550 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. origin. The first name on the record is that of Clement Cherington,who was born in England in 1702; was educated for a priest in the Church of England, but sailed for America on the day set for his trial sermon. He was married in England, and had sons and daughters. After his wife's death he came to America, about 1750. Mary Coles was born on Long Island, Feb. 2, 1713; was married to Mr. Mathews, had several children, and became a widow. After coming to America Clement Cherington was married to Mary Coles Mathews. The children of Clement (1st) and Mary were—Thomas, Rachel and William (1st). William (1st) was born in Pennsylvania, April 19, 1755. Margaret Hauk, daughter of John and Margaret Hank and sister of Abraham Lincoln's mother, was born in Pennyslvania, April 10, 1755. William (1st) and Margaret Hauk were married Feb. 18, 1779. Their children were as follows: Thomas, born Dec. 5, 1779; John, born Dec. 17, 1781; Rachel Knapp, born April 28, 1784; William (2d), born March 6, 1787; Susanah Buck, born Aug. 1, 1789; Clement (2d), born Dec. 8, 1791; Eleanor, born Sept. 25, 1794; Josiah, born June 1, 1797. Margaret, wife of William (1st), died Sept. 22, 1797. William (1st) and Lettice McClung (a widow with five children) were married Nov. 28, 1797. The children of William (1st) and Lettice were is follows: Charles, born in August, 1798, and died in infancy; James, born Nov. 9, 1799; Bruce, born March 15, 1801; Pennell, born Nov. 18, 1802; Betsey Johnson, born April 14, 1804; Jefferson, born Feb. 26, 1806; Anna McNeal, born Dec. 6, 1807; Josephus, born June 28, 1810. Of all these, only two (Pennell and Betsey) are now living (1883). William (1st) died April 28, 1833. Without undertaking to trace out the different branches of the family, it is enough to say that the Cheringtons who have settled in Jackson County are mostly the descendants of Thomas, the eldest son of William (1st), which we give as follows (giving in this list ouly such of the grandchildren of Thomas as are now living) : Children and grandchildren of Thomas—William H. (the first Cherington who settled in Jackson County) and his children—Leander and Mary Kinnison; Thomas (2d), whose children were eleven in number, those yet living being in Illinois; Jeptha and his children—Columbus, Virginia French, Wilson, Almira Garvin, Cicero and Panthara; Lorenzo and his children — DeWitt, Whit. comb, Thomas, Asbury and Margaret; Margaret Stevenson; Clinton and his children—Nancy McClure and Stewart; Polly .Evans and her children—Baldwin (Auditor Jackson County), Clinton, Wellington, Timothy, Simeon, Susannah, Mary and Thomas; Betsey Jones and her children—Sarah Cunningham, Anna Lackey, Elizabeth Williams and Matilda Lackey; Finley and his children—Ozias, Harriet, Morris, Laura, Viola, Belle, Emmerson and Allery; Nancy Mannaring, whose children were six in number, those yet living being in Texas and Missouri; Anna; Sarah Evans and her daughter Minnie; 'Welling; Rachel Prose and her children—Catharine Hughes, Flora Rickards, Benton, Malinda Hughes, Adaline Rickards, Josiah, Halleck, Emma and Laura. These descendants of Thomas Cherington are most of them living in Jackson County, though a few have moved to other localities. In addition to these, several other families of Cheringtons reside in Jackson County, as follows: William, the son of William (2d), and his children—Elizabeth Johnson, Evaline Buckley and Emma Arthur; Lettice Sims, daughter of William (2d); Mary Ewing and William B. (Sheriff of Jackson County), children of Levi and grandchildren of William (2d); Rebecca Evans and Margaret Evans, daughters of Clement (2d); Josephus, son of Clement (2d); William D. (pastor Methodist Episcopal Church, Jackson, Ohio), son HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 551 of William W. and grandson of Clement (2d); William and Alice, children of Solomon and grandchildren of Clement (2d). Besides those enumerated in this article, a younger generation exists in many of the families, some of whom are grown and married. The Cheringtons are very numerous in Jackson and Gallia Counties, where they are so married and intermarried as to be related to a great many people; so much so that it is commonly said that " any one who wants the favor of Jackson and Gallia counties must never say anything against the Cheringtons, lesf he may be talking to some of their relatives." They are, as a rule, thrifty, industrious, enterprising citizens, and are generally to be found on the side of law, order and morality. In politics they are almost universally Republicans, and in religion they are, as a rule, either members or attendants of the Methodist Episcopal church. James Chesnut, dry-goods and carpet merchant and Vice-President of the Iron Bank, was born in Ross County, Ohio, in 1834, and is a son of Lemuel and Sarah (Chambers) Chesnut. The Chesnut family are of Scotch-Irish extraction, and the Chambers family of German descent. Lemuel was an early settler at Chillicothe, Ohio, and was by occupation a carpenter and millwright. He died in that city, where his widow still survives. Of their seven children James is the second of two sons and five daughters. He was reared in his native town, where he acquired his education in the public schools. Having commenced learning the baker's trade at the early age of thirteen and serving a regular apprenticeship, he was deprived of seven years' school life, which with his natural talent if it had been applied, a fine education would have resulted. At the age of twenty he came to Jackson and started a bakery with a cash capital of $60. With this small capital, economy, industry and close financiering were necessary to make it successful. After five years successfully operating the bakery he connected family groceries, which he carried jointly for several years, and gradually took in a general stock and abandoned the bakery entirely. In 1873 he erected his present neat and capacious brick business room on Main street, and makes a specialty of dry-goods and carpets. In the spring of 1880 he purchased a half interest in a large retail boot .and shoe store in Minneapolis,and in the fall of 1882 became sole proprietor, but now the firm is Chesnut & Son. They have a desirable and central location in the city, which, together with the courtesy extended to customers, has increased their business. from $35,000 to $50,000 a year. Mr. Chesnut is Vice-President, stockholder and director in the Iron Bank of Jackson, also stockholder and director in the Star Furnace at Jackson, the capital stock being $60,000, Mr. Chesnut owning one-sixth. He is a man below the average size, quick, elastic, full of business energy and integrity of principles, an ardent member and Steward in the Methodist Episcopal church. He is one of Jackson's enterprising citizens, willing to assist in all movements tending to elevate mankind or make society better. He has been twice married, first to Almira Price, who after six years married life died, leaving as the result of their union three children. His second wife is Pauline, daughter of. Hon. Elihu Johnson, of Jackson. The issue of this union is four children. Mr. Chesnut takes special interest in educating his children, fitting them with accomplishments, and gives them every possible advantage. The family belong to the Methodist Episcopal church. Elias Crandall, Vice-President and General Superintendent of the Globe Iron Company, Jackson, Ohio. With the exception of works of fiction there is no class of literature more sought after or more earnestly perused than that of biographical history, hence in 552 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. the production of a work like LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY we deem it inappropriate to call it complete without at least a brief sketch of its leading business men, and accordingly allot a space to the name above given with brief ancestral relations. His father, L. R. Crandall, was of Welsh extraction, a native of Connecticut, and his mother, Mary Tracey, a lineal descendant of the original Puritans and .a native of the same State, their ancestors on both the maternal and paternal side having been known for longevity. His father was by occupation a miller. He died in Washington County, Ohio, and his mother's death occurred in Iowa. The subject of this sketch was born near Angelica, Allegany Co., N. Y., in 1828. From 1831 to 1838 his parents lived in Warren County, after which they lived in Washington County, Ohio, where he reached his majority. During his minor life he received only a common-school education, but his business relation during life has greatly advanced his general knowledge. In 1852 he settled in Scioto County, Ohio, and was employed as store-keeper at the Empire Furnace. Four years later, having practiced economy and integrity of principle, he became a stockholder in the Empire Furnace, having now for nearly thirty years been associated in furnace work. In the fall of 1872 he moved to Jackson, Ohio, and soon after became associated with the Globe Iron Co. His experience as a furnace man is invaluable, as the success of the Fulton Furnace bears evidence. In social relations he is highly spoken of by his many friends, and together with his wife belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. In political views he is a Republican, and though not an aspirant for office, has been selected and served two terms as Chairman of the Republican Executive Committee. He is one of the well-to-do citizens of Jackson, willing to assist in all public improvements. He possesses a fine taste, which is exercised in adorning his personal property for the comfort of his family. His wife was Miss Nan. F. Forsythe, daughter of James Forsythe, a prominent furnace man of Scioto County. Mr. and Mrs. Crandall have had two children. Frank Crumit, Clerk of Courts, and one of the representative citizens of Jackson County, Ohio, is a son of Dr. C. K. Crumit of this place, and was born at New Plymouth, Vinton Co., Ohio, April 19, 1853. His pareuts having moved to Jackson when he was quite young, he had the privileges of the public schools of that place until eighteen years of age. He was married at Jackson, April 27, 1880, to V. Florence, daughter of Judge James Tripp, to whom are born two children —Charles Tripp Crumit and Kate Crumit. In politics he casts his lot with the Republican party, which in the fall of 1881 elected him to his present office, where he is serving faithfully. In religion he is free from church or creed, but belongs to the Trowel Lodge, Trowel Chapter and Chillicothe Commandery, K. T., in which he takes an active interest as well as in all movements tending to benefit the con nty. Lot Davies, Superintendent of the Buckeye Furnace, Jackson, Ohio, was born March 15, 1830, in Cardiganshire, South Wales, son of John Lot and Anna Davies, who emigrated to the United States in 1841. His mother died in Pittsburg, Pa., in the fall of 1841, while on their way to Ohio, and the father died in Gallia County, Ohio, in October, 1853. They were the parents of eight children, five of whom are still living, our subject being the youngest. He attended school a short time in Wales and also a few winters at the common schools of Gallia County. His early life was spent on his father's farm and on the farms of his neighbors, and at the age of sixteen he began working among blast furnaces. His whole business life has been spent in Jackson County. He has been foundryman at Cambria: and Jefferson furnaces, and for the past fifteen years has been General Superin- HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 553 tendent and manager of the Buckeye Furnace. Previous to the failure of the Huron Iron Company Mr. beenes had always beeh quite successful in business, but being a stockholder and indorser in that company he was a heavy loser. He was married Aug. 22, 1855, to Laura J. Williams, at Jefferson Furnace, Jackson County. They have had eight children —John L., E. Cora, I. Newton, F. Charles, Annie, M. Emma, Willie and D. Albert, four of whom are deceased. In September, 1862, Mr. Davies enlisted as a private in Company H, One Hundred and Seventeenth Ohio Vol_ unteer Infantry. The regiment was changed to the First Ohio Heavy Artillery. He received a commission. from Governor Tod, Aug. 10, 1863, and served with his regiment till the close of the war, Aug. 1, 1865. His political affiliations were with the Democratic party until the breaking out of the war, since which he has been a Republican. He is a member of the Welsh Presbyterian church, in which he is an Elder. