950 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION when he came to America. Locating in Pike County, Ohio, he was for a while employed in the stone works at Waverly, and subsequently lived for two or three years in Iowa, and for two- years in Portsmouth. He died, at the early age of forty-eight years, in Waverly, Ohio. The maiden name of the wife of William Barr was Phebe Rodenmeyer. Born and bred in Germany, she came to this country at the age of twenty-two years, and until her marriage kept house for her uncle, Valentine Frey, near Waverly. She died in Portsmouth, at the age of forty-seven years, leaving four children, as follows : Katherine ; Frederick; Elizabeth, who married Charles Wertz ; and Charles. Mrs. Elizabeth Wertz died March 9, 1815. She had two children, namely : Charles Vincent, the special subject of this brief biographical sketch ; and Laura, who married John Wilhelm, and has one child, Harold Wilhelm. Both parents belonged to the German Evangelical Church, and the father was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Having obtained a practical common school education, Charles Vincent Wertz began his career as a clerk in a mercantile establishment. Not content, however, with his position and future prospects in that capacity, he finally turned his attention to the real estate business, and in his various transactions has met with most satisfactory results. He makes a specialty of buying extensive acreage, and after platting his property, builds upon it, and sells at a fair profit. In this way Mr. Wertz has built up a large and lucrative business, and has done much to promote the growth and prosperity of city and county. On September 15, 1897, Mr. Wertz was united in marriage with Clara Slagle, who was born at Powellsville, Ohio, a daughter of Dr. Jacob and Katherine Slagle. Mr. and Mrs. Wertz are the parents of three children, namely : Margaret, Charles, and William. Fraternally, Mr. Wertz is a member of Magnolia Lodge, No. 390, Knights of Pythias. OSCAR R. MICKLETHWAIT, M.D. Occupying a place of prominence among the younger and successful physicians and surgeons of Scioto County, Oscar R. Micklethwait, M. D., has an extensive. and lucrative practice in Portsmouth; and is fast winning for himself an honored name in medical circles. He was born on the old Martin Funk homestead, which was likewise the birthplace of his father, William R. Micklethwait. His paternal grandfather, Joseph Micklethwait, was born near Snaith, in Yorkshire, England, where his. parents were lifelong residents. Having served an apprenticeship to the blacksmith's trade in Yorkshire, he came to America in early manhood, settling in Portsmouth, Ohio, where he followed his trade for a time. After his mar- HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 951 riage he settled on a farm belonging to his father-in-law, Martin. Funk, and was there engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death, in 1848, at the early age of forty-two years. His wife, whose maiden name was Barbara Funk, was born at Oldtown, Scioto County, Ohio, in 1801. Her father, Martin Funk, was born in 1761, in Stephenson, Frederick County, Virginia, and was but an infant when his parents settled in Hagerstown, Maryland, and a lad of nine years when they removed to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he grew to manhood. Coming to Ohio in 1798, he settled in Scioto County, on land on which, according to the history written by Mr. Keyes, he lived for four or five years. Mr. Funk then bought from Mr. Massie several hundred acres of land lying near Portsmouth, and near a spring of running water built a log cabin. The direct road to Chillicothe passed his house, which he opened to the traveling public. In 1813 General Meigs issued a call for the militia of this section of the state to turn out and repel the British, who had invaded Ohio, and surrounded Fort Meigs. Every man on the muster roll of the county was ordered to appear at Martin Funk's house, from which they all marched to the scene of battle. Mr. Funk subsequently erected a substantial brick house, which is still standing, one of the oldest residences in the county. He was very prosperous in business, in addition to carrying on general farming successfully, owning and operating 'a distillery. At his death, which occurred October 16, 1838, he left a large estate, which was divided among his children. He served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and during the later years of his life drew a pension. Martin Funk married Elizabeth Studebaker, who was born in 1772, and died in 1822. She belonged to a family of much prominence, being closely related to the Studebaker family of Indiana. She was said to have been a capable and energetic woman, well versed in all the domestic arts. The birth of William R. Micklethwait occurred on the old Funk homestead, July 23, 1843. He was there brought up, and eventually succeeded to its ownership, the farm being now included within the limits of the City of Portsmouth. For many years he carried on an extensive and highly remunerative business as a market gardener and dairyman, but is now living retired from active pursuits, enjoying a well-earned leisure. He married, January-, 6, 1874, Abigail Dever, who was born in Madison Township, Scioto County, a daughter of William Dever and granddaughter of Solomon Dever. George Dever, the great-grandfather of Abigail Dever, was born, reared and married in Virginia. Migrating with his family to Ohio, he lived for a few years in vicinity of Sandusky, from there removing to 952 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION what is now Jackson County. At that early day the greater part of all the land in Ohio was owned by the Government. It was heavily timbered, and largely inhabited by the wild beasts of the forest and the dusky savages. Instead of settling on the rich bottom lands, George Dever, fearing malaria, sought the more healthful hilly regions, and bought a tract of land in what is now Hamilton Township, Jackson County. There clearing a farm from the wilderness, he continued his residence until his death. Born in Virginia in 1786, Solomon Dever was young when brought by his parents to Ohio. He made the best of his offered opportunities for acquiring an education, and when ready to start in life on his own account bought land in Hamilton Township, and engaged in farming. Portsmouth, twenty miles away, was the nearest market, and as the roads leading to that city were very poor, for a number of years he had to transport his surplus farm produce on pack saddles. A wise manager and able business man, he acquired several tracts of land in Jackson County, and a number of acres just across the line in Scioto County. He was a man of great mental and physical strength, and attained the ripe old age of eighty-nine years. His wife, whose maiden name was Chloe Mault, died at the age of eighty-eight years. William Dever, Doctor Micklethwait's maternal grandfather, was born October 20, 1825, on the home farm in Hamilton Township, where he grew to manhood, in the meantime obtaining a practical common school education, and a good knowledge of agriculture. Subsequently settling on a farm in Madison Township, he remained there until 1881, when he bought property across the line in Jackson County, where he carried on general farming with success until his death, at the age of four score and four years. The maiden name of his wife was Louisa McDowell. She was born in Madison Township, the daughter of a pioneer, Samuel McDowell, who there improved a farm, on which he resided until after the death of his first wife, Elizabeth (Bennett) McDowell. He then moved to Franklin County, where he married a second time, and lived until his death. Mr. and Mrs. William R. Micklethwait reared four children, namely : William D.; Joseph T. ; Oscar R., the special subject of this sketch ; and Louise. Acquiring his elementary education in the rural schools, Oscar R. Micklethwait was graduated from the Portsmouth High School with the class of 1901, and later continued his studies at Adelbert College, in Cleveland. Deciding upon a professional career, he then entered the Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati, where he was graduated in 1906, with the degree of M. D. Subsequently spending a year as an interne at St. Mary's Hospital, Doctor Micklethwait began the practice HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 953 of his chosen profession in Portsmouth. He has been successful from the start, and deserves credit for the position he has won, not only as a physician and