intervening years has been conducted under the family name, with a reputation that has at all times been of the highest, owing to the excellent standard that has marked the service of the restaurant in every particular and that has kept to the place a large and representative patronage. John L. Schachleiter was born in Ironton on the 30th of July, 1873, and is a son f George W. and Mary (Delabar) Schachleiter, the former of whom was born in the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1843, and the latter of whom was born at Baden, Germany, in 1840. Of the nine children seven are living, and those deceased were Marcy C., the fourth in order of birth, and Roscoe J., the youngest of the number. Those surviving are : Fannie E., Frank G., William E., John L., Katherine C., Anna F., and Georgine M. The late George W. Schachleiter was long one of the well known and highly honored citizens of Ironton, where his circle of friends was limited only by that of his acquaintances and where he was signally admired for his unbounded buoyancy cif temperament and unfailing geniality. He was an enterprising business man and was influential in public affairs of a local order. This sterling pioneer business man came with his family to Ironton in 1866, in which year he established the restaurant now conducted by his son John L., the same being now one Vol. II-35 1188 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION of the oldest business concerns in the city, in the matter f consecutiv operation. In his youth and early manhood George W. Schlachleiter gained no little reputation in the theatrical profession, and had much talent as a comedian. He was a member of the company of the tragedian, John Wilkes Booth, who was a close personal friend and after he ha retired from the profession he was visiting Booth in the City of Washington, where he had left the stage of the theater only a few moments before the assassination of President Lincoln there occurred. Prior to coming to Ironton he had been engaged in the hotel and restaurant business in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and in this city he developed a restaurant whose reputation extended far beyond local environs, as is true of the place today, under the management of his son and popular successor. Mr. Schachleiter served many years as a member or tit Ironton Board of Health and was otherwise influential in civic affairs His death occurred in the year 1910, and was the direct result of injuries which he had received in a wreck on the Illinois Central Railroad, Kankakee, Illinois, at the time of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago. e had attended the exposition and after the accident mentioned, his injuries caused him to be in impaired health until the close of his life, His widow, held in affectionate regard by all who know he still resides in Ironton. John L. Schachleiter attended the parochial school of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Ironton until he had attained to the age of sixteen-years, and for the ensuing five years he was employed in the steel-range department of the Whitman Stove Company, of Ironton. He then, in 1899, purchased his father's restaurant business, to the management of which he has since given careful attention and in the administration of which he has not only upheld but advanced its popularity. Mr. Schachleiter is an active member of the Ironton Chamber of Commerce, his political allegiance is given to the republican party, both he and his wife are communicants of. St. Joseph's Catholic Church, and he is affiliated with the Sons of St. George and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. On the 16th of June, 1896, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Schachleiter to Miss Nina Taylor, of Ironton, she being a daughter of John Taylor, who came to this city from Newark, New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Schachleiter have the following children : William J., Edna C., Gordon Johanna M., Armilla V., Alberta F. and Rose Marie. NICHOLAS GORSUCH. With the earnest co-operation of his gracious wife, who is matron f the institution, Mr. Gorsuch has made the Vinton County Children's Home fully justify its name, and as its superin- HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 1189 tendent he is. giving a most effective administration, both he and his wife having the deepest sympathy for the little wards of the institution and giving to them true parental affection and kindly devotion, the attrac-tive home, maintained for the care of orphaned and other indigent children of the county, being situated 1 1/2 miles north of McArthur, the county seat, and on the highway that is a practical continuation of North Market Street of McArthur. The most effective voucher for the admirable service which has been given by Mr. and Mrs. Gorsuch is that afforded in the fact that they have been actively identified with the management f the home for the past five years. The average number of children cared for in the institution is twenty, and all suck otherwise homeless wards are received and cared for until