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. John Davis was born in Fort Cumberland, Md., in 1827, a son of William J. Davis. His parents came to Ohio in 1840, locating first in Zanesville, but in 1844 removed to Jackson whereisy both died. His father was by occupation a miller, and at one time ran the Merchants' Mill at Fort Cumberland. Our subject's educational advantages were limited, and when fifteen years of age he began working in a mill. He has studied all branches of the grist and woolen mill, and thoroughly understands everything connected with a mill. He is now general manager and one of the proprietors of the Franklin Mills, having worked his way up by industry and good judgment. He married Susan E. Burns. Patrick Delaney is a native of Pennsylvania and of Irish parentage. He was almost reared in a coal mine, beginning to work in one when only ten years of age. He came to Ohio in 1856, when twenty-one years of age, and in 1870 came to Jackson. In 1881 he purchased ten acres of the coal vein on section 7, Coal Township. The vein is about thirty-four inches thick and of good Jackson Hill coal. C. S. Dickason, stock-dealer, Jackson, is a son of Reuben, a grandson of John, and great grandson of Jacob Dickason. The latter was by occupation a farmer, became an early setler in Fayette County, Ohio, and died near Washington C.-H, at an advanced age. John Dickason was born in Rockingham County, Md., by occupation a farmer, and lived and died in his native State. He was a patriot in the Revolutionary war, under General Washington, and was a man of strong constitution, and lived to a ripe old age. His wife was Ann Smith, who was born near Morefield,Va., of Irish parentage, and died in Monroe County, W. Va., nearly 100 years old. Of their ten children Reuben is the eighth, and the only survivor (one of a pair of twins). He was born in Monroe County, W. Va., Dec. 2, 1795, and was reared in his native State to farm life, and acquired only a limited education. He married Catharine Miller, daughter of Jacob and Ruth (White) Miller, of German and English descent, respectively. Reuben and wife, in 1816, moved from Virginia and settled in Madison County, Ohio, two years later in Ross County, and in 1819 moved to Jackson County, Ohio, within three and a half miles of Jackson. He first entered eighty acres of land, and subsequently added to it until he owned 240 acres, which he cleared and improved, enduring all the hardships connected with pioneer life in a new country. He followed farming through life, but is now, at the age of eighty-eight, retired with his son C. S., in Jackson. His wife died March 18, 1865. She was the mother of six children—John W. (deceased), Ruth, Jacob, T. B., (all three in Kansas, and the latter Probate Judge in Brown County, of that State), Chas. S. and Margaret A.. The 554 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY Pike County, Ohio, but C. S. is the only one living in Jackson County, where he was born June 12, 1830, and has been a resident of the county ever since. FIe was reared to farm life, and acquired a common-school education. He followed farming and stock-raising until 1866, when he moved to Jackson. He then relinquished farming and combined stock dealing with merchandising, which he conducted jointly until 1881. Since that time stock dealing has received his entire attention, and he is now one of the leading dealers of the counfy in cattle and sheep. With his long experience in handling cattle, there are few men whose knowledge equals his on this subject, and while he trades close he always thinks of keeping in the bounds of honor and integrity. He is active in life, plain, unvarnished in his address, yet courteous in its true sense. In politics he is Democratic, arid has accepted a number of offices of honor and trust, but has never been an aspirant. He has at all times been willing to assist in furthering such enterprises as tend to elevate the community and the upbuilding of the county. On July 2, 1853, he married Samantha Rice. The issue of this union is five children, and all have received a good education. J. M. Downey, attorney at law, Jackson, Ohio, was born in Harrisonville, Scioto County, Ohio, May 29, 1860, a son of Nathaniel and Sidney (Stephenson) Downey. his parents removed to Jackson, Ohio, when he was an infant, and are still residents of this city. J. M. was educated in the Jackson schools, and graduated in 1880. In the summer of 1879 he began the study of law under John T. Moore, and May 31, 1882, graduated from the Cincinnati Law School. He was admitted to the bar the following June, and is now one of the promising young attorneys of Jackson. Hon. Porter Du Hadway, deceased, was born April 7, 1828, in Jackson County, Ohio, a son of Daniel Du Hadway, who was born in Paris, France, but when he was two years old his father emigrated to the United States and settled near Dover, Del., where his parents died, his mother living to the advanced age of 104 years. Daniel was a patriot in the war of 1812, and at its close took up his headquarters at Chillicothe, Ohio. About 1817 he became a resident of Jackson County, where he spent most of his time at the shoemaker's bench. His wife was Elizabeth Porter, a native of New York, and at the time of their marriage a resident of Athens County, Ohio. She died prematurely in 1835, but Daniel survived until 1875, aged ninety-three years, having spent from 1836 to 1844 in France, his native land. Hon. Porter Du Hadway was the sixth of his father's family, and was born April 7, 1828, in Jackson County, but being left motherless at an early age, and his father returning to France, he was left to manage for himself. At the age of seventeen he commenced learning the trade of his father (shoemaking), to which he gave his attention until 1857, having come to Jackson in 1847, at which time he commenced taking educational instructions under time tutorship of Hon. J. W. Longbon, having up to this time received no education at all. He applied himself diligently in the shop during the day and at his books at night, hence ere long he had accomplished two important ends —his trade completed and a fair education. In 1855 he commenced reading law under Hon. Levi Dungan (deceased), and in 1837 he was elected Clerk of the Court, which office he held until 1860. In that year he was examined by the Supreme Court of Ohio and admitted to the bar. fie at once commeuced the practice of his chosen profession in Jackson, which he followed exclusively until 1873. In the fall of this year he was elected Judge of the Common Pleas Court from time Seventh Judicial District on the Democratic ticket, although it was a strong Republican district, composed of Jackson, Vinton, Pike and Sci- HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 555 oto counties. ['Pon the expiration of his term he resumed the practice of law, but failing health soon caused him to relinquish it, and on Nov. 9, 1880, he passed away. Beside the offices mentioned the Judge held many others of honor and trust which his honor and integrity brought him, as he never solicited any office save that to which he was elected in 1857. In religion the Judge was not circumscribed to any creed or church. The life of the Judge was one of activity. He possessed some remarkable traits of character. Without an academic education, he yet acquired a reputation as a jurist. His aptitude to judge of men and things stood him instead of scholastic training. The Judge was married Sept. 10, 1850, to Mary, daughter of Eli Moore, of Jackson County. She died in 1853 leaving two children., one of whom still lives. In December, 1857, he married Mrs. Mary A. Bennett, by whom he had six children; four are still living. At a meeting of the members of the bar of Jackson County to consider the proper action to take concerning the death of Judge Du Hadway, the following resolntious were adopted : Resolved, That in the death of Judge Porter Du Hadway the community has lost one in whom high trust and confidence have been often reposed, the bar, one of its ablest members. and his family, a husband and father, whose memory they now cherish as dear to them. Resolved, That to his family, and especially to his widow, we extend our cordial sympathy. Resolved, That this memorial and accompanying resolution be entered upon the journals of this court. Resolved, That a copy be furnished to each newspaper in the town of Jackson for publication; and that all the papers of this, the Seveuth Judicial District, be requested to copy the same. Also, that a copy be furnished the family of the deceased. David D. Dungan was born in Beaver County, Pa., July 18, 1833, the youngest of nine children of Levi and Margaret (Cameron) Dungan. His grandfather, Levi Dungan, was of English birth, and married a Welsh lady. His maternal grandfather was of Irish birth, and married a Scotch lady. His father was born in Beaver County, Pa. ; his mother was a native of the same State. In 1844 they removed to Muskingum County, where they both died—past fourscore years of age. David D. received a common-school education. He remained with his parents till 1856, when he came to Jackson County and was engaged in selling goods at the Old Cincinnati Furnace. In 1862 he became established in general merchandising, and has since carried on a prosperous business with the exception of two years he was at Starr Furnace. He now has the leading grocery and provision store in Jackson. Politically Mr. Dungan favors the Democratic party. He is k member of the Presbyterian church. He was married in December, 1860, to Mary A., daughter of George W. Hale. They have had five children, only four now living—A. M., wife of Morris Sternberger; Ralph H., Ernest L. and Clyde. Mr. Dungan owns 108 acres of good pasture and mineral land where he resides, near the city. Irvine Dungan, attorney at law, Jackson, Ohio, was born in Cannonsburg, Washington Co., Pa., May 29, 1844, a son of William H. and Jane Dungan, of Irish and Scotch descent, his grandmother being Margaret Cameron. The family on first coming to America settled in Philadelphia. His parents were married in Beaver County, Pa., in 1842. They subsequently removed to Ohio, locating first in Muskingum County, and afterward in Jefferson County. In 1854 they removed to Salem, Henry Co., Iowa, where his mother died in 1855 of cholera. Irvine then lived at his grandfather's, in Muskingum County, Ohio, two years, when his father married again and took him to Iowa. He attended the Den- 556 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY mark Academy, Iowa, two years, when his father failed in business and removed to a farm near Crawfordsville, Iowa, but allowed him his time. He worked his way through Washington College, being in the senior year wile' the war broke out. He volunteered in the Nineteenth Iowa Infantry, which took part in the Missouri and Arkansas campaigns, and at Vicksburg. Sept. 29, 1863, in the battle at Morganza, he was captured and remained a prisoner ten months. He made two efforts to escape traveling over 800 miles in the two attempts, but was re-captured both times. He was finally exchanged in July, 1864, at the mouth of Red River. He was afterward at Fort Gaines and Morgan and in the fighting around the bay at Mobile, where the rebel General Richard Taylor at last surrendered, May 4, 1865. After the war Mr. Dungan came to Ohio and taught in the grammar department of the Jackson schools and was Superintendent one year. In the meantime he studied law with Levi Dungan and in September, 1867, was admitted to the bar, and has since been engaged in the practice of his profession. In 1868, 1870 and 1872 he was a