surgeon, but as one of the most popular and esteemed citizens of the place. Doctor Micklethwait married, June 6, 1910, Laura Allard, a daughter of Wesley Allard and granddaughter of Thomas Allard. Her great-grandfather, Joseph Allard, a native of. England, married Mary Gardner, and settled near Sheffield, England, where her death occurred about 1832. Soon after the death of his young wife, he came to America, bringing with him his four children, William, Sarah, Lydia and Thomas. Locating in Madison Township, Scioto County, Ohio, he cleared a farm, on which he spent his remaining days. Thomas Allard, the youngest child of Joseph Allard, was born near Sheffield, England, January 27, 1829, and as a young child was brought by his father to Scioto County, where he was reared and educated. Locating in Pike County about 1855, he bought, in Marion Township, a tract of land, a few acres of which had been cleared, and in the opening a log house had been built. He improved the remainder of the land, erected a good set of frame buildings, and was there engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death. The maiden name of the wife of Thomas Allard was Harriet A. Brown. She was a daughter of Rev. Royal Brown, a Protestant Methodist preacher, and granddaughter of Daniel Brown, who came from New York State to Ohio in pioneer days, locating in Pike County. Rev. Royal Brown married Rachael Beauchamp, a daughter of John Beauchamp, who was likewise one of the pioneer settlers of Pike County. Wesley Allard, Mrs. Micklethwait's father, was born in Marion Township and educated in Pike County. He is now a successful coal operator in Jackson County. The maiden name of the wife of Wesley Allard was Sarah Frances Davis. Her father, John Davis, Mrs. Micklethwait's maternal grandfather, owns and operates a woolen Mill and a flour mill in Jackson. He married Susan Elizabeth Burns, who, like himself, was a native of Virginia, her father having lived about fifty miles from Richmond, where he owned a large plantation, which he operated with slave labor. Mrs. Micklethwait is a woman of talent and culture. She was graduated from the Jackson High School with the class of 1905, and subsequently attended the Ohio University, at Athens, for three years. The Doctor is a member of the county board of pension examiners of Scioto County ; of the Hempstead Academy of Medicine, which he has served as treasurer; and of the Ohio State Medical Association. He is now surgeon for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. 954 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION ROLLEY E. BENNETT. It is a substantial tribute to a family when it can be said that what one generation has secured and won from the dominion of the wilderness, the next following has continued to improve and has increased in value. That is real progress, and the community is blessed that has a goodly number of such families. One of this type which has been identified with Scioto County since the beginning of civilized things is that of Bennett, and there is a large family relationship of that name in the Hanging Rock Iron Region. Rolley E. Bennett, of the fourth generation of the family, is one of the most substantial farmers of Madison Township, and proprietor of the Sugar Grove Dairy Farm, comprising 240 acres of well-improved land, situated sixteen miles north of Portsmouth. Although Mr. Bennett has been an extremely busy man, with large private interests, he has found time to devote to the needs of his community, and has well measured up to the high standards always associated with the Bennett name in this section of the state. Rolley E. Bennett was born on the farm that he now occupies, November 16, 1856, a son of Thomas J. and Margaret B. (Boiler) Bennett. Thomas J. Bennett was a son of Thomas and Nancy (Jenkins) Bennett. Thomas Bennett, in turn, was a son of Robert Bennett, a native of Virginia, who came to Southern Ohio among the pioneers, acquired Government land in Scioto County, and spent the rest of his days a factor in the early citizenship and a man who extended the area of cultivation and improvement. Robert Bennett was the father of the following children : Robert, Charles, John, Caleb, Thomas, Mamie, Nancy. Thomas Bennett and Nancy Jenkins were the parents of the following children : Elizabeth, Margaret, Eleanor, Maria, Caleb, Rolley E., Joshua and Thomas J. Thomas J. Bennett was born in Madison Township of Scioto County, December 31, 1813, that date attesting the extremely early settlement of the family in this section. His death occurred after a long and prosperous career on July 9, 1882. Margaret Boiler, his wife, was born in Pike County, Ohio, January 8, 1814, and died December 9, 1894. Of their eight children four are still living : Nancy B., wife of Rufus Pool of Harrison Township ; Thomas J., who married Mary A. Adams and lives in Jefferson Township ; Anna, wife of Joshua Smart, of Mitchell, South Dakota ; and Rolley E. Bennett. The deceased children in this family are : Matilda ; Martha E.; Malinda, who married a Mr. Jenkins ; Mary, who died near Salem, Oregon, in 1882 ; and Joseph, who died at Beaver, in Pike County, Ohio,. October 24, 1910. Rolley E. Bennett was reared on the home farm, acquired a district schooling, and since early manhood has been identified with the activi- HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 955 ties of the farm and the management of a first-class dairy. On May 9, 1880, he married Jessie P. Moore, who was born in Harrison Township of Scioto County, March 9, 1857, and grew up in that vicinity and received her education there. To their marriage have been born nine children, eight of whom are living : Agnes, wife of Ira Coriell, of Harrison Township ; Chloe, who died in infancy ; Gertrude, the wife of George Craig, of Jefferson Township, Scioto County ; Clarence, who married Maggie Stout and lives in Madison Township, Scioto County ; Ica and Iva, twins, the former the wife of Floyd Lemon and the latter the wife of William Gampp ; Lillie F., who married Paul E. Cromer, of Springfield, Ohio ; Nona I., and Emma E., the former of whom is engaged in teaching school. The family are members of the local Grange, and Mr. Bennett is its secretary. In politics a republican, he has done much for his community, and has served as assessor of Madison Township and was a member of the school board. DAVID MCKENZIE. The owner of Glendale Farm, one of the finely improved and valuable landed estates of Scioto County, Mr. McKenzie is to be recognized as one of the representative agriculturists and stock-growers of the Hanging Rock Iron Region and the beautiful Scioto Valley, even as he is known as a sterling citizen of utmost loyalty and public spirit. His farm comprises 370 acres and is situated in Madison Township, 5 1/2 miles east of Lucasville. Further interest attaches to his career by reason of the fact that he was born on a portion of the farm that is now owned by him and that he is a scion of one of the sterling pioneer families of this favored section of the Buckeye State. David McKenzie was born on the old homestead farm in Madison Township, Scioto County, on the 21st of September, 1843, and is a son of David and Harriet (McIntosh) McKenzie, both of whom were born and reared in Scotland, but the marriage of whom was solemnized in the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from which state they shortly afterward immigrated to Ohio and numbered themselves among the pioneers of Scioto County. The old homestead farm was covered with heavy timber save for a clearing of two acres when they' established their residence in Madison Township, but unremitting industry and good management soon brought results and the father eventually developed a productive farm, both he and his wife here passing the residue of their long and useful lives, which were guided and governed .by the highest principles, so that theirs was the goodly gift of confidence and esteem granted them by all with whom they came in contact, their names meriting enduring place on the, roll of the sterling pioneers of Scioto 956 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION County. Of their five children three are now living : Marjorie is the wife of John Flowers, of Madison Township ; Daniel, who was a valiant soldier in an Ohio regiment in the Civil war and who now resides at Cleveland, and David, who is the immediate subject of this review. David McKenzie, inheriting the sturdy characteristics of his Scottish forebears, has been a man of industry, energy and good judgment, and has lived an upright and righteous life, so that he has