each has attained to the age of eighteen years, and the kindly generosity of the county makes provision for the proper clothing, feeding and educating of the chil-dren, all being permitted to attend school in the nearby district from the age pf six years until they have reached the age of eighteen and are equipped for self support. At the age last noted they are sent forth from the institution well fortified for the battle of life, and within the regime of Mr. and Mrs. Gorsuch have gone forth many who accord to them enduring and true filial affection and appreciation, which to the superintendent and his noble wife is held to be the maximum reward for their earnest and faithful labors. They have had charge of the home since 1910 and have solved for the county the problem of making proper provision for the care of the unfortunate children who have been left in indigent circumstances. Mr. Gorsuch ascribes to his wife much of the success which has attended his administration, and it is uniformly conceded that under their direction the institution has gained a status that is not excelled by that of any similar county home in the entire state. Both have shown deep appreciation of their stewardship and of the responsibilities devolving upon them in connection with the character-building of those who are placed in their solicitous charge. They maintain a regular Sunday school at the home and each evening of the week special instruction is given along religious lines. Each child is given understanding sympathy and encouragement and in all things no effort is spared to maintain a true home atmosphere, so that the institution is not lacking in the conditions and influences that mark the ideal private home. The children call Mrs. Gorsuch mother or mamma and go to her for never failing sympathy in their troubles and for appreciation of their childish joys. Few are more admirably equipped for such service than Mr. and Mrs. Gorsuch and both would prove valuable in ;the managing of the affairs of a similar institution of much greater capacity and importance. 1190 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION Mr. Gorsuch was born in Meigs County, Ohio, on the 26th of January, 1855, and is a son of John and Rachel (Singer) Gorsuch, both natives of Pennsylvania and representatives f the fine old German stock that has played so large and benignant part in the history of the Keystone State. The marriage of the parents was solemnized in Pennsylvania and upon coming to Ohio they established their residence in Salisbury Township, Meigs County. There John Gorsuch and his brother David each obtained eighty acres of wild land, and there both developed well improved and productive farms, upon which both passed the remainder of their lives, as did also their respective wives. John Gorsuch and his wife each died prior to attaining to the psalmist's allotted span of three score years and ten, and he eventually became the owner f a valuable landed estate of 320 acres in Meigs County. John and Rachel Gorsuch became the parents of seven sons and five daughters, and some of the number died in childhood. The subject of this review is now the only surviving son, and of his sisters three are living, all being married and having reared children. Nicholas Gorsuch is indebted to the schools of his native county for his early educational training and his childhood and youth were compassed by the invigorating influences and discipline of the home farm, where he continued to be identified with agricultural pursuits until 1885, when he removed with his family to Vinton County and rented a farm in Elk Township, where, in December, 1891, occurred the death of his first wife. Her maiden name was Sophia Graves and she was born and reared in Meigs County. She was forty-two years of age when she was summoned to the life eternal, and f her children the firstborn was William T., who died April 15, 1898, at the age of twenty-six years; John W., who is now engaged in the commission milling business in the City of Joplin, Missouri, is married and has one son and one daughter; Perry V. is engaged in the dairy business at McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio, is married and has one son and one daughter ; Ella M. is the wife of John D. Gill, who is engaged in the automobile business at McArthur, and they have two sons and one daughter ; David H., who is married and has two daughters, is engaged in the grocery business at Nelsonville, Athens County ; Arthur C. is associated with the dairy business of his brother Perry, at McArthur, and is still a bachelor ; Carrie E. is the wife of Thomas J. Shipley, of McArthur, and they have no children; and Miss Emma likewise resides at McArthur ; all of the children have received good educational advantages. At McArthur, in the year 1886, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Gorsuch to Miss Cora Perkins, who was born in Lawrence County, this State, on the 20th of July, 1864, and who is a daughter of Rev. George HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 1191 Perkins, who is now living retired in his pleasant home at Oak