candidate for Prosecuting Attorney but was defeated each time by John L. Jones. In 1868 he was elected Mayor of Jackson. In 1877 he was elected Senator from the Seventh District by 948 majority. He served on the Judiciary ,and Finance committees, the two chief committees of the Senate; also on the committees on Geological Survey, Mines and Mining, Girls' Reform School, and was Chairman of the committees on " Corporations other than Municipal," Universities and Colleges, and Enrollment. He was regarded as one of the hardest workers in the Senate. He took special interest in reforming the abuses of what is known as the truck system, and procured the passage of laws against paying labor in scrip. He was the author of a bill to prevent unjust discrimination by railroads in freights, and procured numerous reforms in legislation, among them being the reduction of penalty for delinquent taxes from fifty and twenty-five per cent. to twenty-five and fifteen per cent. He has been attorney of the First National Bank of Jackson thirteen years, and is the local attorney of the Ohio Southern and C., W. & B. Railroad. Politically he has always been a Democrat and has taken an active interest in the success of that party. Mr. Dungan's ancestors were Presbyterians and he also adheres to the doctrines of that church. He has three children—Irvine Laird, Nellie Margaret and Emma Corinne, aged fourteen, eleven and seven years respectively. Hon. Levi Dungan was born in Beaver County, Pa.,Dec. 28, 1814, of Scotch-Irish parents, his father, Levi Dungan, coining from ancestry from County Tyrone,Ireland, and his mother, Margaret Cameron, from pure Scotch parentage. The subject of this sketch was educated at Franklin College, Ohio, and studied law in Steubenville, Ohio, under James Collier, with Colonel O. F. Moore, Edwin M. Stanton, James May Dungan and Samuel Russell. In 1842 he located in Jackson, Jackson Co., Ohio, having but recently been admitted, where he resided until his death, in 1883. In 1843 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney, and held that office three terms, until 1851. In 1863 he was the Democratic candidate for State Senator but was defeated with his party, and in 1866 he was the Democratic candidate for Common Pleas Judge and was again defeated. In the spring of 1867 he was elected Mayor of Jackson, and in thefall of 1867 was chosen Representative for Jackson County to the General Assembly of Ohio. He was for many years an active, useful member of the Board of Education of the towu of Jackson. On the evening of Feb. 10, 1883, as he was returning home from seeing a sick grandchild, he walked over a cliff and the fall broke his neck, killing him instantly. He left four children living by his first wife and six by his second. He was a man of earnest, HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 557 uncompromising, original ideas, whose opinions his bitterest opponents respected for their sincerity, and whose too open-handed charities to others impoverished himself. He practically loved his neighbor as himself. Until his death he was the same clear-minded, active man. The day of his death he had just returned from the trial of an important murder case in Pike County. There was never a stronger man to a jury among the bar of Jacksou. He was an active, industrious, impulsive, sociable and sincere man, and left only the kindest memories among the members of the bar who survived him. G. A. Ewing, M. D., was born in Ewing-ton, Gallia Co., Ohio, in 1834, the third of five children of George Ewing, a native of Virginia, born Jan. 21, 1807, and died in Gallia County, May 1, 1883. Dr. Ewing's Great-grandfather Ewing was a native of Scotland but died in Virginia. His grandfather, William Ewing, was born in Virginia in 1756 and was in the Revolutionary war. He died in Gallia County, Ohio, Oct. 27, 1822. Dr. Ewing was reared a farmer, receiving a common-school education. At twenty years of age he began teaching and taught seven years. In the late war he enlisted as a private in Company A, Fifty-sixth Ohio Infantry, but was appointed Hospital Steward and served hi that capacity six months when he was discharged on account of physical disability. He commenced the study of medicine in 1857 under Dr. Ira Holcomb, of Vinton, Gallia Co., Ohio. He graduated at the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, in 1866, and located in Ewington. In the fall of 1881 he removed to Jackson, where he now has a liberal share of the patronage. He married Mary Cherington, of Gallia County, a sister of Sheriff Cherington, of Jackson County. They have four children—Mrs. Ida E. Bane, U. B. G., Anna P. and Solomon K. Dr. Ewing has been a member of the Masonic fraternity 'since 1855, and has taken the de- grees up to and including the council. He and his wife are members of the Methodist church. Politically he is a Republican. John M. Ewing, ex-Sheriff of Jackson County, was born in Madison County, Ohio, Jan. 16, 1842, the eldest of six children of Peter and Elizabeth (Clements) Ewing. His father died in 1867, and his mother is now living in Jackson. When he was five years of age his parents came to Jackson where he was reared and educated. When sixteen years of age he was employed as engineer at the Mount Vernon Furnace, Lawrence County. He remained there and at the old Diamond Furnace, Jackson County, till 1868, with the exception of two years that he served in the late war in the First Ohio Heavy Artillery. From 1868 till 1874 he was deputy under Sheriffs J. H. Wilson, Johnson Wade and R. W. Hubbard. In the latter year he was elected Sheriff and re-elected in 1876. Since the expiration of his last term of service he has lived a rather retired life. Mr. Ewing was married Sept. 30,1871, to Mary E. Farrar, of Jackson County. She died April 26, 1882, aged thirty-three years. Of their three children but two are living—Sophia and John. Alta is deceased. Mr. Ewing is a Knight Templar Mason and is Junior Warden of his lodge. George W Harbarger was born in Clarion County, Pa., June 30, 1845, a son of John and Susannah (Hyskill) Harbarger. His ancestors were among the early settlers of the Shenandoah Valley, in Virginia. His parents were married in 1842, and in 1859 removed to Hamden, Vinton Co., Ohio. His father enlisted in 1861,in Company D, Second Virginia Cavalry, and served four years. In 1868 he removed to Columbus, Ohio, where he now resides. Our subject is the second of nine children. His mother died in 1875, and his father afterward married J ennie Partello. Mr. Harbarger is self educated, was a teacher in the public schools of Jackson County from 558 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. 1863 until the fall of 1879, when he was appointed Superintendent of the Jackson County Infirmary, a position he still occupies. He is Secretary of the State Association of Infirmary Officials, which meets annually at Columbus, Ohio, and was Secretary of the County Agricultural Society for a number of years. He is a member of the County Literary Society and is prominently identified with the County Teachers' Association, and is now serving his sixth year as a member of the County Board of School Examiners. Politically he is a Republican. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church since 1861, and was licensed as a local preacher in 1871. He was married in 1865 to .Nannie A. (McKinniss) Haslett and has two sons. Joseph Humphries, of the Jackson Coal and Lumber Company, was born in Wilkesville, Vinton Co., Ohio, in 1829, a son of Joseph and Nancy (Spencer) Humphries. His parents were early settlers of Wilkesville and both died in 1830., leaving five children—John W., Elizabeth, Sarah, Nancy and Joseph. The latter was taken by James S. and Harmion Dixon, of Jackson, by whom he was reared and educated. At the age of seventeen he began farming for himself and followed that occupation till twenty-five, after which he was engaged in saw-milling and lumbering, and was for a time in the flouring mill in Berlin, Ohio. During the late war he was a member of the Home Guards and was on duty at Johnson's Island. Since 1867 he has been a resident of Jackson, and until 1882 was engaged in farming and dealing in stock. Jan. 24 of the latter year he was the prime mover in the organization of the Jackson Coal and Lumber Company, and has charge of the office at the west end of Main street. They have stock valued at $10,000, consisting of all kinds of building lumber and materials; also feed, baled hay, corn, bran, etc. Mr. Humphries was married in 1851 to Sarah Littrell, who died in August, 1865, leaving eight children. In 1868 he married Elizabeth Hurst. Mr. and Mrs. Humphries are members of the Methodist church. Politically he is a Republican and has always taken an active part in political matters. In the spring of 1883 he was elected a Trustee of Lick Township. J. R. Hunter, ex-County Treasurer, Jackson, is a son of Archibald Hunter, who was of Scotch extraction and born in Eastern Pennsylvania in 1775, but died in Jackson County, Ohio, in 1851. He was reared to farm life, which, together with tanning, he followed mostly through life. His wife was Margaret Harvey, who settled with him and eight children in Carroll County, Ohio,in 1837, and in 1849 in Jackson County. His widow still survives, aged eighty-six years. Of their nine children J. R. is the third, and was born Dec. 12, 1825, in Washington County, Penn. His parents reared him on the farm and gave him the opportunities of acquiring a fair education, which was completed at the Carrollton Academy in Carroll County, Ohio. His perceptive faculties were keen, and his attentive. ness as a student, together with his stability of principle, enabled him to acquire a thorough education, which he utilized by becoming a teacher quite young, a profession he followed for about twenty years with good success, both as a disciplinarian and instructor. His method of governing was kind yet firm and he at all times was held in high esteem by his pupils and patrons. He came to Jackson County the same year that his father moved here, commencing life for himself, and by practicing economy and industry ere long became the owner of a fine farm, partly in Franklin and partly in Scioto townships. The cares of this in 1865 became so great that he abandoned teaching. He had for some time given considerable attention to stock, which from 1865 increased very much and still receives due attention. His political affiliations have always been cast with the Republican HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 559 party which, in the fall of 1875, honored him with the office of Treasurer of Jackson County, to which he was re-elected in the fall of 1877, running in advance of his ticket. The office was filled two terms with unquestioned integrity and uprightness of principle. He then retired, laying all duties aside save superintending his farm. In religion he is an ardent supporter of the Methodist Episcopal church, to which his wife also belongs. He was first married in 1851 to Eliza Parks, a native of Virginia, but mostly reared in Jackson County, Ohio, where she died. They had born to them six children, five of whom were living at the time of her death and three now survive. In January, 1881, he married for his second wife Mrs. Lizzie, the widow of J. G. Norris, whose maiden name was Buxton, a native of Pittsburg, Pa., but since about 1854 a resident of Ohio. W. S. Garr, Assistant Superintendent of the O. S. R. R., Jackson, was born in Elmira, Chemung Co., N. Y., Oct. 4, 1849, a son of Jacob and Urani (Withiam) Garr, natives of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, his father being of German parentage. His father died in Elmira; his mother is now residing at Ft. Wayne, Ind. He received a common-school education, but when only fourteen years of age was employed by the Northern Central R. R. as switchman at Elmira. June 5, 1869, he was employed on the Erie R. R. as condnctor from Port Jervis to Jersey City. Four years later he accepted a like position on the Northern Central R. R., and June 20, 1882, was appointed to his present position, located at Jackson. He