retained at all times the high regard of his fellowmen, the while he has achieved success that is worthy of the name. He was reared to the sturdy discipline of the pioneer farm and was afforded in his youth the advantages of the common schools of the locality and period, so that he was enabled to lay a firm foundation for the admirable superstructure of knowledge which represents the results of self-application and appreciation of the lessons to be learned under the wise head-master, experience. He has never severed his allegiance to the great fundamental industry of agriculture and is now one of its substantial and influential representatives in his native county, with a full appreciation of the duties and responsibilities of citizenship and an earnest desire to contribute to the extent of his ability in the promotion of measures and enterprises tending to advance the general welfare of the community. He is a republican in his political proclivities, but has had no desire for the honors or emoluments of public office. On the 24th of October, 1873, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. McKenzie to Miss Mary E. Rice, and of their nine children all are living except one : Mary is the wife of Edward Brown ; Harriet is the wife of Charles Ault ; Cora is the wife of Harlan Brown ; Jessie is the widow of Clay Shearer ; Jennie is the wife of Joseph Zaler ; Albert is a farmer of Harrison Township, Scioto County; Earl, who married Miss Margaret Fullerton, is engaged in farming in Madison Township ; Clarence, who wedded Miss Julia Kallner, is a farmer of Jefferson Township ; and Ray remains at the parental home. CHARLES STEAHLEY. Material prosperity has long been in the possession of Mr. Steahley, who is a farmer and respected citizen of Clay Township in Scioto County. Mr. Steahley has earned all that he has ever acquired, and few men have performed a more skillful and industrious part in the life and activities of Clay Township during the last forty or fifty years than this citizen. His farm and all its surroundings indicate the thrifty and efficient character of the proprietor. Mr. Steahley started out with very little- more than the average young man of his time has on arriving at manhood, and all his accumulations represent his industry and honorable dealings. HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 957 Charles Steahley was born in Baden, Germany, May 6, 1842. His father died in Germany, and the widow with her four sons came to the United States, and after living a time in Pennsylvania, moved to Southern Ohio and bought the land where Charles Steahley now has his home. Mr. Steahley was educated in the schools of America, and early in life took up the struggle for existence. He is the owner of 160 acres of well improved land, and among his fellow citizens is regarded as a farmer who knows his business and has succeeded as a result of close application to his work. Mr. Steahley married Caroline Lenhardt. They are the parents of five living children : Charles Steahley ; Lizzie, the wife of John Sheppard ; Mary, who married Edward Kennedy ; Clara and Anna, both unmarried and living at home. The family are members of the Catholic Church at Portsmouth. Mr. Steahley is a democrat in politics. PATRICK B. HENRY has had an active career, one in which he has accumulated prosperity for himself, and at the same time has been able to help others, and used his influence as a quiet but useful citizen to promote the community welfare. Mr. Henry is now a retired farmer living at Lucasville, but many years of his active life were spent at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Patrick B. Henry was born at Duck's Run in Scioto County, July 6, 1866, a son of Frank and Maria (Morgan) Henry. His father was a native of New Jersey and his mother of Ohio. The maternal grandfather served as an officer during the Mexican war, enlisting from Morgantown, Virginia, and he was a general in the army. He was also one of the founders. of Portsmouth, and was one of the earliest settlers in the Scioto Valley, Morgan Township having been named in his honor. Patrick B. Henry has the following brothers and sisters : Rachel, wife of James Jordan ; Thomas, who is a carpenter in Scioto County ; John, a butcher in Scioto County ; and Frank, of Wellsburg, West Virginia. When Patrick B. Henry was about fifteen months of age his parents died, and he was then taken into the home of a benevolent aunt, Rachel Jones, who gave him a liberal education and reared him to manhood, so that he started in life well equipped for its serious duties. Mr. Henry lived for about nineteen years in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and during that time was engaged in the produce business, and in that way got his start toward a successful career. In 1892 Mr. Henry married Anna G. Monaghan, of Pittsburgh, where she was born and educated. In December, 1898, Mr. and Mrs. Henry returned to Scioto County, Ohio, and since that time his interests have been largely along agricultural lines. The immediate cause 958 - RANGING ROCK IRON REGION of his return to Scioto County was to look after his aunt's property and also her own welfare. He owed much to her for his early training, and gave her a good home and the consideration of a son during her declining- years. She died January 29, 1914. In politics Mr. Henry is a republican, and has taken quite an active part in local affairs. He is the owner of 300 acres of fine land in Valley Township of Scioto County. HENRY KNORE. One of the best improved farms in Scioto County is the Knore estate in Harrison Township. It is the home of progressive German-American citizenship, where Henry Knore has lived and given his energies to its development and improvement during the forty or fifty years of his active life. For what he has accomplished as a farmer, and also for his influence in citizenship and as a helpful factor in community affairs, Henry Knore has the respect and esteem of the entire community. His estate is known as the Maple Grove Farm, comprising 330 acres of land situate five miles north of Sciotoville on the Harrisonville Pike. Henry Knore, though most of his life has been spent in America, was born in Germany, February 22, 1851, son of Christian and Anna M. (Miller) Knore. The parents were born, reared, educated and married in Germany, and not long after the birth of Henry Knore set out for the United States, arriving in Scioto County and locating on the farm now owned by Henry on May 2, 1853. That continued to be their place of residence until both parents passed away, after long and worthy lives. Only two of their children are still living, and Mr. Knore's sister is Caroline, wife of William Turner, whose home is near Wait Station in Scioto County. Henry Knore was ,about two years of age when he came to the United States with his parents, grew up on the old homestead, and while attending district school in the winter months, was trained to all the emergencies and responsibilities of farm life. He knows farming' both in its practical and theoretical phases, and is one of the men who have made more than an ordinary success of that industry in Scioto County. Mr. Knore first married Nevada B. Wait, who died eight months after their marriage. He then married Anna A. Henneman, who was born in Pennsylvania and came to Jackson County, Ohio. Her father was a Lutheran minister. Mr. and Mrs. Knore have nine children still living: Charles, a farmer in Harrison Township ; Sarah, wife of Clarence Schomberg ; Frank, who married Stella Schomberg; Anna, wife of Charles Snodgrass; Willie, who married Ida Frowine ; Lena, HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 959 wife of George Schope ; Lewis, who married Abbie Bennett; Ella, who is married to William Wicks ; Henry, unmarried and a resident of Athens, Ohio. The family are members of the Lutheran Church, and Mr. Knore is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias lodge at Harrison-vine, and is a member and treasurer of both the Sunshine and Pomona Granges. In politics a democrat, he has been honored by his Township of Harrison with election to the office of township treasurer. MITCHELL EVANS. At the time of his death, which occurred on the 13th of March, 1908, at his fine farm homestead in Nile Township, Mr. Evans was one of the most venerable and honored pioneer citizens of Scioto County, within whose borders he had resided for more than seventy years, he having been a lad of twelve years when he came with his widowed mother from Kentucky to this county. His life was one of industry and well directed endeavor and he was long numbered