Hill, Jackson County, where he celebrated his eighty-sixth birthday anniversary on the 17th of July, 1915. He served for many years as an itinerant clergyman of the United Brethren Church, and was one of its pioneer missionaries among the white settlers and the Indians in tie State of Kansas, where he remained several years, his entire life having been one marked by consecrated zeal and devotion. In Adams County, Ohio, was solemnized his marriage to Miss Eliza B. Beasley who was there born and reared, and she passed to eternal rest on the 4th of March, 1897, at the age of sixty-one years and after having proved a devoted coajutor to her husband in his zealous Christian services, her gentle and kindly nature and unfailing sympathy having endeared her to all who came within the sphere of her gracious influence. Mrs. Gorsuch was the third in order of birth in a family of five children, and the firstborn was Hattie Z., who is the wife of A. D. Evans, of Oak Hill, Jackson County, their children being five in number ; Henry E., who is identified with business interests at McArthur, Vinton County, is married and has a family of children; George, who maintains his residence at Clear Lake, Iowa, has three sons and one daughter ; and Blanche S., who is the wife of Edward M. Derry, of Dickens, Iowa, has two sons and three daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Gorsuch have had no children but in their present offices they have the fullest opportunity for the extending of parental love to the children placed in their charge. They resided for some time in the city of McArthur, where they still own their pleasant residence property, on Mulberry Street. Since 1903 Mr. Gorsuch has been associated with Rufus H. Wyman in the granite and marble monument business at McArthur, under the firm name of Wyman & Gorsuch, and concerning. the enterprise more complete data are given on other pages, in the sketch of the career of Mr. Wyman. Mr. Gorsuch pays staunch allegiance to the democratic party and both he and his wife are zealous members of the Presbyterian Church. . WILLIAM S. MCCLANAHAN. There are many points of more than passing interest in connection with the personal and ancestral history of this sterling and honored citizen of Vinton. County, from which he went forth as a valiant soldier of the Union in the Civil war and within whose -borders he has maintained his home since his boyhood days. He is a scion not only of one of the honored pioneer families of Ohio but also of one that was founded in America in- the colonial era of our history, a number of his kinsmen of an early generation having been soldiers in the War of the Revolution. Mr. McClanahan owns and occupies the attractive old homestead farm that was long the place of . 1192 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION residence of his parents and that is eligibly situated in Swan Township. He has been a resourceful and successful exponent of agricultural in-dustry in Vinton County and is a citizen whose character and civic status render it specially. consistent to incorporate in this publication brief review of his career. The lineage of the McClanahan family traces back to staunch Scotch Irish origin and the first representatives f the name in America settle in Maryland prior to the War of the Revolution. In Washington County that state, Alexander McClanahan, the paternal grandfather of Lieu tenant McClanahan of this review, was born in the year 1775, and there he was reared to manhood. In Maryland was solemnized his marriage to Miss Nancy Miller, and there were born their first three children, David, Alexander, Jr., and Elizabeth, the last mentioned having bee a small child at the time of the family immigration to Ohio. In company with other families the McClanahans made the long and onerous overland journey from Maryland to Ohio, utilizing teams and wagon for transportation and camping by night while enroute, the journey having been of several weeks' duration. Alexander McClanahan had intended to locate in Pickaway County, but the prevalence of malaria, or chills and fever, in that section led him to establish the family home in Perry County, where he procured Government land and reclaimed a farm from the wilderness, both he and his wife having passed the residue of their lives on this pioneer homestead, where he passed away in 1850, at the age of seventy-five years, his wife having died about two years previously. Three of his uncles, Alexander, Robert and John McClanahan, became settlers in Augusta County, Virginia, and Alexander and John became captains in the Continental forces in the War of the Revolution. They served in a regiment Commanded by Colonel Lewis and took part in the battle at Mount Pleasant, in what is now West Virginia, this having been known as the first definite engagement f the great Revolutionary struggle. There the famous old Indian known as Cornstalk met his death in the fort established by the patriot soldiers. Capt. Alexander McClanahan continued his services as a gallant soldier during the entire period of the war for national independence, and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel of his regiment. After Alexander McClanahan, grandfather of the subject of this review, established his home in Perry County, Ohio, ten more children were born to him; the entire roster of the family having thus included ten sons and three daughters. All f the children attained maturity, all married and reared children, except one, and all passed away when well advanced in years. Alexander McClanahan, Jr., father of him whose name introduces HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 1193 this article, was born in Washington County, Maryland, on the 28th of June, 1813, and was a youth at the time of. the family immigration to Ohio, where he was reared to manhood under the conditions and influences of the old pioneer farmstead in Madison Township, Perry County. In 1837 he wedded Miss Nancy Davis, who was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, on the 25th of November, 1817, and who was a child at the time of her parents' removal to Perry County. She was a daughter of James and Catherine (Sinift) Davis, and her father was a native of Loudoun County, Virginia. James Davis, a scion of sturdy Welsh ancestry, was reared to manhood in the historic Old Dominion and as a young man he came to Ohio and became a resident f Fairfield County. There he married Catherine Sinift, who was of German parentage, and a few years later they removed to Perry County, where the devoted wife and mother died many years later. Mr. Davis finally removed to Hocking County and there he died when seventy years f age. Alexander McClanahan, Sr., and his family held membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics he was an old-line whig. James Davis, maternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a member of the Lutheran Church, of which his wife also was a devout communicant. After their marriage Alexander McClanahan, Jr., and his wife continued their residence in Perry County until 1851, when they removed with their four children, William S., Catherine J., Matilda and Mary, to Vinton County and established their home on a partially improved farm in Elk Township, where was born their daughter Harriet E., and where they continued to reside until 1856, when they removed to Swan Township and established themselves on the fine old homestead farm now owned by their son William S., of this review, who is here giving his time and attention to successful operations as an agriculturist and stock-grower. Of the other children it may be noted that Catherine J. is married and resides in the State of Minnesota ; Matilda is the widow of Dr. A. W. Schuck and maintains her home in Minnesota ; Mary is the wife of Erastus Fautch and they now reside in California; and Har-riet 'who became the wife of Dr. E. P. Frampton, was a resident of New Plymouth, Vinton County, at the time of her death, in 1901, her husband having passed away in 1897. Alexander McClanahan, Jr., continued his activities as a farmer in Swan Township until 1889, when lie and his wife established a home in the Village of New Plymouth, Vinton County, where Mrs. McClanahan was summoned to eternal rest on the 12th of June, 1891, and where her husband lived virtually retired until his death, which occurred on the 6th of January, 1896. In Perry County they held membership in the Lutheran Church but after removal to Vinton County they became earnest members of the Presbyterian Church, 1194 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION both having lived righteous and altogether worthy lives and both having commanded the high regard of all who knew them. In politics Mr. McClanahan was aligned with the whig party until the organization of the republican party, when he transferred his allegiance to the latter, its principles thereafter enlisting his support during the remainder of his life. William S. McClanahan, the eldest of the family of five children, was born on the old homestead in Madison Township, Perry County, Ohio, on the 25th of July, 1838, and thus he was about thirteen years old at the time of the family removal to Vinton County, where he was reared to maturity and availed himself of the advantages of the common schools of the period. He has never severed his allegiance to the basic industry of agriculture and has long continued one of its energetic and successful representatives in Swan Township, where he owns and resides upon the fine old homestead farm of 160 acres, devoted to diversified agriculture and the raising of excellent grades of live stock. The farm is eligibly situated in section 20 and its improvements are of substantial order, making it one of the attractive and valuable farms of the county, this place having been the home of Mr. McClanahan since 1856, so that he is now one of the most venerable of the pioneer citizens still remaining in Swan Township. He has been one of the loyal and public-spirited citizens of Vinton County during the long years marked by earnest and worthy achievement on his part, and he is known and hon-ored for his sterling character and his earnest efforts to be f use to the community. When the cloud of civil war