has exclusive charge of all the switches and the main line of the road from Jackson to Wellston. He was married in 1876 to Mrs. Sarah K. Southard, of St. Albans, Vt. George R. Goddard, manager of the Chapman Coal Mine, was born in Jackson County, Ohio, in 1837, the fourth of nine children of Edward H. and Jane (Hildebrand) Goddard. His father was a native of Massachusetts, but when a boy came with his parents to Ohio and located in Washington County. In 1838 he came to Jackson County, where he died, aged forty-two years. His mother was a daughter of John Hildebrand and is a native of Pennsylvania. Her father settled in Washington County, Ohio, in 1820. She now resides in Milton Township. Mr. Goddard spent several years in Kansas and Washington County, Ohio, but in 1880 returned to Jackson County and for two years was engaged in mining in the Starr Mines. In September, 1882, he accepted his present position. He was married in 1862 to Maria L. Tullis, by whom he has two children—Alwyn and Emma 0. In 1870 he married Emily A. Demmick, of Jackson County. They have five children—Charles, Carl C., Mabel C., and Howard C. and Harry L. (twins). B. Gray, proprietor of the Jackson Foundry and Machine Shops, was born near Kingston, Ulster Co. , N. Y., March 3, 1826, the eighth of eleven children of Jesse Gray, and the grandson of Benoni Gray, an early settler of Boston, Mass. He received his education in New York, living there till manhood. He learned the trade of pattern-maker and machinist in Ellenville, N. Y. In 1847 he married Ann Sarlls and in 1854 came to Ohio, locating at Hamden, where his wife died in 1856, leaving five children. In 1858 he married Huldah K. Persons. Mr. Gray came to Jackson County in 1869 and settled on a farm two miles east of Jackson. In 1873 he moved into town and the following year erected his foundry. Politically Mr. Gray is a Republican. He is a member of the Presbyterian church. J. B. Johnson, M. D., was born Aug. 18, 1825, in Delaware, a son of John and Susan Johnson, his father a native of England and his mother of Delaware. J. B. was the second of three children. He came to Ohio, settling in Pickaway County, in 1842. In 1844 560 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY he began reading medicine under Dr. Jewitt, of Dayton. In 1846 he began his practice and in 1848 located in Ross County; and later removed to Scioto Township, Jackson County, locating at Grahamsville. He afterward removed to Franklin Township, and in May, 1877, came to Jackson. He is one of the most successful physicians of Jackson County and has an extended practice. When he first came to this county, thirty-five years ago, it was in some places almost unexplored, and as a pioneer physician he had many difficulties to contend with. He was married to Catha- rine Trexler, of Jackson County. They have four children—John, operating an iron store at Wellston ;William B., Franklin and Rachel. Eben J. Jones, manager of the Jefferson Furnace Company, was born in Jefferson Township, Dec. 4, 1851, a son of John H. Jones. He received a common-school educa- tion and afterward attended the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio. In 1872- '73 he taught school, but in the spring of 1873 entered the employ of the Jefferson Fur- nace Company, where, since 1876, he has been manager. He was married in 1876 to Jane A. Evans, daughter of David J. Evans, of Jackson County. They have four children. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are members of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist church. Evan C. Jones, County Surveyor of Jack- son County, Ohio, was born in Jackson Coun- ty, June 1, 1841, a son of Evan C. Jones. He was reared on the farm, receiving a common-school education, but from 1865 to 1870 was engaged in saw-milling in Jackson, Scioto and Pike counties. In the latter year he went to Kansas intending to make that State his home, but in 1875 returned to Ohio. He served two terms as Surveyor of Rice County, Kas., and one term as County Superintendent. Since his return to Ohio he has lived the greater part of the time in Jackson County. From 1875 till 1879 he was engaged in farming and saw-milling. In March, 1879, he was recommended by the county commissioners for the appointment of County Surveyor and is now serving his second term in that capacity. In 1863 Mr. Jones enlisted in Company H, First Ohio Heavy Artillery, and served till August, 1865. He married Maggie, daughter of David Perry, of Jackson County. They have three children. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are members of the Welsh Presbyterian church. lie is a member of the Masonic fraternity, of the blue lodge at Portland, chapter at Jackson, and commandery at Portsmouth. Ezekiel T. Jones, Receiver for the Huron Furnace Company, a son of Thomas Jones, was born in Meigs County, Ohio, in 1837, but with the exception of seven years spent in Brazil, Clay Co., Ind., has lived in Jackson County since 1838. He was educated in the common schools and at the Ohio University, Athens. He commenced work at stone-cutting when sixteen years of age, and when nineteen superintended the building of the Oak Ridge Furnace in Lawrence County, Ohio, and afterward the Zaleski Furnace in Vinton County. He subsequently repaired furnaces till 1864, when he became a contractor of stone-work, on the bridge of the M. & C. R. R. The following year he superintended the building of the Orange Furnace in Jackson. In the spring of 1867 he went to Clay County, Ind., and erected the Planet Furnace at Brazil, which he operated successfully till 1873. In 1868 he married Julia Harshbarger, of Virginia. In 1873 he removed to Jackson to take stock in and superintend the building of the Tropic Furnace (now Tropic Iron Company). He had the charge of this furnace till 1878 when he was induced to become a candidate for Sheriff of Jackson County on the Democratic ticket. Although that party was in the minority he was elected by a fair majority and served one term. In the summer of 1878 he became engaged in mineral operations but abandoned his connections during his term of office. In HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 561 the spring of 1881 he became a stockholder and superintended the opening of the Alice Mine in Coal Township, which he managed till September, 1882, when he was appointed to his present position. J. C. Jones, coal operator, of Jackson, Ohio, of the firm Jones & Morgan and Secretary of the Tropic Iron Company, Jackson, Ohio, is a son of Evan C. Jones, who was a native of South Wales, born March 17, 1805. He matnred in his native country, where he learned the trade of coopering. In the year 1836 he married Elizabeth Jones (no relation), a native of the same country. In 1838 they emigrated to the United States and settled in Madison Township, Jackson Co., Ohio,where Mr. Jones died Nov. 5, 1865, and. his wife Sept. 15, 1882. They were both members of the Welsh Presbyterian church. In politics he believed in the principles of the Republican party. He was a man of medium-sized frame, heavy set and strong constitution. His wife was of average size, having an excellent constitution. They had born to them four children—John, born Oct. 7, 1838; Evan, June 1, 1841; David, Jan. 30, 1844; and Daniel, Sept. 20, 1847, whom they reared with credit to themselves and the children. The youngest son, Daniel, was unfortunately killed by the explosion of a saw-mill boiler in Jefferson Township, of this county, Nov. 29, 1876. The three older brothers still survive. We make a special mention of John, the eldest. He was born in this county and grew to manhood near Oak Hill, receiving a common-school education. He has been engaged in business as a clerk since 1863, serving as secretary of the Tropic Iron Company since June 1, 1879. His political affiliations are in the behalf of the Republican party, though not an aspirant for any office. In religion he adheres to the Welsh Presbyterian church. He is a man of average size, square shoulders, full-chested, stands erect, and has fair health. Miles Jones, of the Jones Coal Company, - 36 - was born Aug. 22, 1843, a son of Thomas and Sarah (Miles) Jones. When eighteen years of age he commenced life for himself by working on a farm, but in September, 1862, enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Seventeenth Ohio Infantry, and was subsequently transferred to the First Ohio Heavy Artillery. After the war he resumed farming in Franklin Township. In March, 1873, he removed to Jackson, where he was engaged to manage the Huron Furnace. After the suspension of the furnace he dealt in stock, but in 1878 became associated with his brothers, E. T. and T. M., in coal mining. He for a time had an interest in the Huron and Tropic furnaces, but now has no interest in either, although employed at the latter. He. is superintendent of the Jones Coal Company. Dec. 25, 1872, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Moses and Alice. Carrick, early settlers of Milton Township. Mrs. Jones died April 5, 1875, leaving one child—Lizzie F. Hon. R. E. Jones, attorney and legislator, Jackson, Ohio, was born in North Wales, May 26, 1841, and is the son of Evans It and Catharine (Hugh) Jones, both of whom were also natives of that country. Mr. Evans Jones with his wife and two children, R. H. and J ane, emigrated to America in the fall of 1844, and located at Akron, Ohio; subsequently in Mahoning County, Ohio, where he followed mining. During the great lead excitement in Wisconsin, in 1849, he moved to Dodgeville, in that State; but, becoming dissatisfied, returned East the same fall, settling near Sharon, Pa., and later in Jackson County, Ohio. After a brief residence here he, in 1852. became a land owner in Lawrence County and engaged in farming. In 1854 he returned to Wisconsin, settling at La Crosse, but soon returned. On his way East by steamer his wife died of cholera, and was interred on the Kentucky shore, fifteen miles below Louisville. He pressed on with his five motherless children to Jackson County, 562 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. where he found foster families for all save R. H., whom he apprenticed to learn the saddler's trade at Oak Hill. After the expiration of his apprenticeship he worked at Ironton and Portsmouth until the Southern States threatened the destruction of the Union, when he offered his services on the first call for troops, enlisting in three months' service in Company A, Eighteenth Ohio Infantry, to suppress the threatening disaster. In July of the same year his term expired, but eight days later (on the 6th of August)he re-entered the service under General Hickenlooper's Fifth Ohio Independent Battery, for three years. Owing to his physical disability he was discharged in October of 1862, having been engaged on the 3d and 4th of the same month in the battle of Corinth. Preceding the battle of Corinth on April 6 and 7, engaged in battle of Shiloh. During his stay at home, in the summer of 1863, his health improved, and September 19 of the same year he again entered the military service as Second Lieutenant of Company A, Fifth United States Colored Troops, at Camp Delaware, Ohio, serving in actual duty until the close of the Rebellion, having been commissioned as Captain in May, 1865. While in the battle of Shiloh his horse was shot from under him. In December, 1863, he was in the foraging expedition under General Wild from Norfolk to Elizabeth City, N. C. Subsequently he was transferred and landed at City Point, May 4, 1864, after which he was in nearly all the battles that took place in and about Petersburg and Richmond. His regiment, composed of parts of forces, engaged in both expeditions against Fort Fisher in December, 1864, and January, 1865, taking part in the sanguinary battle that resulted in the fall of this next to impregnable fort or fortress. He returned home after his final muster out, October, 1865, and located in Jackson, and in December, 1866, in Oak Hill, Ohio, and resumed his trade, and at the same time commenced the reading of law. He conducted his trade until 1873, when he relinquished it for the practice