among the representative farmers of the county, the while his course was guided by lofty principles of integrity and with a high sense of personal stewardship, so that he merited and held the inviolable confidence and esteem of his fellowmen. He witnessed the development and upbuilding of Scioto County from the stage of pioneer conditions to twentieth century opulence and prosperity, and contributed his quota to the civic and material progress of this favored section of the Buckeye State, his character, and achievement having been such as to make most consistent the according in this volume of a definite tribute to his memory. Mitchell Evans was born in Bracken County, Kentucky, on the 29th of October, 1820, and was a son of Abram and Esther (Turner) Evans, the patronymic indicating that the genealogy may be traced back to Welsh origin, though the family was founded in America in the early colonial days. The parents of Mr. Evans were born on Deal's Island, in Chesapeake Bay, Somerset County, Maryland, and his grandfather, Solomon Evans, was largely interested in the fisheries for which that. island has been noted for many years, especially in the propagation of oysters. Solomon Evans was likewise a farmer on this beautiful little island, and, so far as available data indicate, it is virtually assured that his entire life was passed on Deal's Island. Abram Evans was reared and educated in Maryland, where his marriage was solemnized. Esther Turner, though still quite young at the time of her marriage to Abram Evans, was a widow with one child, a daughter named Nancy, whom they brought to Kentucky. The name of her first husband was Revelle. Finally Mr. Evans immigrated with his family to Kentucky and became one of the pioneer settlers of Bracken County, that state, 960 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION where his death occurred only a few years later. About the year 1832 his widow came with her children to Scioto County, Ohio, where she passed the remainder of her life and where she reared her three sons and four daughters, the names of the sons having been John, Solomon and Mitchell. As previously stated, Mitchell Evans was about twelve years old at the time of the family removal to Scioto County, and it is supposed that he attended the pioneer schools for some time, though his broader education was acquired under the preceptorship of that wisest of all headmasters, Experience, and he became a man of broad information and mature judgment. As a youth he became identified with navigation interests on' the Ohio River and after learning thoroughly the course of this stream, he found employment as a pilot on one of the large steamboats. Later he became a successful representative of the lumber business in this section of the state, as a dealer in tan bark, which he "boated" to Cincinnati, Louisville, and Madison, Indiana. In 1863 Mr. Evans, whose industry and economy had .enabled him to accumulate an appreciable capital, made a judicious investment in a tract of land in the Ohio River bottoms, in Nile Township and about six miles below Portsmouth. Here he developed one of the splendid farms of Scioto County, making the best of improvements on the place and continuing his residence here until the close of his long and useful life. He was nearly eighty-eight years of age at the time of his death, and was revered in the community as one of the sterling citizens and representative pioneers of Scioto County, where his name and memory shall be held in lasting honor. He won success and prosperity by well-. ordered effort, was leal and loyal in all of the relations of life, and his circle of friends was coincident with that of his acquaintances. Liberal and public-spirited, but never a seeker of official preferment, he accorded staunch allegiance to the republican party, and he was for many years one of the most valued and influential members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the little Village of Friendship. He served as class leader and steward of this church, of which his widow likewise is a devoted member ; she still resides on the beautiful old homestead farm and is a loved figure in the social life of the community, her home being known for .its gracious hospitality. Mrs. Evans is active in church work, in which connection she is a member of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, and as a. descendant from sterling revolutionary stock she is a member of the Joseph Spencer Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, in the City of Portsmouth. Mr. Evans was twice married. The maiden name of his first wife was Maria Bradford, and she was survived by three children : Charles, HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 961 Emory and Maria. Charles and Maria are deceasedPortsmouthy owns a farm near PortsmoUth on which he resides. On the 7th of May, 1868, was solemnized the marriage of MrMurpvans to Miss Rachel Ellen Murhy, who was born in Green Township, Adams County, Ohio, and who is a daughter of David W. and Cynthia Ann (McCall) Murphy, both representatives of well-known and highly honored pioneer families of this part of the Buckeye State. David W. Murphy was born in New Jersey, and his father, Recompense Murphy, was born near Daretown, Salem County, that state, a son of William Murphy, who likewise was a native of New Jersey, and whose father was born in England and became the founder of the American branch of the family. As a young man this sturdy progenitor came to America on a sailing vessel of the type common to that early period, and just before landing in the New World he married a young woman who had been likewise a passenger on the vessel, the chaplain of which performed the nuptial ceremony on shipboard. The young couple established their residence in New Jersey, and lived for a number of years. William Murphy, the great-grandfather of Mrs. Evans, and the first child of this union, was reared to manhood in New Jersey and represented that colony as a valiant soldier of the Continental line in the war of the Revolution. When well advanced in years he came to the West to live with his son Samuel, who was a pioneer of Indiana, and in whose home, situated near the dividing. line between that state and Ohio, the venerable father passed the residue of his life, as did also his wife, whose maiden name was Phoebe Sherry, the remains of both being interred in the old Bath cemetery, seven. miles distant from Willord, Butler County, Ohio. William and Phoebe (Sherry) Murphy became the parents of six children, namely : John, William, Recompense, Samuel, Mary and Rachel. John passed his entire life in New Jersey and all of the other children came to the West. Mary became the wife of David Swing, of Cincinnati, and they were the grandparents of Rev. David Swing, who became one of the most distinguished 'clergymen and orators of the West, with residence in the City of Chicago, and who attained to national reputation. Rachel wedded David Ogden, who became a prominent and influential citizen of Cincinnati. Recompense Murphy, grandfather of Mrs. Evans, was reared and educated in New Jersey, and there, in 1799, was solemnized his marriage to Miss Catherine Newkirk, a member of a prominent old family of that state. In 1805 they came to Ohio, about three years after the admission of the state to the Union, and they were accompanied by their two children. The long and weary journey was made by stage and canal to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from which place they came down 962 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION the Ohio River by boat to the mouth of Turkey Creek, in the newly created County of Scioto, there having been several other colonists in the party. Near the landing these sturdy pioneers found a small clearing in the midst of the forest wilds, and on the same they planted corn, to provide for future necessities. Recompense Murphy then set forth in search of an eligible location, and he finally purchased 320 acres of land in the locality known as Sandy Springs, in Adams County, paying for this property $1,000 in gold. With all of energy and fortitude he set himself vigorously to the clearing and reclaiming of his land and to placing the same under effective cultivation. Prosperity attended his indefatigable labors and in the course of time he erected a substantial brick house on his farm, the same having been picturesquely situated on the banks of the Ohio River and having continued to be his place of abode until his death, in 1844, at the age of seventy years. His first wife died in 1830, leaving eleven children, namely : David Whittaker, Jacob N., William, Recompense Sherry, Rachel, Mary Ann, Rebecca, Samuel, Catherine, John and Robert, the last named having died at the age of seventeen years, and all of the others having married and reared children. David Whittaker Murphy, father of Mrs. Evans, was one of the two 'children born in New Jersey and was a child at the time of the family removal to Ohio, where he was reared to manhood under the conditions and influences of the pioneer farm, in Adams County. Until 1848 he was a farmer, residing in Adams County, Ohio. In that year he left Adams County, removing to Buena Vista, just over the line of Adams County, in Scioto County, where he kept hotel for a while. He was postmaster at Buena Vista from 1862 until 1873. After the death of his second wife, in 1873, he made his home with his daughter Rachel Ellen, widow of him to whom this memoir is dedicated. He passed to the life eternal in 1891, at the patriarchal age of ninety years, and was at the time one of the most venerable pioneer citizens of Southern Ohio. Mrs. Cynthia Ann (McCall) Murphy, mother of Mrs. Evans, was born in Nile Township, Scioto County, in 1816, a daughter of William and Delilah McCall, sterling pioneers of this county. Mrs. Murphy passed to the "land of the leal" in 1873, and was survived by five children : David, Rachel Ellen, Leonidas H., John and Matilda. In conclusion is entered brief record concerning the children of Mr. and Mrs. Evans. Ernest, who is superintendent of furnaces of the Hitchcock & Andrews Company, extensive iron-furnace operators at Youngstown, this state, married Miss Elizabeth Linn, and they have two children : Linn and James. William, who resides on a farm near HANGING ROCK IRON REGION- 963 Powellsville, Ohio, wedded Miss Mary E. Nelson, and they have four children : Helen, Anne L., Charles and Robert. Anna, the youngest of the children of Mrs. Evans, is the wife of Harley E. Marconnet, a trusted salesman of the McDonald-Kiley Shoe Company of Cincinnati, Ohio. They reside at Portsmouth, Ohio. JAMES R. HILLING, M. D. In designating in this publication those who stand as able and honored representatives of the medical profession in Scioto County, special reference may well be made to Doctor Hilling, who is engaged in practice with residence and headquarters in the Village of Lucasville and whose character and admirable services have given him inviolable place in popular esteem. Doctor 'Tilling was born in Adams County, Ohio, on the 23d of. October, 1878, and is a son of Albertus W. and Nancy M. (McClelland) 'Tilling, the former of whom still resides in Adams County and the latter of whom passed to the life eternal on the 28th of May, 1911. Of the five children four are living : Nora E. was a successful teacher in the public schools prior. to her marriage and is now the wife of Casey V. Clark, residing near Ripley, Brown County ; Sarah E. is the wife of John C. McGovney, residing near West Union, the judicial center of Adams County Albert E. is deputy county treasurer of Adams County ; and of the five children The doctor was the third in order of birth. After availing himself of the advantages of the district schools of his native county Doctor Hilling completed a course in the National Normal School, at Ada, this state. He then engaged in teaching, to which he devoted his attention for a period of three years, proving a popular and efficient representative of the pedagogic profession, though he had in the meanwhile formulated definite plans for his future career and determined to prepare himself for the vocation in which he—has achieved definite success and prestige, as the only registered physician and' surgeon residing in Lucasville. In pursuance of his ambition he entered the Hospital Medical College of Kentucky, in the City of Louisville, and after his graduation, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, he was engaged in practice in Kentucky for eighteen months, at the expiration of which, in July, 1907, he returned to Ohio, where he has since been engaged in successful practice, his home having been established at Lucasville in October, 1911. He was formerly engaged in practice at Piketon, and while there became a member of the Pike County Medical Society, with which he is still identified, as is he also with the Scioto County Medical Society and the Ohio State Medical Society. The doctor continues a close and Vol. II-21 964 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION appreciative student of the best standard and periodical literature of his profession, keeps in touch with the advances made in both medical and surgical science and his substantial and representative practice indicates alike his ability and his personal popularity. He is genial and unassuming, earnest in his devotion to his humane and exacting profession, and progressive and loyal in his civic attitude. On June 23, 1909, Doctor Hilling wedded Miss Estella Violet, daughter of Martin Violet, a sterling citizen of Pike County, she having been for twelve years a popular teacher in the public schools--the greater part of the time in the thriving little City of London, Madison County. Doctor and Mrs. Hilling are popular factors in the social life of their home community and they have two winsome little daughters, Marian V. and Virginia G. DR. JAMES N. THOMAS. For a number of years Dr. J. N. Thomas practiced medicine with all the success of the able and thoroughly trained physician and surgeon, but in Valley Township of Scioto County, the community where he was born and reared, Doctor Thomas is best known as a farmer and stock breeder, and his reputation as the proprietor and manager of the Thomas Farms is one that has extended pretty well over the state. Doctor Thomas has demonstrated that his peculiar fitness is the development of better farming, and through this avenue has done his greatest service not only to himself but to society. He is an expert in the breeding and feeding of pure bred swine, and his herd of Big Bone Poland Chinas is probably the finest in Southeastern Ohio. He was born at Lucasville, Ohio, March 4, 1864, the eldest son of William J. and Mary M. (Warwick) Thomas, his father being a life resident of the community. Reared in this village he received his education in the common school of the place. From 1881 he was associated in business with Joseph H. Brant until 1887, when he entered the Miami Medical College as a student, graduating in the spring of 1891, and immediately began the practice of medicine at Del-Norte, Colorado. Here on April 9, 1893, he was married to Mary E: Miller also of Scioto County. From 1893 to 1909 Doctor Thomas was closely identified with the medical profession of Denver, Colorado. In 1897 he did post-graduate work in the medical schools of New York, and on his return to Denver, identified himself with the clinical staff of the Gross Medical College, and was soon appointed to assistant to the chair of surgery. A year later he became medical director of The Western Life and Accident Insurance Company. Enjoying these duties HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 965 as well as a large and increasing practice, failing health in 1909 compelled him to retire from his medical work and to return to the old community in which he spent his boyhood. Residing in a modern farm home one mile north of Lucasville, lie is a successful farmer and stockman and few who have devoted all their years and energies to the vocation have attained such success. Doctor Thomas is affiliated with Lucasville Lodge No. 485, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, being one of its past masters, and an active member of the Scioto County Agriculture Association. In politics he is republican. BENJAMIN F. GENTRY. Holding the position of station agent for the Norfolk & Western Railroad at Lucasville, Scioto County, Mr. Gentry is a well known and popular citizen of this section of the state and claims as the place of his nativity the historic Old Dominion commonwealth. He was born in Nelson County, Virginia, on the 25th of April, 1867, and is a son of Benjamin B. and Nancy E. (Dodd) Gentry, both of whom were born and reared in Virginia, where they passed their entire lives, the father having been for many years a prosperous representative of the agricultural industry in Nelson County, where both he and his wife commanded unqualified popular esteem. Of their nine children seven are living and the subject of this review is the only representative of the family in Ohio. Benjamin F. Gentry is indebted to the schools of his native state for his early educational discipline