cast its shadow over the nation Mr. McClanahan was among the sturdy young men of Ohio who promptly tendered their services in defense of the Union. On the 19th of April, 1861, in response to the first call of President Lincoln, he enlisted as a private in Company D, Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he proceeded to West Virginia, where he continued in service until the expiration of his three months' term f enlistment. e then returned home, but on the 25th f March, 1862, he again manifested his patriotic ardor, by re-enlisting in a company that was organized in Ohio but that became a part of the Second Virginia Cavalry. With this gallant regiment he served for some time under command of General Cox, and his later service was in the commands of Generals Crook, Sheridan and Custer. In 1864 he and his comrades of the regiment re-enlisted as veterans, and be continued in service thereafter until victory had crowned the Union arms and the long and sanguinary struggle came to its end, his honorable discharge having been received on the 30th of June, 1865. As a soldier Mr. McClanahan made an admirable HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 1195 record, and the same will reflect lasting honor pon his name. e took part in many important battles and minor engagements, including the battles of Cove Mountain and Lynchburg, Virginia, and in the various engagements of the historic Shenandoah Campaign. He was a participant in a fiercely contested battle at Moorefield, West Virginia, and was with General Sheridan's forces in the famous Battle of Winchester, on the 19th of September, 1864. Three days later he took part in the Battle of Fisher's Hill, Virginia, and on the 19th of October he was a participant in the engagement at Cedar Creek. His regiment then went with General Sheridan down through Central Virginia, but prior to this he had been in the command f General Custer when that gallant officer administered most severe defeat to the forces of General Early. Mr. McClanahan was one of the valiant soldiers who aided in destroying the Confederate influence along the course of the James River, and he look part in the Battle of Five Forks, Virginia, on the 30th of March, 1865. He was of the Union forces that dislodged the Confederate at Sailor's Creek and who took part in the spirited fight at Appomattox Station, Virginia, on the 8th f April, 1865, the surrender of General Lee having occurred the following day, and the regiment of Mr. McClanahan having thus been at the time very near the scene of the great surrender. In November, 1860, he was commissioned second lieutenant, and he continued the able and zealous incumbent of this office until he received his honorable discharge. In recognition of his gallant and meritorious service he receives from the Government a pension. In the "piping times of peace" Mr. Clanahan has shown the same patriotism and loyalty that prompted him to go forth in defense of.. the nation's integrity in the Civil war, and though he has not sought to identify himself with the activities of practical politics he has given unfaltering allegiance to the republican party and for twenty-one years served in the office of township clerk, with deep interest in all that touches the material and civic welfare of his home community and county. In Swan Township, on the 14th of January, 1864, was recorded the marriage of Mr. Clanahan to Miss Rachel Reed, who was born in Perry County, this state, on the 30th of July, 1838, her future husband having been born on the 25th of the same month and year, and their devoted companionship having continued for more than half a century, so that they are passing the gracious evening of their lives under conditions that make for serene peace and happiness. Mrs. McClanahan is a daughter of John and Eleanor (Iliff) Reed, both of whom were born and reared in Ohio, where the respective families settled in the early pioneer days. Mr. Reed was a prosperous farmer in Perry County at the time of his 1196 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION death, on the 2d of June, 1842, and his widow removed with her children to Swan Township, Vinton County, when Mrs. McClanahan was a girl of fifteen years. Mrs. Reed here passed the residue f her life, which was prolonged somewhat beyond the psalmist's span of three score years and ten, and she was a devout member of the Baptist Church. Ida, the only surviving child of Mr. and Airs. McClanahan, was born on the 25th of May, 1865, and she and her husband remain with her parents on the home farm. She is the wife f Edward E. Hunter, who was born in Vinton County, on the 27th f February, 1858, and who since his marriage has had the general supervision of the farm of his father-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter have no children. JOHN H. HOWELL. Numbered among the prosperous and representative business men of the thriving little City of McArthur, Vinton County, Mr. Howell here has a large and well equipped establishment in which he handles general lines of merchandise, each department being admirable in its appointments and service and