of law, having been admitted to the bar in April, 1872. He practiced in Oak Hill until April, 1883, when he located in Jackson, Ohio. The early education of Mr. Jones was very limited, having never had but three months' schooling. Yet by his unflinching energy and determination he has acquired a good practical knowledge of the various branches outside of his profession. His political affiliations are in accordance with the Republican party, which, in the fall of 1881, elected him to the Sixty-Fifth General Assembly of Ohio, from Jackson County, and he is now renominated for election in the fall of 1883. He was married April 28, 1868, to Maria S. Hanna, of Jackson County, Ohio, by whom he has had six children, all now living. Thomas Jones North was born in North Wales, March 12, 1811, the eldest of three children of Thomas and Elizabeth (Evans) Jones. The most of his boyhood days were spent in the coal mines, and in 1829 he emigrated to the United States, settling in Pittsburg, Pa., where he lived seven years. He there married Sarah Miles, a daughter of Thomas Miles who, with her parents, came to America from North Wales in 1829. In 1836 Mr. Jones North moved to Jefferson Township, Jackson Co., Ohio, where he bought 120 acres of land. He now owns 280 acres in Franklin Township, and some town property. He followed coal mining six years in Ohio in connection with farming, subsequently quarrying stone. In September, 1882, he moved to Jackson, where he is now living a retired life. Mr. and Mrs. Jones North are members of the Baptist church. They have a family of thirteen children—T. M., Mary, John M., E. T., Elizabeth, Miles, Jonah, Hannah, Sarah, Susan,- Isaac, Margaret J. and HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 563 William H. He was the first Welsh voter in Jefferson Township, having been naturalized in Pennsylvania. T. M. Jones was born in Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 29, 1832, the eldest of thirteen children of Thomas and Sarah (Miles) Jones, the former a native of North Wales, born in 1811. In 1838 his parents removed to Jackson, where they still reside. When sixteen years of age he began to learn the stonemason's trade, working at it till 1857. He superintended the building of the Jefferson, Latrobe and Yonng America furnaces. He was for twenty-five years manager of furnaces, and was a stockholder in the Jefferson and Star. The latter is the only stone-coal furnace in Jackson County that ever paid a dividend to the stockholders. In 1882–'83 he erected the Jones Music Hall, corner of Main and Church streets. It is 60 x 87-i- feet, with a seating capacity of 1,200. It has a good stage, scenery, etc., and cost $20,000. He is now connected with the Jackson Coal Company, the Jones Coal Company, and is also interested in the lands operated by Jones & Morgan. He also owns a fine grazing farm of 280 acres joining the corporation of Jackson, and has in the past made a specialty of fine Durham cattle. Mr. Jones shipped the first car load of coal from Coalton, on the Springfield, Jackson & Pomeroy Railroad. He also opened the first coal mine near Coal-ton, now the property of the Kelly Coal Company. Politically he is a Republican. He was married in 1858 to Elizabeth, daughter of William Davis. They have a family of five children. Marion Kesinger, superintendent and overseer of the banks of the Molder & Kesinger mine, was born in Monroe County, Va., in 1845. He was reared on a farm, receiving a common-school education. He came to Jackson County, Ohio, in 1862, and in 1863 enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Ohio Infantry. He served six months, and on his return home enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Seventy-third Ohio Infantry. He participated in the battle of Nashville, Tenn. After his return home he was engaged by Mr. Mohler as bank boss of his mine, and held the position till the present firm was organized. He was married in 1871 to Maggie, daughter of Beverly Keenan, of Jackson County. John Charles Kyle, coal operator, Jackson, Ohio, was born at Youngstown, Mahoning Co., Ohio, June 12, 1855, a son ..of Alexander Stewart and Mary W. (Henderson) Kyle, his father a native of Ohio and his mother of Pennsylvania. The latter died Feb. 20, 1866. His parents were married at Hendersonville, Mercer Co., Pa., Jan. 25, 1842, and had a family of three children. The subject of our sketch received a common-school education at Youngstown, and graduated from the Iron City Commercial College at Pittsburg, Pa. In his younger days he was engaged in prospecting for coal, but in January, 1879, located in Jackson, and has been operating in and mining coal. Politically he is a Republican. He was elected a member of the City Council in April, 1881. He was married Dec. 25, 1879, to Mary Lee Fellows, of Youngstown, Ohio. They have but one daughter—Mary Roberts. Mr. Kyle is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and belongs to Lodge No. 132, Jackson, Ohio. J. W. Laird, attorney at law, was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, Feb. 20, 1822, a son of John and Phoebe (Ford) Laird, the former a native of Pennsylvania, of Scotch descent, and the latter of Virginia, of English descent. He was reared in Chillicothe, and there received his early education. When eighteen years of age he began the study of medicine under Dr. L. W. Foulke, of Chillicothe, and attended lectures at Louisville, Ky. After a practice of three years—one in Indiana and two in Jackson, where he located in 1844—he, in 1846, began the publication of   564 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. the Jackson Standard. In 1855 he opened a private banking house. In 1859, having for a number of years been reading law, he was admitted to the bar and has since been practicing in Jackson. Politically Mr. Laird is a Republican. He has served several terms as Mayor of Jackson. In 1850 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the Constitutional Convention in the interest of the Whig party. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since 1845, and has taken all the de_ grees up to Knight Templar, including the order of High Priesthood. Mr. Laird was married in 1843 to Mary Marshall, a native of England, born July 16, 1824. Of their ten children but seven are living. Mr. and Mrs. Laird are members of the Methodist Episcopal chLaird J. W. Laird, Jr., was born in Jackson County, Ohio, a son of J. W. Laird. His boyhood daysinere spent iu school, and after attaining his majority he taught school several terms, but owing to ill-health he abandoned teaching, and in 1880 began the manufacture of brick. He is also engaged in contracting, and uses all the brick of his own manufacture and the most of that manufactured by two other parties. He was the first brick burner to furnish what the town demanded. Among the leading contracts taken and completed by him are the Catholic parsonage, the new school building (cost, $7,000), Jones's Music Hall, Lutheran church, many fine residences on Pearl street, the Masonic hall at Portland, the residence of J. W. Laird, and the brick work on the present jail. Mr. Laird is one of the energetic young men of Jackson, and is second to no contractor in the county. He was married to Sallie Reed. John A. Lloyd, merchant tailor, was born May 3, 1839, in South Wales, a son of John and Mary Lloyd, who were married in Wales about 1828. They emigrated to America in 1840, settling in Madison Township, Jacks m County, where the father died July 6, 1841. They had six children, three of whom are deceased. John A. was reared in Madison Township, where he attended the district schools eight terms, the school being held only three months of the year. Oct. 19, 185 he commenced learning The tailor's trade with David L. Evans, of Oak Hill, Ohio, and in 1865 engaged in merchant tailoring and general merchandising at Centerville, Gallia Co., Ohio. All his property was destroyed by fire March 17, 1873. He moved to Jackson, November, 1873. He was married Nov. 14, 1867, at Centerville, Ohio, to Elizabeth Thomas. They have two children— Homer Alfred and Mary Cora. Mr. Lloyd was Postmaster at Thur. man (Centerville) from 1867 till 1873; was Mayor of Centerville eight consecutive years, and served as Township Treasurer two years. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and is a member of the Presbyterian church. J. A. Long, manager of the Eureka Coal Mine, was born Feb. 24, 1847. His grandfather, Elias Long, was a native of Virginia, but in 1816, with his wife and children, settled in Jackson, Ohio, where he died. An. drew, the eldest of his children, was born in Virginia in 1810, and the greater part of his life was a farmer. He married Eliza, daughter of Hon. John James, of Jackson County. She was born in 1810 and died in 1874. Mr. Long died in 1869. J. A. was the youngest of their four children. Although reared on a farm he received a liberal education. In the spring of 1868 he was appointed Deputy Auditor. In 1869 he was appointed Treasurer of Jackson County. Dec. 10, 1873, he bought the dry goods house of C. S. Dickinson & Co. He subsequently was at the Franklin Mills two years when he opened the Eureka Mine, He is stockholder and director of the Iron Bank, Jackson. Politically he is a Republican; in religious faith a Methodist. Oct.10, 1870, he married Ella Dascomb, of Chillicothe, Ohio. They have four children. John L. Long, merchant, is a son of Elias HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 565 a grandson of Elias Long, the latter a native of Pennsylvania and of German extraction. He was a patriot in the Revolutionary war and subsequently located in Philadelphia, where he followed butchering, and finally settled in Frederick County, Va., where after several years hotel-keeping he died. Of his children Elias, Jr., was the third, and was born in Philadelphia in the year the Declaration of Independence was declared (1776). He matured mostly in his native city but when verging on manhood he went to Frederick County, Va., and there married Barbara Correll, a native of Rockingham County,Va., but of German extraction. During the first decade of the present century they moved to Ohio and settled near Chillicothe, where they remained until 1818, in which year they settled in. the town of Jackson, Ohio. When coming to Jackson the town was embriotic, the country surrounding it in the wilds of nature, and the population very much in a minority with the wild denizens that roamed the dense unbroken forest. Here he opened a small store, one among the first in town, and thus continued until his death, which occurred in 1860, from an attack of Asiatic cholera. He had been apprenticed to the hatter's trade when a boy and followed that pursuit until coming to Jackson. He was of elastic step and activity, having lived to the age of eighty-four years, and accomplished a great deal of good through life. In politics he was an old-line Whig, but not of an aspiring disposition. He was contented with the quiet routine of business life, in which his honor and integrity were unquestioned, and he died an esteemed citizen of Jackson. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, to which he zealously adhered for many years. He also was an ardent member of the Masonic fraternity, possessed with liberality, charity and benevolence. At the time of his death he had been a widower several years. He and wife had six children of whom John L., the third, was born in Jackson, Ohio, in 1825, and has been a life-long resident of hie native town. His youthful days were spent in his father's store together with sufficient time in school to acquire a good education. On nearing maturity he saw that in all business life a knowledge of law would not only be beneficial, but at the same time gratifying to possess, hence he devoted two years of his life to reading in that profession,' ot with the expectation of practicing. In 1852 he married Cornelia V. Hoffman, of Jackson, and soon after engaged in the mercantile pursuit, which he continued until the opening of the late Rebellion, at which time he bought his present farm, west of town, and settled his family on it. He took an active part in recruiting companies but never entered active service. He resides on his farm, cultivating it him self until 1880, when he abandoned the farm duties, only superintending the tenants. In 1880 he opened his present general retail store, corner of Main and Portsmouth streets, Jackson . In politics he is a Democrat though not an aspirant for office. He is also a member of the Masonic order in good standing. He and wife have had six children, five of whom are still living and are well educated, which was one of the leading objects of the subject of this sketch. Mrs. Long is an ardent worker in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. James W. Longbon. ---There is a popular tradition entitled to some credence that one of his paternal ancestors came over from Normandy to England with William the Conqueror and fought at the battle of Hastings. This tradition is supported by the ancient orthography of the name Longbonne as found in old family records, which is evidently of Norman origin and which has been curtailed from time to time to its present form. Moreover, William and Norman have always been favorite names in the family, and seem to have 566 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. been perpetuated from generation to generation. Concerning the ability, rank, prowess, achievements or persona] appearance of their ancestor, we have no reliable testimony. Probably he was large, tall an.d dark, as a Norman warrior should be, clad in a coat of mail with helmet and visor, armed with a lance and cross bow, and reflecting the typical crusader, who went out to do battle for the cross and the sepulcher in the Holy Land. Let us presume that he " drew a good bow at Hastings," and leave him there in his glory. The subject of this sketch was born in Yorkshire, England, May 26, 1824, and came to Lorain County, Ohio, in 1829. Attended district school at Grafton, Ohio. Pursued academical studies for several years at Elyria, Ohio, and prepared for admission to the junior class in college. Taught a common school in the counties of Medina, Cuyahoga, Holmes and Lorain. Came to Jackson, Ohio, in 1847, and engaged in teaching. Married in 1849. Taught in the public schools at Piketon, Ohio, in 1851 and 1852, and returned to Jackson in 1853. Studied law with Hon. Levi Dungan and was admitted to practice in 1854. Superintended the Jackson public schools and practiced law until 1862, when he was appointed Adjutant of the Ninety-first Regiment, Ohio Infantry Volunteers, and served nearly two years. until discharged for physical disability. Appointed Commissioner for the Board of Enrollment for the Eleventh District of Ohio in 1864, and Provost-Marshal of the same district in 1865. Probate Judge of Jackson County from 1867 to 1870. Received the honorary degree of A. M. from the Ohio University in 1874. Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue from 1875 to 1878. Superintendent of Jackson public schools from 1877 to 1880. Has held the office of Master Commissioner of Jackson Common Pleas continuously since 1857, and the office of County School Examiner since 1852. In the discharge of the duties of the respective positions he has been called to fill he has displayed abilities of a high order. Endowed with great energy and perseverance, every duty is fully performed. His habits of mind will leave him satisfied with nothing less than the entire accomplishment, even to the minutest detail, of every task undertaken. While busily engaged in the active duties of life he has nevertheless devoted himself assiduously to the acquisition of knowledge, and his investigations have led him into many different fields of inquiry. His sphere of knowledge embraces literature, science, philosophy, professional studies and all the leading topics of the day. His knowledge is not superficial but accurate, thorough and profound. He is a ripe scholar. While his perceptive faculties may not be so quick, nor his processes of thought so rapid as many other men, yet his views are clear, profound and comprehensive. He has great ability as a writer in poetry as well as in prose. In his character as a citizen he is without reproach. He has positive opinions upon most political and social questions, and in his expression of them he is fearless and outspoken. In all his views he is entirely upright and conscientious. He has been a member of the Methodist church from infancy, and in all the relations of life his conduct has been in entire accord with his professions, than which there can he no higher praise. C. M. Martin was born in what is now Lick Township, Jackson Co., Ohio, Sept. 14, 1806, a son of John and Margaret (Shoup) Martin, and a grandson of James Martin, The latter was a native of Ireland and came to America in early manhood, locating in Penn. sylvania, where he married. Subsequently he removed to Maryland where his son John was born, reared and married. Early in the present century the family removed to Sandusky, Ohio, and in 1804 to the Scioto Salt Reserve, where Jackson now stands, where James Martin died in 1816. From the date of coming to the county in 1804 till 1818 HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 567 John Martin worked at the salt furnaces of Ross & Nelson and John Johnson. He afterward bought considerable land and cleared it of forest trees, converting it into the now broad and open fields of Franklin Township. He was a member of the Methodist church. He died at the age of eighty-six years and his wife at the age of eighty. They had a family of five children, all now living—Courtney M-., John M., Elizabeth, Nancy and Eliza. The sum of their ages is 340 years, and all but Elizabeth live in Jackson County. C. M., the subject of our sketch, is the eldest. He speut his boyhood days with his father on the farm, remaining with him till twenty-one years of age. He then worked as a farm hand for $7 and $8 a month, and by economy, in 1831 owned a good farm of eighty acres. That same year he married Nancy Stephenson, a native of Virginia, born Aug. 22, 1806, and settled on his farm. In 1835 he moved to Jackson and opened a small grocery, and for many years has been 'one of the leading merchauts of Jackson: He has met with many reverses and adversities, otherwise his ability as a financier would number him with the wealthiest men of the county. In 1874 he had five buildings destroyed by fire, but in 1875, nothing daunted, he erected one of the finest buildings in Jackson, on the corner of Main and _Broadway; the store fronting on Main street is 73 x 20, and the one on Broadway 88 x 20. Mr. Martin has always been a public-spirited man and in 1854 took an active part in the building of what is now the M. & C. Railroad. in 1880 his sons became associated with him in business, and the same year he retired from active business pursuits. Mr. aud Mrs. Martin have had nine children, but six now living. They are members of the Methodist church. Major T. S. Matthews was born in Vinton, Gallia Co., Ohio, in 1834, a son of Moses and Mary (Smith) Matthews. His ancestors were originally of French descent, but later were residents of Wales. His grandfather, Phineas Matthews, was born in Boston, Mass., and, with Rufus Putman, was one of the first settlers of Marietta, Ohio. He died in Gallia County. His father was born and died in Gallia County. He was for eight years Associate Judge of that county. Eleven of his children are still living. Our subject was reared on a farm and educated in the public schools. In the fall of 1861 he enlisted in Company B, Thirty-sixth Ohio Infantry. He served one year in that regiment and was then transferred to the One Hundred and Seventeenth Ohio, and commissioned Adjutant, and subsequently Major. He participated in the battles of South Mountain, second Bull Run, Antietam and Nashville. He was mustered out at Knoxville, Tenn. In the fall of 1864 he married Frances Chappelle, of French origin, a great-granddaughter of Pitt Putman. From 1866 till 1868 Mr. Matthews was in the hardware business in Middleport, Meigs Co., Ohio, but in the latter year removed to Jackson and established his present place of business. He is now the oldest hardware merchant in Jackson. He carries a full line of goods and receives a favorable patronage. Mr. and Mrs. Matthews have three children. Adam McClung was born in Baltimore County, Md. in 1805, a son of Samuel and grandson of Robert McClung, both natives of Baltimore County, Md. His grandfather went into the war of the Revolution as a soldier, taking his son Samuel, then only ten years old, with him and remained sixteen months. Samuel McClung was married to Charlotte Fugit, a native of Baltimore County, Md., who died in Washington County, Pa., in 1853, Samuel McClung having died in the same county in 1845. They were the parents of four children—Adam, Caleb, Mordecai and Mary, all deceased but our subject, who was married Dec. 15, 1829, to Alice Cool. They have had six children of whom only two survive—Samuel and Mary. Four 568 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. sons are deceased. Mrs. McClung died in 1870. Mr. McClung moved to Jackson County in 1844. He has been a farmer all his life and has done what he could for the prosperity of his adopted State. He has always affiliated with the Democratic party, and has been a member of the Presbyterian church since 1840. William Mc Ghee, deceased, son of John McGhee, who was born in Bedford County, Va., of Scotch extraction. He matured in his native county, but early in the present century came to Ohio, stopping at Chillicothe. He removed from there to Jackson about 1808, bought a tract of Congress land near the present town of Jackson and became a prominent pioneer, being especially known for his integrity and uprightness of principle as well as his stability of mind. He was a genial and pleasant neighbor, and by occupation, a wagon-maker and farmer. His wife was Priscilla Radcliff, by whom he had nine children. They both died in Jackson County, he aged eighty-one years and his wife forty five years. Of their children, William, the subject of this sketch, was the second, and was born in Jackson County, Ohio, April 5, 1815. In his boyhood days schools were few and very inferior, yet with his increasing energy he acquired a fair education, mostly by close application to studies during the leisure hours on the farm. At his majority he engaged in business for himself by farming, and about 1840 he opened a store on his farm two miles east of Berlin, conducting the two jointly. The location for the store may seem to have been rather isolated, yet his large and favorable acquaintance and good business habits soon won for him a large list of customers, and his success was perhaps unparalleled in the county at that time. In 1854 he became connected with the Latrobe Furnace, in which he was quite active, but in 1856 he severed his relations with that furnace and in 1857 bought time Iron Valley (subsequently the Lincoln) Furnace which name he gave it. This he operated with remarkable success until his death, July 4, 1871, from an attack of cholera. Though a man of weak constitution he was very industrious, determined and wary in his undertakings, knowing no snch word as fail. As a business man his capacity was almost unlimited, and his honor and in. tegrity unquestioned. His charity and liberality toward all worthy enterprises were never wanting, but he was always ready to stand his share of the burden. Whilst not over active in body he made it up in his mental faculties and we may well quote the old adage, "Still water runs deep." For rapidity and accuracy of mental calculation he had few superiors, seldom talked a great deal, but read considerable, and his advice as a counselor on any subject was considered valuable. His wife was Electa R., daughter of Judge Hugh Poor. She was born in Jackson County, Ohio, April 24, 1821, having always resided in the county, and received a good common-school education. Their marriage was consummated Oct. 27, 1836. The result of this union was eight children, four died in infancy. Those living are—James, a prominent furnaceman