and upon severing the ties that bound him to home and native heath he came to Ohio and entered the employ of the Brush Electric Light Company, in the City of Cincinnati, where he remained for the greater part of the years 1885 and 1886. He then returned to Virginia, where he was again identified with agricultural pursuits, for one year, and he then became a brakeman on the line of the Norfolk & Western Railroad. While serving in this capacity he met with an accident that entailed the loss of his right arm, and the railroad company gave him the position of pumper after he had recuperated from his injury. He has since continued in the service of the company, with the telegraph department of which he has been identified since 1901. On the 8th of September, 1908, he was made the company station agent and telegraph operator at Lucasville, Ohio, where he has since continued to accord efficient service and where he has gained unqualified popular esteem. In politics Mr. Gentry is a staunch supporter of the cause of the republican party and while he has never sought public office he served as president of the board of education while residing at Pritchard, 966 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION Wayne County, West Virginia. He is affiliated with the lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in the City of Portsmouth, judicial center of Scioto County, and with the Order of Railway Telegraphers. On the 8th of March, 1888, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Gentry to Miss Anna Hughes, of Nelson County, Virginia, and concerning their children the following brief record is given : Miss Minnie, who is serving as telegraph operator for the Norfolk & Western Railroad at Pritchard, West Virginia; Benjamin H. is employed as a telegraph operator for the same company, in the City of Columbus, Ohio; Dora is identified with the business interests in Lucasville ; and John and Beulah remain at home and are attending the public schools. At Lucasville Mr. Gentry owns his attractive residence, besides a number of vacant village lots. E. W. PURDY. One of the conspicuous business enterprises of the Town of Lucasville in Scioto County is Purdy Brothers Milling Company, operating a custom flour and feed mill, with an average product of seventy-five barrels Ter day of high grade flour, made from local grain. Mr. E. W. Purdy has spent all his life in Scioto County, is an experienced miller, and a citizen of substantial influence in the community. E. W. Purdy was born in this county May 23, 1867, a son of W. M. and June (Bennett) Purdy. Both parents still live in Lucasville. Mr. Purdy was reared in Madison Township on a farm, was educated in the public schools, and early in his career began the operation of a threshing outfit and also did saw milling. From that line of enterprise he finally engaged in business at Lucasville as a flour miller under the name of Purdy Brothers. Mr. Purdy has been twice married, and his second wife was Miss Sadie Crull. He has a daughter by the first marriage, Mamie, now fifteen years of age. Mr. Purdy is affiliated with Lucasville Lodge No. 465, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and is a republican in politics. JOHN H. ROCKWELL. He whose name initiates this paragraph is one. of the progressive representatives of the agricultural industry in his native county and is a young man whose personal popularity gives effective voucher for his sterling characteristics and genial nature. His homestead farm is eligibly situated in Valley Township, comprises 303 acres, and is 1 1/2 miles north of Lucasville, one of the attractive villages of Scioto County. The farm is on the excellent turnpike road HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 967 between Portsmouth and Columbus, and in addition to giving his attention to diversified agriculture, Mr. Rockwell is known as one of the leading stock growers of his county, where he makes a specialty of the breeding of double standard Polled Durham cattle, with the registered head of his herd known as Clearview Lad, No. 8126; of registered Poland China swine ; and of Shropshire sheep. He is an exemplar of the most approved modern methods and policies in the carrying forward of all departments of his farm industry and is one of the progressive and public-spirited citizens of the county that has ever been his home. John H. Rockwell was born in Clay Township, Scioto County. on the 20th of February, 1880, and is a scion of honored pioneer families of this favored section of the Buckeye State, his paternal grandfather, Charles Rockwell, having been one of the valiant soldiers representing this county in the Union ranks during virtually the entire period of the Civil war, in which he served four years, as a member of an Ohio regiment of volunteers. Mr. Rockwell is a son of Joseph and Miry (Field) Rockwell, both of whom are deceased. The former died in November 1908, and his wife in 1913. The father had been for many years a representative farmer and influential citizen of Valley Township, his birth having occurred in this county. Of the eight children all are living except one : Charles is a prosperous farmer of Valley Township; Eli is identified with agricultural pursuits at Guthrie, Oklahoma ; Leroy is likewise a prosperous farmer of Valley Township ; Nancy E. is deceased ; Bertha is the wife of Albert S. Moulton of Valley Township ; John H. was the next in order of birth ; Miss Mary B. remains at the parental home; and Ethel L. is the wife of Peter Snedaker, of Rush Township. John H. Rockwell was a lad of about eight years at the time of the family removal from Rush Township to Valley Township, in which latter he continued his studies in the public schools until he had completed the curriculum of the high school. He has been identified with farming and stock-raising from his boyhood days and his familiarity with all practical details of these important industries has been reinforced by careful study and investigation, so that lie brings to bear in his independent operations the best scientific methods and most modern facilities. Not only in his personal enterprises but also as a citizen is Mr. Rockwell essentially progressive, and he has been an active factor in the furtherance of the cause of the republican party. He has served four years as trustee of Valley Township and has done all in his power to further those objects that make for the general good of the community. He is affiliated with Lucasville Lodge, No. 465, Free & Accepted Masons, 968 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION and in the City of Portsmouth holds membership in the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. The 26th day of March, 1902, recorded the marriage of Mr. Rockwell to Miss Louisa Simpson, and they had four children, whose names and respective years of birth are here noted : Donald S., 1903 ; Raymond H., 1906 ; Janet Elinor, 1908 and who died January 11, 1914; and Mary M., 1912. Mrs. Rockwell died February 27, 1914. DANIEL H. EGBERT. Not only by reason of his secure status as one of the representative farmers of Scioto County, but also on account of his progressiveness and public spirit as a citizen is Mr. Egbert entitled to recognition in this "History of the Hanging Rock Iron Region." That he has impregnable vantage ground in popular confidence and esteem is shown conclusively in the fact that he has served in various public offices in Valley Township and that he is the only representative of the democratic party ever elected from that township as a member of the board of county commissioners, a responsible office to which he was re-elected in the autumn of 1914. Mr. Egbert was born at Center Furnace, Lawrence County, Ohio, on the 20th of May, 1854, and thus is a native of the region to whose history this publication is devoted. He is a son of Daniel and Louise (Appel) Egbert, the former of whom was born in the Kingdom of Hanover, Germany, on the 8th of May, 1824, and the latter in the Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany, on the 25th of March, 1831, she having accompanied her parents on their immigration to the United States, in 1849, and her marriage to Daniel Egbert having been solemnized in Lawrence County, Ohio, on the 26th of October of the same year, her husband having established his residence in that county on the 1st of November, 1847, soon after he came from his native land to America. In October, 1858, Daniel Egbert removed with his family from Lawrence County to Valley Township, Scioto County, where he became a successful farmer and highly esteemed citizen and where he passed