the business being one of extended and important order, the trade being substantially based on fair and honorable dealings and effective service, the while the personal popularity of the owner constitutes a distinct commercial asset. The business now controlled by Mr. Howell was established in 1901, by the firm. of Perkins & Howell, of which he was the junior member. After an interval of five years Mr. Howell purchased the interest of his partner and he has since conducted the enterprise in an individual way, his progressive policies and careful business methods having been the dominating forces in the development of a large and substantial trade. His store is 26x125 feet in dimensions, and he is known as one of the enter-prising business men and liberal and loyal citizens of his native county, where his circle of friends is virtually limited only by that of his acquaintances. On the homestead farm of his father, in Elk Township, Vinton County, Ohio, John H. Howell was born on the 15th of August, 1868, and the period of his childhood and early youth found him compassed by the influences and discipline of the farm, the while he made good use of the advantages afforded in the public schools of the locality and thus waxed strong both in mental and physical powers. Mr. Howell was. however, entirely without business experience when he established his residence at McArthur, the county seat, and became associated with Mr. Perkins in the general merchandise business. He had never previously sold a cent's worth of merchandise, but his alert mentality and excellent judgment enabled him to acquire and rapidly assimilate knowledge of merchandising and to gain place as one of the reliable and representa- HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 1197 tive young business men of McArthur, his energy and progressiveness having never faltered and having resulted in his upbuilding of his present substantial and important business, to the management of which he gives the closest and most punctilious attention. In politics, though never desirous f or an incumbent of public office, Mr. Howell accords staunch allegiance to the republican party, and as a citizen he takes loyal interest in all that touches the general welfare of the community. He is quiet and unostentatious in his bearing, genial and considerate in his association with others, always ready to lend a helping hand to those in affliction, and finding in his home his chief interests and greatest happiness. He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and for the past decade he has been a member of the board of trustees of the church f this denomination at McArthur, besides having given effective service also in the position of class-leader. Mr. Howell is a son of Joseph and Louisa (Wescott) Howell, both likewise natives of Ohio and both representatives of old and sterling families of this favored commonwealth. The marriage of the parents was solemnised in Vinton County and here they began their wedded life on one of the excellent farms of Elk Township, where Joseph Howell still maintains his home and bold prestige as one of the representative agriculturists and stock-growers of the county. Mrs. Louisa (Wescott) Howell died at the birth of her youngest child, John H., of this review, and the father later wedded Miss Sarah L. Wescott, the children of the sccond union having been one son and five daughters, all of whom are living except one of the daughters. Joseph Howell and his wife are well known citizens of Vinton County and their pleasant rural home is known for its generous hospitality. Of the children of the first marriage the subject of this sketch is the youngest of the three surviving the mother. Sabert L. is a successful farmer of Vinton County and is still a bachelor. Joseph N., who is engaged in the barber business at Nelsonville, Perry County, is married and has one son. In Elk Township, Vinton County, the year 1889 gave record of the marriage of John H. Howell to Miss Addah B. Crow, who was born and reared in the same neighborhood as was her husband, the date f her nativity having been December 9, 1870. She is a daughter of George and Julia (Bowen) Crow, both of whom were born and reared in Morgan County, Ohio, where their marriage was solemnized. They finally estab-lished their home on a farm in Elk Township, Vinton County, and they now reside in McArthur, where Mr. Crow is living retired, after long years of earnest and productive endeavor. He is eighty-six years of age and his wife is eighty, and the venerable couple have a wide circle of 1198 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION friends in the county that has so Iong represented their home. Both are earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Mr. Crow has been unfaltering in his allegiance to. the republican party. In conclusion is given brief record concerning the children of Mr and Mrs. Howell: Mabel is the wife of Alfred E. Livingston and the maintain their residence at Washington, District of Columbia, where Mr. Livingston is identified with the Government laboratory service. They have no children. Mr. Livingston