of Jackson County; Langley and Emma C. Ripley H., the youngest, who after completing a commercial education, a promising young man of moral worth and business integrity, died at the age of nineteen years. J. J., G. C. and W. F. McKitterick are sons of John and grandsons of John McKifferick. The latter was a native of Ireland where he died. John came to Ohio in minor life, and married Maria L., daughter of George L. Crookham, an early educator of Jackson County, Ohio. John McKitterick, Sr., still resides in the county, and is an extensive farmer and stock-grazer. The McKitterick Brothers are natives of Jackson County. They were reared to farm life, and acquired a common education. In the fall of 1877 they opened their mining interests, together with HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 569 their store, which they have since successfully operated. Their office is on the corner of Bridge and Water streets, Jackson, Ohio. Captain H C. Messenger was born in Licking County, Ohio, Nov. 27, 1827, a son of David and Martha Messenger. When fourteen years of age he commenced to clerk in a dry-goods store, and when sixteen began to work as an engineer. He was on a number of the leading railroads of Ohio. In 1854 he married Sophia E., daughter of Dr. Asa W. Isham, and located in Jackson, Ohio. He carried on a farm near the city till November, 1861, when he was elected Captain of Company D, Fifty-third Ohio Infantry. He was a brave and gallant soldier, and was engaged in the battles of Shiloh and Corinth. Owiug to over-exertion he brought on ill health which resulted in typhoid-pneumonia, from the effects of which he died April 27, 1863. Captain Messenger was a tall, square-shouldered, well-built man, of fine personal appearance. He left a family of four children to the 'care of his wife, and they have all grown to maturity, a blessing to the labors of a kind and faithful mother. They are Nellie; Mary, wife of Rev. J. K. Gibson, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Troy, Ohio; Fannie, a graduate of Ann Arbor, Mich., and now practicing medicine in Springfield, Ohio; Asa C., a medical student, under the preceptorship of Dr. Williams. Captain Messenger was a member of the Masonic fraternity. In religious faith he was a Presbyterian, as is also Mrs. Messenger. She was born in Jackson in 1833. Hillborn C. Miller, Judge of the Probate Court, is a son of Dr. James H. C. and Azuba (Carpenter) Miller. He was born May 18, 1841, at Rocky Hill, in Bloomfield Township, Jackson Co., Ohio, and when he was four years old his parents moved into the town of Jackson, where he enjoyed the privilege of the common schools. In 1858 he began working in a printing office, and followed that occupation till 1867, except the time he served in the United States army. In 1862 he enlisted in Company E, Eighty-seventh Ohio Infantry, as a Corporal, and was captured at the surrender of Harper's Ferry, in the fall of that year, and soon after paroled and mustered out of service. As soon as exchanged, in the summer of 1863, he again enlisted in Company D, First Ohio Heavy Artillery, and was made Orderly Sergeant; was subsequently promoted to Second Lieutenant, and assigned to Company G, of same regiment, in which capacity he served until June 20, 1865, when he was honorably discharged at the end of the war. He was married July 6, 1865, to Miss Annie M. Roberts, of Jackson, Ohio. She was a daughter of Isaac and Mercy Roberts, and was born in Ross County, Ohio, in 1843. They have four children living—Maggie Azuba, Cora Annie, Arthur Roberts and Samuel. Mr. and Mrs. Miller and their two daughters are members of the Methodist Episcopal church of Jackson. In 1867 Mr. Miller was appointed as Assistant Assessor of United States Internal Revenue, and held that position and the office of Deputy Collector until 1874, when he resigned, in order to give his attention to an insurance and claim agency which had grown upon his hands, the insurance beginning in X869 and the claim business in 1873. This business he continued to prosecute successfully until 1881, when the Republican party nominafed and elected him as Judge of the Probate Court of Jackson County, which position he now occupies. Judge Miller has earned a reputation for honesty, promptness and unquestionable integrity. This is the verdict of those who know him. O. S. Miller, merchant, Jackson, Ohio, is a son of James H. C. Miller, who was born in Massachusetts, and a grandson of Samuel Miller, who settled in an early day in Ontario County, N. Y., where he died. There is where James H. C. reached man's estate. In 570 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. the early part of his life he applied himself closely to study, acquired a good education, and for a number of years taught school in Maryland and some other of the Southern States, and in the meantime taking up the study of dentistry and surgery. Subsequently he traveled extensively in South America, where he joined the military duties as Surgeon under General Boliver. He participated in the Revolution between South America and the Spanish Government, and during his services the South American Government sent him on a mission to the United States, which, while in New York on this mission, he resigned. He then took a trip through the South and Southwest into the Republic of Texas (as it was then called). While there the Revolution between Texas and Mexico broke out. As he could not coincide with the Texans, and seeing that unless he did he would be very unpopular, he returned to New York State where his family was located. About the year 1836 he moved his family to what is now Columbiana County, Ohio, near Youngstown, where he practiced medicine. His wife, Calista (Story) Miller, died leaving three children—Dr. S. F. Miller, of Iowa; George W., who died at Jackson, Ohio, and 0. S. Miller, the subject of this sketch. James H. C., while near Youngstown, Ohio, married Miss Azuba Carpenter and in 1838 moved to Bloomfield Township, Jackson Co., Ohio, where he had an extensive practice of medicine, but after seven years he moved to Jackson, opened a drug store and conducted it with his practice some time. Failing health finally induced him to relinquish his profession and engage in the furnace business, but during the financial crisis of 1857 misfortune met him and he suffered severe losses. During the late war he moved to Nebraska, where he buried his wife in 1878. He returned to Jackson, Ohio, where he died in 1881. He and his last wife had three children—Dr. 0. C. Miller, now deceased, of Jackson; James A., Clerk of the Supreme Court of Colorado, residence Denver, and H. C. Miller, present Probate Judge of Jackson County, Ohio. Dr. James H. C. Miller was the preceptor of a number of medical students who have become men of medical note—Dr. Patterson, of Gallia County; Dr. Metcalf, of Missouri, and Dr. French, of Union City, Ind. While practicing here he had the confidence and esteem of his professional compeers, with whom he was not unfrequently called in council and his advice regarded as valuable. 0. S. Miller, the youngest of his mother's children, was born in what is now Mahoning County, Ohio, in 1837, but since one year old has been a resident of Jackson County, where he received his education, mostly in the schools of Jackson. His. father having been a practical druggist, O. S. became largely associated in the business and for several years in life was a drug clerk. In 1863 he helped to recruit Company F, One Hundred and Twenty. ninth Ohio Infantry, and was chosen Captain, but was only in actual service seven months. He opened his present general mercantile business in 1870, and his good business principles, integrity and courtesy have secured for him a hearty trade. He was married to Phebe A. Steele, by whom he has one daughter—Clara. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of Jackson, Ohio. Isaiah H. McCormick was born in Wyandot County, Ohio, a son of James and Mary A. (Savage) McCormick, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of New Jersey. His parents were married in 1832, and had a family of seven children, six of them sons, Isaiah H. being the second. All these sons were in the late war, and I. H. was the only one wounded. He enlisted in Company A, Fortieth Illinois Infantry, July 27, 1861. He was in a number of engagements, and was wounded twice at Shiloh. He was mustered outas Captain of Company E, One Hundred and HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 571 Forty-eighth Ohio Infantry, Sept. 18, 1$64. He was married March 18, 1864, to Rachel L. Walker, daughter of Marcus H. and Harriet L. (Rateliff) Walker, who was born Nov. 22, 1842. They have had four children, only three now living—Charles E., Cora E. and Elley W. Annie L. died Aug. 4, 1870. Mr. McCormick educated himself by his own labor. He taught school and thus obtained the meaus to enable him to attend Otterbein University at Westerville three years. He is now the principal merchant at Ray sville, carrying a stock of general merchandise, valued at $3,000. He at one time owned 1,100 acres of fine land, and at present owns 1,000 acres. When he returned from the army he had $300, and in 1867 began business in Raysville. He is a Knight Templar Mason, an Odd Fellow, a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Royal Arcanum and the Knights of Honor. Mr. McCormick is worth about $40, 000, and carries $16,000 life insurance. He has held various offices of trust in Vinton County, but of late years, though often solicited, refuses to accept any office. He is a member of the Christian church at Raysville. E. W. Mitchell, contractor and machinist, Jackson, Ohio, is a son of William M. D. Mitchell, who was of Scotch and Irish extraction, but a native of Virginia, where he was engaged as a blacksmith and farmer until his death. In religion he was a strict Baptist, and in politics a staunch Democrat. His wife was Elizabeth Stover, also a native of Virginia, but of German paternal ancestors. Of their seven children E. W. is the second and was born in Virginia in 1842. He was reared on the farm and in the blacksmith shop and had good advantages, and accordingly acquired a fair education at Hollin's Institute, in Roanoke County, Va. He served in the Confederate army, not from any desire to continue any human being in slavery but from a State's right principle. He came to Gallipolis, Ohio, in August, 1865, and then and there, without money and friends, commenced working at the blacksmith trade, subsequently at a furnace in Lawrence County, and in March, 1866, reached Jackson, Ohio, where he assisted on the blacksmith work of the Star Furnace. Dec. 20, 1866, while thus engaged, he married Mary, daughter of Peter Hoops. In 1868 he assisted on the smith work of the Fulton Furnace, and in 1872 he moved to Chester, Ill., to accept the position of superintendent of -achinery of the Chester & Tamaroa Railroad Company's shops. Their failure in 1873 necessitated him to seek employment elsewhere, and he accepted the superintendency of machinery of the Joliet Iron and Steel Works at Joliet, Ill. Their failure during the financial crisis of 1874 again threw him out of a position. Subsequently he became foreman in a machine shop in Chicago, Ill., and while there strong evidences were brought to bear that Mr. Mitchell possessed an ingenious and inventive mind, which led to his employment with the Thorn Wire Hedge Company, of the same city, to produce a machine for manufacturing barbed wire, which in due time he completed to the perfect satisfaction of his employers, it being the original invention for taking the plain wire, putting through the machine And produce it manufactured for spanning on the fence posts. In 1876 he returned to Jackson, Ohio, and with George Pugh and Mark Sternberger became a contractor in building the grade from Jackson to Waverly of what is now the Ohio Southern Railroad. In 1878 he established a blacksmith shop near the site of his present one and has since been engaged in machine smithing, and in 1880 commenced his large contracts by building Pitt cars, in which he was successful. In 1882 he contracted