the residue of his life, his wife surviving him by a number of years and having been summoned to the life eternal in April, 1901. Both were zealous and consistent members of the Lutheran Church. Daniel H. Egbert, of this review, was a child of about four years at the time of the family removal from Lawrence County to Valley Township, Scioto County, which has represented his home for nearly half a century and in which he was reared to maturity under the discipline of the home farm, in the meanwhile profiting duly by the advantages afforded in the public schools. He has never severed his allegiance to the basic industry of agriculture and is now the owner HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 969 of one of the fine farms. of Valley Township, besides standing as one of the progressive representatives of this- important line of industry in Scioto County. Mr. Egbert has held unswervingly to the cause of the democratic party from the time of attaining to his legal majority and has been one of its influential figures in Valley Township. Here he has served as township trustee and as a member of the school board, and in 1901 there came still further evidence of popular appreciation of his ability and sterling character, in that he was elected representative of his township on the board of county commissioners, the first democrat ever elected to this position in the township, the political strength of which has always been in favor of the republican party.. The efficiency and acceptability of his service in this responsible office was most plainly shown by his re-election in the autumn of 1914, for a second term of three years. Mr. Egbert is a charter member of the Lucasville lodge of the Knights of Pythias, and both he and his wife are earnest communicants of the Lutheran Church. On the 27th of October, 1880, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Egbert to Miss Mary B. Wooster, daughter of the late John Wooster, a substantial citizen of Scioto County. Of the nine children of this union six are now living: George, who wedded Miss Lottie Holmes, is foreman of the roundhouse of the Norfolk & Western Railroad in the City of Portsmouth, judicial center and metropolis of Scioto County ; John, a bachelor, is a successful farmer of his native county ; Luella remains at the parental home ; Walter is identified with agricultural pursuits in Valley Township ; Dora is the wife of Wilford Johnson, who was born in Johnson County, Kentucky, and educated in the University of Kentucky, at Lexington, after which he served, from 1905 to 1910, as a telegraph operator for the Norfolk & Western Railroad, his present position being that of United States. storekeeper and gauger at Frankfort, Kentucky ; and Marion is associated with his father in the work and management of the home farm. JOHN S. VIOLETTE. One of the fine landed estates of the beautiful, Scioto Valley is that owned by Mr.. Violette, and the splendid domain gives patent evidence of his progressiveness and thrift as a farmer and stock-grower. The farm comprises 475 acres, in Valley Township, Scioto County, one-fourth of a 'mile south of Lucasville, and it, lies on either side of the Portsmouth and Chillicothe turnpike road. The owner of this valuable estate is a representative of a family whose name has been identified with the civic and industrial activities of this section of Ohio for nearly a century and in his own career he 970 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION has shown marked aggressiveness and enterprise, so that he has assisted in .carrying forward the march of development and improvement which was instituted in the pioneer days and which has made this one of the most attractive and opulent sections of the fine old Buckeye State. Ile is one of the representative agriculturists of his native county and that he has high place in popular esteem is shown by the fact that in the autumn of 1914 he was nominated as a democratic candidate for the position of member of the board of county commissioners of his native county, and, while being defeated, he ran away ahead of his ticket in his vicinity. Mr. Violette was born at Harrisonville, Harrison Township, Scioto County, Ohio, on the 18th of September, 1871, and is a son of John M. and Caroline M. (Dewey) Violette, the former of whom was born in Pike County, this state, in June, 1820, and the latter of whom was born in Highland County, on the 16th of December, 1824, their marriage having been solemnized at Harrisonville, Scioto County, on the 25th of March, 1845. The father was long numbered among the substantial citizens of Scioto County, where he owned a valuable farm and where 'he conducted a general store, at Harrisonville, for a number of years. He died in August, 1895, and his widow passed to the life eternal in March 17, 1902. They are survived by two children, of whom the subject of this review is the younger ; Caroline L., who is a talented musician, is now the wife of Edward E. Samson, a substantial farmer of Scioto County, their home being at Harrisonville. John S. Violette passed his boyhood and youth on the old homestead farm near Harrisonville and there he early learned the lessons of practical industry, the while he continued to attend the public schools at Harrisonville during the winter terms until he was about twenty years old. Since that time he has given unwavering allegiance to the great industry of agriculture, of which he has become one of the prominent and influential representatives in his native county, his large and well-improved estate being devoted to diversified farming and the raising of high-grade live stock, especially horses. In politics Mr. Violette is found arrayed as a loyal supporter of the cause of the democratic party, and his deep interest in all that touches the welfare of his native county is shown by the fact that he is serving not only as a member of the school board of Valley Township but also as a member of the county board of education. He is a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Lucasville, of which both he and his wife are zealous members. On the 14th of March, 1895, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Violette to Miss Lizzie D. Coburn, who was born near Harrisonville, HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 971 Scioto County, December 21, 1870, and who was his schoolmate in the public schools of Harrisonville. Of the four children the eldest is Raymond D., who was born May 30, 1898 ; John C. was born November 26, 1902 ; Forrest C., June 13, 1905 ; and Arlyn E., March 15, 1908. LEWIS W. DOTY. While farming has been his activity and chief line of endeavor for a number of years, Mr. Doty was long identified with the iron industry, and his father before him was manager of the old Ohio Furnace in Scioto County. Lewis W. Doty was born at Ohio Furnace in Green Township of Scioto County April 2, 1875. His parents were Thomas W. and Julia (Shepard) Doty. His mother is still living in Green Township, where the father died September 5, 1900, his death occurring as the result of an accident while manager of the Ohio Furnace. He was born at Clinton Furnace in Scioto County, while she was a native of Lawrence County. Four of their seven children are still living : Lewis W. ; Oliver P. Doty, Jr., who is at Hanging Rock, Lawrence County ; Alfred S. Doty of Wheeler, Michigan ; and Thomas W. Doty is an engineer on_ C. & 0. R. R., and located at Eskdale, West Virginia. Lewis W. Doty was reared at the Ohio Furnace and was educated in the common schools. His father had moved to Ohio Furnace at the age of eighteen, and was promoted through, the different grades of service until he became manager of the furnace, and was killed while in that office. After the district schools, Mr. Doty attended for two years the Northern Ohio Normal University at Ada, and at the age of twenty-two became bookkeeper and store manager of the Ohio Furnace Company. He held that position 4 1/2 years and then was at Newcastle with the same company two years, and was manager of the furnace a year and a half. In 1904, having given up his connection with the iron industry, Mr. Doty moved to his present farm. He is the owner of 100 acres of fine and fertile valley land, located 21/2 miles northwest of Haverhill. Mr. Doty married Elizabeth Weisenbarger Mitchell, who was the widow of Wm. W. Mitchell, and they had one son, Elbert E. Mitchell, who makes his 'home with his mother and step-father. Mr. and Mrs. Doty have five children : Louise M., Irwin T., Claude A., Oliver A., and Julius 0. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Doty is a republican voter. HENRY FOLSOM. One of the fine country homes of Scioto County is that owned by Henry Folsom in Green Township, in the. French Grant. Mr. Folsom has been long identified with the farming and 972 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION stock-raising activities of this section, and his place in latter years has become especially known as a stock farm, and some of the finest Hereford cattle, Duroc swine and high-grade horses in Southern Ohio are to be found on the Folsom estate. Mr. Folsom owns Lot No. 16 and part of No. 15, consisting of 325 acres, and also manages 240 acres adjoining that farm. His place is located seventeen miles up the Ohio River from Portsmouth. Henry Folsom was born February 10, 1847, on the farm he now occupies as his residence. It is known far and wide as the Buckeye Farm. His father, the late J. S. Folsom, who was born at Leading Creek in 1804 and died in 1883, was a pioneer storekeeper at Junior Landing beginning about 1832, and at the same time was one of the largest land owners and farmers in Southern Ohio, having about 1,000 acres of land under crop and used as pasture land for his stock. He was one of the strongest and most influential citizens of Scioto County. His wife, who was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1812, died in 1890. They were the parents of ten children, two of whom died in infancy, and five of whom are alive at this time : Melissa F., the wife of Dr. James L. Taylor ; Albert, of the State of Washington ; Minerva, wife of E. E. Ewing of Texas; Sarah F., widow of O. H. Smith of Scioto County. Henry Folsom was reared on the farm where he now lives, was educated in the home township and also took a term of instruction in the Sewickleyville Academy and spent one year in the University at Delaware, Ohio. After his education he worked as assistant in the management of his father's large property until October 22, 1879. That date was the time of his marriage to Effie A. Marshall, a granddaughter of the late J. S. Stowe, and a daughter of A. S. Marshall. She was born and reared near Marietta, Ohio, and has become the mother of nine children, seven of whom are still living, as follows : James A., a graduate of the Agricultural College at Columbus, Ohio, and a farmer ; Anna, a graduate of the Bliss Commercial College at Columbus and a stenographer in that city ; Grace, who graduated from the township schools and the Portsmouth public schools, spent four years as teacher in the high school, and since taking a two years' course in the Columbus Training School has been identified with public school work in Columbus ; May, who was educated liberally and is a graduate of a school for nurses, is now following her profession in Columbus; Pearl, is now a teacher in the Columbus, Ohio, schools ; Nancy, who received a course of training similar to her sisters, is now in college at Columbus, Ohio ; Lucy, is at home and was educated in the home schools. In 1880, after his marriage, Mr. Folsom located near Hayport, on HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 973 a farm of 200 acres, and a year later took the management of a flouring mill, owned by his father, at Ironton. In 1882 he moved his family to Ironton, and continued in charge of the mills there until 1887. He then moved out to the home farm, and has since devoted all his time to farm management. Mr. Folsom is a breeder of thoroughbred Hereford cattle and Duroc hogs, and is one of the foremost stock raisers of Green Township. His land is estimated at $150 per acre in value. In politics Mr. Folsom has always affiliated with the republican party, and has served his community as school director. AARON KINNEY. Conspicuous among the earlier settlers of Portsmouth, Scioto County, was the late Aaron Kinney, who contributed much towards the upbuilding of the city, and for many years was one of its largest landholders. He was born, October 10, 1773, in Cumberland County, New Jersey, a son of Peter Kinney, a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and his wife, Margaret (Biggs) Kinney. Migrating with his parents from New Jersey to Pennsylvania, Aaron Kinney lived there for a number of years. In 1805, accompanied by his wife and four children, he came to Ohio, making the removal with a wagon drawn by four horses. Possessed of considerable means, he purchased from his brother-in-law, Washington Clingman, a tract of land from the Government, now included within the city limits, and from other parties bought a nearby tract upon which he built. Upon that tract was a spring of clear, sparkling water that has never yet failed, and in recent years has supplied the citizens with water in time of an emergency. When he settled here all of this section was one vast wilderness, inhabited by wild animals of all kinds common to this section, deer being so plentiful that he killed two on his own land the first day of his arrival.. Mr. Kinney was a tanner by trade, and here established a tannery, sinking the vats in front of the present site of the Kinney home. Leather was a necessity among the settlers, and he carried on a flourishing business, people bringing hides which he tanned on shares. He disposed of his hides at Chillicothe, keeping a six-horse team to transport the leather, and to bring back the merchandise that he there purchased. As his wealth increased, Mr. Kinney wisely invested in more land, buying some from the Government; and people making abstracts of title found that he owned much of the land now included within the city limits. In 1823 he bought, paying $10.00 an acre, 178 acres, the tract extending from Union Street to the Scioto River, and from the south line of sec tions 7 and 8 to Twelfth Street. In 1810 he erected a substantial brick house, the first house made from that material in Scioto County, the 974 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION bricks having been burned on his own land. The house is finely located on high land, commanding an extensive view of the Ohio and Scioto valleys. It is now owned and occupied by his granddaughters, Mrs. Janet (Kinney) Williams, and her sisters, Josephine and Isabelle Kinney. Here the death of Mr. Kinney occurred on April 11, 1857. Mr. Kinney married, in 1797, Mary Clingman, who was born in Pennsylvania, January 9, 1778. Her father, John Michael Clingman, was born in Germany in 1746, and came to America in colonial times, settling in Pennsylvania. During the Revolutionary war he served as captain of a company. Late in life he came to Portsmouth, Ohio, to spend his last years with his children, at his death his body having' been laid to rest in the Kinney Cemetery. The maiden name of the wife of Mr. Clingman was Ann Eliza Miller. Mrs. Mary (Clingman) Kinney died August 21, 1849. Both she and her husband were members of the Episcopal Church, and reared their family in the same faith. Twelve children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Kinney, namely : Washington; Elizabeth, who married Wilson Gates; Ann Eliza married David K. Cady; Margaret became the wife of Charles C. Tracy ; Peter; Nancy married James Walker; Margaret married William Hall; Rachel married first John Dodson, and married second a Mr. Beckley ; Eli; Henry; Sarah A., who married John Renshaw ; and Philander C. COL. PETER KINNEY. Noteworthy among the men prominent in the financial affairs of Scioto County a generation or more ago was the late Col. Peter Kinney, who was for many years engaged in banking in Portsmouth. A native of this city, he was born December 16, 1805. a son of Aaron and Mary (Clingman) Kinney, of whom a brief sketch may be found elsewhere in this biographical volume. Although Peter Kinney's school life was limited to a few months, he acquired a practical education, taking good advantage of every opportunity offered for increasing his knowledge. Beginning when very young to make himself useful, he rendered his father great assistance, and when but fifteen years old was sent by his father with a flatboat load of produce to New Orleans. He did well, and subsequently made several trips to the same city, where, after disposing of his cargo he would sell his boat and return home on a steamboat. In early manhood he formed a partnership with his brother-in-law; Wilson Gates. and embarked in the grocery business as junior member of the firm of Gates & Kinney. In 1832 Mr. Kinney engaged in business as a private banker, and the same year, having obtained a grocer's license, opened a grocery on Front Street. The outbreak of the Civil war found him, like many others, busy with many projects ; but his zeal and patriotism