was graduated at Ohio University, at Athens, Ohio, and at Cornell University, at Ithaca, New York, and his wife was graduated in Ohio University, at Athens, as a member of the class of 1910, she having been principal of the public schools at Jackson-ville, Athens County, prior to her marriage. Joseph L. was graduated in the McArthur High School and has for a number of years been a clerk in his father's mercantile establishment. He wedded Miss Blanche Mar-tin, of McArthur, and they have two children, Maxwell and Addah J. Gladys M., who remains at the parental home, was graduated in the McArthur High School and also completed an effective course in domestic science. George W. is a member of the class of 1918 in the local high school, and John, Jr., is at his parents' home. WILLIAM H. MCCURDY. The Village of Wheelersburg, Scioto County, claims as one of its substantial business men and progressive citizens the popular merchant whose name introduces this paragraph, who is here engaged in the general merchandise business and who served nearly seventeen years as postmaster of the village, his retirement, as a republican incumbent, having been entailed by the change in national admin-istration incidental to the election of 1912. A native of Scioto County, Mr. McCurdy has never failed in his allegiance to the county, which has ever represented his home and in which his circle of friends is coincident with that of his acquaintances. William H. McCurdy was born in the Village of Scioto, this county, on the 19th of October, 1865, and is a son of William H. and Amanda (Wheeler) McCurdy, the former of Irish and the latter of English lineage, though both families were founded in America generations ago. William H. McCurdy, Sr., was a venerable and honored pioneer citizen of Scioto County and his death occurred at Wheelersburg December 3, 1914. During his active career he was prominently identified with busi-ness and industrial interests in the county as a merchant and as a contractor in the building f roads and bridges. He has been long identified with the Masonic fraternity and was one of the early members of the lodge at Scioto. His devoted wife passed to the life eternal in 1903 and of their five children four are living, William H., of this HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 1199 review, being the eldest; Harry E. resides at Portsmouth ; Robert F. is engaged in. the undertaking business at Wheelersburg ; Minnie A. is the widow of Dr. Claude B. Maddox, who died in Seattle, Washington, where his widow still maintains her home. William H. McCurdy acquired his rudimentary education in the public schools of his native village and was a lad of fifteen years at the time f the family removal to Wheelersburg, where he completed the curriculum of the village schools, including the high school, and then put his scholastic attainments to practical test and utilization by engaging in teaching in a district school. His identification with the pedagogic profession continued only one year, however, and thereafter he passed nearly three years in association with his father's mercantile and contracting business. The basic industry of agriculture thereafter held his time and attention for six years, and in March, 1895, he established a general store at Wheelersburg, where he has built up and continued to control. a large and prosperous business, based alike upon effective service, fair and honorable dealings and his own popularity in his native county. In April, 1897, Mr. McCurdy was appointed postmaster at Wheelersburg, and. through successive reappointments he retained this position until 1914, when regnancy of the democratic party brought about his retirement, he having long been a most zealous supporter of the cause of the republican party, his allegiance to which has not faltered from the time he attained to his legal majority and the incidental right of franchise. His general store is the most modern and finest building in Wheelersburg and is well equipped in all departments. Mr. and Mrs. McCurdy hold membership in Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church in the City of Portsmouth and he is affiliated with Western Sun Lodge No. 91, Free and Accepted Masons, in Wheelersburg. The 28th of November, 1888, bore record of the marriage of Mr. McCurdy to Miss Clare C. Feurt, daughter of Daniel H. and Caroline (McNeal) Feurt, both of whom were born near Ironton, Lawrence County, this state. Mr. Feurt died April 1, 1915, and his wife now maintains. her home on their fine farm in Scioto County. Mr. and Mrs. McCurdy have three daughters: Enola M. is the wife of Henry B. Searl of Huntington, West Virginia, and Clearmont, Florida ; Carol A., who was graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University in the City of Delaware, is a successful and popular teacher of Latin and German in the Lanark High School, Illinois ; and Claudia B. is a member f the class f 1916 in the high school of her home village. H. SAWYER JAMES, M. D. The character, professional ability and effective services of Doctor James fully entitle him to designation as one