the iron work on the present jail building in Jackson, which is acknowledged not to be surpassed for solidity, durability and safety by any jail in the State of Ohio. In the spring of 1883 he closed a contract for the building of a court-house at Marion, Ohio, at 572 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. a cost of $95,000. Mr. Mitchell in securing this contract has forever settled the question, through the Supreme Court, that who gets a contract holds it, be it the lowest bidder or a friend, regardless of bids. Mr. Mitchell came to Jackson under great obstacles, yet has established a reputation as being possessed with stability of mind, honorable business principles, and in consequence can conduct a large business with a comparatively small capital. He is one of the well-to-do citizens, willing to assist in all public improvements. He and his wife have four children, all living. C. V. Mohler, of Mohler & Kesinger, miners and dealers in best Jackson coal, was born near Xenia, Greene Co., Ohio, Dec. 31, 1851, a son of Adam and Susan H. (Marmaduke) Mohler, residents of Belbrook, Ohio, and a grandson of V. B. Mohler, of Dayton, Ohio. He remained on the farm, attending school during the winter, till thirteen years of age, when he commenced to clerk in a dry-goods house. He continued in the mercantile business in Xenia, Dayton and Belbrook about fourteen years, and in 1878 removed to Jackson and became engaged in the coal business with Thornhill, Mohler & Co. In 1881 he formed a partnership with Mr. Kesinger and leased their present mines. Mr. Mohler owns a fourth interest in the Western Coal Company, of Coalton. One mine of Mohler & Kesinger is located on the Ada switch, and the other on the Springfield switch. The latter was opened in 1880 by J. H. Wilson, and is a thirty-two inch vein, free from all impurities; capacity seventy-five tons daily. Mr. Mohler was married April 20, 1875, to Rachel L. Snyder, of Dayton. They have two children. Arthur B. Monahan, M D., was born in Belmont County, Ohio, Aug. 24, 1827, a son of James and Maria A. Monahan, natives of Maryland, but early settlers of Belmont County, and subsequently residents of Jackson County, where they died. He lived the greater part of his early life in Monroe County, Ohio, and attended the schools of Mount Pleasant. He began the study of medicine under Dr. R. Ramsey, of Jefferson County, Ohio, and graduated from the Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati, in 1851, although at that time he had been a resident of, and practiced in Athens County some time. He was politically a Republican and strongly advocated the suppression of slavery. In 1859 he was elected to represent Athens County in the State Legislature, serving two years. In the spring of 1861, after his return home from Columbus, he offered himself as a recruiting officer and raised the Sixty-third Ohio Infantry. He was tendered the office of Lieutenant Colonel, but declined it and was afterward appointed Surgeon. In January, 1862, he had a severe at. tack of inflammatory rheumatism, which disabled him ten weeks, but in the spring he joined his regiment, though obliged to rely on his cane for support. He was promoted to Brigade Surgeon, and afterward to Major Surgeon, serving till the close of the war. At the second battle of Corinth he was wounded in the head by a bursting shell, from which he never fully recovered. After his return from the war he resumed practice in Athens County, but in the fall of 1865 located in Jackson. It was his intention at the time to go further west, but the demands for his services were so urgent that he consented to remainin Jackson. In the fall of 1875 he was elected to the Legislature from Jackson County, and re-elected in 1877, but died June 20, 1878, before the expiration of his second term. He was a successful practitioner, military officer and legislator, and was a man whose equal is rarely found. His charity and kindness was never exhausted, especially to the poor and needy. Though firm in all Isis convictions, he was kind and considerate of others and at all times had the esteem of his professional brethren. He married Martha Farmar, Dec. 30, 1847. They reared a family of four children—William H., R, F., Ida (now Mrs, J, T. HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 573 Forsythe) and Arthur B. Dr. Monahan was a Royal Arch Mason and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. Dr. I. T. Monahan, deceased, Senator and physician, was a son of James and Maria A. (Walker) Monahan, both natives of Maryland, who became early settlers of Belmont County, Ohio, lafer of Athens County, and finally of Jackson County, where they resided until their death. Their family consisted of thirteen children, two daughters and eleven sons, six of whom became practicing physicians. The subject of this memoir was born in Belmont Couuty, Ohio, in 1829, near the village of Bellaire. While in minor life he was at home with his parents who gave him the advantage of a good common-school education, and at the age of fifteen commenced teaching; and while following that channel of life a few years, the study of medicine seemed to predominate in his mind and accordingly he took it up. In due time he graduated in the school of medicine and commenced practicing in Athens County, Ohio. The year 1861 marks his removal to Jackson, Ohio, where he soon gained a large practice. Whilst always watchful and attentive to his patients he seemed so full of nervous, restless energy that must have vent that he was always engaged in various enterprises. With his wonderful business capacity he could successfully conduct a half a dozen kinds of business. Although he was desirous of accumulating finances, crowded with practice and watching, and other business ventures, he always found time to take an active part in National, State and local politics, as well as all matters of public enterprise, either scientific, literary or religious. In the fall of 1875 he was a candidate on the Democratic ticket for Senator from the Seventh Senatorial District and in this strong Republican district was elected. His ability as a Senator together with his due regard and appreciation for humanity at large won for him many warm friends, not only in his own but also in the Republican party. In the fall of 1872 he refused to support Greeley, believing it inconsistent for the Democratic party to vote for a life-long opponent. In all matters he had the courage to express his opinion, never leaving any man in doubt as to where he stood on any question, and when once his conclusions were formed they were unchangeable, although his active mind, nervous force; diverse business interests, strong political affiliations, with his aggressive method of expression could not avoid exciting opposition and antagonism. His moral principals were fixed and his perceptions of right and wrong keen. As a neighbor he was obliging and kind, his heart never closed to appeals for charitable and benevolent purposes. The Doctor was impulsive, and when errors were committed they were not premeditated. The Doctor was married July 25, 1850, at Watertown, Washington Co., Ohio, to Mary, daughter of Dennis and Catharine Ryan. She was of Irish parents, born at Beth, near Montreal, Canada, Jan. 17, 1824, and when a child her parents moved to Washington County, Ohio. She was an ardent member of the Catholic church, quiet, modest and unobtrusive; a kind neighbor, model companion and kind mother to her four children, of whom two now survive—Josephine, wife of L. .Q. Branson, and Carlotte. In the spring of 1882 the ill health of the Doctor induced him to travel and taking his wife he started for New Orleans. On arriving, the news bearing the death of his aged mother at Jackson was awaiting them. They took a homeward course on the steamer Golden City, the same they had arrived in, and on the morning of March 30, 1882, as the noble steamer was nearing the wharf at Memphis, Tenn., it took fire and in a few minutes the entire steamer and contents had sunk. Thus ended the earthly career of two of Jackson's noblest citizens. W H. Monahan, M. D., was born in 574 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. Hockingport, Athens Co., Ohio, Dec. 7, 1850, a son of A. B. Monahan, M. D. He received his elementary education at Coolville where his parents at that time lived. In 1865 they came to Jackson and he entered the High School taking a full course. In 1868 he went to the Ohio University and spent two years. In 1871 he began the study of medicine with his father as preceptor and in 1871 graduated from the Buckeye College at Sandusky, Ohio. In 1874 he graduated from the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, and since then has been practicing in Jackson. He was married in 1871 to Mollie Hunt, of Jackson County. Of the four children born to them one is deceased. John T Moore, attorney at law, Jackson, Ohio, was born Nov. 25, 1831, in Seal Township, Pike Co., Ohio, a son of Levi and Polly (Higginbotham) Moore, his father a native of Virginia and his mother of Pennsylvania. His parents were married in Lexington, Ky., in 1812, and about 1817 or 1818 came to Ohio and settled in Pike County where they resided till their death. Both lived to an advanced age, their married life extending over a period of nearly sixty years. They had a family of fifteen children, several dying in infancy. Of their children our subject is the eleventh. His early life was spent in working on the farm, his educational advantages being meager. In 1849 he received a teacher's certificate and taught till 1861, at the same time devoting all his spare time to study, and has this gained the reputation of being a man of learning. He was School Examiner of Pike County seventeen years and is at present City Examiner of Jackson. At the April term of the District Court, 1861, he was admitted to the bar, and has since been in the active practice of the law, serving six years as Prosecuting Attor ney of his native county. Politically he is a Democrat and is also a strong advocate of temperance, believing it politic to prohibit the traffic of intoxicating liquor. He has been a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, six years and is now serving as Elder. April 18, 1860, he was married at the residence of Dr. E. R. Allen to Delilah L. Stedman. They are the parents of twelve children, eleven of whom are living—Tom, Mary E., Hatemma, John Ira, Mabel Louisa, Atnanda Malvina, Minnie Emmett, Sam Randal, Sarah Dell, Juno Clare and Amelia. The eldest son, Tom, was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of Ohio, May 1, 1883, and is now practicing with his father, the firm name being John T. Moore & Son. July 11, 1883, he delivered a powerful argument (it being his first) to the jury trying Luke Jones for murder in the first degree. Mr. Moore has been an Odd Fellow since August, 1857, and is now P. G. and P. P. of that order. Moses Morgan, of the firm of Jones & Morgan, was born in Jackson County, Ohio, in 1840, a son of Daniel and grandson of Moses Morgan, natives of Wales. In 1838 his father married Catharine Davis and immediately emigrated to the United States. They settled in Pomeroy, Ohio, and in 1840 removed to Oak Hill, Jackson County, and bought eighty acres of land, where he died in 1862, and his widow in December, 1872. Of their five children Moses is the eldest now living. He was reared on a farm and attended the common schools, and afterward the Ohio University, Athens. In 1857 he began teaching, a vocation he followed till July, 1864, when he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Seventy-third Ohio Infantry, as a private, buf was soon after promoted as Second Lieutenant of Company K. He participated in the siege of Nashville, but the remainder of his time was spent in guarding the military post of Johnsonville, Tenn. He returned home in July, 1865, and the next fall resumed teaching. In 1871 he was engaged to manage the Jackson Furnace. In 1872 he began the man. ufacture of salt at Mason City, W. Va. In 1878 he came to Jackson, and has since then been extensively interested in mining, being